Operator: Vacation9 ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 22:10, Thursday February 14, 2013 ( UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automated
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: When finished, yes
Function overview: Replace functionality of User:Gimmebot for managing Featured List Candidate and Featured Article Candidate approvals and denials.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): Once per day
Estimated number of pages affected: 3 per day
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): N/A
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: Once per day, get the approved/denied Featured Article/List nominations that have not yet been handled by the bot, archive them by adding the appropriate templates, and add the featured article or list tags to the articles if approved. Then, update the article's talk page with the {{ Article history}} template. Also handle delistings and remove the Featured Article/List star if delisted.
What happened to User:GimmeBot ? ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 22:37, 14 February 2013 (UTC) reply
There are a few more steps to the process for FAC and FAR closings. They don't seem to be fully documented anywhere; I'll write up the details as best I can later tonight. Maralia ( talk) 23:32, 14 February 2013 (UTC) reply
Trial complete. VBot archived two FLC promotions correctly (after some error fixing) and added the featured list star and {{ Article history}}. The bot wasn't programmed to add |class=FL or |class=FA to the WikiProject templates but that's a small change which I implemented with a simple find and replace. Diffs: [1] [2] [3] (manually corrected template later, fixed in code) [4] [5] [6] Vaca tion 9 22:29, 21 February 2013 (UTC) reply
Trial complete. It took a bunch of reverts, tweaks, and reruns, but now at the 20 edit limit. I'll only link to the most recent for each FLC/FAC closure done in the Extended Trial, but you can look in the history for more. The bot archived two successful FACs and one successful FLC. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] Vaca tion 9 21:08, 24 February 2013 (UTC) reply