User:FlBot

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Administrators: Use this button to block the bot if it is malfunctioning.

{{Infobox bot

| Bot name = flBot

| logo =

| image =

| caption =

| operator = {{User|fl}}

| approval = Yes

| flag = Yes

| tasks = See below

| edit rate = 1 every hour

| process = Automatic

| language = Python (using [http://code.google.com/p/python-wikitools/ Python-Wikitools] framework)

| period = Constant

| Excl. comp. =

| source = Yes, [http://svn.toolserver.org/svnroot/fl/trunk/loxybot/ here]

| lang_cat = Python

| shutoff = no

| other =

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flBot is a bot run by {{User|fl}} that periodically (every hour) updates {{tlx|opentasks}} with random pages from each category. It runs using Python and the [http://code.google.com/p/python-wikitools/ Python-Wikitools] framework off the wikimedia toolserver.

= Tasks =

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! Task Number

! Summary

! Approved?

|Update {{tlx|opentasks}} with random tasks for a variety of categories.

|{{y}} Yes

|Purges the main page at midnight every day

|{{y}} Not required

|Purges Template talk:Did you know in 10 minute intervals.

|{{y}} Not required

= Source =

The source code for flBot (opentasks.py) is now contained on my [http://svn.toolserver.org/svnroot/fl/trunk/loxybot/ toolserver SVN repository]. The bot requires a copy of the [http://code.google.com/p/python-wikitools/ Python-Wikitools] framework.