Wikinews:Bots/Archive 3

Popular articles bot

 * Task: Updating Template:Popular articles
 * Task: Updating Template:Popular articles

Following on from this discussion at the water cooler, I've set up a bot to replace the absent. It will update Template:Popular articles once an hour with the top 20 most viewed articles, as in this diff. It is based on User:Bawolff bot with a few modifications. It uses shell scripts and Python (pywikipedia bot framework) and runs on the Wikimedia Toolserver. Source code is available, I plan to clean up the python code a bit but it works just fine. the wub "?!"  22:17, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * --If it works just like MelancholieBot then definitely-very good addition, thank you wub!    Tris   22:24, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * looks good, thanks wub. Tempodivalse [talk]  22:57, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:43, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * --Patrick M (TUFKAAP) (talk) 06:15, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * This feature has really been missing for a while, so I'd be glad to have it back. Calebrw (talk) 06:26, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * should place popular articles back on Main Page Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 19:42, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Den dodge  T\C 20:17, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅, one week without objections plus we need popular articles back ASAP Tempodivalse [talk]  20:20, 12 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Despite the low # of votes, I'm inclinded to close and pass since this bot is likely to be so very uncontroversial, as all interwiki bots are. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:48, 30 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Operator: Mjbmr
 * Bot name: User:Mjbmrbot
 * Programming language: python
 * Already has bot flag: Yes, see here
 * Task: Just Interwikis
 * Note: I use interwiki.py script & '-auto' option Mjbmr   19:47, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * Looking over the SUL, the bot has collected a good number of edits total over various wikis. Have there been any problems with the bot? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:09, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * There was a little problem in my bot, but i solved them, for example Here i used '-force' option to changing interwikis, but nowi just use '-auto' option Mjbmr   20:15, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * for now until you add the botblock template on the bot's user page. I will unblock the bot for now, but don't run it here, until a bureaucrat says so. Diego Grez return fire 19:51, 20 October 2010 (UTC) Seems to be a trusted bot on other wikis. --Diego Grez return fire 20:10, 20 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm satisfied that there should be no problem granting bot flag. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:17, 20 October 2010 (UTC)


 * The user/operator is unresponsive. Since we were also unresponsive as a community, I did email a while back, but no response. This request appears to be abandoned. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:30, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

CarsracBot
Hi, I would like to have a bot flag for user CarsracBot to get my bot running interwiki when needed. It's a global pywikipedia bot. Thanks. --18:40, 14 September 2010 (UTC)~

Comments
As a global bot CarsracBot does not need a local flag, but I like to have a local flag. Because when needed I will do also some other bot actions, but those a rare and only after testing on a very small wiki. --Carsrac (talk) 04:03, 15 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Our global bot policy is purposely very highly restrictive, so local flag would be required for whatever these other bot actions are. Can you inform us what they would be? You don't need local flag for just interwiki, but I appreciate the fact you seek local approval anyway. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:34, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Votes
Bawolff stole the task away... Bawolff ☺☻ 22:56, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I get status of bot to update the list of popular pages, why I would use the sources available on the user page of The Wubbot. I've the bot flag on ~30 wikipedia + global bot flag, for interwikis. I've the botflag on the french wikinews where i update the same page (See fr:Modèle:Articles populaires). I've toolserver account where i can run the bot. Myst (talk) 19:09, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * Thank you. I would like to see this service return.  Have you made any test runs yet? --InfantGorilla (talk) 21:12, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I do the same task on french wikinews. Myst (talk) 12:56, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I was talking to Myst on irc, and he said it'd be ok if i did this task. The version of the software i'm using is at User:Bawolff bot (it is entirely a shell script!). I'm giving my bot its flag back because it was previously flagged through this process for this exact task way back (And no one really cares about this process). If anyone thinks thats a horrible abuse of my admin bits/OMG Cabal, feel free to yell at me, and we can work through any objections. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:52, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * . Looks good. --InfantGorilla (talk) 13:16, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * . I agree with what is said in the comments and that looks oke to me. --Carsrac (talk) 04:06, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * , except you need to, uh, register the username MystBot first!  — fetch · comms  03:19, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Diego Grez Bot
Hi, I would like to get my bot running to welcome users and interwiki when needed. Thanks. --Diego Grez let's talk 15:48, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Re: It will mainly fix double-redirects and interwikis. Though it can do AWB if requested. --Diego Grez let's talk 00:07, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * A welcoming bot already exists. Griffinofwales (talk) 15:56, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't see that it works. --Diego Grez let's talk 15:57, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It works on all users that create their accounts (automatically or not), but since it only went live in January, Dylan wasn't welcomed. Griffinofwales (talk) 16:00, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, it will work mainly on interwikis /when really needed/, or welcomes when the bot doesn't works. --Diego Grez let's talk 16:04, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * We already have a double redirect fixer. Welcoming people who registered an account years ago is a bad idea imho. (The welcome bot is implemented server-sdie, so it will always work). We have several interwiki bots as well. How do you feel your bots will fulfill tasks not already fulfiled by pre-existing bots? user:Bawolff 00:38, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * (first bot edits were rollbacked because I ran the wrong script :p) Well, 1) nevermind the welcome thing, as you said, it is run always. 2) I write articles on both Spanish and English Wiki pedia news, and may be useful when there are breaking news, or something else. --Diego Grez let's talk 00:41, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It has done some test edits. --Diego Grez let's talk 18:22, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * There's already a double-redirect bot and interwikis are usually done manually. Why do we need this bot? -- Mike moral  ♪♫  21:05, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree, this bot doesn't seem to have any function that's not already taken care of. I'm not sure how easy it is to do article interwikis, considering that article titles are vastly different depending on language. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:33, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It is automatic. Generally articles are linked each other on other languages. --Diego Grez return fire 13:59, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Normally I see users such a and  add interlanguage links. That seems to work well. How would your bot be different?  Mike  moral  ♪♫  15:55, 9 May 2010 (UTC)


