User:FPCBot

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This user account is a bot operated by Daniel78 (talk). 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.

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Required bot information[edit]

  • Creator and contact person: Daniel78
  • Miscellaneous contact person: KTC
  • Tasks: Close and park FPC nominations
  • Operation: Automatic
  • When: Currently doing 3 runs a day (5:00, 13:00, 21:00 UTC)
  • Maximum edit rate: Default pywikipedia setting
  • This bot is written in python, uses Pywikibot and its source can be found at github. Note that anyone can (and are encouraged) to to send fixes and patches as pull requests to the repository. (The original bot creator is no longer fixing issues / only approving them).


Command[edit]

The bot currently runs as a cronjob on toolforge(tools.fpcbot) that looks like this:

0 5,13,21 * * * jsub -once python3 fpc.py -park -close -auto -pt:0
± This user is in fact a bot.