Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WelcomeWikiBot

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 Denied.

WelcomeWikiBot

• (BRFA
• Approved BRFAs
• talk
• contribs
• count
• SUL
• logs
• page moves
• block log
• rights log
• flag)

Operator: Cocoaguy

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Auto

Programming Language(s): Pywikipedia

Function Summary: Welcomes new users (clone from http://botwiki.sno.cc/wiki/Python:Welcome.py)

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

Edit rate requested: 1 edit per new user

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N

Function Details: Welcomes new user

Hopefully will create a log

Discussion

Denied please see the list of commonly rejected bots. β^_command 01:18, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's a long standing policy not to use bots to welcome users - mostly because a bot welcome doesn't seem nearly as personal as a human one. If you have time to develop a bot for another task, it'd be great though! -- Tawker 01:28, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Denied. —METS501 (talk) 02:54, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

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