Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DFBot

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DFBot[edit]

I am working on developing a system for monitoring key administrative and editting related categories for the purpose of automatically identifying backlogs and other areas in need of attention.

An output prototype can be seen at User:Dragons flight/Category tracker.

The largest categories, those with 600+ entries, are scraped from Special:Mostlinkedcategories. The small ones are gotten by directly loading the category pages.

When completed, there will be a control page at User:Dragons flight/Category tracker/Config for adjusting which pages are tracked, how often they are monitored, etc.

Dragons flight 06:07, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How often will this run? — xaosflux ^Talk 00:44, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, one could make an argument that there are a few categories (e.g. Wikipedians looking for help, Requests for unblock, Wikipedia protected edit requests) where it might make sense to monitor them for changes several times per hour, but for the most part I was thinking from several time per day to once every few days. Special:Mostlinkedcategories only updates twice a week, so there is no point hitting that more often. I'm not actually sure how often would be most useful, which is why I was planning to build in some flexible control. Any thoughts? Dragons flight 02:14, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, the code has been more or less fleshed out. Please see: User:Dragons flight/Category tracker and associated pages for descriptions. Dragons flight 07:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... Category:Articles for deletion should be updated every 24 hours; Category:Candidates for speedy deletion could be updated several times per hour (perhaps every 15 minutes), as every request is by default 200 pages, and would not be harsh on the servers. But overall, everything else looks fine. Tito xd^(?!?) 07:37, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One week, (up to 1 month if needed) trial period approved. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:27, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is the status of this bot?Voice-of-All 17:54, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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