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BAG membership

Hello. You are listed as a member of the Bot Approvals Group but it appears you may not be actively helping in this area anymore. Do you intend to return to BAG-related activity on Wikipedia, or are you happy to be removed from this list? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:57, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Administrative permissions and inactivity reminder

This is a reminder that established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. You are receiving this annual reminder since you have averaged less than 50 edits per year over the last 5 years.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to reengage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to be engaged with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:35, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - yes I have had significant time constraints - I will look to re-engage where I can. -- Tawker (talk) 22:18, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to participate in a research

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.

You do not have to be an Administrator to participate.

The survey should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement .

Please find our contact on the project Meta page if you have any questions or concerns.

Kind Regards,

WMF Research Team

BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Reminder to participate in Wikipedia research

Hello,

I recently invited you to take a survey about administration on Wikipedia. If you haven’t yet had a chance, there is still time to participate– we’d truly appreciate your feedback. The survey is anonymous and should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement.

Take the survey here.

Kind Regards,

WMF Research Team

BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:17, 13 November 2024 (UTC) [reply]

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+== BAG membership ==
-== Nomination for deletion of [[:Template:Nonblocked]] ==
+Hello. You are listed as a [[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group#Member list|member of the Bot Approvals Group]] but it appears you may not be actively helping in this area anymore. Do you intend to return to BAG-related activity on Wikipedia, or are you happy to be removed from this list? &mdash;&nbsp;Martin <small>([[User:MSGJ|MSGJ]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:MSGJ|talk]])</small> 12:57, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
-[[File:Ambox warning blue.svg|30px|link=]][[:Template:Nonblocked]] has been [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion|nominated for deletion]]. You are invited to comment on the discussion at [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2022 January 15#Template:Nonblocked|the entry on the Templates for discussion page]].<!--Template:Tfdnotice--> [[User:Izno|Izno]] ([[User talk:Izno|talk]]) 19:09, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
+== Administrative permissions and inactivity reminder ==
-== Bots Newsletter, January 2022 ==
+[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]]This is a reminder that established [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Procedural removal for inactive administrators|policy]] provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. You are receiving this annual reminder since you have averaged less than 50 edits per year over the last 5 years.{{pb}}Inactive administrators are encouraged to reengage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators]]. If you do not intend to be engaged with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard|bureaucrats' noticeboard]].{{pb}}Thank you for your past contributions to the project. —&thinsp;[[User:JJMC89 bot|JJMC89 '''bot''']] 00:35, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
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+::Thanks - yes I have had significant time constraints - I will look to re-engage where I can. -- [[User:Tawker|Tawker]] ([[User talk:Tawker#top|talk]]) 22:18, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
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-!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|''Bots Newsletter'', January 2022
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-Welcome to the ninth issue of the English Wikipedia's ''Bots Newsletter'', your source for all things [[WP:BOTS|bot]]. Vicious bot-on-bot edit warring... superseded tasks... policy proposals... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Wikipedia's most distinguished newsletter about bots.
+== Invitation to participate in a research ==
-After a long hiatus between August 2019 and December 2021, there's quite a bit of ground to cover. Due to the vastness, I decided in December to split the coverage up into a few installments that covered six months each. Some people thought this was a good idea, since covering an entire year in a single issue would make it unmanageably large. Others thought this was stupid, since they were getting talk page messages about crap from almost three years ago. Ultimately, the question of whether each issue covers six months or a year is only relevant for a couple more of them, and then the problem will be behind us forever.
+Hello,
-Of course, you can also look on the bright side – we are making progress, and this issue will only be about crap from almost ''two'' years ago. Today we will pick up where we left off in December, and go through the first half of 2020.
+The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this '''[https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/294789?lang=en anonymous survey]'''.
-<span style="font-size:150%">'''Overall'''</span><br />
-In the first half of 2020, there were 71 [[WP:BRFA|BRFA]]s. Of these, {{yeac}} 59 were approved, and 12 were unsuccessful (with {{nayd}} 8 denied, {{idkc}} 2 withdrawn, and [[File:Image-Symbol wait old.svg|20px|alt=Expired|link=]] 2 expired).
+You do not have to be an Administrator to participate.
-<span style="font-size:125%">'''January 2020'''</span>
