Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RockfangBot 4


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RockfangBot 4
Operator: Rockfang (talk)

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): AWB

Function Summary: Add a notice to certain user talk pages.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Once through certain categories

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

Function Details: I'll add this:
 * As someone who may live or work near Washington D.C., you may be interested - if you've not heard already - about the meetup scheduled for Saturday, September 6th, at Union Station. For details, please see Meetup/DC 5.

To editors in the following categories:
 * Category:Wikipedians in the District of Columbia


 * Category:Wikipedians in Maryland

Per the request here.
 * Category:Wikipedians in Virginia

Discussion
Is there precedent for this form of unsolicited messaging? BJ Talk 12:40, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not certain, but here, they do mention making a BOTREQ..which was done.--Rockfang (talk) 13:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

FYI, the meetup is in 4 days.--Rockfang (talk) 13:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I do believe that it usually is done out of someones AWB account, and not a bots.  LegoKontribsTalkM 23:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * My bot account uses AWB.--Rockfang (talk) 02:46, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I meant the person who is organizing, and out of their account. LegoKontribsTalkM 23:27, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Gotcha. I'm guessing they'd rather not hit save a bunch of times.  It's not a big deal though.  The meetup is in two days, and I'm guessing this won't be approved by then.--Rockfang (talk) 23:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

No point approving this now. BJ Talk 06:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC)


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