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</ul> </li> <li id="toc-Votes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Votes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Votes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Votes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Leaderbot (talk · contribs)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Comments_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Comments_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Comments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Comments_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Votes_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Votes_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Votes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Votes_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Current_bots" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_bots"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Current bots</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_bots-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" 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mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 21 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-21" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">21 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikinews.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1:%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA" title="ويكي الأخبار:بوت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكي الأخبار:بوت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikinews.org/wiki/Viquinot%C3%ADcies:Bots" title="Viquinotícies:Bots – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquinotícies:Bots" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikizpr%C3%A1vy:Roboti" title="Wikizprávy:Roboti – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikizprávy:Roboti" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots" title="Wikinews:Bots – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikinews:Bots" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikinews.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B1:Bots" title="Βικινέα:Bots – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικινέα:Bots" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikinews.org/wiki/Vikinova%C4%B5oj:Robotoj" title="Vikinovaĵoj:Robotoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikinovaĵoj:Robotoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinoticias:Bot" title="Wikinoticias:Bot – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikinoticias:Bot" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikinews.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="ویکی‌خبر:سیاست رباتیک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌خبر:سیاست رباتیک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikiuutiset:Botit" title="Wikiuutiset:Botit – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Wikiuutiset:Botit" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots" title="Wikinews:Bots – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikinews:Bots" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikih%C3%ADrek:Botok" title="Wikihírek:Botok – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikihírek:Botok" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinotizie:Bot" title="Wikinotizie:Bot – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikinotizie:Bot" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikinews.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9:%E3%83%9C%E3%83%83%E3%83%88" title="ウィキニュース:ボット – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウィキニュース:ボット" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikinews.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%89%B4%EC%8A%A4:%EB%B4%87" title="위키뉴스:봇 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키뉴스:봇" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Boty" title="Wikinews:Boty – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikinews:Boty" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinot%C3%ADcias:Rob%C3%B4s" title="Wikinotícias:Robôs – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikinotícias:Robôs" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikinews.org/wiki/Wiki%C5%9Ftiri:Bot" title="Wikiştiri:Bot – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikiştiri:Bot" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8:%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Викиновости:Боты – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Викиновости:Боты" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikilajme:Bot%C3%ABt" title="Wikilajme:Botët – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Wikilajme:Botët" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikinews.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8:%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Викивести:Ботови – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Викивести:Ботови" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikinews.org/wiki/Vikihaber:Botlar" title="Vikihaber:Botlar – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Vikihaber:Botlar" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q4048867#sitelinks-wikinews" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-project" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots" title="View the project page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Project page</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikinews_talk:Bots" rel="discussion" title="Discussion about the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Collaboration</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul 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data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Wikinews:Bots" title="A list of all wiki pages that link here [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Wikinews:Bots" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots&oldid=4794864" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlQ%C4%B1sald%C4%B1c%C4%B1s%C4%B1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikinews.org%2Fwiki%2FWikinews%3ABots"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrKodu&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikinews.org%2Fwiki%2FWikinews%3ABots"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-create_a_book" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Book&bookcmd=book_creator&referer=Wikinews%3ABots"><span>Create a book</span></a></li><li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Wikinews%3ABots&action=show-download-screen"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-mediawiki mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>MediaWiki</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-meta mw-list-item"><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bot" hreflang="en"><span>Meta-Wiki</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-outreach mw-list-item"><a href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Outreach</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-sources mw-list-item"><a href="https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Multilingual Wikisource</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-species mw-list-item"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Bot" hreflang="en"><span>Wikispecies</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibooks mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wikibooks</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikidata mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wikidata</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikifunctions mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wikifunctions</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikimania mw-list-item"><a href="https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimania</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikipedia mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wikipedia</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikiquote mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wikiquote</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikisource mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wikisource</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikiversity mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wikiversity</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wiktionary mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Bots" hreflang="en"><span>Wiktionary</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q4048867" title="Link to connected data repository item [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/80px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></a></span> </td> <td><b>This is an <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikinews:Policies and guidelines">official policy</a> on English Wikinews.</b> It has wide acceptance and is considered a standard for all users to follow. 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If in doubt, discuss first on the <a href="/wiki/Wikinews_talk:Bots" title="Wikinews talk:Bots">talk page</a>. </td> <td><div id="shortcut" style="border: 1px dashed blue; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right;"> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:WN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikinews:WN">Shortcut:</a></b><br/><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:BOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikinews:BOT">WN:BOT</a><br/><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:BOTS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikinews:BOTS">WN:BOTS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="infobox plainlinks" style="width:100px"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding-top:3px; text-align:center"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikinews_Bots.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Wikinews_Bots.png/100px-Wikinews_Bots.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Wikinews_Bots.png/150px-Wikinews_Bots.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Wikinews_Bots.png/200px-Wikinews_Bots.png 2x" data-file-width="1411" data-file-height="874"/></a></span><b><br/><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots/Archive" title="Wikinews:Bots/Archive">Bot request archives</a></b></div> <hr/> <div class="center"> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots/Archive_1" title="Wikinews:Bots/Archive 1">2006-2007</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots/Archive_2" title="Wikinews:Bots/Archive 2">2008-2009</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots/Archive_3" title="Wikinews:Bots/Archive 3">2010-2011</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots/Archive_4" title="Wikinews:Bots/Archive 4">2012-2020</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots/Archive_5" title="Wikinews:Bots/Archive 5">2021-present</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="infobox plainlinks" style="width:100px"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding-top:3px; text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikinews-elections.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Wikinews-elections.svg/75px-Wikinews-elections.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Wikinews-elections.svg/113px-Wikinews-elections.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Wikinews-elections.svg/150px-Wikinews-elections.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="727" data-file-height="359"/></a></span><b><br/>Requests and votes</b></div> <hr/> <div class="center"> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Accreditation_requests" title="Wikinews:Accreditation requests">Accreditation</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Arbitration_Committee#Elections" title="Wikinews:Arbitration Committee">ARBCOM</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:AutoWikiBrowser/Request" title="Wikinews:AutoWikiBrowser/Request">AWB</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bots</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikinews:Requests for permissions">Functionaries</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Flagged_revisions/Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions">Reviewer</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Please read the <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots/Policy" title="Wikinews:Bots/Policy">policy</a> before making a request for bot permission.