Wikispecies:Bots/Requests for approval/MariusBot

  1. Operator: Mariusm
  2. Automatic or Manually Assisted: both
  3. Programming Language(s): AutoWikiBrowser
  4. Function Summary:
    1. Creating stub species-articles.
    2. Performing housekeeping tasks.
  5. Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): When needed.
  6. Edit rate requested: Flexible, usually 50 or less per minute.
  7. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): NO
  8. Function Details: Creating stub species articles according to to discussion here and also running various repetitive housekeeping tasks such as improving page formatting, adding author taxa categories, replacing the Holotype link with the specific repository template, removing unwanted templates such as {{Syn}} etc.

Discussion

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I already used the process to add about 20,000 articles and to modify and improve another 3,000 pages, while logged as the user Mariusm, so it's safe to say I'm familiar with the AWB process and can manipulate it smoothly enough. I wish to switch to a bot after some concerns were raised of AWB being discordant with the bot policy and also to avoid flooding the Recent changes buffer. Mariusm (talk) 10:22, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Until Wikispecies has set up its own AutoWikiBrowser policy I would urge any and all bots to abide with the current bot policy and work in accordance with its requirements. It is possible that a future AWB policy may have a set of rules very different to the current bot policy – and perhaps even state that the use of AWB is not considered a bot at all – but as of this writing the present bot policy is all we've got. That being said, with the exception of editing speed I have nothing against the previous work of the MariusBot "beta version" run by Mariusm's normal user account, and the speed limits may well be different in a future AWB policy. –Tommy Kronkvist (talk) 22:29, 20 May 2017 (UTC), 22:29, 20 May 2017 (UTC).[reply]

Vote

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Poll started 10:15, 17 May 2017 (UTC). Poll will run for one week, until 10:15, 24 May 2017 (UTC).

─────────────────────────   Speedily Approved. Vote 7 support, 1 oppose. The editing done by this bot account is previously discussed and been active on the users account. No need for trial. Bot flag given. Scott Thomson (Faendalimas) talk 16:20, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]