[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by Amalthia

Thanks so much for sharing your code and the information about "Action Chains" I didn't know that plugin existed!

My next test is to see if I can run a script to identify fics that haven't been updated in over a certain period of time and mark them as Abandoned.

Set to 365 days:

program:
now = format_date(today(),'iso');
updated = $$#fanficupdated;
status = $#fanficstatus;

	if
		status=='In-Progress'
		&& days_between(now, updated) ># 365
	then 
		'Abandoned'

	else 
		status
	fi

My personal version marks dormant fics as such after approximately 4 months and changes to 'abandoned' if there's a logged error. (Transient errors like 'site down for maintenance' or cache errors will also toggle it, so resolve those before running the chain.)

program:
now = format_date(today(),'iso');
updated = $$#fanficupdated;
status = $#fanficstatus;

	if 
		status=='In-Progress'
		&& $#fanficerror
	then 
		'Abandoned'

	elif
		status=='In-Progress'
		&& days_between(now, updated) ># 120
	then 
		'Dormant'

	else 
		status
	fi