Wikipedia talk:Bot policy
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[edit] Clarifications and expansion of Requests for approval
I reorganized and expanded the "Requests for approval" section, so that is explains and reflects the BRFA process more closely. It seemed like the section is very outdated and not on par with what BAG does during the BRFAs. Besides copyediting, I added several things to it, and since this is a policy page I feel I should mention them in case I borked something up:
- "The bot operator is responsible for reviewing the edits and repairing any mistakes caused by the bot" -- this is already mentioned under #Bot accounts, but I feel like reiterating that the bot operator is expected to fix the mistakes, not the BAG is essential. In a couple recent BRFAs, no mistakes were fixed until pointed out by BAG and even then it took a while.
- Once the request has demonstrated its conformance with the community standards and correct technical implementation, the BAG may approve the task. The BAG may also decline a request which fails to demonstrate community consensus to perform the task. -- this wasn't spelled out explicitly, so I think a clear mention that BAG can a) approve b) decline based on BOTPOL should be there. It's the common sense WP:BURO stuff, but it would be easier if we can link to it from BRFAs as it occasionally comes up in one way or another.
- "The BAG may also occasionally speedily approve or decline BRFAs without having a trial period. -- basically, it had no mention of speedy approve/decline process, so I added a paragraph with a couple common examples when it happens.
The rest is just wording and organizing into paragraphs that make chronological sense (BRFA, trial, discussion, approval, speedies, testing, modification). — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 12:21, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
