Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 45


 * 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

Yobot 45
Operator:

Time filed: 13:04, Thursday, February 2, 2017 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB / WPCleaner

Source code available:

Function overview: Replace b and i tags with wikimarkup

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): MOS:DEVIATIONS

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: 10 pages per day

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Example

Discussion

 * How does this affect the output on the page? ~ Rob 13 Talk 13:28, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * It does not. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:02, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * How does it benefit the encyclopedia? Does this aid accessibility in some way or otherwise improve access/usability for some segment of the population? ~ Rob 13 Talk 15:09, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Both formats are acceptable from wikicode. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:25, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Then I don't see the need to run a bot to change them. ~ Rob 13 Talk 17:47, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, if there is consensus for it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:01, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * That's always an option, and you're welcome to seek consensus to do this with a bot at a broad community venue, such as WP:VPT. ~ Rob 13 Talk 18:13, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Exactly. The same for you to seek consensus to oppose a task already done by bots and described to the Manual of Style in MOS:DEVIATIONS -- Magioladitis (talk)
 * We've been over this, even in a BRFA earlier today. But you don't hear that, I suppose. ~ Rob 13 Talk 18:26, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Did you read the manual of style? I provided a link. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:31, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The Manual of Style reflects consensus. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:32, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

It does not represent consensus to make these changes at high volume with a bot where no other changes are being made. We've been over this repeatedly. Get consensus for a bot task and come back. ~ Rob 13 Talk 02:04, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Exclusion compliant? &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  01:36, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

No consensus demonstrated for this cosmetic task. Even though the MOS recommends using wikimarkup, there is no consensus that a bot should be running around changing it. Furthermore, I find flooding WP:BRFA with 20 requests all at once is probably bordering on WP:POINT: I suggest you limit yourself to fewer than 5 open requests at a time so you can more easily express yourself clearly and so you and the community can have time for necessary discussion. Anomie⚔ 02:16, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA.