Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BaranBOT 7

BaranBOT 7

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Time filed: 04:43, Wednesday, September 18, 2024 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available:

Function overview: Notify creators of drafts that the page hasn't been edited in at least 5 months, and therefore the page may be deleted soon. Backup for FireflyBot Task 11.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#User:FireflyBot

Edit period(s): Every 4 hours

Estimated number of pages affected: ~100 per day

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: This bot will notify the creators of drafts that the page hasn't been edited in at least 5 months and may therefore be deleted soon. It is a backup for FireflyBot Task 11. Firefly has not edited since 29 July 2024, and their bot task, which notifies creators of drafts that the page hasn't been edited in at least 5 months, stopped on 3 September 2024. Liz left them a message on their talk page and sent an email but has not received any response. I also noticed that Firefly's activity has been very low over the past year, so I want to use my bot, BaranBOT, as a backup until Firefly restarts their bot task. I will use the same script with the same functionality. I will stop this bot once Firefly restarts theirs and will use it only when their bot is down.

Discussion

I think this will be useful to run as a permanent backup, as the task is critical and the existing bots have had a poor track record over the years. FireflyBot also doesn't filter out bot edits while considering the last edit dates (bot edits don't affect G13 eligibility).

Assuming FireflyBot sends the notification 5 months after the last edit, this bot could run at 5 months + 3 days (say), and send the notification if FireflyBot didn't already do it. – SD0001 (talk) 17:37, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Firefly bot seems to be back up; can we still test this while it is running? Primefac (talk) 13:31, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]