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-* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ST47Bot|ST47Bot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Seppi333Bot|Seppi333Bot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Qbugbot 4|Qbugbot 4]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PkbwcgsBot 25|PkbwcgsBot 25]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PkbwcgsBot 26|PkbwcgsBot 26]]
-*A new [[mw:Pywikibot|Pywikibot]] release dropped support for [[Python 3.4]], and it was expected that support for [[Python 2.7]] would be removed in coming updates. [[m:Toolforge|Toolforge]] itself planned to drop Python 2 support in 2022.
-*Two new bots dropped in January 2020: [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ST47Bot|ST47Bot]], the successor to [[User:STBot|STBot]], and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Seppi333Bot|Seppi333Bot]], whose task was to perform a weekly update of four "massive" wikitables for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular Biology|WikiProject Molecular Biology]].
-*[[User:Cydebot|Cydebot]], an [[WP:ADMINBOT|adminbot]] operated by [[User:Cyde|Cyde]] since 2006, was [[Special:Contributions/Cydebot|blocked]] after going berserk on categories that hadn't yet been [[WP:CFD|CfD]]'d.
+The survey should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Research:Wikipedia Administrator Recruitment, Retention, and Attrition|Meta page]] and view its [[wmf:Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Administrator Experiences 2024 Survey Privacy Statement|privacy statement]] .
-<span style="font-size:125%">'''February 2020'''</span>
-[[File:Listeria monocytogenes 01.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Speaking of WikiProject Molecular Biology, ''Listeria'' went wild in February]]
-* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT 78|AnomieBOT 78]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 2|Cewbot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 67|DannyS712 bot 67]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 63|DannyS712 bot III 63]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 6|PearBOT 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DemonDays64 Bot 2|DemonDays64 Bot 2]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT|PearBOT]]
-*On February 1, some [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_13#ListeriaBot_behaving_poorly|concerns]] were raised about [[User:ListeriaBot|ListeriaBot]] performing "nonsense" edits. Semi-active operator [[User:Magnus Manske|Magnus Manske]] (who originally coded the [[Wikipedia:Magnus_Manske_Day|Phase II software|precursor]] of [[MediaWiki]]) was pinged. Meanwhile, the bot was temporarily <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AListeriaBot blocked]</span> for several hours until the issue was diagnosed and resolved.
-*On February 18, [[Special:Contributions/ST47Bot|ST47Bot]] got into a <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Cases/Overview&offset=20200219&limit=250&action=history tussle]</span> with [[User:Amalthea (bot)|Amalthea (bot)]], and had to be partially-blocked from [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cases/Overview]].
+Please find our contact on the project Meta page if you have any questions or concerns.
-<span style="font-size:125%">'''March 2020'''</span>
-* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MajavahBot|MajavahBot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot|SDZeroBot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 6|TheSandBot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 7|TheSandBot 7]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bitbotje|Bitbotje]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FACBot 6|FACBot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 8|TheSandBot 8]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Qbugbot 5|Qbugbot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 3|Cewbot 3]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot 2|SDZeroBot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 31|PrimeBOT 31]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 12|WikiCleanerBot 12]] ·[[File:Image-Symbol wait old.svg|20px|alt=Expired|link=]] [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AntiCompositeBot|AntiCompositeBot]]
-* In March, a long [[Wikipedia_talk:Bot_policy/Archive_28#Bot_expirations?|discussion]] was started at [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy]] by [[User:Skdb|Skdb]] about the troubling trend of bots "expiring" without explanation after their owners became inactive. This can happen for a variety of reasons -- [[API|API]] changes break code, hosting providers' software updates break code, hosting accounts lapse, software changes make bots' edits unnecessary, and policy changes make bots' edits unwanted. The most promising solution seemed to be [[wikitech:Toolforge|Toolforge]] hosting (although it has some problems of its own, like the occasional necessity of refactoring code).
-* Some of the twelve bot tasks approved this month were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 6|TheSandBot 6]] (removing blocked users from [[:Category:Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues]]), and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 7|TheSandBot 7]] (removing ''unblocked'' users from [[:Category:Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for promotional user names]]). [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot 2|SDZeroBot 2]] was approved to refine geographic stub tags. New bots approved this month were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MajavahBot|MajavahBot]] (to patrol [[WP:EFFPR]]), [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot|SDZeroBot]] (to merge stub tags), and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bitbotje|Bitbotje]] (fixing DISPLAYTITLE modifications, DEFAULTSORT errors and broken behavior switches in [[WP:DRAFTS|draftspace]]).
-<span style="font-size:125%">'''April 2020'''</span>
-[[File:Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) shown in her laboratory in 1947.jpg|thumb|''Listeria'' being examined]]
-* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 9|TheSandBot 9]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 5|BHGbot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 69|DannyS712 bot 69]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot 3|SDZeroBot 3]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ST47ProxyBot|ST47ProxyBot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WugBot 4|WugBot 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot 4|SDZeroBot 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DatBot 10|DatBot 10]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 11|WikiCleanerBot 11]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 13|WikiCleanerBot 13]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 14|WikiCleanerBot 14]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AntiCompositeBot 2|AntiCompositeBot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 4|Cewbot 4]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DaedanBot 1|DaedanBot 1]] ·[[File:Image-Symbol wait old.svg|20px|alt=Expired|link=]] [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Creffbot|Creffbot]]
-*A [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_13#Re-examination_of_ListeriaBot|discussion]] on the bot noticeboard, "Re-examination of ListeriaBot", was started by [[User:Barkeep49|Barkeep49]], who pointed out repeated operation outside the scope of its BRFA (i.e. editing pages in mainspace, and adding [[WP:NFCC|non-free images]] to others). Some said it was doing good work, and others said it was operating beyond its remit. It was <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AListeriaBot blocked]</span> on April 10; the next day it was unblocked, reblocked from article space, reblocked "for specified non-editing actions", unblocked, and indeffed. The next week, several [[Special:Diff/951794012|safeguards]] were implemented in its code by Magnus; the bot was allowed to roam free once more on April 18.
-*[[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ST47ProxyBot|ST47ProxyBot]] joined the stable in April, after a BRFA started in December was finally completed. As an adminbot, it was authorized to block [[IP address]]es belonging to [[open proxy|open proxies]], public [[VPN service]]s, and [[web host]]s. New tasks approved for existing bots included [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 5|BHGbot 5]] ([[WP:DIFFUSE|diffusing]] categories),  [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 9|TheSandBot 9]] (taking over some tasks from the inactive [[User:RonBot|RonBot]]), and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WugBot 4|WugBot 4]] (updating data at {{tl|Interactive COVID-19 maps}}). Also, [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DatBot 10|DatBot 10]] was approved to scale down non-free [[SVG]]s — I didn't even know that was a thing.
-* A [[Wikipedia_talk:Bot_policy/Archive_28#Making_BOTCOMM_more_explicit|discussion]] at [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy]] was started by [[User:Thryduulf|Thryduulf]] about whether [[WP:BOTCOMM]] should explicitly specify that bot operators must be responsive to concerns raised on English Wikipedia specifically (as opposed to [[Phabricator]], [[SourceForge]], [[wikitech:Toolforge|Toolforge]], et cetera). Eventually, the policy was amended to its [[Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Good_communication|current form]]:
-:<blockquote>Issues and enquiries are typically expected to be handled on the English Wikipedia. Pages reachable via [[WP:SUL|unified login]], like a talk page at [[:commons:Main Page|Commons]] or at [[:it:Main Page|Italian Wikipedia]] could also be acceptable [...] External sites like [[Phabricator]] or [[GitHub]] (which require separate registration or do not allow for IP comments) and email (which can compromise [[Wikipedia:Outing|anonymity]]) can supplement on-wiki communication, but do not replace it.</blockquote>
+Kind Regards,
-<span style="font-size:125%">'''May 2020'''</span>
-[[File:Serpiente alquimica.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|We heard you like bots, so we made a bot that reports the status of your bots, so now you can use bots while you use bots]]
-* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MajavahBot 3|MajavahBot 3]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 70|DannyS712 bot 70]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CitationCleanerBot 5|CitationCleanerBot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Dreamy Jazz Bot 4|Dreamy Jazz Bot 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/QEDKbot|QEDKbot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/William Avery Bot 2|William Avery Bot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 68|DannyS712 bot 68]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 32|PrimeBOT 32]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 10|TheSandBot 10]],  [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bot1058 7|Bot1058 7]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 6|BHGbot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EaglesBot 2|EaglesBot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 5|Cewbot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 17|WikiCleanerBot 17]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MDanielsBot|MDanielsBot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PhuzBot 3|PhuzBot 3]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Gedimon|Gedimon]] · {{idkc}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 7|PearBOT 7]]
-*[[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MajavahBot 3|MajavahBot 3]], an impressively meta bot task, was approved this month for maintaining a list of bots running on the English Wikipedia. The page, located at [[User:MajavahBot/Bot status report]], is updated every 24 hours; it contains a list of all accounts with the bot flag, as well as their operator, edit count, last activity date, last edit date, last logged action date, user groups and block status.
