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RyanBot (talk · contribs)


Operator: Riley Huntley (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought: Remove duplicate/redundant {{Check categories}} templates on files that already contain one. Example.

Automatic or manually assisted: Automatic

Edit type (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Weekly run

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): Maxlag:5

Bot flag requested: (Y/N): Y

Programming language(s): Python

Edit summary:

(Bot: Removing duplicate {{Check categories}} template) (Task 1)

Riley Huntley (talk) 09:13, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Discussion

  • It has been requested that this task be extended to other duplicate templates. At this particular time, I haven't seen any other duplicate templates on files before. If anyone can show me other templates where this would be used, let me know and I will be glad to add it into this task. Riley Huntley (talk) 16:28, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

If there are no objections, I think task should be approved. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:59, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

RyanBot (talk · contribs) 2


Operator: Riley Huntley (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought: Expand descriptions of files in Category:Dutch pronunciation based on a specific uploader and generic description. While expanding the description, it would utilize template {{Pronunciation}} and {{Male voice}}. Example edit details best!

Automatic or manually assisted: Automatic

Edit type (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): One time run

Bot flag requested: (Y/N): N

Programming language(s): Python

Riley Huntley (talk) 23:55, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Discussion

  • Edit summary: (Bot: Expanded description using template {{Pronunciation}}) (Task 2) Riley Huntley (talk) 01:16, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
  • Trial complete; contributions. Trial extended to 75 edits due to uber duber complex regex. These trial edits were ran manually assisted, no errors were identified before accepting changes. Riley Huntley (talk) 01:16, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
  • Requesting to expand this task to include files with only the description "Dutch pronunciation" or no description at all. Riley Huntley (talk) 01:16, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
    Looks OK for me. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:58, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

If there are no objections, I think task should be approved. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:01, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

RyanBot (talk · contribs) 3


Operator: ~riley (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought:

Categorize Commons:TimedText (All pages: TimedText) pages by language into subcategories of Category:Timed Text by language, utilizing the language codes in the page names. For those unfamiliar with TimedText, the pages are categorized through their talk pages.

Automatic or manually assisted:

Automatic

Edit type (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run):

Monthly

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute):

Maxlag:5

Bot flag requested: (Y/N):

N

Programming language(s):

Python

Edit summary:

Bot: Categorizing by language - added Category:Timed Text in English (Task 3)

Trial results:

Trial results:
  1. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2014-03-08 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  2. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2014-03-01 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  3. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2014-02-22 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  4. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2014-02-15 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  5. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2014-02-08 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  6. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2014-02-01 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  7. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2014-01-25 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  8. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2014-01-18 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  9. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2014-01-04 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  10. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2013-11-24 10 Jahre Alemannische Wikipedia.webm.en.srt
  11. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2013-09-28 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  12. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2013-09-28 President Obama's Weekly Address HD.webm.en.srt
  13. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2013-08-24 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm.en.srt
  14. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2012-12-01 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv.en.srt
  15. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2012-07-21 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv.en.srt
  16. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:20090512 James Earl Jones - Othello (I. iii) at the White House (trimmed).ogv.en.srt
  17. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2009-12-19 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv.en.srt
  18. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2009-10-10 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv.en.srt
  19. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2009-06-06 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv.en.srt
  20. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2009-04-04 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv.en.srt
  21. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2009-03-28 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv.en.srt
  22. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2009-03-14 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv.en.srt
  23. 04:49 Page creation: TimedText talk:2009-03-07 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv.en.srt
  24. 04:48 Page creation: TimedText talk:2009-02-21 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv.en.srt
  25. 04:48 Page creation: TimedText talk:2 of 4 - Synthesis -A machine that uses gears, springs and levers to add sines and cosines.webm.en.srt
  26. 04:48 Page creation: TimedText talk:1TR110-1 Kap8.3 Freiton1.ogg.en.srt
  27. 04:48 Page creation: TimedText talk:1 of 4 - Intro & History - Introducing a 100-year-old mechanical computer.webm.en.srt
  28. 04:48 Page creation: TimedText talk:1 año de Ayotz1napa -DiaDeLaIndignación.webm.en.srt
  29. 04:48 Page creation: TimedText talk:1 - 2 - Welcome to Class (19 54).webm.en.srt
  30. 04:48 Page creation: TimedText talk:"One Day in Berlin" - Visit of John F. Kennedy, president of the United States in Berlin, 1963.webm.en.srt

