Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group

This page lists the members of the Bot Approvals Group which approves or denies requests for approval for bots. However, only bureaucrats are technically capable of flagging bots.

Members of the group are experienced in writing and running bots, have programming experience, understand the role of the BAG in the BRFA process, and understand Wikipedia's bot policy. Those interested in joining the group should make a post to the talk page explaining why they would be a good member of the team and outlining past experience, and then should make posts to relevant community noticeboards to invite community participation. After ten days, an uninvolved bureaucrat will close the discussion.

The Bot Approvals Group has an official IRC channel on freenode at #wikipedia-BAG. Feel free to join, ask questions and idle if you wish. SoxBot also reports a recent changes feed of BRFA-related pages into the channel for your convenience.

Member List

User	B'crat?	Admin?	SVN?	Joined	Notes
Active Members
Anomie (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2008-12-16
Bjweeks (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2008-06-12
Cobi (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2007-10-16	Reconfirmed on 2008-04-27.
Fritzpoll (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2009-01-09
Jarry1250 (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2009-02-23
Maxim (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2008-05-15
MBisanz (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2008-05-15
Mr.Z-man (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	Yes	2008-05-15
OverlordQ (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2008-04-08	Reconfirmed on 2008-05-09.
Quadell (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2008-08-16
Reedy (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2007-07-27
Tinucherian (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2009-05-11
X! (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	Yes	2008-02-18	Reconfirmed on 2008-05-02. Formerly known as Soxred93.
Inactive Members
AllyUnion (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-03-26	Inactive
Carnildo (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-03-26	Inactive [1]
Coren (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2007-10-24	Reconfirmed on 2008-04-27.
Daniel (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2007-08-05	Happy to handle issues when prompted
Gimmetrow (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2008-04-08
JamesR (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2007-08-16	Inactive due to work commitments.
Lightdarkness (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-04-22	Inactive
Madman (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2007-07-27	Inactive
Martinp23 (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2007-03-24	On a break
MaxSem (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2008-03-18
Mets501 (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2007-01-01
Ram-Man (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-09-09	Inactive
Richard0612 (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2008-07-15
SQL (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	Yes	2008-03-08
ST47 (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2007-04-26
Tawker (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-06-17
Voice of All (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	Yes	2006-09-09
Werdna (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	Yes	2008-03-18	Reconfirmed on 2008-05-02.
Xaosflux (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-07-27	Semi-active, but available for inquiries
Former Members
Andrevan (talk · contribs)	Yes	Yes	No	2007-08-01 †	Removed at end of trial period, 17:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Betacommand (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2007-12-26	Prior membership; 2006-09-09 Reconfirmed on 2007-12-26 Removed on 2008-07-02
Bluemoose (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-03-26	Retired
Chris G (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2008-09-22	Inactive
Dreamafter (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2007-11-08 †	Removed at end of trial period, 17:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC) / Failed reconfirmation
Essjay (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2006-07-06	Resigned 03:31, 2007-03-04 (UTC)
Freakofnurture (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-03-26	Removed due to inactivity
Giggy (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2008-05-20	Resigned, 04:28, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Joshbuddy (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-07-06	Removed due to inactivity
Kingboyk (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-09-09	Resigned 22:11, 2007-04-22 (UTC)
Krimpet (talk · contribs)	No	No	Yes	2008-05-15	Retired from Wikipedia
Maelgwn (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2007-11-27 †	Removed at end of trial period, 17:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Pgk (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-03-26	Inactive
Ral315 (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2007-07-29 †	Removed at end of trial period, 17:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Robchurch (talk · contribs)	No	No	Yes	2006-03-26	Inactive [2]
Snowolf (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2008-02-16	On indefinite retirement
Talrias (talk · contribs)	No	Yes	No	2006-03-26	Inactive [3]
TheFearow (talk · contribs)	No	No	No	2007-07-28 †	Removed at end of trial period, 17:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

†—Editors who were previously members of the Approvals Group under the "trial" membership phase, but were removed at the conclusion of that system.

See also

• {{BAG Tools}}
• {{Unapproved bot account}}
• {{BAG-notice}}
• How to close a BRFA
• Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/Successful membership candidacies - Successful nominations for membership
• Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/Unsuccessful membership candidacies - Unsuccessful nominations for membership