</b> See also <b><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Global_bots" title="Wikinews:Global bots">Wikinews:Global bots</a></b>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainlinks" style="margin: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="font: bold x-large serif;">I </th> <td><div><b><a href="/wiki/Special:CreateAccount" title="Special:CreateAccount">Create a user account</a> (while logged in to your normal account) and a user page for the bot</b></div> <p>On the bot userpage, add the {{<a href="/wiki/Template:TestBot" title="Template:TestBot">TestBot</a>}} template, which automatically adds the page to <a href="/wiki/Category:Test_bots" title="Category:Test bots">Category:Test bots</a>. Then add the following mandatory information to the bot userpage: </p> <ul><li><b>Operator:</b> Who the creator/operator is and how they can best be contacted</li> <li><b>Tasks:</b> Details of the bot's task or tasks</li> <li><b>Operation:</b> Whether the bot is manually assisted or runs automatically</li> <li><b>When:</b> When it operates (continuously, intermittently, or at specified intervals)</li> <li><b>Maximum edit rate:</b> The bot's maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute)</li> <li><b>Language:</b> The language and/or program that it is running</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="font: bold x-large serif;">II </th> <td><div><b>Create your bot request:</b></div> <ol><li>Add your bot username in the box below and click the button.</li> <li>Complete the questions on the resulting page and save it. Remember that your bot will be allowed to operate <i>only</i> for those tasks that you have specified in your request.</li></ol> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style="background-color: #eeeeff; color: inherit;"><form name="createbox" class="createbox mw-inputbox-form" action="/w/index.php" method="get"><input type="hidden" value="edit" name="action"/><input type="hidden" value="Wikinews:Bots/Requests/InputInit" name="preload"/><input type="hidden" value="Wikinews:Bots/Requests/Editintro" name="editintro"/><input type="hidden" value="Wikinews:Bots/Requests/" name="prefix"/><div class="cdx-text-input"><input name="title" class="mw-inputbox-input mw-inputbox-createbox cdx-text-input__input" placeholder="" required="" size="50" dir="ltr"/></div><br/><input type="submit" name="create" value="Create your Request" class="cdx-button cdx-button--action-progressive cdx-button--weight-primary"/></form></div> <div><b>Add your bot request at the foot of the list here:</b></div> <ol><li><b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots&action=edit&section=1">Edit the following request list</a></b>, adding the following text to the <i><b>foot</b></i> of the section (replacing "<tt>YourBotName</tt>" with your bot's username): <dl><dd><code><b>{{Wikinews:Bots/Requests/YourBotName}}</b></code></dd></dl></li></ol> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="font: bold x-large serif;">III </th> <td><div><b>Test run</b></div> <p>You could be asked to make a short test run with your bot account (10–20 edits usually) to allow other users to review your bot's tasks. Unauthorized test runs are not allowed. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="font: bold x-large serif;">IV </th> <td><div><b>Waiting for approval.</b></div> <p>You now need to wait for community approval. The request must remain open for at least two weeks. A bureaucrat will close the request and will also grant a bot flag, where necessary. You can then change the {{<a href="/wiki/Template:TestBot" title="Template:TestBot">TestBot</a>}} template to a {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Bot" title="Template:Bot">Bot</a>}} on the bot userpage. Closed requests are moved to <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots/Archive" title="Wikinews:Bots/Archive">Wikinews:Bots/Archive</a>. </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br clear="all"/> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading1"><h1 id="Requests" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requests-20230706151000"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requests-20230706151000"></span>Requests<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requests-20230706151000"></span></h1><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Requests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><br/></p><div class="boilerplate metadata" style="background-color: #edeaff; padding: 0 10px 0 10px; border: 1px solid #8779DD;"> <dl><dd><i>The following discussion is preserved as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" class="extiw" title="w:Help:Archiving a talk page">archive</a>. <span style="color:red"><b>Please do not modify it.</b></span> Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.</i></dd></dl> <p><br/> </p><p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)" data-mw-thread-id="h-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)-Requests-20230706151000"><span id="MGA73bot_.28talk_.C2.B7_contribs.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)-Requests-20230706151000"></span><a href="/wiki/User:MGA73bot" title="User:MGA73bot">MGA73bot</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MGA73bot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:MGA73bot (page does not exist)">talk</a> · <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/MGA73bot" title="Special:Contributions/MGA73bot">contribs</a>)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)-Requests-20230706151000"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots/Requests/MGA73bot&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: MGA73bot (talk · contribs)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Cromium-20231022225200-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)"></span>Closed as <b>Successful</b> - apologies for the delay. The test edits are just what is needed for these files. Please also add the Image_info if missing. As