Operator: Tim1357
Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: If you want it...
Function overview: Update Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron/Current articles
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): WT:ARS
Edit period(s): Nightly, unless requested by WikiProject to go faster.
Estimated number of pages affected: 1
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): NA
Already has a bot flag: Yes
Function details: Update list of AfD's who's articles are tagged with {{ rescue}}
Approved for trial (5 days). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete.
MBisanz
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10:18, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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I have serious concerns about the ability for this bot, in any form, to follow the bot policy. Assuming it worked exactly as intended and wastes no resources at all, it seems little more than a tool for canvasing in it's present form. Why is it presenting a list of AFD's for people to fix articles about? Shouldn't it just provide a list of articles that currently have AFD's running with links or transclusions of the articles? As it is right now, it dosen't seem more than a canvassing tool. Is there really consensus that this is a good thing? Hipocrite ( talk) 10:25, 4 January 2010 (UTC) reply