 * unless there is a clear definition of what function this bot will serve that is not already done by another bot, or by the Wikinews Mediawiki install. All new users are automatically welcomed, a change the developers implemented for us. And, redirects/interwikis are generally handled by one or two existing bots. Ideally I would like to see one super-Wikinews bot to handle all interlanguage links. I'd be happy to write a proper specification for an interlang bot; it would require some of Bawolff's Javascript hackery because I would be very reluctant to give a bot admin access to get at archived pages. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:29, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it has been doing a good job. The interwiki bots are not doing the job fully, as you can see on the recent contributions of the bot. --Diego Grez return fire 18:26, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * only for interwiki - I shared Brian's views, but the contribs demonstrate that there is still room for one more. However, I'd much prefer you perhaps worked with someone else to try and create one Super Duper Amazing Interwikibot between you that can hit all the areas the (three? more?) bots do between them. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:41, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure, and the bot already has flag on the French and Tamil Wikinews for interwikis and double redirects. --Diego Grez return fire 02:12, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Okay. Let's clarify this. The bot will do only interwikis, fix double redirects and add on broken ones, something that has done by fits and starts, without further problems. It has flag in a few other wikis, where it does the same task. Also, and per this thread on the water cooler, it could do AWB whenever it is requested. Thanks in advance, Diego Grez return fire 17:21, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


 * For these tasks. It has been doing good work and I'm pretty content with it. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:23, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


 * As long as it sticks to that, I don't see how it could go wrong. C628 (talk) 22:45, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Because I hate fixing double redirects myself.  — fetch · comms  21:01, 7 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Closed as sucesful. As a note, don't "do AWB" unless there is concensus for it. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:40, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * We had this once already, thanks Adambro Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:48, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

CommonsDelinker
This bot has never been approved. I could actually just block it, therefore, but I don't think we need go that far. I would appreciate it if someone can fill in the details for me; I try and avoid the nitty-gritty of coding bots etc, mainly because I don't understand a word of it. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:21, 27 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Operator: Wikimedia Commons
 * botName:
 * language: I wouldn't know one if it hit me in the face
 * task: Removing images deleted from Commons