for which categories to skip, please use your best judgement. Meta user-page is fine. [<b><a href="/wiki/User:Cromium" title="User:Cromium"><sub>24</sub>Cr</a></b>][<b><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Cromium" title="User talk:Cromium">talk</a></b>] <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-Cromium-20231022225200-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:52, 22 October 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Cromium-20231022225200-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Cromium-20231022225200-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)"></span></li></ul> <hr/> <p><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MGA73-20230706151000-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)"></span>Operator:</b> <a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73">User:MGA73</a> </p><p><b>Bot tasks for which permission is being sought:</b> See <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/assistance#Licenses_on_files_etc." title="Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance">Wikinews:Water_cooler/assistance#Licenses_on_files_etc.</a> for background information. </p><p>I plan to change {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Printedition" title="Template:Printedition">printedition</a>}} to {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Image_info" title="Template:Image info">Image info</a>}} like this: <a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/4734706" title="Special:Diff/4734706">Special:Diff/4734706</a> </p><p>Personally I would perhaps skip <a href="/wiki/Category:February_2006" title="Category:February 2006">Category:February 2006</a> because <a href="/wiki/Category:February_1,_2006" title="Category:February 1, 2006">Category:February 1, 2006</a> is a category in <a href="/wiki/Category:February_2006" title="Category:February 2006">Category:February 2006</a>. But <a href="/wiki/File:31January2007.pdf" title="File:31January2007.pdf">File:31January2007.pdf</a> is caegorized in both the day category and the month category. </p><p>I can do other stuff too related to cleaning up in files. For example add {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Image_info" title="Template:Image info">Image info</a>}} if no such template is added or remove <a href="/wiki/Category:Files_needing_attention" title="Category:Files needing attention">Category:Files needing attention</a> if the problem have been resolved. </p><p><b>Automatic or manually assisted:</b> Manually Assisted </p><p><b>Edit type:</b> One time run. Perhaps over several days if I do not have time to change everything in one long run. </p><p><b>Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute):</b> 12 edits per minute. </p><p><b>Bot flag requested:</b> <i>(Y/N)</i><b>:</b> Y </p><p><b>Programming language(s):</b> Pywikipedia <a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73">MGA73</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MGA73" title="User talk:MGA73">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-MGA73-20230706151000-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:10, 6 July 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MGA73-20230706151000-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MGA73-20230706151000-MGA73bot_(talk_·_contribs)"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comments" data-mw-thread-id="h-Comments-Requests-20230706151000"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Comments-Requests-20230706151000"></span>Comments<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Comments-Requests-20230706151000"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots/Requests/MGA73bot&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Comments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MGA73-20230706151000-Comments"></span>I have bot flag on several wikis. For example Commons and Japanese wikipedia. I have done millions of edits. --<a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73">MGA73</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MGA73" title="User talk:MGA73">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-MGA73-20230706151000-Comments" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:10, 6 July 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MGA73-20230706151000-Comments"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MGA73-20230706151000-Comments"></span> </p><p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MGA73-20230818150700-Comments"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:Bddpaux" title="User:Bddpaux">Bddpaux</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Cromium" title="User:Cromium">Cromium</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Gryllida" title="User:Gryllida">Gryllida</a>: Hi! Could one of you have a look at this request? Is there anything I should do? --<a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73">MGA73</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MGA73" title="User talk:MGA73">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-MGA73-20230818150700-Comments" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:07, 18 August 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MGA73-20230818150700-Comments"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MGA73-20230818150700-Comments"></span> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-MGA73-20230818150700"></span>MGA73</a>: The bot has only made eight edits here. To satisfy the <span class="interwiki-link-foreign"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/letter_of_the_law" class="extiw" title="wikt:letter of the law">letter</a></span> of <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Bots/Policy" title="Wikinews:Bots/Policy">WN:Bots/Policy</a>'s requirement of <span style="color:green">10-20 [bot] edits for demonstration purposes</span> (I presume all of those must be local), can you have it make a few more? And what's the minimum edit rate like? The policy requires <ins>a maximum of <small><a href="/wiki/User:Heavy_Water" title="User:Heavy Water">Heavy Water</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Heavy_Water" title="User talk:Heavy Water">talk</a>) 17:42, 18 August 