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Project Name: gergesBot

Wikitech Usernames of requestors: GergesSH
Purpose: Creating a task bot on the Arabic Wikipedia

Brief description: I will create a bot that performs several tasks in the Arabic Wikipedia, will I install Python and mediawiki, or the rest will be from my programming

How soon you are hoping this can be fulfilled: as soon as possible

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Brief description: I will create a bot that performs several tasks in the Arabic Wikipedia, will I install Python and mediawiki, or the rest will be from my programming

I still need to write up a nicer tutorial doc on wikitech, but the project at https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/toolforge-repos/mwdemo describes a method for installing and maintaining MediaWiki as a Toolforge tool. It is not immediately obvious from the description what MediaWiki would be used for by the bot project. If the need is for documentation I would actually strongly suggest using an existing wiki rather than inventing a new one.

In T333224#8731287, @GergesSH wrote:

No, I need cloud-vps

Could you be more explicit in what features of Cloud VPS your project needs which are not available in the Toolforge project? Reviewing the list of controversial use cases for Cloud VPS at https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Cloud_VPS_project#Reviews_of_Cloud_VPS_Project_requests would probably be helpful to you in making this argument.

@GergesSH: Could you please answer the last comment? Thanks in advance!

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