User talk:Shirik/Archives/2012/December

EFBot
I'm guessing you're not on IRC right now, so I'll leave a note here.

I've finished all of the code. Currently the bot would read from User:Username/filters.css which would be a comma separated list of numbers. I did a bit of research into how Mr.Z-bot works, and found #wikipedia-en-abuse-log which is sort of an IRC feed, except it's just polling the API every 30 seconds and reporting it to the channel. I configured the bot to poll the API every 5 minutes, however that could be easily changed. What's your opinion on that?

And the justification for using a bot instead of turning on the block feature, while silly, is pretty reasonable: We give EFM to some non-admins, which would theoretically give them the ability to block users, if blocking was enabled on the abuse filter. Thoughts? Legoktm (talk) 00:14, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No objection, assuming you can get BAG/community approval. Would need to see the code to be sure. I don't think you can really get away from the whole "we give EFM to some non-admins" though - even if this is your workaround, an EFM could always just edit the filter to block whomever they wanted on the next chance they edit. Traditionally, the community has been against any edit-filter based blocking, but maybe they'll agree this time. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 06:44, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, I do think that presents an interesting argument. Looking at this discussion, the basic consensus was that denying EFM to a non-admin because they can technically block a user isn't appropriate. I guess the main difference in the bots implementation is that an admin needs to approve the filter (by adding it to the .css page). Technically a non-admin could then edit the filter as a work-around, however they'd probably lose access anyways if it was in a malicious manner.
 * Do you know of any other filters that should be insta-blocks? LTA ones for example? And did you have an account name in mind? I was thinking something like "EFBot". Right now I wouldn't have the time to go through a drama-filled BRFA, but in a few weeks (after finals) I can do it. Would you be around at that time as well? Thanks, Legoktm (talk) 07:18, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Request for Reviewing an article: Anonymous Post
Hello, As a newcomer to editing wikipedia, I have made changes to the following article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_post

If possible I would like you to review the changes and provide suggestions/improvements.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raunaqg (talk • contribs) 18:34, 14 December 2012 (UTC)