Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Ganongbot

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Denied.

Ganongbot[edit]

Operator: Ganong123 (talk)

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually Assisted

Programming Language(s): Python

Function Summary: Collects judicial appointment dates from bar association websites and puts them on wikipedia.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Probably one week, but hopefully it will update later beyond that

Already has a bot flag (Y/N):

Function Details: Screen scrapes county, date, judge name from paragraphs of the newsletter of the Washington State Bar Association (linking to the original page) which contain the word "appoint." I will write them to a page called "Washington, judicial appointment dates" or something else which someone recommends.

Discussion[edit]

The operator Ganong123 (talk · contribs) doesnt appear to be an experienced one in WP. Edits of this account is confined to this BRFA only. Were you using any previous accounts ? -- Tinu Cherian - 09:08, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, is there any kind of consensus or just discussion regarding whether doing this is a good idea. If the appointment dates are going to go anywhere, shouldn't they go onto the relevant articles (if not there already) instead of a list-like page. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 18:44, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Creating lists for judicial appointment needs consensus before a bot can be considered. I'd suggest WikiProject Law. BJ^Talk 02:37, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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