Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Joe's Null Bot 8
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Speedily Approved.
Operator: Joe Decker (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 06:26, Tuesday October 8, 2013 (
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Auto
Programming language(s): PERL
Source code available: Yes, on request
Function overview: Purge/forcelinkupdate files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): User_talk:Joe_Decker#Non-free_files_with_orphaned_versions
Edit period(s): 1/day
Estimated number of pages affected: 100
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): y
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): y
Function details: Purge/forcelinkupdates files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions 1/day to ensure correct inclusion into Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.
As with many of this bot's previous tasks, we have a maintenance template which puts affected files into categories based on time-dependent calculations, and MediaWiki isn't smart enough to notice those change without a kick in the pants. Many of the previous tasks explain this issue at greater length. I continue to monitor the relevant bugzilla bugs.
Note: This most similar to task 7.
Discussion
Is there anything different between this and task 7 besides the category? Anomie⚔ 00:09, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
- Nope. --j⚛e deckertalk 12:20, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
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