Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EmptyBot
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Denied.
Operator: Emptywords (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 14:17, Saturday, March 3, 2018 (UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Manual/Automatic
Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser
Source code available: AWB
Function overview: AWB
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): From time to time
Estimated number of pages affected: circa 500/month
Namespace(s): Mainspace/Articles
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: mainly typos, also changing categories and other minor changes. I have an approved bot on pl.wikipedia (with 310k edits) and on wikidata.
Discussion
editTypo bots are typically denied. As it stands, the request is too vague to be approved. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 14:23, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Denied. Bots to randomly fix "typos" in articles do not have support of the community here. — xaosflux Talk 14:26, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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