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 Approved.

Operator: Wikihermit

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Auto - unsupervised

Programming Language(s): C# m:pywikipedia

Function Summary: See function details

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

Edit rate requested: 10 edits per minute

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

Function Details: KiloBot will use C# pywikipedia to remove the various ((pp-protected)) templates from pages in category:protected that are no longer protected. It will also feed from recentchanges to remove the templates from pages that aren't protected (i.e. new users adding the template thinking it will protect the page). If they use the various ((pp-protected)) templates, it will show up in category:protected.

Discussion[edit]

bots not needed Dumbot does the exact same thing β^_command 02:12, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know, but this also checks recentchanges and it can't hurt to have two running. ~ Wikihermit 02:13, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can assure you through checking on my own part (cloning DumbBOT should DumbBOT go online is part of MadmanBot 4) that DumbBOT handles this adequately; there's no work for your bot to do. You will certainly not need ten epm. There are just so few pages where this discrepancy exists. — madman bum and angel 02:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just left it at the speed it can currently run. ~ Wikihermit 02:43, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is no harm on having two bots running a task even when there is no need - it lightens the load on both of them, and there is not a fixed number of bot flags available. Since this is a simple task, that is already being done so not controversial, Approved for trial (20 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. (low num edits due to the fact it shouldn't have too much work to do). Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 03:40, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lighten up the load? It's a bot, giving it extra work will not make it harder for the operator. If there is so little only one bot is needed (ie. 200), leave it as one bot. --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 11:47, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lightening up the load is good for bandwidth, reliability, and other things. There is not a limited number of bot flags, or a limit on how many bots can be run. More than 1 bot can do the same task, it may not provide much benefit, but it does provide some, and it does not hurt. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 23:33, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also changed the request to HermesBot, since I'm changing all bot tasks over to that bot. ~ Wikihermit 17:38, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proof of concept: diff. Works fine, it scanned all the articles in category:protected with no problems. ~ Wikihermit 18:14, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great, looks good, no major issues.  Approved. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 22:35, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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