Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Py123


 * 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 Symbol delete vote.svg Denied.

Py123 welcome new users using the welcome.py script from pywikipedia bot framework. he hardly ever has down time and is a great way to get users to keep on editing! -- Py123 (talk) 23:26, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Per PEREN, there is no support for such a bot. Amalthea  23:39, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * As Amalthea said, "welcome bots" are not allowed here. Anomie⚔ 23:50, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


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new section.
i looked at reasons why a welcome bot is not wleocme. the main one it looked like was if it was a vandal... my bot only greets ppl if they have 5 or more edits. -- does this matter Py123 (talk) 19:18, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Not for this request, I'm afraid. Bots are only approved if there is consensus for a task (WP:BOTPOL), and every discussion I've seen on the topic has shown consensus against this one. If you still think it's a task that needs doing, I'd recommend you first look through the archives of e.g. WP:VPR for some of those discussions, and check if you think whether you can alleviate all concerns. Personally, I don't think that a welcome message by a bot is particularly valuable. Enough people here are happy to give out welcome notices to constructive users, and a message by a human gives those new users a point of contact. Amalthea  19:38, 28 May 2009 (UTC)