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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Primefac (talk | contribs) at 01:26, 16 November 2020 (operator gone, task expired). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Request Expired.

YoutubeSubscriberBot

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Operator: EncodedRainbow (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 13:04, Wednesday, September 2, 2020 (UTC)

Function overview: This bot will automatically edit the page of YouTubers' pages with accurate subscriber information periodically.

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: https://github.com/TisTiller/WikipediaYoutubeSubscriptionBot

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Non-controversial, maintenance edit.

Edit period(s): Daily or Weekly

Estimated number of pages affected: ~200 Current Pages: List of YouTubers

Namespace(s): Articles

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: One (or two) purpose(s).

1: Periodically update the subscription counter for each youtubers' channel(s). Information requested directly from google using an API. Once per (day/week), the subscription counter will be updated by sending a request to google's YouTube Data V3 API containing the channel name determined manually *or* by the value(s) in the infobox. If data is retrieved, updated to fit. Contains a date of update.

2: Same as above but for views.

Discussion

Will the bot make an edit if the new figure is too close to the existing one (that is, will it "update" a figure of 2,000,000 to 2,001,000)? A daily update on any article will clutter the page history and would be certainly undesirable. IMO the bot shouldn't edit the same article more than once a month, and too only if the change in the number is significant. Also, has this task been discussed somewhere? – SD0001 (talk) 16:04, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I randomly checked about a half-dozen YouTubers and the subscription counts tended to be either 2 or 3 sigfics, so you wouldn't get an update of 2 million until it hit 2.1 million (though obviously the bot needs to know be able to deal with this). I concur that daily is unnecessary and that monthly might be better. Primefac (talk) 17:05, 3 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with both of you. Daily/Weekly is unnecessary. The API only displays 2 (or 3) significant figures anyway. I actually didn't think to discuss it anywhere since the Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval article says that if the bot could be controversial, it should be discussed. But it makes sense to talk to people about it beforehand, I was ignoring proceedure. I'll do it at Wikipedia:WikiProject YouTube. Also, if the bot does not notice a difference in value, it will not submit an edit. EncodedRainbow (talk) 17:02, 8 September 2020 (AEST)

Suggest looking for the transclusions of {{Infobox YouTube personality}}, rather than the items in the list article. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 02:11, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

{{OperatorAssistanceNeeded}} Any progress? Primefac (talk) 15:36, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Request Expired. User has not edited since 8 September. No prejudice against re-opening upon their return. Primefac (talk) 01:25, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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