Commons:Bots/Requests/Commons fair use upload bot
Operator: Fæ (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)
Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought:
Files that are subject to deletion requests or other deletion processes which may be suitable to remain hosted on other Wikimedia projects (at this time localization is set up for the English Wikipedia, English Wikisource and the Estonian Wikipedia) may use the {{Fair use delete}} or {{PD-US-1923-abroad-delete}} templates so that the bot can perform the localization. When the bot is done localizing, the template is swapped to a speedy delete template.
Note that the bot only localizes images when a current administrator has added the relevant template. See the procedure description on the bot user page.
This bot was successfully running from 2012 through to summer 2014 on the Toolserver. In migrating I have been rewriting the code from mwclient to Pywikibot and have set up the service on labs under commonsfairuseupload. The source code can be found at https://github.com/faebug/fuub.
Automatic or manually assisted:
Automatic.
Edit type (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run):
Hourly run, executed on WMFlabs.
Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute):
When the bot was running previously, there was an average of a handful in a day. There is no need for this to be a fast bot and considering what it does (linear local downloads), I would expect a practical maximum of about 2 images processed in a minute.
Bot flag requested: (Y/N): Y
Programming language(s): Python, Pywikibot core.
Fæ (talk) 12:44, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Discussion
- The rewrite to Pywikibot is happening now, so I would expect the bot to remain in trials/testing for a couple more weeks depending on how much wiki-time I find to spend completing the migration. I have put a notice on COM:AN for comment, as the bot is focused on supporting admins who are responsible for assessing if an image is suitable for localization. --Fæ (talk) 12:44, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
- Seems useful. Let us know when you have done some trials. --99of9 (talk) 05:03, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- I've been delayed on revisiting the code, mainly due to some disillusionment as a volunteer. However I expect to get this running in March and we should be able to point to some tests at that time. --Fæ (talk) 10:43, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- Fæ, is this on the back burner then? If so, that is a pity because it would have been a very useful service. Green Giant (talk) 07:58, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
- I have a lot on in real life, and I confess to being disillusioned that a Commons admin can make legal threats against me and no action was taken. Considering the false and stupid allegations made about me on Commons and OTRS by certain people as part of the fracas around Russavia, I am disappointed that not a single apology has been forthcoming for publicly smearing my character. With time to reflect I was more damaged by this than I expected.
- I still intend to implement and test out the FUUB, but I am prioritizing real life urgent matters and giving myself time to feel happier about this project before I do. When I return I shall probably run another RFA, operating tools like FUUB is severely hampered if I cannot delete or restore files myself, as this is central as to why they are needed. If I get rejected again, maybe it's time to move on and leave the project for those that want to run it like a boy's club. --Fæ (talk) 14:52, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
- @Fæ: Please advise: Do you prefer to keep this request open until you are ready for test edits, or should we close it for now and reopen it later? Thank you. --Krd 16:46, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
- If it's no hassle I'd rather just leave it open. I have a massive simple logistics commitment for a couple of months, but the fraud case is a mountain of research and distracting because it is disturbingly unpleasant and much more significant than anyone expected. So my volunteer work is little bits and bobs right now and I will probably avoid committing to any bigger stuff over the summer. As I mentioned on en.wp if someone wants to invest their time getting the FUUB running before that, I am happy to leave it. --Fæ (talk) 16:56, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
- @Fæ: Please advise: Do you prefer to keep this request open until you are ready for test edits, or should we close it for now and reopen it later? Thank you. --Krd 16:46, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
As there is no (visible) progress, I'm going to archive this as stale for the moment. May be reopened any time. --Krd 06:45, 24 October 2015 (UTC)