Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Joe's Null Bot 8

{{Newbot|Joe's Null Bot|8}}

Operator: {{botop|Joe Decker}}

Time filed: 06:26, Tuesday October 8, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Auto

Programming language(s): PERL

Source code available: Yes, on request

Function overview: Purge/forcelinkupdate files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): User_talk:Joe_Decker#Non-free_files_with_orphaned_versions

Edit period(s): 1/day

Estimated number of pages affected: 100

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): y

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

Function details: Purge/forcelinkupdates files in :Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions 1/day to ensure correct inclusion into :Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

As with many of this bot's previous tasks, we have a maintenance template which puts affected files into categories based on time-dependent calculations, and MediaWiki isn't smart enough to notice those change without a kick in the pants. Many of the previous tasks explain this issue at greater length. I continue to monitor the relevant bugzilla bugs.

Note: This most similar to task 7.

: {{tl|BAG assistance needed}}

Is there anything different between this and task 7 besides the category? Anomie⚔ 00:09, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

: Nope. --j⚛e decker^talk 12:20, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

:: Ok then, I see no need for a trial. {{BotSpeedy}} Anomie⚔ 13:04, 17 October 2013 (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.