Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MetsBot 11

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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 Speedily Approved.

[edit] MetsBot

tasks • contribs • count • sul • logs • page moves • block user • block log • flag log • flag bot

Operator: Mets501

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): C#

Function Summary: Will tag {{NowCommons}} images based on whether they meet the requirements for deletion

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): daily

Edit rate requested: 15 edits per minute

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

Function Details: When a file is moved to commons, or is tagged as being on commons, it must meet the following requirements for it to be deleted on en.wiki:

  1. The entry on commons actually exists
  2. The entry has proper source and copyright information on the commons page
  3. The file names are the same (if not remember to redirect all image links)
  4. The file was properly uploaded (preserving GFDL required history of revisions)
  5. The file was properly added to an article or category in commons
  6. The files on Wikipedia and Commons are bit-for-bit copies.

Daily, the bot will go through the images tagged with {{NowCommons}} and test all of them to see if they meet the requirements. If it does, then it will say so on the page, to save admins the work of checking. If it does not, or if the bot is unsure, it will list the problems that it saw. Here is what it actually does:

  1. Verifies that the image on Commons exists
  2. Checks for source and copyright information on Commons. This is the only thing that's not coded yet, as I'm not sure exactly what to do. I'm thinking that it can check for the known source and copyright templates, and then report. Any other ideas?
  3. If the image is used on any pages, then make sure that the name on the image on Commons is the same
  4. Make sure that the user who uploaded it on the English Wikipedia's username is used on the commons description page
  5. Make sure that the image is in an article or category
  6. Download both files to make sure that they are a bit-for-bit copy.

I plan to add the bot's findings in another template right below {{NowCommons}} on images.

[edit] Discussion

Speedily Approved. --ST47Talk 11:58, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
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