The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Approved.

Operator: Muro de Aguas (write me)

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, supervised.

Programming Language(s): python and AWB (I will use the best for each thing).

Function Summary: Double redirects, requests on Wikipedia:Bot requests, etc.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Daily.

Edit rate requested: no more than 5 edits per minute.

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No. (I have flag in eswiki.)

Function Details: Fix double redirects, add/remove templates, add/remove/change categories, replace text, fix links to disambiguation pages. I will try to do the requests on Wikipedia:Bot requests.

Discussion[edit]

This is not a single request, this is a bunch of unrelated requests. Also, you need to specify which one on Wikipedia:BOTREQ. Soxred93 has a boring sig 19:35, 2 December 2007 (UTC) As a followup, the BAG approves tasks, not bots. Soxred93 has a boring sig 19:45, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Now your recent edit appears to contradict itself. How can it be automatic and supervised? Soxred93 has a boring sig 19:40, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He means automatic for some tasks, supervised for other. But we need more specific information on the tasks themselves. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 19:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The main problem here is that we do not give blanket approval for automated tasks; each task must be approved. Pick the highest priority one. — madman bum and angel 21:45, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please explain your bots previous edits?-- maelgwn - talk 14:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, now I undertand what I have to do. I'm only going to fix double redirects; the others tasks I don't want to be approved at the moment. If I want to do another thing, I will request that later. I have crossed out all I am not going to do. Muro de Aguas (write me) 15:24, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How will it do that? <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> <BAG member> 18:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I use redirect.py (a python script). Muro de Aguas (write me) 18:20, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that you have already run it. Don't do that again. Soxred93 has a boring sig 18:26, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My bot is blocked... I can't run it now. Muro de Aguas (write me) 18:28, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If an admin unblocks it, will you promise not to run it, unless given approval? <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 20:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And could you use edit summaries instead of relying on Wikipedia:AES so that people would know that your bot fixes double redirects, not creates new redirs and not redirects existing articles? MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 21:01, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If an admin unblocks my bot, I won't use it until I've the flag. I will use the edit summary that appear on first contributions (Robot: Fixing double redirect) or similar, I used Wikipedia:AES summary in order to test if there was an error when the redirect have "#" (now that error is fixed). Muro de Aguas (write me) 15:25, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, unblocked. Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. to see if everything's OK. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 20:43, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

50 edits done, everything looks good.  Approved. Soxred93 has a boring sig 16:48, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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