Operator: ACBest
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually Assisted
Programming Language(s): AWB
Function Summary: Just to do short stuff, minor edits, such as spelling
Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run):Every day at about 4pm, weekends a little earlier.
Edit rate requested: 10 edits per minute
Already has a bot flag (Y/N):
Function Details: It will do little things, like help me with mis spellings on my pages. Help me check for typos on other articles, place templates, such as the wikiproject trains one, theres a lot of places needing that!
Just so you know, automatic spellcheckers aare frequently denied - Unless you are watching that part or using a very strict system, I wouldn't recommend it. Matt - TheFearow 21:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC) reply
We need a specific function or functions detailed, as is this request is too vague for me to understand what you want to do. -- ST47 Talk 18:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC) reply
Note: ACBest ( talk • contribs • non-automated contribs • wikichecker • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email) lacks 500 mainspace edits typically required for approval to use AWB. MaxSem 08:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC) reply
Just to make this perfectly clear in the interest of avoiding misunderstandings: having approval to run a bot does not exempt you from the requirement to get permission to run AWB. The rationale behind this being that AWB is a powerful tool that should only be used by experienced editors (experience implies knowledge and understanding of policy) who have a specific need for it.
The point is not to make sure that only a select few can use AWB - instead, think of it more like a commercial driver's license: driving a big truck isn't glorious work but it's still something that requires a commercial driver's license (well, in the United States, at least) because a certain amount of experience is required to operate such a vehicle without hurting anyone or damaging anything. AWB is very much like that: very useful (like a truck, even if not as useful as a series of tubes ;) but there's the potential for collateral damage if operated by someone who isn't that experienced. That's why we have the requirement.
Another thing: if you only intend to use AWB in your own userspace, you don't really need a bot flag or AWB's bot mode. There are only a handful of pages in most people's userspace and you should manually review all changes made by the bot anyway unless you're confident that they can be done unsupervised. That's why it's likely that you couldn't really make full use of AWB's bot mode (at this time, for example, you only have 34 pages in your user space). Please also note that AWB works exactly the same in manual mode. Personally, I would suggest that you withdraw this request, wait until you meet the eligibility requirement for AWB (at the moment, you have 245 mainspace edits) and then use AWB under your own account (in manual mode, of course). --
Seed
2.0
09:01, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
reply
If you want bot approval to "help in your userspace", you are barking up the wrong tree, I'm afraid. If you don't have >=500 mainspace edits, you will not be approved to use AWB, nor will your bot (speaking here from my role as an AWB dev). That said, I'm going to have to reject this request, as it is a procedural impossibility for you to be approved. Thanks, Mart inp23 11:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC) reply
Denied. Mart inp23 11:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC) reply
Operator: ACBest
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually Assisted
Programming Language(s): AWB
Function Summary: Just to do short stuff, minor edits, such as spelling
Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run):Every day at about 4pm, weekends a little earlier.
Edit rate requested: 10 edits per minute
Already has a bot flag (Y/N):
Function Details: It will do little things, like help me with mis spellings on my pages. Help me check for typos on other articles, place templates, such as the wikiproject trains one, theres a lot of places needing that!
Just so you know, automatic spellcheckers aare frequently denied - Unless you are watching that part or using a very strict system, I wouldn't recommend it. Matt - TheFearow 21:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC) reply
We need a specific function or functions detailed, as is this request is too vague for me to understand what you want to do. -- ST47 Talk 18:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC) reply
Note: ACBest ( talk • contribs • non-automated contribs • wikichecker • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email) lacks 500 mainspace edits typically required for approval to use AWB. MaxSem 08:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC) reply
Just to make this perfectly clear in the interest of avoiding misunderstandings: having approval to run a bot does not exempt you from the requirement to get permission to run AWB. The rationale behind this being that AWB is a powerful tool that should only be used by experienced editors (experience implies knowledge and understanding of policy) who have a specific need for it.
The point is not to make sure that only a select few can use AWB - instead, think of it more like a commercial driver's license: driving a big truck isn't glorious work but it's still something that requires a commercial driver's license (well, in the United States, at least) because a certain amount of experience is required to operate such a vehicle without hurting anyone or damaging anything. AWB is very much like that: very useful (like a truck, even if not as useful as a series of tubes ;) but there's the potential for collateral damage if operated by someone who isn't that experienced. That's why we have the requirement.
Another thing: if you only intend to use AWB in your own userspace, you don't really need a bot flag or AWB's bot mode. There are only a handful of pages in most people's userspace and you should manually review all changes made by the bot anyway unless you're confident that they can be done unsupervised. That's why it's likely that you couldn't really make full use of AWB's bot mode (at this time, for example, you only have 34 pages in your user space). Please also note that AWB works exactly the same in manual mode. Personally, I would suggest that you withdraw this request, wait until you meet the eligibility requirement for AWB (at the moment, you have 245 mainspace edits) and then use AWB under your own account (in manual mode, of course). --
Seed
2.0
09:01, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
reply
If you want bot approval to "help in your userspace", you are barking up the wrong tree, I'm afraid. If you don't have >=500 mainspace edits, you will not be approved to use AWB, nor will your bot (speaking here from my role as an AWB dev). That said, I'm going to have to reject this request, as it is a procedural impossibility for you to be approved. Thanks, Mart inp23 11:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC) reply
Denied. Mart inp23 11:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC) reply