The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA. The result of the discussion was Approved.

Operator: Shubinator (talk · contribs)

Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic

Programming language(s): Java

Source code available: No

Function overview: Duplicates the task of User:WikiStatsBOT, which has become unreliable.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Problem with the bot?

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: 1

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): N/A

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

Function details: The bot will edit Wikipedia:Did you know/DYK hook count every 30 minutes with updated DYK hook stats, if WikiStatsBOT has not edited the page in the last 6 hours.

Approved for trial (50 edits or 5 days). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. MBisanz ^talk 14:38, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Does "50 edits or 5 days" mean whichever comes first? Or last? Shubinator (talk) 00:10, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Trial complete. Trial edits are here. The bot performed as expected and yielded to WikiStatsBOT when it became active. Shubinator (talk) 00:49, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Approved. MBisanz ^talk 22:22, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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