Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SoxBot 14

The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was

Approved.

SoxBot 14

Operator: X clamation point

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): PHP

Function Overview: Removing {{REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD}} from old AFDs

Edit period(s): Every 3 days

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y

Function Details: This bot will go through all AFDs that transclude {{REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD}}. It then looks at the first edit date, and checks if it's more than 2 weeks old. If it is, then it removes the template. Should not be a major task.

Discussion

Is there a chance that a 3-week old AFD could be not actually closed for any reason? Anomie ⚔ 02:11, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, that was a typo. I meant 2 weeks. And there actually could be a chance, if it's relisted a lot. If that's the case, I'll also have it check for the archival template at the top of the page. X clamation point 02:16, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Checking for the archival template sounds like a much better idea than an arbitrary time limit. Doing it that way, I can't see any objection.

Approved for trial (10 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. (just for good measure). Anomie ⚔ 02:25, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How's it going? Have you had time to test this? – Quadell ^(talk) 18:52, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I've been busy with other stuff. I'll get the 10 edits now. X clamation point 22:18, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ten edits done. X clamation point 23:04, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. Looks like everything went according to plan. Anomie ⚔ 01:58, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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