Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/NovemBot 7
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Speedily Approved.
Operator: Novem Linguae (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 21:13, Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic
Programming language(s): PHP
Source code available: https://github.com/NovemLinguae/NovemBot/tree/main/TaskCRFACount
Function overview: Take over Amalthea (bot) task 4. User:Amalthea_(bot).
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 84#RFA Count Updater
Edit period(s): Continuous
Estimated number of pages affected: 2
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: Check WP:RFA every 30 minutes. Update the count of RFAs and RFBs at User:Amalthea/RfX/RfA count and User:Amalthea/RfX/RfB count, respectively. If one of these pages is not equal to zero, template/module code triggers a watchlist notice to be displayed, notifying folks about an RFA/RFB being open for discussion.
At first I thought this was WP:BOTEXEMPT because it was just modifying a userspace page. But today I realized the policy says only my own userspace is exempt, not another person's userspace. So I am filing this to legitimize the task.
Has been running for awhile without issues. Can probably be speedily approved.
Discussion
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Speedily Approved. For what it's worth, low-page-count tasks are often acceptable to run without a BRFA, such as this task, assuming there is some indication of consensus etc (e.g. database reports are common uses). Primefac (talk) 12:23, 9 February 2023 (UTC) Struck following a correction, see Special:PermaLink/1227563028#Bot_policy_questions. Primefac (talk) 14:06, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
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