Bugs item #3467493, was opened at 2011-12-30 07:30 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603138&aid=3467493...

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Status: Open

Resolution: Wont Fix Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: https://www.google.com/accounts () Assigned to: xqt (xqt) Summary: interwiki.py crashes if bot is blocked

Initial Comment: I have python v2.7.2

I run a bot that operates on every wiki so it is painful to modify user-config file every time there is a problem.

Every now and then I get all of bots interwiki operations disrupted if a wikipedia language edition decides to block. The bot running interwiki.py crashes after trying to edit that wiki. This is a problem because any block on any wiki effectively disables the bot until that block is lifted.

I thought this was a feature (somehow) until I was told this could be a bug.

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Comment By: https://www.google.com/accounts ()

Date: 2011-12-30 08:12

Message: In my case my user-config.py just loops all wikis rather than me typing them individually so that is a lot of work. Also that is unhelpful if one is having multiple continuous interwiki.py runs which can take weeks. It is a logistical nightmare to try to figure out which runs crashed and etc.

The bot is blocked due to it not having a bot flag (due to wiki policy change or oversight on my part), not because of a malfunction. Indeed it is a serious problem but does not have a technical solution. It requires me to apply for a bot flag locally which can be a lengthy process. The point here is all other wikis aside from the wikis blocking should have bot continuing with its edits.

Indeed a global block would be needed in the event of a catastrophic malfunction of interwiki.py but this would be for all bots running interwiki.py not just for my bot as I use the latest svn repositories.

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Updating links on page [[it:Utente:???? robot]]. Changes to be made: Robot: Adding [[ksh:Metmaacher:???? robot]] + [[ksh:Metmaacher:???? robot]]

NOTE: Updating live wiki...

WARNING: Your account on wikipedia:it is blocked by False. Reason: unauthorized bot, user contacted multiple times Editing using this account will stop the run.

NOTE: You have new messages on wikipedia:it WARNING: Your account on wikipedia:it does not have a bot flag. Its edits will be visible in the recent changes and it may get blocked. Dump en (wikipedia) appended. Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Dev\SVN\pywikipedia\interwiki.py", line 2573, in <module> main() File "C:\Dev\SVN\pywikipedia\interwiki.py", line 2547, in main bot.run() File "C:\Dev\SVN\pywikipedia\interwiki.py", line 2287, in run self.queryStep() File "C:\Dev\SVN\pywikipedia\interwiki.py", line 2265, in queryStep subj.finish(self) File "C:\Dev\SVN\pywikipedia\interwiki.py", line 1713, in finish if self.replaceLinks(page, new, bot): File "C:\Dev\SVN\pywikipedia\interwiki.py", line 1952, in replaceLinks status, reason, data = page.put(newtext, comment=mcomment) File "C:\Dev\SVN\pywikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 1713, in put self.site().checkBlocks(sysop = sysop) File "C:\Dev\SVN\pywikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 5023, in checkBlocks raise UserBlocked('User is blocked in site %s' % self) pywikibot.exceptions.UserBlocked: User is blocked in site wikipedia:it

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Comment By: xqt (xqt) Date: 2011-12-30 07:57

Message: If a bot is blocked on a wiki, just remove it from your user-config.py. I find it not a good idea to run a blocked bot without checking the cause. This indeed could be a malfunction and it is a good idea to stop it in general until this has been veryfied.

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