2023 (UTC)</small></ins> 12 per minute, which you say is <s>the</s> your bot's maximum. I assume, as a global bot operator, you're aware of the practices in the "Best practices" section of the policy. But I don't understand your reasoning for why you would skip <a href="/wiki/Category:February_2006" title="Category:February 2006">Category:February 2006</a>. Could you explain that more, please? BTW, the edit you linked to above as an example of what the bot would do appears to have been to a now-deleted image. <a href="/wiki/User:Heavy_Water" title="User:Heavy Water">Heavy Water</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Heavy_Water" title="User talk:Heavy Water">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-MGA73-20230818150700" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:50, 18 August 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-MGA73-20230818150700"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-MGA73-20230818150700"></span></dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/User:Heavy_Water" title="User:Heavy Water"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MGA73-20230818165300-Heavy_Water-20230818174200"></span>Heavy Water</a> Thank you for your answer. I did a few more edits.</dd> <dd>As for the minimum edits it is not easy to say because I monitor the edits as they happen. So it depends on if I'm distracted by something or not. The rule is that there should be a minimum of 5 seconds between each edit. That will result in a maximum of 12 edits per minute. But I'm open for other edit speeds if that is prefered.</dd> <dd>As for skipping <a href="/wiki/Category:February_2006" title="Category:February 2006">Category:February 2006</a>. Yes the file I mentioned was deleted. But it is the same on all the other edits. On <a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/4734707" title="Special:Diff/4734707">Special:Diff/4734707</a> for example it would be to skip <a href="/wiki/Category:January_2006" title="Category:January 2006">Category:January 2006</a> because the file is also in <a href="/wiki/Category:January_2006" title="Category:January 2006">Category:January 2006</a>. On Commons there is a rule not put something in both a category and a subcategory of the same category (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Categories#Over-categorization" class="extiw" title="c:Commons:Categories">c:Commons:Categories#Over-categorization</a>). I do not know if a similar rule/practice exist here. I just thought I wanted to ask before I put hundreds of files in categories.</dd> <dd>Since I made this request I nominated 825 files for deletion (<a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests#825_sxw-files" title="Wikinews:Deletion requests">Wikinews:Deletion_requests#825_sxw-files</a>). Depeding on that I can/will either skip edits on sxw-files, add a deletion template on those files or make the same edits as on the pdf-files. --<a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73">MGA73</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MGA73" title="User talk:MGA73">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-MGA73-20230818165300-Heavy_Water-20230818174200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">16:53, 18 August 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MGA73-20230818165300-Heavy_Water-20230818174200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MGA73-20230818165300-Heavy_Water-20230818174200"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-MGA73-20230818165300"></span>I <i>meant</i> to say the policy sets a maximum of twelve per minute, and was only curious what your bot's minimum was, but omitted some words. We place an article in all relevant categories, even if it's already in parent categories (so it's easier for readers to find the latest news about a topic, instead of having to sift through subcategories), but I wasn't aware of any local convention for files. Looking at other month categories, like <a href="/wiki/Category:February_2008" title="Category:February 2008">Category:February 2008</a>, I see a lot of Print Edition files placed in those as well as in date categories. <a href="/wiki/User:Heavy_Water" title="User:Heavy Water">Heavy Water</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Heavy_Water" title="User talk:Heavy Water">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-MGA73-20230818165300" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:42, 18 August 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-MGA73-20230818165300"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-MGA73-20230818165300"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MGA73-20230819162200-Heavy_Water-20230818174200"></span>Thank you. In that case I will of course add the categories :-) --<a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73">MGA73</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MGA73" title="User talk:MGA73">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-MGA73-20230819162200-Heavy_Water-20230818174200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">16:22, 19 August 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MGA73-20230819162200-Heavy_Water-20230818174200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MGA73-20230819162200-Heavy_Water-20230818174200"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd> <dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MGA73-20231006142400-MGA73-20230818150700"></span>Original discussion is now in <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/assistance/archives/2023/August" title="Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance/archives/2023/August">Wikinews:Water_cooler/assistance/archives/2023/August</a>. --<a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73">MGA73</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MGA73" title="User talk:MGA73">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-MGA73-20231006142400-MGA73-20230818150700" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:24, 6 October 