Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot 6

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Approved.

RonBot 6[edit]

Operator: Ronhjones (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 15:49, Tuesday, July 3, 2018 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: User:RonBot/6/Source1

Function overview: WP:RESTRICT has 4 sub-pages, each with one table. The bot will move any lines in the table that have expired or the user(s) have been inactive for more than 2 years to the Archive tables. In addition it will move back any rows from the archive tables, where the user has become active.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#WP:RESTRICT_archive_bot and User_talk:Beeblebrox#Wikipedia:Bot_requests#WP:RESTRICT_archive_bot

Edit period(s): Monthly

Estimated number of pages affected: Eight only

Namespace(s): Wikipedia

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes, but is unlikely to be used

Adminbot (Yes/No): Yes, for getting the date of last deleted edit of a user

Function details: There are 8 pages to be processed:

Each page is processed in turn.

The rows of the tables are separated with newlines to ensure a clean change (this is undone before saving).

The end of table marker is changed to a new row, so as to avoid unnecessary checking when the last row is moved (this is undone before saving).

In the main pages (1 to 4), where the users quoted in the first cell of a row, have been inactive for over 2 years OR the restriction (in the final column) has expired, the row will be moved to the archive page.

Then the pages 5-8 are processed to see if any users on an unexpired restriction have started to edit again, and if so the row is moved back to the main page.

Both normal edits and deleted edits are checked to get the user's very last edit.

Trial in user space (using copies of real pages) can be found at Special:Contributions/RonBot at 15:42, 3 July 2018 to 15:48, 3 July 2018 (all marked "Trial D"). NB:Pages 3 and 7 were unchanged, so no entry in RonBot's log.

Discussion[edit]

Approved for trial. Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. 1 full run. Revert things if they go wrong. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:11, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Trial complete. See Special:Contributions/RonBot 18:13, 3 July 2018 to 18:19, 3 July 2018. No surprises. Ronhjones ^(Talk) 18:24, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. Keep an eye out on the few next update to see if there's anything weird with it, but no need for more bureaucracy than needed here. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:28, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ronhjones: closing note. I would suggest putting the archive links in the edit summary. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:32, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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