Wikipedia talk:Bots/News/201908

Updates

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

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

@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)

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)

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

• @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)

  @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)

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)

@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)