Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Fluxbot 401

{{Newbot|Fluxbot|401}}

Operator: {{botop|Xaosflux}}

Time filed: 03:08, Friday, April 1, 2016 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual:

Programming language(s): obfusticated C

Source code available: You'll never understand it

Function overview: Will randomly add easter eggs to articles in the form of html comments.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): This will give people a reason to look at the wikitext!

Edit period(s): Once per year, during the first day of the fourth month.

Estimated number of pages affected: 1-100/run

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Nope

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: The summary about says it all, please speedily approve!

A bot of this type would probably be better off if written in an esoteric programming language. Perhaps LOLCODE or Brainfuck? Kharkiv07 (T) 03:10, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

:Please please please write it in Logo! – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:55, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

::{{u|Jonesey95}} For your experiments: [http://www.calormen.com/jslogo/# Logo] — xaosflux ^Talk 10:51, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Alas, poor socket control is preventing Logo - perhaps I could wrap a screen-reader around the core Logo utilities? Anyone have experience with this? — xaosflux ^Talk 10:50, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

:{{BotWithdrawn}} Didn't get approved and this task won't be useful for another year. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:10, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

:The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA.