Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MarkelBot


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MarkelBot
Operator:

Time filed: 15:16, Wednesday May 18, 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manual: Manually reviewed on a per-edit basis

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Renaming of internal links from Walibi World to Walibi Holland, and correction of typographical errors.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Bot_requests

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: 500 per day.

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes, integral feature of AWB

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No

Function details: Internal links to Walibi World will be renamed to Walibi Holland where contextually appropriate (not a discussion of historical events during which the park may have held the old name.) Potential typographical errors in articles, identified from a database scan, will be corrected using the AWB feature for this purpose, subject to per-edit approval by the operator for accuracy.

Discussion
It doesn't seem as though you're intending to run a bot, nor that the tasks you wish to do require any kind of approval from this part of the project. You are already allowed to proceed with this proposal. - Richard Cavell (talk) 03:51, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * If you are going to be manually checking each edit to ensure context, the task would not require bot approval. You could even do this on your main account if you wanted. We only approve automated tasks or other automated editing tasks.  MBisanz  talk 03:49, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * AutoWikiBrowser states that the software should be run from a flagged bot account if one is "regularly making more than a few edits a minute." Bot_policy also recommends that "processes that are operated at higher speeds, with a high volume of edits" be operated with bot approval, even if every edit is reviewed before being saved. I want to operate AWB at up to six edits per minute. Chester Markel (talk) 04:40, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, even at that speed, you don't need our approval. I admire your caution, but feel free to cite my statement here if anyone complains you are editing too fast. You can use the bot account if you want, but it doesn't need to be flagged by us.  MBisanz  talk 06:50, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, withdrawn. Thanks. Chester Markel (talk) 07:06, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
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