~riley (talk) 04:31, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Discussion

  • ✓ Trial complete - refer to #trial results. ~riley (talk) 05:00, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
    Looks OK for me, but I'm not sure how useful it. Sorry, newer used TimedText :-) --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:26, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
    For those involved with TimedText, it is very helpful. Right now most are uncategorized it makes it hard to organize them. ~riley (talk) 15:14, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Support. --Krd 14:06, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

If there are no objections, I think task should be approved. ~riley (talk) 02:41, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Approved. --Krd 04:43, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

RyanBot (talk · contribs) 4


Operator: ~riley (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought:

Utilizing a manually or already created Creator template, go through the associated author's category (as selected by botop) and replace a generic string in the author field with the aforementioned creator template. Example diff.

Automatic or manually assisted:

Automatic

Edit type (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run):

Continuous

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute):

Maxlag:5

Bot flag requested: (Y/N):

N

Programming language(s):

Python

Edit summary:

Bot: Adding {{Creator:Christopher Michel}} to author field) (Task 4)

Trial results:

Trial results:
  1. 19:16 File:20140527 Press Conference 7075 (14133785339).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  2. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory (19079619764).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  3. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory (19430133978).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  4. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory (19442284140).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  5. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory (19446499088).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  6. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory (19613662215).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  7. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory (19618109635).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  8. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory at North Pole (19009219384).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  9. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory at North Pole (19011514523).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  10. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory at North Pole (19443997948).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  11. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory at North Pole (19446080399).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  12. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory at North Pole (19632192945).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  13. 19:17 File:50 Years of Victory Cabin (19617995525).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  14. 19:17 File:A baby being baptised (15909273062).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  15. 19:18 File:Aaron peskin (15289024971).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  16. 19:18 File:Admiral Kuznetsov, Russian Aircraft Carrier (18996981764).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  17. 19:18 File:Alan Patmore (18783910299).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  18. 19:19 File:Alex Angel (15593492628).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  19. 19:19 File:Alex McNeil (19631487832).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  20. 19:19 File:Alex McNeil (19642898231).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  21. 19:19 File:Alex McNiel Quark (18950429974).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  22. 19:19 File:Alex McNiel Quark (19384528700).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  23. 19:19 File:Alex McNiel Quark (19384923238).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  24. 19:19 File:Ali Quark (19008421014).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  25. 19:19 File:Alight (15451540860).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  26. 19:19 File:Alight (15451675710).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  27. 19:19 File:Aloha (15520968335).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  28. 19:19 File:Alone (14557443732).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  29. 19:19 File:Anne dwane (15368126800).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)
  30. 19:19 File:Anne dwane (15551078931).jpg ‎ (Bot: Adding Commons:Creator template to author field) (Task 4)

~riley (talk) 19:14, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Discussion

  • ✓ Trial complete - refer to #trial results. ~riley (talk) 19:24, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
    If bot will work with one author's works at a time, it'll reasonable to specify particular creator in edit summaries. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:42, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
    No matter how hard I try, you always get me on the edit summaries. Please see updated edit summary in task description. ~riley (talk) 15:28, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
    Sorry, if I was not clear. I meant using actual creator template like Creator:Christopher Michel instead of generic Commons:Creator. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:59, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Support. Reasonable request. --Krd 14:03, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

If there are no objections, I think task should be approved. ~riley (talk) 02:40, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Approved. --Krd 04:42, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

RyanBot (talk · contribs) 6


Operator: ~riley (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought:

Go through Category:Sockpuppeteers and standardize subcategories by replacing the content with {{Sockpuppet category}}

Automatic or manually assisted:

Automatic

Edit type (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run):

Continuous

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute):

Maxlag:5

Bot flag requested: (Y/N):

N

Programming language(s):

Python

Edit summary:

(Bot: Adding template {{sockpuppet category}}) (Task 6)

Trial results:

Trial results:

~riley (talk) 17:39, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Discussion

  • ✓ Trial complete - refer to #trial results. ~riley (talk) 18:43, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
    Looks good for me. --Krd 08:16, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
    Looks OK for me. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:35, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks Riley for volunteering on this! I was about to add {{Sockpuppet category}} on all sockpuppet categories before you made a bot request. ★ Poké95 09:51, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

If there are no objections, I think task should be approved. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:58, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

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