Current version: v. 4.6 (Dec. 10/09)
Operator: Michaelkourlas
Automatic or Manually assisted: Almost entirely automatic. The only manual action needed is to start the process.
Programming language(s): Visual Basic .NET 2008 Express Edition, DotNetWikiBot Framework
Source code available: Yes. See here.
Function overview: Tags new empty pages (or pages that contain just whitespace - spaces, tabs and line breaks) in the article namespace with db-a3 or db-blanked
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): [1]
Edit period(s): Daily, likely for a few minutes to an hour (I have school and homework, so I'll only be able to do it every so often)
Estimated number of pages affected: About 30 sec per page, but checks to see if the last revision was 5 min ago (the time length can be changed) to allow new page patrollers to mark them first if they merit a different CSD template, and to allow the article owner to place content on the page. For actual amount of pages edited, it depends on the amount of new empty pages that have not been marked with a CSD template, and how many pages the bot is told to check.
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No
Function details:
Tags new empty pages (or pages that contain just whitespace - spaces, tabs and line breaks) from Special:NewPages (not patrolled) in the article namespace with 50 revisions or less with only one author with db-a3 (if one edit) and db-blanked (if more than one edit), and also warns contributor of tagging.
Hey there Michaelkourlas, and thanks for offering to run a bot :). For this task, I feel there would need to be a delay on this. As we don't want to bot marking pages half a second after they are created when the creator plans to add to them. And we should also give any active new page patrollers time to see the article in-case the title merits a different CSD (e.g. CSD G10 ). Since both title and content can be taken into consideration when tagging for speedy deletion. Also, do you think you could start a thread at a relevant talk page (e.g. WT:CSD) asking for input? Thanks, - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 10:48, 18 November 2009 (UTC) reply
More updates (bug fixes and such) -- Michael Kourlas ( talk) 23:13, 19 November 2009 (UTC) The db-author tag should only be added by the author of the page. Tagging main namespace articles with a3 seems OK. For other namespaces, I think it's better to manually review empty pages from a database report, and the bot shouldn't be approved to tag them for deletion. — Carl ( CBM · talk) 23:21, 19 November 2009 (UTC) reply
How does the bot decide which pages are "new"? — Carl ( CBM · talk) 23:42, 23 November 2009 (UTC) reply
Major bug fix released. Also some UI changes.-- Michael Kourlas talk 04:26, 3 December 2009 (UTC) reply
1) User warning for db-a3
A tag has been placed on TITLE, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that
administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{
hangon}}
to the page and state your intention on the article's
talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. This is a notice from
User:MichaelkourlasBot, an automated utility. If you think it is a false positive, report it
here. Thanks!
2) User warning for db-blanked
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that
administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template
{{
hangon}}
to the page and state your intention on the article's
talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. This is a notice from
User:MichaelkourlasBot, an automated utility. If you think it is a false positive, report it
here. Thanks!
They look okayish, but maybe we could lose the warning graphics? I presume you mean "Db-a3" for the first one? Also, in the blanked warning, it says that previous revisions would have been candidates for speedy deletion, how will the bot identify this? Also, the author should be free to remove the G7 tag themselves, - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 08:46, 4 December 2009 (UTC) reply
1) db-a3
A tag has been placed on
PAGE by an automated utility (bot), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the
criteria for speedy deletion, because it seems to be a blank article providing no content to the reader in the only revision of the page. Please note that articles must be on
notable subjects and should provide references to
reliable sources that
verify their content.
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that
administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template
reply{{
hangon}}
to the page and state your intention on the article's
talk page.
This is a notice from
User:MichaelkourlasBot, an automated utility (bot). If you think this is a false positive, report it
here. Thanks,
MichaelkourlasBot (
talk)
16:25, 5 December 2009 (UTC).
2) db-blanked
A tag has been placed on
PAGE by an automated utility, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the
criteria for speedy deletion, because it seems to be a blank article providing no content to the reader. It also seems that you blanked the article as well, possibly as an attempt to delete the page.
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that
administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template
reply
{{
hangon}}
to the page and state your intention on the article's
talk page..
This is a notice from
User:MichaelkourlasBot, an automated utility (bot). If you think this is a false positive, report it
here. Thanks,
MichaelkourlasBot (
talk)
16:25, 5 December 2009 (UTC).
Do you still want the G7 warning to ask the user not to remove the tag them self? Also, I think that if the user talk is redlinked, then it would be a good idea to add a welcome before the warning - Kingpin 13 ( talk)
1) db-a3 non welcome
A tag has been placed on
PAGE by an automated utility (bot), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the
criteria for speedy deletion, because it seems to be a blank article providing no content to the reader in the only revision of the page. Please note that articles must be on
notable subjects and should provide references to
reliable sources that
verify their content.