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MGA73-20231006142400-MGA73-20230818150700"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MGA73-20231006142400-MGA73-20230818150700"></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MGA73-20231016145900-MGA73-20230818150700"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Symbol_comment_vote.svg/15px-Symbol_comment_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Symbol_comment_vote.svg/23px-Symbol_comment_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Symbol_comment_vote.svg/30px-Symbol_comment_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></span></span> <b>Comment</b> Bureaucrats are not active at the moment so I have asked on <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Bot_status#Bot_status_requests" class="extiw" title="m:Steward requests/Bot status">m:Steward_requests/Bot_status#Bot_status_requests</a> if a steward can close this request. --<a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73">MGA73</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MGA73" title="User talk:MGA73">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-MGA73-20231016145900-MGA73-20230818150700" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:59, 16 October 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MGA73-20231016145900-MGA73-20230818150700"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MGA73-20231016145900-MGA73-20230818150700"></span></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Heavy_Water-20231016173300-MGA73-20231016145900"></span>Gryllida has been fairly responsive in the past, and Cromium returns from time to time. (I note, though, step I of <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:BOTS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikinews:BOTS">WN:BOTS</a> implies a bot awaiting approval should have a local user page with {{<a href="/wiki/Template:TestBot" title="Template:TestBot">TestBot</a>}}.) <a href="/wiki/User:Heavy_Water" title="User:Heavy Water">Heavy Water</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Heavy_Water" title="User talk:Heavy Water">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-Heavy_Water-20231016173300-MGA73-20231016145900" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:33, 16 October 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Heavy_Water-20231016173300-MGA73-20231016145900"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Heavy_Water-20231016173300-MGA73-20231016145900"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MGA73-20231019133200-Heavy_Water-20231016173300"></span>I can add if that is needed. But I hope my bot page on meta is acceptable instead. --<a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73">MGA73</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MGA73" title="User talk:MGA73">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-MGA73-20231019133200-Heavy_Water-20231016173300" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:32, 19 October 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MGA73-20231019133200-Heavy_Water-20231016173300"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MGA73-20231019133200-Heavy_Water-20231016173300"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Votes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Votes-Requests-20230818174200"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Votes-Requests-20230818174200"></span>Votes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Votes-Requests-20230818174200"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots/Requests/MGA73bot&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Votes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-Votes"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/15px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/23px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/30px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></span></span> <b>Support</b>: This needs done, and the operator is trusted and responsive (and <i>patient</i>, after a long wait with no progress on this request). <a href="/wiki/User:Heavy_Water" title="User:Heavy Water">Heavy Water</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Heavy_Water" title="User talk:Heavy Water">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-Votes" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:42, 18 August 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-Votes"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Heavy_Water-20230818174200-Votes"></span></li></ul> <hr/> <dl><dd><i>The above discussion is preserved as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" class="extiw" title="w:Help:Archiving a talk page">archive</a>. <span style="color:red"><b>Please do not modify it.</b></span> Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page, such as the current discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.</i></dd></dl> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)" data-mw-thread-id="h-Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)-Requests-20240823081900"><span id="Leaderbot_.28talk_.C2.B7_contribs.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)-Requests-20240823081900"></span><a href="/wiki/User:Leaderbot" title="User:Leaderbot">Leaderbot</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Leaderbot" title="User talk:Leaderbot">talk</a> · <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Leaderbot" title="Special:Contributions/Leaderbot">contribs</a>)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)-Requests-20240823081900"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots/Requests/Leaderbot&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: Leaderbot (talk · contribs)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Leaderboard-20240823081900-Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)"></span>Operator:</b> Leaderboard </p><p><b>Bot tasks for which permission is being sought:</b> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_reminder_bot" class="extiw" title="meta:Global reminder bot">meta:Global reminder bot</a> </p><p><b>Automatic or manually assisted:</b> Automatic </p><p><b>Edit type:</b> Daily in theory. However, I think the bot will almost never run on this wiki; however, I'm told that it is still good practice to request approval. </p><p><b>Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute):</b> Maybe once per month at