And got a reply: > > The bot relies on a IRC feed that reports links as they are added, so it > would be useless outside Wikipedia without a rewrite. There is a link to its > source code in its BRFA if you want to try to rewrite it (sorry I don't > recall the link offhand). --ThaddeusB (talk) 03:06, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
adrelanos: > I asked: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:ThaddeusB#WebCiteBOT_source_code > > Benjamin Lees: >> Fair enough. :-) It was created by a GSoC student, so it's probably not >> going to be developed further unless someone picks it up. >> >> The English Wikipedia has a bot that WebCites new URLs: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WebCiteBOT I don't see the source >> posted, but maybe the author would be willing to share. >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:01 PM, adrelanos <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Benjamin Lees: >>>> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:52 AM, adrelanos <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> (The ArchiveLinks extension [1] looks very well, serving exactly this >>>>> purpose, but its really stresses, not to use in in production wiki.) >>>>> >>>> >>>> The "experimental" label isn't a good indicator of production-worthiness. >>> >>> I think in the very case of the ArchiveLinks extension, it is. >>> >>> File [1]: NOT STABLE DO NOT USE >>> >>>> Please read the readme file. (tl;dr: This is under devolopment and >>> should not be used by anyone) >>> >>> >>> https://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/ArchiveLinks/NOT%20STABLE%20DO%20NOT%20USE >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
