Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DumbBOT

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Some articles and images are tagged {{copyvio}} but are then not listed at Wikipedia:CP. I'd like approval for User:DumbBOT to perform the second step for these incomplete nominations. This is done by loading Category:Possible copyright violations, waiting 120 seconds (to give time to complete the noms), loading Wikipedia:CP, and comparing the list of articles/images in the category and the list of articles/images linked from the copyright main page. The resulting lists are then posted as in [1] and [2]. (Nothing is posted if the list to post is empty.) I'd run this bot manually. (Liberatore, 2006). 12:50, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How often would this be run and could the wait be incresed to 300 seconds?Geni 14:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can see, there is probably no need to run it more than once in two/three days (I am not planning to run it scheduled.) I could increase the delay to 300, or also to 600 secs; there is no problem with this. (Liberatore, 2006). 14:50, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

600 would be overkill I think 5 minutes is enough.Geni 15:15, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Copyright problems already has a large backlog. Will adding more to it help resolve things? — xaosflux ^Talk 01:49, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not adding copyvio-tagged pages where they belong won't fix things, though. Titoxd^(?!?) 01:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(To Xaosflux) Pages tagged as copyvio are still pages to be processed and possibly deleted, whether they are listed in Wikipedia:CP or not. Otherwise one could delete all links from Wikipedia:CP and claim to have eliminated the backlog.

I agree that a bot that helps on this backlog might be useful. The only possibility I see is a tool for comparing the wikipedia page with the alleged source. However, this has still to be checked manually, plus there are pages that are a merge of two or more sources.

Incidentally, I'll be on vacation from Sat for a couple of weeks. Is it ok if I run this bot once today or tomorrow and finish the trial (if authorized) when I return? (Liberatore, 2006). 11:41, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to mention that I posted a link to this discussion at Wikipedia talk:Copyright problems#DumbBOT days ago, and nobody objected, beside the comment above on the delay (Liberatore, 2006). 11:47, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since you've been making posts, I'll assume you're back from vacation. This is your *fifth* task. Seriously, you don't need to go through such overhead. Run the test once and post the results. If there are problems, a SINGLE test is trivial to revert or fix. A single test should almost always be implicitly approved, so long as the idea is ok/uncontroversial. — Ram-Man ^{(comment) (talk)} 02:04, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I did, indeed (Liberatore, 2006). 11:25, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone, User:Duk, used to run a script that did this, but they are away for several months, and they did it irregularly anyway (i.e., there would suddenly be huge clumps of copyvios on random days). Anyway, it doesn't look like it is going to be run again for several months, it hasn't been done since July 25, and it is rather necessary. CAT:CP has 1000+ items, undated. If this isn't done, there will be copyright infringements that sit for months, which prevents the creation of legitimate articles and is a legal liability. —Centrx→talk • 20:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am still not sure if WP:CP needs more backlog, I am trying to get people to "sofixit" instead of posting on WP:CP, since most of the time the copyvio can be stubbed or speedy tagged in the time it takes to tell someone else to do it. If that gets through enough, then I suppose such a bot may not be too bad. Still, I'd rather have this bot make a separate list/category rather than flood WP:CP.Voice-of-All 18:05, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I concur. Separate lists/categories are helpful. Heck, make them sublists/subcategories, and you can accomplish both goals. — Ram-Man ^{(comment) (talk)} 18:20, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bot trial run approved for the duration of one week on the condition that the list be added to a subpage (please say where that will be). Tag the articles with a copyvio category unique to this bot if you like. Voice-of-All 23:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I could only start the running the script yesterday. See the current status at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Unlisted. I can conclude the trial run next week, if that's considered necessary (Liberatore, 2006). 11:25, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trial run concluded

Everything seems ok to me. I had to make some changes to account for the {{imagevio}} template, but everything else seems ok to me. The page where unlisted copyvios are reported is Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Unlisted. (Liberatore, 2006). 13:17, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Task approved. Voice-of-All 23:38, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. This bot's task has been adjusted slightly as per this discussion under "Bot change of function". The bot will now post directly to the main page instead of subpages. -- RM 16:36, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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