most? </p><p><b>Bot flag requested:</b> <i>(Y/N)</i><b>:</b> N </p><p><b>Programming language(s):</b> Python </p><p><a href="/wiki/User:Leaderboard" title="User:Leaderboard">Leaderboard</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Leaderboard" title="User talk:Leaderboard">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-Leaderboard-20240823081900-Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">08:19, 23 August 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Leaderboard-20240823081900-Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Leaderboard-20240823081900-Leaderbot_(talk_·_contribs)"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comments_2" data-mw-thread-id="h-Comments_2-Requests-20240928141500"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Comments_2-Requests-20240928141500"></span>Comments<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Comments_2-Requests-20240928141500"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Bots/Requests/Leaderbot&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Comments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Leaderboard-20240928141500-Comments_2"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:Gryllida" title="User:Gryllida">Gryllida</a>: is this something you could take a look at? <a href="/wiki/User:Leaderboard" title="User:Leaderboard">Leaderboard</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Leaderboard" title="User talk:Leaderboard">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-Leaderboard-20240928141500-Comments_2" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:15, 28 September 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Leaderboard-20240928141500-Comments_2"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Leaderboard-20240928141500-Comments_2"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Gryllida-20241007130000-Leaderboard-20240928141500"></span>On a small wiki I am worried this could be unnecessary as users would make token edits just to keep the access. Is there some evidence that notification, for example if done manually somewhere, improved things and re-engaged the contributor in editing regularly? <a href="/wiki/User:Gryllida" title="User:Gryllida">Gryllida</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Gryllida" title="User talk:Gryllida">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-Gryllida-20241007130000-Leaderboard-20240928141500" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:00, 7 October 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Gryllida-20241007130000-Leaderboard-20240928141500"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Gryllida-20241007130000-Leaderboard-20240928141500"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Leaderboard-20241007130500-Gryllida-20241007130000"></span>Hi @<a href="/wiki/User:Gryllida" title="User:Gryllida">Gryllida</a> Firstly, this only applies to temporary rights (i.e when you assign a right for a certain period) - it's not going to remind anyone whose rights are technically indefinite (i.e, it does not affect <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:PEP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikinews:PEP">WN:PEP</a>). This bot was launched only in August, so hard evidence is difficult to find; however, this bot was inspired by a case where a user with global rights was unable to help their community because they did not realise that their rights had expired. For a wiki like this (like most small wikis), it is expected to almost never post anything - so it will simply run silently. Does this answer your question? <a href="/wiki/User:Leaderboard" title="User:Leaderboard">Leaderboard</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Leaderboard" title="User talk:Leaderboard">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-Leaderboard-20241007130500-Gryllida-20241007130000" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:05, 7 October 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Leaderboard-20241007130500-Gryllida-20241007130000"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Leaderboard-20241007130500-Gryllida-20241007130000"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Gryllida-20241007131200-Leaderboard-20241007130500"></span>Yes thanks. Then maybe it is not needed here as no privileges expire automatically. I welcome someone pointing out a different point of view, I am rather neutral on this. <a href="/wiki/User:Gryllida" title="User:Gryllida">Gryllida</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Gryllida" title="User talk:Gryllida">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-Gryllida-20241007131200-Leaderboard-20241007130500" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:12, 7 October 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Gryllida-20241007131200-Leaderboard-20241007130500"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Gryllida-20241007131200-Leaderboard-20241007130500"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></li> <li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MGA73-20241208155600-Comments_2"></span>As I see this a bot flag is not needed. The bot will make very few edits. But I think it will be a good idea for <a href="/wiki/User:Gryllida" title="User:Gryllida">Gryllida</a> or someone else to close this request with a comment like "This bot is approved to do the task. No bot flag is needed." --<a href="/wiki/User:MGA73" title="User:MGA73">MGA73</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MGA73" title="User talk:MGA73">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Bots#c-MGA73-20241208155600-Comments_2" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:56, 8 December 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MGA73-20241208155600-Comments_2"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MGA73-20241208155600-Comments_2"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Votes_2" data-mw-thread-id="h-Votes_2-Requests"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Votes_2-Requests"></span>Votes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Votes_2-Requests"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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