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that
administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{
hangon}}
to the page and state your intention on the article's
talk page.
This is a notice from
User:MichaelkourlasBot, an automated utility (bot). If you think this is a false positive, report it
here. Thanks,
MichaelkourlasBot (
talk)
16:25, 5 December 2009 (UTC).
reply
2) db-a3 welcome
Hello, Bots/Requests for approval, and
welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for
your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one of the pages you created (
PAGE) has been tagged by an automated utility, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the
criteria for speedy deletion, because it seems to be a blank article providing no content to the reader in the only revision of the page. Please note that articles must be on
notable subjects and should provide references to
reliable sources that
verify their content.
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that
administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{
hangon}}
to the page and state your intention on the article's
talk page.
This is a notice from
User:MichaelkourlasBot, an automated utility (bot). If you think this is a false positive, report it
here. Thanks,
MichaelkourlasBot (
talk)
16:25, 5 December 2009 (UTC).
reply
3) db-blanked non welcome
A tag has been placed on PAGE by an automated utility, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it seems to be a blank article providing no content to the reader. It also seems that you blanked the article as well, possibly as an attempt to delete the page. Usually, speedy deletion tags should only be removed by administrators. However, since you are the only contributor to the page, and since the page was tagged under the assumption that you wanted it deleted, you may remove it yourself if you plan to expand or recreate the article. This is a notice from User:MichaelkourlasBot, an automated utility (bot). If you think it is a false positive, report it here. Thanks, MichaelkourlasBot ( talk) 16:25, 5 December 2009 (UTC). reply
4) db-blanked welcome
Hello, Bots/Requests for approval, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one of the pages you created ( PAGE) has been tagged by an automated utility, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it seems to be a blank article providing no content to the reader. It also seems that you blanked the article as well, possibly as an attempt to delete the page. Usually, speedy deletion tags should only be removed by administrators. However, since you are the only contributor to the page, and since the page was tagged under the assumption that you wanted it deleted, you may remove it yourself if you plan to expand or recreate the article. This is a notice from User:MichaelkourlasBot, an automated utility (bot). If you think it is a false positive, report it here. Thanks, MichaelkourlasBot ( talk) 16:25, 5 December 2009 (UTC). reply
If revsForPage.pages.Count = 0 Then
Writer.WriteLine(My.Computer.Clock.LocalTime.ToString & " - " & "Page deleted - DISCONTINUE")
GoTo discontinue
End If
Added new feature to prepare bot for trial. --
Michael Kourlas
talk
18:54, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
reply
Approved for trial (5 days). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Let's see how it does -
Kingpin
13 (
talk)
16:31, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
reply
Something weird has happened. It added a speedy deletion template correctly, but made no mention of it in the logs, or warned the user. I don't understand it. Will continue. -- Michael Kourlas talk 00:44, 8 December 2009 (UTC) reply
Well, at this point, around 20 000 page checks and only one edit to show for it (see above). I'll sign off for the day. -- Michael Kourlas talk 01:29, 8 December 2009 (UTC) reply
Two SERIOUS problems that have arose: a) DotNetWikiBot reports page edit time as 12:00:00 -- ALWAYS. Thus, it cannot check for 5 min revision rule. b) DotNetWikiBot reports page contents of user page as EMPTY -- ALWAYS (yet it replaces all the content on the page!). Thus, it cannot add user warnings. HELP! -- Michael Kourlas talk 00:39, 9 December 2009 (UTC) {{ BAGAssistanceNeeded}} reply
First real edits here and here. They both work and were totally automated! Looks like the bot works now. :-) -- Michael Kourlas talk 22:44, 9 December 2009 (UTC) reply
|bot=MichaelkourlasBot
parameter to the CSD template. -
Kingpin
13 (
talk)
09:25, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
replySC too large to be uploaded; only uploaded bot.vb. -- Michael Kourlas talk – contribs 23:52, 10 December 2009 (UTC) reply
Trial complete.
I suppose at this point it's over. Overall, these are the things that I have learned from this trial:
a) The bot works b) There are not a whole lot of pages that meet its criteria, though
Where to from here?
-- Michael Kourlas talk – contribs 03:45, 13 December 2009 (UTC) reply
Approved. Great, it looks fine to me. Hope to see you at BRfA again in the future :) -
Kingpin
13 (
talk)
16:04, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
reply