Commons:Bots/Requests/Watchduck bot

Watchduck bot (talk · contribs)

Operator: Watchduck (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: bulk uploads of my own images and creation of categories that contain mostly my images

Automatic or manually assisted: manually assisted

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

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): 12 edits per minute

Bot flag requested: (Y/N): N (don't care)

Programming language(s): Python

Watchduck (quack) 13:50, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Discussion

Why is a bot account needed, why isn't this done via main account? --Krd 14:04, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

For some bulk uploads I need to pass parameters to a template on the description page (as done in files like File:Tesseract subspace 3b11.png). This would not be feasible with upload tools, where the description needs to edited manually. Sometimes I want to use elaborate subcategorization within an image set, and doing that with tools like cat-a-lot would be tedious and error-prone. --Watchduck (quack) 14:25, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

I think this should be done with the main account. Krd 20:13, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

(And if that's not clear, it can be done with the main account using python.) Krd 22:18, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

As long as I can use Pywikibot, I don't care which account. I assumed that edits using a bot software should be done with a separate account. --Watchduck (quack) 22:20, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

If it isn't a bot (not automatic, not continuous, not deterministic, no bot flag) then it's should be a bot account. You can use a script with you main account for the described tasks. (Please take care not to run too quickly.) Krd 08:54, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Ok, case closed. --Watchduck (quack) 09:04, 15 December 2021 (UTC)