Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Android Mouse Bot 4 2

Android Mouse Bot 4

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s):

Function Summary: Ability to edit protected pages on the Talk, User talk, and Wikipedia Talk namespaces.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Depends to semi-daily.

Edit rate requested: 5 edits per minute

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y

Function Details: The bot currently fixes internal link rot on several commonly archived pages. The problem is, it is unable to fix rotted links on protected pages. Many admins commonly protect their archived talk pages and some who leave wikipedia or are blocked, commonly have their talk pages protected. This means the bot will never be able to fix the broken links on those pages. For a more technical account of how it fixes the links see its original request for approval, and optionally check out some of its recent diffs.

Discussion

I understand requests for a bot running with elevated privledges are commonly denied, but all that is needed is the ability for it to edit protected pages in the Talk, User talk and Wikipedia talk namespaces, not any of the other privledges that a sysop has.

It is probably even further frowned upon of having a bot operator operating an account with higher privledges than themselves, but I don't have a problem with handing over the bot account and the bot's code for someone else to operate. --Android Mouse 06:24, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]