User:TheSandBot
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| TheSandBot (Talk · Contribs) | |
 TheSandBot aids in Operation Enduring Encyclopedia. | |
| Operator: | TheSandDoctor (t) |
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| Flagged? | Yes. |
| Edit period/s: | Continuous |
| Automatic or manual? | Automatic |
| Programming language/s: | Python |
| Exclusion compliant? | Yes |
| Other information: | Bug reports and feature requests can be made at User talk:TheSandDoctor, but TSD's Phabricator install is the preferred method and reports will just be copied over there anyways. That Phabricator is designed for TSB issue tracking. |
| There are shutdown links below, avoid blocking at all costs. |
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This user account is a bot operated by TheSandDoctor (talk). It is flagged as bot.
It is not a sock puppet, but rather an automated or semi-automated account for making repetitive edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually.
Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please block it. tasks • contribs • count • logs • page moves • block user • block log • flag log • global contribs • flag bot |
TheSandBot (shorthand: "TSB") is a bot account which, in contrast to DFB, is generalist in nature.
Tasks (commons)
| Bot Task | Status | Description | Activity |
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| Task 1 |  Approved. |
Corrects erroneous dates, by extracting the right date from EXIF. | -Inactive |
| Task 2 | Approved. |
Scan for corrupted images in the existing catalog as well as scanning recent changes. When found, these images are tagged/logged. After a period of 7 (new uploads) or 30 (existing catalog) days, the latest version of the images are then re-scanned. If corrupt, they are then nominated for speedy deletion and the human admin confirmation that that entails. | -Active |
| Task 3 | Approved. |
Adding images from the El Paso Daily Times (18,300) to Category:El Paso Daily Times. | -Inactive |
| Task 4 | Approved. |
Procedure follows:
This is accomplished through replacing the "Object record" URL with Template:Images from Auckland Museum, as has been demonstrated here and here. There is an estimated 174k files that will be affected. |
-Active |
Instructions for disabling bot
- Please note that the old instructions for disabling the bot will no longer work (new instructions below will though). In a nutshell: keep content on User:TheSandBot/status JSON legal/safe and only change true/false values (corresponding to tasks to disable) and note the values are case-sensitive.
- Contact TheSandDoctor by email or poking if you shut down a task or have any questions.
Administrators (or extended-confirmed editors), please see User:TheSandBot/status if you wish to shut down the bot. In the event that the bot runs wild on a task (which it shouldn't) or otherwise needs to be shut down, change the text on the page's corresponding key value pair from "true" to "false" (is case sensitive; only one value can exist in the pair at a given time). Other than the true/false values, please do not change any other values, insert/remove commas etc (all the page content must stay JSON safe/legal in order for the bot to understand it). Once changed to false, that will stop the bot when it attempts to save the edit as it checks/"calls home" to that page before saving. In the event that the corresponding key/value pair contains the text "false", the script will show an error in my console and terminate. This will necessitate a restart by TSD (poke TheSandDoctor for that or send them an email), even if set back to "true".
In the event that you do shut down the bot, please send a message to TheSandDoctor (either through talk page, email, or IRC) notifying them of this and the reason for shutting the bot down. Thank you!