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Revision as of 23:08, 2 May 2007 editST47 (talk | contribs)Edit filter managers, Checkusers, Administrators75,908 edits Discussion← Previous edit Revision as of 07:24, 3 May 2007 edit undoTony Sidaway (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers81,722 edits Discussion: User space or user talk will be the whole of its scope of editing.Next edit →
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Very interesting. Am I correct in my interpretation that this doesn't edit outside of User talk? ]<small>]</small> 23:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC) Very interesting. Am I correct in my interpretation that this doesn't edit outside of User talk? ]<small>]</small> 23:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

: User space or user talk will be the whole of its scope of editing. This is primarily to keep the query mechanism, and the nature of the queries, transparent. The query mechanism could in principle be used for the purposes of stalking another person's edits, for instance, and if this ever happens the community should be able to detect this and express its opinion on the appropriateness of the queries in the light of the project's aims. Even results that are sent in email will also be written on the wiki for this reason. --] 07:24, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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TonyBot

Operator: Tony Sidaway

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually assisted, supervised

Programming Language(s): Chicken Scheme

Function Summary: Functional programming language query interface to Misplaced Pages for general use.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Daily, at discretion of operator

Edit rate requested: 1 edit per minute.

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

Function Details: This bot will provide an experimental lisp-like functional programming interface to information about Misplaced Pages pages, edits, and users. The aim is to make it easy for users to produce lists of information they need to maintain Misplaced Pages. An example, unions and intersections of categories could be produced by a suitable query. Another query could be used to compile statistics about edit rates to a set of pages in a category. The bot will apply code execution heuristics to guard against over-use of the wiki and production of excessive amounts of output. All output will be in TonyBot's userspace, and communication with registered users will be via pages in their userspace, with an option to send copies of the results to the user's verified Misplaced Pages email address. More details at User talk:TonyBot.

Discussion

Very interesting. Am I correct in my interpretation that this doesn't edit outside of User talk? ST47Talk 23:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

User space or user talk will be the whole of its scope of editing. This is primarily to keep the query mechanism, and the nature of the queries, transparent. The query mechanism could in principle be used for the purposes of stalking another person's edits, for instance, and if this ever happens the community should be able to detect this and express its opinion on the appropriateness of the queries in the light of the project's aims. Even results that are sent in email will also be written on the wiki for this reason. --Tony Sidaway 07:24, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
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