Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PlankBot

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.

PlankBot

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Operator: Faradayplank (talk)

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually Assisted

Programming Language(s): Unaltered nightly build of solve_disambiguation.py (Python)

Function Summary: Disambiguate

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Occasionally, when I have time

Already has a bot flag (Y/N):

Function Details: No custom programming

Discussion

I find it much easier to disambiguate with solve_disambiguation.py than the other tools Wikipedia Cleaner, POP or AWB (I spend hours each day working in PuTTY, the command line is second nature to me). I know that may sound odd but most of the pages I disambiguate tend to go towards the same link such as Windows to Microsoft Windows, so context isn't so critical. If I'm not 100% sure of the correct dab I move to the next and fix it later with POP so I can see the full context.

I realize that creating a bot just for this seems excessive but after reading a great deal regarding Wikipedia:B, I was unsure of how to proceed. I thought it made sense considering that while disambiguating pages I will generate a lot of recent changes entries.

Personally I'd be happy to use solve_disambiguation.py without a bot flag but I don't want to get my main account blocked for using solve_disambiguation.py or editing to fast.--Faradayplank (talk) 22:54, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

What edit rate can you archive with the script? BJ^Talk 22:56, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

3-8 EPM depending on how many links I skip due to uncertainty of what to link to. Faradayplank (talk) 22:59, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. BJ^Talk 23:04, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Here are the results. Faradayplank (talk) 23:44, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

 Approved. BJ^Talk 23:52, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

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