Wiktionary:Votes/bt-2007-08/User:VolkovBot for bot status

User:VolkovBot for bot status

• Nomination: I hereby request the Bot flag for User:VolkovBot for the following purposes:

  add/update interwiki links (contributions), to be a backup for RobotGMwikt which doesn't work for over one month now.

  This has been discussed at Wiktionary:Beer parlour#User:VolkovBot - second attempt. The bot currently has flags on bg, cs, de, el, es, et, fr, he, is, it, ja, ko, pt, ro, ru, simple, sv, ta, vi wiktionaries.

  Volkov 12:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

• Vote ends: 4 September 2007 23:59 UTC
• Vote started: 12:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

• Discussion:

  WT:BP#User:VolkovBot - second attempt

  m:WM:IW-WIKT related discussion

  User:Volkov

Support

1. Support Connel MacKenzie 13:57, 28 August 2007 (UTC) With GerardM's absence, this is a needed replacement. --Connel MacKenzie 13:57, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
2. Support H. (talk) 15:58, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
3. Support Rod (A. Smith) 16:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC) Even if RobotGMwikt were running, it would be important to activate this bot in interest of risk-reducing redundancy. Rod (A. Smith) 16:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
4. Support —Stephen 12:11, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
5. Support ―Tohru 01:37, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose Robert Ullmann 14:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

   I'm perfectly willing to change this. I have a serious question. A problem with RobotGMwikt is that it used the code in the pybot framework designed for the pedias, that tried to make transitive connections between the names of articles in different languages. Apparently the bot runner couldn't make even small changes (like suppressing links from pl to ru, as requested). Is this bot using the pybot code? Can you make modifications as needed?

   More importantly: if this bot is still using the pybot code, it is horribly inefficient for the wikts, where it is not necessary to look at the existing iwikis except for the entry being updated; it is sufficient to have a list of all NS:0 article titles for each wikt; that data will fit comfortably in RAM, and not require server load except for changes. Robert Ullmann 14:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

   Looking at m:WM:IW-WIKT, I think it is safe to say that VolkovBot is using the exact same pywikipediabot code that Gerard was. I have no objection to linking the pl nor ru stub entries; the additional links may help them get filled in years sooner. There are obvious performance enhancements that could be done on the toolserver. But no one that I know of has been concerned enough about it, to write that code yet. --Connel MacKenzie 15:47, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

   We're O.K. with linking to pl and ru; I believe what Robert's talking about is the fact that pl objects to linking to ru stubs, and at one point was contemplating blocking RobotGMwikt to stop it from adding such links. —Ruakh_TALK 16:45, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Decision

• Approved 5-1-0. The bot status was granted [1]. ―Tohru 03:55, 10 September 2007 (UTC)