Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FFBot

Request to expand on the current task of updating {{cleanup}} tags to help out with updating {{wikify}} tags too, to {{wikify-date|...}} as Pearle does currently. Just to help reduce the load off Pearle, and in case the other bot goes offline/on holiday. Thanks, — FireFox ^(talk) _{16:14, 26 August 2006}

:Since another bot already does this, the only question is how would they load share, and how similar is the code for these functions?Voice-of-All 15:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

::Well if my judgements are correct, Pearle doesn't usually edit late in the evening (UTC) which is when my bot usually runs. I don't think sharing the load would be a problem; there are two or three bots that currently update the {{cleanup}} tags, and they work perfectly together. The code between the cleanup and wikify functions is very very similar – the only real differences between them are the words "cleanup" and "wikify". — FireFox ^(talk) _{15:21, 27 August 2006}

:::So the code is a copy (same langauge and text) of Pearle's, just modified?Voice-of-All 16:34, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

::::Oh, the code isn't similar to Pearle's. I probably mistook the question. FFBot is an AWB bot. — FireFox ^(talk) _{16:51, 27 August 2006}

Quite simple: replacing {{cleanup}} with {{cleanup-date|...}}. There is at least one other bot which does this, but in my opinion, the more bots there are to do the job, the more efficiently the job gets done. — FireFox ^(talk) _{20:38, 9 August '06}

:I see no problem with it. Want the AWB settings file? If so, you'd be running the same code as another bot approved for the function. alphaChimp ^laudare 02:11, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

::I don't mind, it's not hard to set up (I think). — FireFox ^(talk) _{11:04, 12 August '06}

::: Straight forwad enough good ahead. --pgk^(talk) 19:46, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

::::Thanks. — FireFox ^(talk) _{20:14, 14 August 2006}

This will be the third function if the below request is approved. I'd like approval for FFBot to help out with Wikipedia:CfD – I've noticed there is often a slight backlog here and I see no problems with having another bot to help out. If approved, it will move all involved pages into a different category per the discussion result, and then I'll delete the old category. — FireFox ^(talk) _{18:08, 13 August '06}

:Give a cpl diffs pls -- Tawker 19:01, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

::[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vladimir_Putin&diff=prev&oldid=69638778] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_II_of_Russia&diff=prev&oldid=69638716] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yelena_Shushunova&diff=prev&oldid=69638848]. Is this enough? — FireFox ^(talk) _{19:10, 14 August 2006}

::I'll just post a few more just in case: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Workers%27_Dreadnought&diff=prev&oldid=69645822], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Today_%28UK_newspaper%29&diff=prev&oldid=69645624], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Observer&diff=prev&oldid=69645162]. — FireFox ^(talk) _{20:14, 14 August 2006}

::::Yep, go ahead, that looks fine -- Tawker 02:13, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

:::::Thanks. — FireFox ^(talk) _{10:05, 15 August 2006}

As per [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bot_requests&oldid=69851906#Bot_to_drop_project_template_in_talk_pages_of_articles_in_categories]. — FireFox ^(talk) _{18:45, 15 August 2006}

:FireFox has gone on a leave of absence requset permission to tske over this Task with my bot Betacommand 15:56, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

:::Yep, how you going to do it, AWB? -- Tawker 03:28, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

::::yep thats how my bot runs :) Betacommand 03:30, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

:Done Betacommand 04:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

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