Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SLMSBot


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SLMSBot
Operator: Hintss  talk

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually assisted

Programming Language(s): python pywikipedia

Function Summary: same as hintssbot (see its userpage)

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): As often as possible

Already has a bot flag (Y/N):

Function Details: Will do exactly the same tasks as hintssbot except for being run from a different username.

Discussion

 * I guess I don't see the purpose of having one operator use two different accounts to do the same exact thing. Also, and I'm sure a BAG member wil chime in as soon as they can, but I don't think an account with bot rights can be handed off to someone who might not even be a Wikipedian; unless I read something wrong on the bot's page.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  00:55, 3 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't quite understand either. So its only going to be doing manually assisted typo corrections on articles relating to South Lake Middle School (a redirect)? Irvine Unified School District had 6 edits in all of November. Mr.Z-man 05:37, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Hintss  talk 23:16, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * no it will do the same thing as hintssbot except it will be passed on to another physical person in about two years. It should use all pages/pages in subcategories in the category: pages. no just the media specialist asked me to make it after i told him about hintssbot as you can see from the time difference between this and hintssbot.


 * So is the media specialist a Wikipedian? §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  03:34, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * no but could i make him one???Hintss  talk 07:45, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I still don't quite get it, the request for hintssbot is about manually assisted spelling correction, what's this about categories? And 2 years from now? So you're going to be operating 2 identical bots for 2 years before passing this one off to someone else? Why? Mr.Z-man 08:16, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I have blocked this bot as User:Hintss is blocked indefinite and has no need for this. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 02:50, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

BJ Talk 21:59, 8 December 2008 (UTC)


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