User:RonBot
Wikipedia editing bot run by Ronhjones
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 | This user account is a bot that uses Python, operated by Ronhjones (talk). It is used to make repetitive automated or semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with the bot policy. This bot was previously approved but has since been retired, and therefore shouldn't be making edits that appear 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, please block it. |
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What the bot is doing
| Task | BRFA | Approval | Type | Description | Periods | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orphaned RevDel | #1 | 21:55, 3 July 2017 | Automatic | RevDels non-free orphaned revisions | Every day at 03:00 (UK time) |  StoppedEnable |
| GIF reduce | #2 | 18:04, 17 September 2017 | Supervised | Reduces tagged GIF files to NFCC guideline | Every day at 19:00 (UK time) followed by manual check. | Stopped Enable |
| Add Non-free Reduce | #3 | 13:44, 21 May 2018 | Automatic | Adds {{non-free reduce}} to new oversized uploads | Every day at 18:00 (UK time) | Unknown, see User:RonBot/3/Run |
| SVG reduce | #4 | 17:11, 26 May 2018 | Automatic | Reduces nominal size of tagged SVG files to NFCC guideline | Every day at 02:00 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| Succession Box Removal | #5 | 20:36, 21 June 2018 | Automatic | Removes Succession Boxes from music articles | Post Initial run - Weekly, Saturday at 04:00 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| Archive WP:RESTRICT | #6 | 21:32, 3 July 2018 | Automatic | Puts inactive users (>2y) or expired item into archive page, moves back if user starts editing again (and not expired) | Monthly, 1st at 05:00 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| Categorise footballers with no declared position | #7 | 01:49, 1 August 2018 | Automatic | Finds footballers who have not be categorised with a position | On 7th and 21st at 03:00 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| Removal of unused dates | #8 | 01:49, 1 August 2018 | Automatic | Removes any unused level 1 date headings from the pages in Category:Wikipedia help pages with dated sections | Daily at 06:00 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| Removal of bad center tags | #9 | 22:58, 21 September 2018 | Automatic | Removes center tags from an early version of the bugle newsletter, where the closing span and center tag are in wrong order | One Time Run Completed 22/9/2018 | Stopped Enable |
| Sorting Special Lists | #10 | 17:04, 18 September 2018 | Automatic | Removes blank lines, duplicate entries, and sorts lists at User:JL-Bot/Questionable.cfg and User:JL-Bot/Citations.cfg | Daily at 04:00 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| Updating Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Drafts | #11 | 16:01, 15 October 2018 | Automatic | Extracts pages from Category:AfC submissions declined as a non-notable biography that are about Women | Weekly on Sunday at 00:00 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| Processing CAT:MISSFILE | #12 | 14:16, 20 January 2019 | Automatic | Processing CAT:MISSFILE | Twice Daily 06:00 & 18:00 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| Listing recent free file uploads | #13 | WP:BOTUSERSPACE | Automatic | Finds the recent files in "All Free Media" and sorts in order of upload. Saved at User:RonBot/NewImages | Daily at 16:30 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| SVG upsize | #14 | 16:21, 7 January 2019 | Automatic | Increases nominal size of tagged SVG files to just below NFCC guideline | Daily at 05:00 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| Finding Footballers with no nationality | #15 | WP:BOTUSERSPACE | Automatic | Compare list of Footballers and extracts the ones missing a nationality. writes to User:RonBot/Football players missing nationality | Weekly (Sat) at 12:00 (UK time) | Stopped Enable |
| Finding centre of NSW counties | #16 | WP:BOTUSERSPACE | Automatic | From counties in Lands_administrative_divisions_of_New_South_Wales#Table_of_counties find the centre of all the parishes. writes to User:RonBot/NSWcoords | Probably One Time Run at 20:35, 25 December 2018 | Stopped Enable |
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Count Data
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| Action | Count |
|---|---|
| Edits | 299056 |
| Edits+Deleted | 326280 |
| Revisions deleted | 198098 |
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