Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Portal box bot

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Approved.

Portal box bot

Operator: Lbertolotti (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 14:56, Tuesday October 28, 2014 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available:

Function overview: The purpose of this bot (for now) is to update the market box indices for the Portal:Business and economics. Design to work with Tool labs.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Portal_talk:Business_and_economics#Bot_malfunction

Edit period(s):once per day at 19:45

Estimated number of pages affected:

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No):

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No

Function details:

Discussion

The bot does not have a flag. Why it is marked as yes in the questionnare? - Magioladitis (talk) 14:39, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Lbertolotti: -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:02, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@ Magioladitis fixed, how long to get this. operational? the code is ready Lbertolotti (talk) 19:23, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Lbertolotti: There are some test edits at Portal:Business and economics/Market Indices with the edit summary "Wikipedia python library". Were those done by your test code? When copying from Wikinews the edit summary must mention Wikinews, to fulfil their terms of use. I think the edit summary should be something like "Copied from Wikinews, n:Template:Stock Market data". -- John of Reading (talk) 22:13, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@John of Reading I will discover how to do that, but I need to get the bot approved to do proper testing.Lbertolotti (talk) 03:16, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Lbertolotti:If you change your code temporarily to update, say, User:Lbertolotti/Market Indices, a page in your user space, then you can test it thoroughly before it is approved. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:10, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Lbertolotti: how many pages are affected? 1? Is the source code available? -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:50, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Magioladitis For now the only page that is affected is Portal:Business and economics/Market Indices, I'm also working on the correct uploading the news section.

@ John of Reading I did some preliminary testing using my regular account and seems to be working fine, but for a real test I need to use the bot account, as it must send a job to Tool labs Lbertolotti (talk) 15:39, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging a 14th century cleric won't work :-) -- John of Reading (talk) 16:00, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This bot appears to have edited since this BRFA was filed. Bots may not edit outside their own or their operator's userspace unless approved or approved for trial. AnomieBOT ⚡ 16:46, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@John of Reading @Magioladitis Here's a sample output as requested, it updates every day at 19:45 Lbertolotti (talk) 00:03, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

((BotTrial|days=7)) @Lbertolotti: -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:37, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@John of Reading @Magioladitis Is that enough for approval? Lbertolotti (talk) 20:04, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the "ping", but I am not a member of the Bot Approvals Group. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:32, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@User:Daniel Can u help?Lbertolotti (talk) 20:51, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Anomie please take a look at this too. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:41, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Considering the limited scope and rate of this bot (one page only, once per day) and the success of the test edits, this seems ok to me as long as the operator acknowledges that any other tasks, even copying another page from Wikinews, would require further approval. Anomie ⚔ 13:08, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Anomie I acknowledge.Lbertolotti (talk) 16:19, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:35, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lbertolotti please request a bot flag from a bureaucrat before any further editing. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:36, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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