User talk:DetoxAgent

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May 2019
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Drmies (talk) 04:24, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

DetoxAgent is a research bot account developed and run by Alphabet Jigsaw.

Using models developed for detecting toxic or otherwise offensive comments, we present users with examples of comments from article Talk pages that score high on this negative attributes, and offer Wikipedians the opportunity to see these comments in context, and provide a simple interface to revert these edits.

The draft request for approval can be seen here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/DetoxAgent#DetoxAgent

I've restricted access to this account so that I hold the only password. We've been in discussion with wikimedia foundation and have revised the manner in which we plan to handle revisions. In the future I intend only to make revisions to this Bot's main page and namespace. If there are any remaining issues, please let me know.

Can you ask those at the Foundation that you have communicated with to comment? 331dot (talk) 19:20, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I can attest to everything said above. This account was created by developers at Jigsaw (sister company of Google) as part of a project to detect disruptive comments, and allow patrollers to revert them through a web interface. This semi-automation through the bot account has been retired in favour of simply linking to a URL to undo the edit on-wiki. There is still an idea to have the bot write to its userspace with links to diffs, as another venue for patrolling. The use-case is authentic and developers are now aware of bot policy, so I would advocate for unblocking. I will also help coordinate a rename of this account to User:DetoxBot for better transparency that edits may be automated. Thanks, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 03:09, 3 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I would like another admin to see this, but I would be inclined to unblock. 331dot (talk) 10:21, 3 June 2019 (UTC)