Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Mjbmrbot

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Speedily Approved.

Mjbmrbot edit

Operator: Mjbmr (talk · contribs)

Automatic or Manually assisted: Manually

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Standard pywikipedia

Function overview: Edit interwikis

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): [1]

Edit period(s): sometimes , when i am online

Estimated number of pages affected: [2] Depends

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes

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

Function details: It's run from my computer and I use "-autonomous" option.

Discussion edit

Umm, you have to explain what it will do if you hope for approval. Jc3s5h (talk) 16:48, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jc3s5h, I don't see how Mjbmr fails to explain the task? Interwiki linking is a fairly standard bot task, and doesn't really require much more description then "standard pywikipedia interwiki", since most BAG and "botty-people" are familiar with it ;). - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 08:21, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Mjbmr. Firstly, you shouldn't really be running this bot (even as a trial) before approval for a trial. Unlike some other projects the English Wikipedia requires bots to be approved even for test runs. However, this isn't really a massive problem. A couple of points regarding the bot: If you're not already doing so, you should be skipping the Template: namespace, as standard interwiki.py doesn't account for use of the {{Documentation}} subpage. Also, will you be running this bot without force while in autonomous mode? Please make sure you read through our bot policy - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 07:57, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Thank you for your helps, but now what you say to do? what option i should use? Guide me. Thank you mjbmr ^Talk 10:26, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You should be able to use the -namespace option to limit the bot to articles (0), plus any other namespaces you want to edit (but not templates). And make sure the -force option is off - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 10:35, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, Thank you mjbmr ^Talk 10:59, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This mistake was happened bcuz i used manually and when i use -recentchanges or -new it's say nothing left to do. i leave it for about 6 hours but nothing changed !!! mjbmr ^Talk 11:05, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see. But isn't this just what it always says at the end of the run? Because it's run through all the pages in -new or -recentchanges, so that shouldn't really be a problem, right?. Anyway, please confirm this:

The bot will not edit Templates.
The bot will not run in -force mode.

Cheers, - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 11:15, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok,I didn't know that until you said it to me, I do not do that again, Thank you very much mjbmr ^Talk 11:21, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No a problem. Anyway, we can see that you managed to get the bot to edit, so I wouldn't worry about it saying "nothing left to do". But before approval, I just need you to confirm this please:

The bot will not edit Templates.
The bot will not run in -force mode.

Thanks. - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 11:28, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I confirm this :

The bot will not edit Templates.
The bot will not run in -force mode.

Thank you mjbmr ^Talk 11:37, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Uncontroversial task, with proven software. Speedily Approved. - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 11:42, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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