Wikipedia talk:Bots/News/201908

Updates[edit]

+ User:Primefac to WP:BAG. — xaosflux ^Talk 04:33, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux:, have any bots been deflagged since the last newsletter? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:36, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Headbomb: since August of 2018 there appear to be 5, it's possible I'm missing some.

2019-04-27T18:39:52 Maxim changed group membership for AnkitAWB from bot to (none) (Special:Diff/894410990)

2019-04-06T22:54:52 Xeno changed group membership for MadmanBot from bot to (none) (Operator request)

2019-03-31T21:05:08 Xaosflux changed group membership for Dreamy Jazz Bot from bot to (none) (-bot, retired by operator per Special:Diff/890319883)

2018-11-13T23:35:21 Xaosflux changed group membership for MedcabBot from bot to (none) (-bot, retired by operator per Special:PermaLink/868713199 at WP:BN)

2018-11-13T23:35:17 Xaosflux changed group membership for MediationBot from bot to (none) (-bot, retired by operator per Special:PermaLink/868713199 at WP:BN)

— xaosflux ^Talk 15:42, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So none due to inactivity? Could it be time to run queries on bot activity then? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:00, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, it's been a while. Maybe I'll work on that this weekend. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:04, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Headbomb: see Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Inactive_bots_-_May_2019 - it will be a week before they can be processed. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:34, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Headbomb: did a bunch of sweeping and shining. I don't think we've codified it in the policy but the whole citation bot thing has made it pretty clear that the community expects bots that can be "triggered" by non-operators to both authenticate, authorize (even if it is just 'is not blocked') and identify the triggering user. This should probably get codified in to the BOTPOL - but it is fairly important. Thoughts? — xaosflux ^Talk 13:09, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Could be added yes. I'm not sure identifying the triggerer is required of every possible bots tasks, eg if it's always editing the same pages, but in general it's a good idea to do so. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 13:13, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Headbomb: I started Wikipedia_talk:Bot_policy#Bots_triggered_by_multiple_users just now - perhaps just link in to it. It should be advertised a bit more, but getting it in BOTNEWS may get the most useful initial contributions. — xaosflux ^Talk 13:21, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]