WeekBots

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WeekBots:

0 - Su

1 - M

2 - Tu

3 - W

4 - Th

5 - F

6 - Sa

[edit] Synopsis

WikiaPerl::WeekBots are proposed to become "pseudousers" in the User: namespace of any MediaWiki-driven site.

The {{CURRENTDOW}} variable is the numeric reference for the days of the week:

• ( 0 .. 6 ) redirects or references in Template:WEEK to the 7 User pages

Each WeekBot has it own "article" in the Main namespace:

• ( Sunday .. Saturday ) corresponding to its dayname or friendly name
• ( Su .. Sa ) abreviated redirects

These are dynamically dequeued using {{CURRENTDAYNAME}}.

Each week is either planned or logged (projected or recorded) with assignments using the {{CURRENTWEEK}} vairable.

• This is Week 30 for this year.

Thus a project/record queue can be built at the userbase's convienience with a compact format:

• yyyy/ww/d
• today is 2007/18/4

[edit] Description

We want to make WikiaPerl a package or bundle that allows sysops, admins and normal users to transparently manage dynamic content with something like a POE server. It's just a pipe|dream at this point, but the purposes for the package may be:

• Expedite collaboration across languages, political boundaries and timezones
• IRC control and monitoring of wikia and MediaWiki-driven sites
• Updating current events, handling news, tracking discussions, etc.
• Provide a realtime interface between a wiki site, its IRC channel, and its media streams, rss feeds, and other dynamic aspects
• ...

Wiki Campus Radio needs a way to glue VoIP call-in programs, userbase management, Wikiversity's MediaWiki site, the IRC channels, the Wikimedia Commons, Icecast streams, open-content playlists, rss feeds, blogs, discussion and a whole myriad of parts and pieces together for an extremely fast-growing metacommunity. We think it's a job that POE and WeekBots can handle.

[edit] Authors

1. Wikiversity:User:CQ:
   • Wikiversity:Topic:Perl - Wikiversity content development for perl
   • Wikiversity:Wiki Campus Radio - WikiaPerl implementation testbed
   • #wikiversity - Wikiversity interlingual hub
   • #wikiversity-en - English Wikiversity channel
   • #poe - POE channel
2. ...you perhaps...