-*Other approvals for this month were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/William Avery Bot 2|William Avery Bot 2]] (processing redirects in {{tl|R from scientific name}}), [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 68|DannyS712 bot 68]] (allowing users to schedule bot reminders for themselves),  [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 10|TheSandBot 10]] (removing blocked/locked users from [[:Category:User talk pages with conflict of interest notices]]), [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bot1058 7|Bot1058 7]] (updating [[Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests/Permalink]]), [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Dreamy Jazz Bot 4|Dreamy Jazz Bot 4]] (adding <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:WikiProject Biography|WikiProject Biography]]|living=no<nowiki>}}</nowiki> to talk pages where their associated article is in a year of death category), and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/QEDKbot|QEDKbot]] (deleting and nominating empty categories).
-*General syntax fixing tasks were approved for [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 70|DannyS712 bot 70]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CitationCleanerBot 5|CitationCleanerBot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 32|PrimeBOT 32]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 6|BHGbot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 5|Cewbot 5]], and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EaglesBot 2|EaglesBot 2]], as well as [[User:WikiCleanerBot|WikiCleanerBot]] [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 15|15]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 16|16]], and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 17|17]].
-*Seven bots who fell below [[Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Activity_requirements|activity requirements]] (with neither the bots nor their operators having any edits or logged actions in two years) had their bot flags removed. They were [[User:NekoBot|NekoBot]], [[User:Robert SkyBot|Robert SkyBot]], [[User:DASHBotAV|DASHBotAV]], [[User:VoxelBot|VoxelBot]], [[User:JackieBot|JackieBot]], [[User:ReferenceBot|ReferenceBot]], and [[User:CensusBot|CensusBot]].
-*On May 12, [[User:EmausBot|EmausBot]] was [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_14#Block_of_EmausBot|blocked]].
+[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Research|WMF Research Team]]
-<span style="font-size:125%">'''June 2020'''</span>
-[[File:Arburg Lego.png|thumb|A partial block averted at the eleventh hour for the robot that makes Legos]]
-* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/QEDKbot 2|QEDKbot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT 79|AnomieBOT 79]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WOSlinkerBot 6|WOSlinkerBot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yapperbot 2|Yapperbot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yapperbot|Yapperbot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT 80|AnomieBOT 80]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Dreamy Jazz Bot 5|Dreamy Jazz Bot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 18|WikiCleanerBot 18]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/HasteurBot 15|HasteurBot 15]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MusikBot II 4|MusikBot II 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/NoSandboxesHere|NoSandboxesHere]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RedWarn|RedWarn]] · {{idkc}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Seppi333Bot 2|Seppi333Bot 2]]
-*In July 2017, [[User:Headbomb|Headbomb]] made a [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_14#Partial_block_of_dashboard_bot|proposal]] that a section of the [[Wikipedia:Dashboard]] be devoted to bots and technical issues. In November 2019, [[Lua]] code was written superseding [[User:Legobot|Legobot]]'s tasks on that page, and operator [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] was asked to stop them so that the new code could be deployed. After no response to pings, a [[WP:PARTIALBLOCK|partial-block]] of Legobot for the dashboard was proposed. Some months later, on June 16, Headbomb said: "A full block serves nothing. A partial block solves all current issues [...] Just fucking do it. It's been 3 years now." The next day, however, Legoktm disabled the task, and the dashboard was successfully refactored.
-*On June 7, [[User:RexxS|RexxS]] blocked [[User:Citation bot|Citation bot]] for [[WP:disruptive editing|disruptive editing]], saying it was "still removing links after request to stop". A couple weeks later, a [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_14#Citation_bot|discussion on the bots noticeboard]] was opened, saying "it is a widely-used and useful bot, but it has one of the longest block logs for any recently-operating bot on Wikipedia". While its last BRFA approval was in 2011, its code and functionality had changed dramatically since then, and [[User:AntiCompositeNumber|AntiCompositeNumber]] requested that BAG require a new BRFA. Maintainer [[User:AManWithNoPlan|AManWithNoPlan]] responded that most blocks were from years ago (when it lacked a proper [[test suite]]), and problems since then had mostly been one-off errors (like a [[Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive310#Citation_bot_is_making_unacceptable_proxy_edits_for_blocked_users|June 2019 incident]] in which a [[WP:LTA|LTA]] had "weaponized" the bot to harass editors).
-*[[user:David Tornheim|David Tornheim]] opened a discussion about [[Wikipedia_talk:Bot_policy/Archive_28#Bot_code_--_can_remain_proprietary???|whether bots based on closed-source code should be permitted]], and proposed that they not. He cited a recent case in which a maintainer had said "I can only suppose that the code that is available on GitHub is not the actual code that was running on [the bot]". Some disagreed: [[User:Naypta|Naypta]] said that "I like free software as much as the next person, and I strongly believe that bot operators should make their bot code public, but I don't think it should be that they must do so".
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