RE: All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXVII
03-30-2023, 12:00 PM (This post was last modified: 03-30-2023, 12:00 PM by robkelk.)
03-30-2023, 12:00 PM (This post was last modified: 03-30-2023, 12:00 PM by robkelk.)
Bad news, folks... Bot runs do something bad to the database, and generate false-positive results in DPL lists.
Evidence: Both this list and this list were down to a couple-dozen pages before somebody did a bot run. Now they're so long that they overflow the DPL lists.
I propose that we not allow bot runs at all unless there's an emergency that needs to be fixed immediately (as in "the wiki has been served with a court order" immediately)... and, even then, somebody needs to go in afterwards and manually edit every page touched by the bot run so that the database is updated correctly.
Evidence: Both this list and this list were down to a couple-dozen pages before somebody did a bot run. Now they're so long that they overflow the DPL lists.
I propose that we not allow bot runs at all unless there's an emergency that needs to be fixed immediately (as in "the wiki has been served with a court order" immediately)... and, even then, somebody needs to go in afterwards and manually edit every page touched by the bot run so that the database is updated correctly.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
Boycotting ALL products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to lie about my native country.
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
Boycotting ALL products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to lie about my native country.
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada
Government of Canada: Claiming refugee protection (asylum) from within Canada