Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CwraschkeDataBot Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/CwraschkeDataBot
The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Approved.
Function Summary: Collect data on inter-wiki links to construct a network. This is done for an and-of-semester research project.
Edit period(s)(e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): One time run
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Function Details: This bot will extract all interwiki links that are contained within articles of a category (e.g. Category:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) to construct a snapshot of a network of interwiki links for a research project. Doing this job manually is very tedious, and so I am requesting approval for this Bot to do the task for me. This Bot will read only!
I plan two use information from about 2,000 articles. While high limits are nice, I would be able to time the requests to whatever limit you allow me. What is the standard limit you place on requests? I tried researching exactly what apihighlimits or the lack thereof implies, but obtained conflicting information. Could you clarify? --Cwraschke (talk) 23:27, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]