Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CopyvioHelperBot

CopyvioHelperBot

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Operator: Chris is me

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Entirely manual

Programming Language(s):perl

Function Summary: Finds in-article copyvios and notifies operator.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): No actual editing, any edits under the account are done by the operator at the request of the script.

Edit rate requested: 1 edit per minute

Already has a bot flag (Y/N):No

Function Details: The script Googles the first 15 words of each paragrah and lists any matching URLs, excluding a whitelist of mirrors. The operator then checks to see which direction the copyvio is (if it is one at all) and makes approriate changes.