 | Thisuser account is abot operated byfl (talk). It is used to make repetitiveautomated orsemi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with thebot policy. This bot was previously approved but has since been retired, and therefore shouldn't be making edits thatappear to be unassisted except in the operator's or its own user and user talk space. Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, pleaseblock it. |
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| This user is abot | |
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| (talk ·contribs) | |
| Operator | fl (talk ·contribs) |
| Approved? | Yes |
| Flagged? | Yes |
| Task | See below |
| Edit rate | 1 every hour |
| Edit period | Constant |
| Automatic or manual? | Automatic |
| Programming language | Python (usingPython-Wikitools framework) |
| Exclusion compliant? | No |
| Source code published? | Yes,here |
| Emergency shutoff-compliant? | no |
flBot is a bot run byfl (talk ·contribs) that periodically (every hour) updates{{opentasks}} with random pages from each category. It runs usingPython and thePython-Wikitools framework off thewikimedia toolserver.
| Task Number | Summary | Approved? |
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| 1 | Update{{opentasks}} with random tasks for a variety of categories. |  YYes |
| 2 | Purges the main page at midnight every day | Y Not required |
| 3 | PurgesTemplate talk:Did you know in 10 minute intervals. | Y Not required |
The source code for flBot (opentasks.py) is now contained on mytoolserver SVN repository. The bot requires a copy of thePython-Wikitools framework.