Commons:Bots/Requests/MSBOT

MSBOT (talk · contribs)

Operator: Meisam (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought: Adding individual sort-key to the categories where all the members share a similar prefix. For example all the aircraft registration numbers in [[Category:Aircraft registered in Germany]] start with D- which must be excluded in the sorting of this category. No category will be added or removed by the bot.

Automatic or manually assisted: Supervised automatic from a manually provided list

Edit type (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): intermittently

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): 12 edits/min (put_throttle: 5 sec)

Bot flag requested: (Y/N): Yes

Programming language(s): List will be manually prepared using petscan and fed to the Pywikibot's replace script.

Meisam (talk) 23:15, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Discussion

• Test run looks OK for me, but please limit them in size. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:31, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

  Who authorized a test run?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:38, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

  @EugeneZelenko: Sure! I'll keep them in small manageable batches to be able to properly check them.

  @Jeff G.: I followed the procedure listed in the Commons:Bots/Requests. Per section III, a test run is needed "to allow other users to review your bot's tasks." -- Meisam (talk) 15:45, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

  @Jeff G.: Unlike other wikis, Commons does no require pre-approval for a bot test run. I personally expect a small test run to be performed as part of the initial application. --Schlurcher (talk) 16:23, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

  @Schlurcher: Sorry, I did not realize that.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:35, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

• Test looks good so far. Could you give some more examples of categories you have in mind? --Schlurcher (talk) 16:23, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

  @Schlurcher: Initially I will focus on the subcategories of Category:Aircraft by registration country, there are also other categories like Category:Ships by IMO number Category:License plates of the European Union, etc. which I like to help cleanup. -- Meisam (talk) 20:20, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Sounds like a plan and quite some tasks. No further comments from my end. --Schlurcher (talk) 06:24, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

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Approved. --Krd 05:35, 13 May 2018 (UTC)