Automatic or Manually Assisted:
Programming Language(s):PHP for simple web requests, Perl (using Perlwikipedia) for more complex requests
Function Summary:Removing/Replacing and Substing templates that will be deleted
Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run):Run by users and me(for complex requests) when needed, a few runs a day?
Edit rate requested: X edits per TIME Not sure at the moment, PHP script has a 5 sec dealy between server requests(can set it higher if you want)
Already has a bot flag (Y/N):Y
Function Details:Basically the script gets all the what links here pages and goes through each page and subst/removes/replaces the template as necessary, I will write up a perl script for more complex requests(e.g. where template params have to be changed(for more info see here)
Is there a particular reason why you feel Wikipedia:AWB isn't up to the task? — Coren (talk) 14:30, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't like using Windows when I'm fine with Linux and I have more controll with perl and PHP. -- Chris G 08:39, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
You will be giving the final go-ahead on each subtask, yes? This has not been clarified. — madman bum and angel 19:22, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
This is my current understanding of your bot request:
Is this correct? — Coren (talk) 23:20, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
{{ OperatorAssistanceNeeded}} Yes that is correct, I will do the regexes myself to avoid any stuff up. -- Chris 08:54, 14 November 2007 (UTC)