Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TSM Fairuse Bot

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 The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by operator.

[edit] TSM Fairuse Bot

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Operator: The Sunshine Man

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic (regularly supervised)

Programming Language(s): AWB, possible Perl

Function Summary: This bot will work on removing fair use images from the userspace and will leave a hidden message on the page informing users of which image was removed and why. It will never edit articles.

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

Edit rate requested: 2 per minute

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No

Function Details: See function summary above, will work on removing fair use images from userspace. The source code has not yet been written and any help would be appreciated. The Sunshine Man 15:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

this bot already exists and is run by eagle 101 Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 15:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I cant see it, where exactly is it? Regards --The Sunshine Man 15:42, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Right here. -- Seed 2.0 15:45, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and if you still intend to go forward with, could you please explain what you mean by 'hidden message'? Thanks. -- Seed 2.0 15:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I mean like what orphan bot does, it inserts a hidden message, so if this bot was approved it would add something like <!-- Image:Example.jpg removed from userspace as it is fairuse - please do not re-add it. Removed by TSM Fairuse Bot -->, thats what I mean, if you have any other questions please ask. Regards --The Sunshine Man 15:56, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Since it's only userspace, ((BotTrial)) for 50 edits, but do not spam users, make one topic then add replies if you can do that. --ST47Talk 00:50, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

The Sunshine Man has requested help producing the source code for his bot. All help would be much appreciated in the construction of this code. E ^talk 12:23, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Why do we need another fair use finding bot? Eagle_101's has caused some controversy in the past (maybe I imagined it), and although it's an important job, I am somewhat sceptical of the need for another bot, running different source code, when Eagle_101's does a perfectly good job. We don't want to be duplicating our efforts, so I would ask TSM to speak to Eagle_101 to determine if there is a need for another bot, and if so, ask him for help. Thanks, Martinp23 12:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

(BotTrial) revoked, until we have more details, and until the bot is actually written. Thanks, Martinp23 12:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

What's going on? --ST47Talk 14:19, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Cancel it, it seems silly if Eagle 101's bot is running, so I withdraw this request to prevent duplicate bots. The Sunshine Man 14:47, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Withdrawn by operator. per above. Martinp23 15:14, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

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