Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Danumber1bot


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Danumber1bot
Operator: Imdanumber1

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Assisted, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekends; Automatic, Midnight to 3 a.m. daily

Programming Language(s): Currently awaiting approval from AWB

Function Summary: Bypass redirects (see function details)

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

Edit rate requested: 16 edits per day

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

Function Details: I work at a WikProject called WikiProject New York City Subway, a project aimed to improve New York City Subway-related articles. My bot could bypass redirects, link pages containing the redirect names to the target name, and have the redirects nominated for deletion or considered to an admin for deletion.

Discussion
I'm not a member of the bot approvals group, but this bot is most likely not going to pass. Please read Wikipedia's redirect policy. Thank you. — Mets501 (talk) 01:20, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * You need to be very careful about bypassing redirects; this is often a bad idea (for instance, I created C99 standard to turn a link blue, and I wouldn't want anyone to bypass that in case an article is created there in the future.) --ais523 13:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

This bot would be a violation of policy and otherwise has no support. In cases where bypassing redirects is permissable, it certainly can't be done automatically, as it requires a level of understanding of the context of the article itself. If the guideline is ever changed, then this could be reconsidered, but that is highly unlikely. Redirects are fine. -- RM 19:07, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


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