Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/JJBot 2

JJBot 2 edit

Operator: jj137 ^♠

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, supervised

Programming Language(s): Python, AutoWikiBrowser

Function Summary: To deliver the newsletter for WikiProject Boston Red Sox each week.

Edit period(s): Once each week (on Sunday), will take approximately 10 minutes. However, sometimes it could be only once a month, every two weeks, etc.

Edit rate requested: 8 edits per minute at the most

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N

Function Details: JJBot will use Python or AWB (preferably AWB) to deliver a newsletter for WikiProject Boston Red Sox each week to ~50 people. It will nearly all of the time be each Sunday (I explained situations below). For now, that is the only task I will have it do.

Discussion edit

I had a previous RFBA that I withdrew, and the reopening time was obviously delayed. Now, I understand there are already several functioning bots to deliver newsletters for WikiProjects, but I am requesting I use my own because we occasionally will change delivery times, and it will be confusing using someone else's bot. jj137 ^♠ 03:26, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do people opt-in or opt-out of recieving your newsletter? -- maelgwn - talk 04:15, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Currently, there is a list at Wikipedia:BOSOX/NEWS where people can opt in to receive the newsletter (it is fairly new). I can simply change it to a list of people who will opt out of getting the newsletter. jj137 ^♠ 05:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Approved for trial (30 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. or one full run, upto you which. -- maelgwn - talk 22:47, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I'll be delivering the newsletter to ~45-50 people sometime Sunday (UTC). jj137 ^♠ 00:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

JJBot successfully delivered the newsletter to all members (43). At first, I accidentally had the bot running too fast, but then I fixed that. jj137 ^♠ 05:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It looks good, but we need to make sure that it works with the opt out. Let's go again for next week! Other than that, icely done!

Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Soxred93 has a boring sig 05:28, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, but we will apparently have to wait until someone opts out (no one has yet). jj137 ^♠ 02:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How did they opt in in the first place? -- maelgwn - talk 03:34, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All members receive the newsletter, and they can easily change their "status" at Wikipedia:BOSOXNEWS. jj137 ^♠ 03:35, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: the newsletter has been delayed one week. jj137 ^♠ 23:54, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(re-indenting)

JJBot successfully delivered the newsletter to everyone in the project except: EvilHom3r, who chose not to receive the newsletter; and Soxrock, who I manually removed from receiving the newsletter because he is on an indefinite wikibreak and hasn't been here in over a month. If he ever comes back (I'm assuming he will, he's just at another wiki) he wouldn't want his talk page spammed with newsletters for a team he hates. jj137 ^♠ 04:16, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Opt out appears to work, looks good.

Approved. Good Luck! Soxred93 | tc db 04:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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