Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DarknessBot

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.

DarknessBot

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Operator: DarknessLord

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): Python (pywikipedia framework)

Function Summary: Fixes double-redirects.

Edit period(s) Continuous

Edit rate requested: 3 edits per minute

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

Function Details: With the annoyingness of double redirects, I've written this bot to fix double redirects so that when linked to a page that is a redirect page in all (i.e. User:DarknessLord/Custom Userboxes/Second, which leads to a redirect page. It will fix it so that it links to where the actual content is.

Discussion

Will the bot be getting the list from Special:DoubleRedirects, or by your manual entry? —Mets501 (talk) 04:13, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

The list. D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••CCD••• 00:59, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, are you using the standard "redirect.py" with the "double" parameter which is included in the pywikipedia framework? —Mets501 (talk) 07:02, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes. D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••CCD••• 13:52, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

 Approved. This bot shall run with a flag, and the owner is free to run the bot up to 6 edits per minute if he/she so chooses. —Mets501 (talk) 16:13, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Bureaucrat's note: Maybe this is some kind of database problem, but the Logs show that, despite the existance of a user page, this account was never created. I cannot flag this bot (Makebot won't recognize it either). Redux 16:57, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

You're 100% right. I've left a message on the owner's talk page letting him know that he forgot to create the account. —Mets501 (talk) 19:01, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about that. Done. D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••CCD••• 20:11, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Flagged [1]. Redux 17:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

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