Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Halibott
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Automatic or Manually Assisted: Fully manual (using AWB)
Programming Language(s): AWB
Function Summary: Tedious tasks like changing several hundred links in accordance with WP:RM
Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run):From time to time
Edit rate requested: I'm not sure if anytime I have some free time fits here... So far I've been able to make roughly 100 edits in one go.
Already has a bot flag (Y/N):Nope.
Function Details: See description above.
Discussion
editSince it's basically an AWB account and all changes are applied manually, it's not really a proper bot and, as suggested at the talk page, it doesn't really fit the definition. However, I listed it here to avoid clogging the watchlists, as several hundred edits in a row might indeed be a problem for someone who has them all in his or hers watchlist. //Halibutt 13:27, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- If approved, will this still be completely manually run? — xaosflux Talk 02:49, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- As in most cases the changes I do consist of correcting piped links, I still have to watch the changes for proper grammar and context, so yes. Of course, I don't deny that perhaps in the future I could do some automatic spell-check or some similar task which would most probably not require as close attention, but so far I focus on complicated cases rather than simple "apropriate ==> appropriate" changes. //Halibutt 18:28, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- While the bot is approved, you may want to stay away from spell checking, unless you're making sure that you're staying away from regional variants of English... Titoxd(?!?) 05:41, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- As in most cases the changes I do consist of correcting piped links, I still have to watch the changes for proper grammar and context, so yes. Of course, I don't deny that perhaps in the future I could do some automatic spell-check or some similar task which would most probably not require as close attention, but so far I focus on complicated cases rather than simple "apropriate ==> appropriate" changes. //Halibutt 18:28, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Approved; the bot shall run with a flag. I was about to ask for testing but I see that you already did quite a bit of that.Voice-of-All 04:30, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. AAMoF I didn't know that approval was needed and ran it just as I did under my own user name initially. It was only after two or three days that someone suggested I should list it here. Anyway, the block button is there anyway and the AWB stops once any comment appear at the talk page, so it's easy to stop me should I do something wrong. //Halibutt 09:28, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- Voice of All, as far as I know AWB does not include the BrE/AmE differences in its dictionary, so there's no risk that I would start a crusade against common grammatical and spelling errors mistaken for dialect ;) //Halibutt 20:26, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. AAMoF I didn't know that approval was needed and ran it just as I did under my own user name initially. It was only after two or three days that someone suggested I should list it here. Anyway, the block button is there anyway and the AWB stops once any comment appear at the talk page, so it's easy to stop me should I do something wrong. //Halibutt 09:28, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
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