Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BatreeqbotPro

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BatreeqbotPro

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Operator: Batreeqah (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 00:36, Monday October 13, 2014 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available:

Function overview: This bot will revert vandalism and warn the performer of vandalism. Also, it will tag pages with templates such as STUB, unreferenced pages, other tags, fix coding mistakes, and tag articles for deletion.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Depends on how many pages need to be edited.

Estimated number of pages affected: However many pages have spam and vandalism.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Depends. The bot will not modify the page except if there is vandalism, spam, coding mistakes. The article will not be tagged if it has the template.

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No. If the bot is approved, please flag it as a bot.

Function details: The bot will detect vandalism and spam in the AbuseLog and decide if it will be removed. If it is removed, it will leave a friendly message to the performer of the vandalism warning them. Also, it will search Wikipedia for any pages that need appropriate tagging.

Discussion

Putting aside all other thoughts for now, this seems to me as though it should be at least 3 distinct tasks;

1. Anti-spam/vandal
2. Page tagging / Fixing
3. Tagging for deletion

Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 08:09, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

@Jamesmcmahon0: Could you please give a specific example of how you would configure AWB to find vandalism and revert an edit? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 02:37, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

@GoingBatty: I have used AutoWikiBrowser on other websites and there is a toolbar on the side for categories. Thereis a dropdon with multiple parts (e.g. ShortPages = STUB, etc.). About the vandalism, I will have my bot check my VandalWatch page. If there is obvious vandalism (like replacing a page with a sentence, erasing contents of a page, etc.). Nif the bot isnot sure,it will skipe that edit. Thanks! Batreeqah ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 03:00, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

@Jamesmcmahon0: Could you please be more specific with exactly how you will set up AWB to detect the "obvious vandalism", and how you will set up AWB to revert an edit? Maybe provide an example of an edit that your bot would make? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 03:06, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't think there's any need to prolong this. Anomie⚔ 21:57, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Denied. It appears that you are not ready to be a bot operator. The community here on the English Wikipedia expects bot operators to be experienced in editing and familiar with our policies and guidelines. Your account has made relatively few edits over the time you've been registered, which tends to indicate that you have not had a chance to gain this familiarity. Further, your description of this task shows that you haven't really appreciated the difficulties in automatically identifying vandalism or reviewed the current bots that do so. Please edit as a normal editor for a while to gain experience, and when you do come back please go into much more detail as to how exactly your bot will work. Anomie⚔ 21:57, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

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