Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group

Requests for BAG membership

See also: Previous nominations

Requests to join the Bot Approvals Group are currently made here, although other methods have been proposed. Users wishing to join BAG, or to nominate another user to become a member, should start a new nomination page via the form below (replacing "UserName" with the nominee's) and transclude the discussion in a section below. Please note that notification to WP:AN, WP:VPM, WT:BOTPOL, and WP:BON is required. After a suitable length of time (usually one week unless the nomination has not received a reasonable level of support), the discussion will be closed by a bureaucrat.

Other discussion

Clerk or Assistant Program

Hi, I'm Dr Vulpes I've been an IP editor for multiple years and have been getting more into the administrative side of Wikipedia as of late. I was interested in being active in the group but I don't feel like I have the experience yet to apply for membership. As for computing experience I mostly work with R and have written multiple packages, I also have some SQL experience, and I'm currently working to improve my python skills. I currently have a bot request pending which uses AWB and R. Since I'm not quite at a place where I can apply for membership I was wondering if there was some sort of clerk or assistant program I could take part in. It's ok if there isn't a need or something like this doesn't exist. If there's anyway I can be helpful and improve as an editor and bot operator I'm willing to put in some work. Dr vulpes ^{(💬 • 📝)} 00:31, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Really just get involved with BRFAs and if you see potential issues comment on them. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 01:54, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

That sounds like a good place to start will do. Thanks for the input. Dr vulpes ^{(💬 • 📝)} 03:30, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Unsigned bot?

Is there currently an operating unsigned bot? Andre🚐 22:54, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

@Andrevan Special:Contributions/SineBot. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:36, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Has an editor ever applied per WP:MEATBOT or WP:MASSCREATE

I am wondering if an editor was ever encouraged to apply per the MEATBOT or MASSCREATE policy. As far as I know I believe not, but maybe I am wrong.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 16:41, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Applied for (or to) what? Primefac (talk) 17:07, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

WP:MEATBOT includes:

Editors who choose to use semi-automated tools to assist their editing should be aware that processes which operate at higher speeds, with a higher volume of edits, or with less human involvement are more likely to be treated as bots. If there is any doubt, you should make a bot approval request.

WP:MASSCREATE begins with:

Any large-scale automated or semi-automated content page creation task must be approved at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval..

It ends with:

Note that while the WP:MEATBOT-like creation of non-content pages (such as redirects from systematic names, or maintenance categories) is not required to go through a formal BRFA by default, WP:MEATBOT still applies

WP:BOTUSE ends with

Note that high-speed semi-automated editing may effectively be considered bots in some cases (see WP:MEATBOT), even if performed by a human editor. If in doubt, check

So has any editor applied for permission per those policies? Paradise Chronicle (talk) 18:55, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Probably. I'd look through Category:Wikipedia bot requests for approval (or search it) to see if anything fits that bill. Primefac (talk) 19:25, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. If have searched the archive and there were no requests based on those three policies. One was declined over MASSCREATE concerns and MEATBOT was mentioned a few times, but not in the requests. BOTUSE I didn't find at all. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 02:50, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

I don't remember a time where it got to a BRFA, or at least a successful BRFA. I can certainly recall plenty coming over to WP:BOTN and ask how they would go about it (like Wikipedia:Bot_requests/Archive_79#Civil parish bot from a user under a page creation ban), and invariably they were asked 'do you have consensus for this?', and pointed to WikiProjects or WP:VPT. And there's certainly blocks that have been issues over it. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:22, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

I recall there have been a few requests for doing semi-automated edits. And there was at least one thread on WP:BOTN where someone was asking about creations but wound up not going to BRFA. Anomie⚔ 23:37, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Bots without wikidata account might disconnect interwiki links after (mass) moving articles to a different name

Hello, if a bot does not have a wikidata account it might disconnect all the interwiki links (i.e. wikidata item sitelink) if it is (mass) moving articles to a different name. For details please see:

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T143486

• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143486
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Speedily-approved_page-moving_bot??
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#WikiData_discussion
• d:Wikidata:Project_chat#(5000)_unconnected_television_season_articles_in_the_english_language_wikipedia_after_pages_have_been_moved
• d:Wikidata:Administrators'_noticeboard#Proposal_for_admin_bot_to_create_local_accounts_for_users_in_other_wikis
• Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Implementing_the_outcome_of_Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(television)#Follow-up_RfC_on_TV_season_article_titles

M2k~dewiki (talk) 12:30, 3 April 2024 (UTC)