Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Joe's Null Bot 7
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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: 18:12, Friday May 31, 2013 (UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic
Programming language(s): PERL
Source code available: y
Function overview: Purge/forcelinkupdate files in Category:Rescaled fairuse files
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): User_talk:Joe_Decker#Backlog_at_Category:Rescaled_fairuse_files
Edit period(s): 1/day
Estimated number of pages affected: 50
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): y
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): y
Function details: Back again, this time it's CSD F5, and Category:Rescaled_fairuse_files. Time-delayed speedies. I hadn't been certain that files had the same behavior, but there are certainly expired entries in that category that don't show up in the appropriate expiration category. This should be a few variable change to the code used for the existing still-active tasks.
For those unfamiliar with the general issue--certain types of time-delayed category-inclusion via template play poorly with category caching. Some background available on the bot home page. We run across this in a variety of maintenance category contexts.
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Speedily Approved.·addshore· talk to me! 08:39, 1 June 2013 (UTC)- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA.