Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Tomtomn00 Bot I


 * The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA. The result of the discussion was Symbol delete vote.svg Denied

Tomtomn00 Bot I
Operator:

Time filed: 21:21, Thursday March 22, 2012 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Manual, Supervised later in time

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Uses AWB to revert bad faith edits and vandalism.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): None

Edit period(s): 1 hour per day

Estimated number of pages affected: 250 pages

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes, if not vandalism

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

Function details: Uses AWB to revert all bad faith edits, vandalism and other unallowed content.

Discussion
Sorry, but I am going to repeat the same as the reply on your failed AWB request for registration. Bot operators are required to exercise great caution, especially in the sort of task you are proposing. Additionally, your function details need much, much more information and "bad faith edits, vandalism and other unallowed content" is very vague and mostly disallowed per WP:CONTEXTBOT; see ClueBot BRFA for what is expected of an anti-vandalism bot, especially the low false positive rate. See also this for a more recent request and the question at the bottom, which I won't repeat for brevity. Furthermore, even though BOTPOL governs AWB use as well to an extent, we cannot overrule/approve you to use AWB. A BRFA is certainly not a substitute for AWB access. Finally, 50 pages a day is very little and you do not need a bot account to do this manually on your own account or a separate one. — HELL KNOWZ  ▎TALK 21:35, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That was one typing error, sorry. Fixed - 250 edits. Also, this bot will begin manual, but after a few months it will just be supervised. ~ &#8658;TomTom  N00  @ 22:42, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * How do you decide which articles will require reversion? Why isn't ClueBot NG (a very, very sophisticated bit of kit) catching these? - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 16:43, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Deny WP:AWB is not an anti-vandal tool. If you got denied access to AWB using the regular process, a BRFA will not give it to you either. See also WP:BOTNOTNOW. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 16:48, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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