Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DYKBot

The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Approved.

DYKBot

• (BRFA
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• contribs
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Operator: ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)}

Automatic or Manually Assisted: automatic

Programming Language(s): PHP

Function Summary: Archiving the hooks from T:DYK to Wikipedia:Recent additions

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): run right before DYKadminBot updates DYK

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

Function Details: Right before DYKadminBot updates the DYK template, this bot will archive the hooks from the current update to the Recent additions archive page.

Discussion

Approved for trial. Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Same length as the adminbot, they should be approved together. BJ^Talk 02:48, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I may have missed something, but why is the approval of a separate bot required for this task? Surely it would be simpler if DYKadminBot performed this task as well. The fact that it would be admin bot doesn't mean it can't perform non-admin tasks - especially where it is one closely related to its primary purpose, surely? WJBscribe (talk) 03:39, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

This is not the only task this bot will being in the future (assuming other tasks gain approval), there are many things at DYK which could be automated, that will most probably be done by this bot, so keeping the tasks that require the sysop rights and tasks that don't separate simplifies things more than having DYKadminBot perform them. Also, if something ever did go wrong with this particular task, an admin could block DYKBot without affecting the operation of DYKadminBot. ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 04:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Trial complete. ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 14:50, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

•  Approved. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 11:41, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

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