Comments
The purpose and operation are explained at meta:User:CommonsDelinker. This has been discussed previously here, see, and consensus seemed to be in favour of allowing the bot to continue operating. Whilst the bot has had an interesting history for various reasons, I'm only aware of its editor status being an issue recently and that seems to have been resolved so I'm not sure that we need to have another community vote on this. Are there any new issues or concerns that I'm unaware of? Adambro (talk) 15:35, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, we had this discussion earlier and consensus seemed to be to approve it. I personally don't see anything really wrong with CommonsDelinker, as long as we keep a sharp eye on it for inappropriate image changes (although i'd still prefer something like WN:CommonsTicker which is far less intrusive). Certainly no bot or editor flag. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:38, 27 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Commons Ticker would be better - if it wrote in a language we understood, and people checked what it complained about. With editor removed, Delinker denied admin rights, I'd say it can operate - but not with the bot flag; I want to see exactly what its up to. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:48, 27 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah, I'm missing the old discussion here, mainly because it isn't actually listed amongst the approved bots above. I will do so. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:46, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Votes
"Note, this is based on an old request. Since then mobile has changed a lot, and I'm not sure if the details about this is even true anymore," - we oughta close this down now. Once - if - bawolff has the time to dedicate to redoing this then we can look again. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:58, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikinews Importer bot
This is attempt Number 2. I'm pasting the old request. -- To set up a mobile phone version of wikinews (similar to http://en.wap.wikipedia.org ) We need a version of the main page that has no DPL's or templates. I believe using the wikinews importer bot (its the bot that syndicates our headlines to certain places on wikipedia) to copy out a DPL of latest published to a specific page (probably Main Page/Simple Main Page/mobile, or portal:Mobile). Please see also WN:WC, old archived discussion on wc and 14755. bot specifics (note: this is off the top of my head. i think its right, but remember its me saying it, so if anything is incorrect its my fault).

Bawolff ☺☻ 20:40, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Operator: w:user:Misza13
 * botName: no username registered yet
 * programming language: python (pywikipediabot). source
 * task. Copying a DPL (like Portal:Current events/Wikipedia) to a static page
 * Would probably need bot flag


 * Are there any statistics for the use of Wikipedia both the normal format and the mobile format, assessed from mobile devices? Adambro (talk) 21:03, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Not publicly available that i am aware of. I could ask around. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:07, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * What I do know is that according to alexa, of all trafic going to something.wikipedia.org, 52% goes to en.wikipedia.org, less then (most likely much less then) 1% goes to the mobile gateway (based on how little it is advertised, that is not suprising.) Bawolff ☺☻ 21:23, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * But no mobile phones have the Alexa toolbar so less those stats exclude access through mobiles. Anonymous101 (talk) 06:44, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Good point, so we really have no idea. I would still geuss it is much much less then the normal english wikipedia though. Nonetheless I still think its useful especially considering that it really would take very little effort to maintain (bot does everything, we have to do essentially nothing). Bawolff ☺☻ 05:49, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Umm, I'm going to be away from computers for about a month. If this does achieve concensuss, can someone make sure: So that we can get the mobile portal working. Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 11:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Appropriate pages are set up (pick the name for the page - aka Main Page/mobile)
 * Notify w:user:Misza13 (see my last message as well)
 * Update 14755

Comments

 * Last time Cirt said we should probably change the name of the bot, so we don't confuse it with its wikipedia sibiling

Votes

 * Bawolff ☺☻ 20:45, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * —most news websites have a mobile version. I don't see why Wikinews should miss out on this growing market, and if this bot will help... Den dodge  T\C 20:43, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * &mdash; Wikinews should probably have a mobile version of its main page. Gopher65talk 20:45, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:53, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe it could just be an rss feed of the last 5 released articles. -Pekayer11 (talk) 04:49, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
 * per Dendodge – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 15:40, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I've talked to he is who is god of mobile Wikipedia. I asked about getting a Wikinews mobile and he says "This is definitely on the TODO list!".  It seems we do get some love, they're just not allowed to be public about that love for Wikinews. (No one can 'officially' support the red headed step child ^_^ ) -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 16:41, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * - While I like SGN's news, we can bodge our own version to get something running while we wait. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:59, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * - Good idea! Benny the mascot (talk) 03:26, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * the idea of a mobile portal, but it must be aware of Flagged Revisions, have Editor stats, possibly even given administrator rights, and the mobile version it "expands" from dynamic page list(s) protected. I would seriously question if this would not be better served with Amgine's MediaWiki extension to produce DPL-esque XML output, and that being reprocessed into a mobile version. You do get sick of things being held together with spit and bailing twine. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:00, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Although I don't use mobile web on my tiny little RAZR. I nonetheless back this! --Patrick M (TUFKAAP) (talk) 06:18, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * From a user's point of view, I could care less as I never use any type of mobile device to view the web. But I know ton's up people do so. Also, iPhone App? Calebrw (talk) 06:30, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Why not? --Diego Grez let's talk 14:41, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note, this is based on an old request. Since then mobile has changed a lot, and I'm not sure if the details about this is even true anymore. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:15, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * From a user's point of view, I could care less as I never use any type of mobile device to view the web. --Carsrac (talk) 04:26, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

MikemoralBot
-- The New  Mikemoral  ♪♫ 05:30, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Operator:  The New  Mikemoral  ♪♫
 * Bot name: User:MikemoralBot
 * Programming language: AWB
 * Task: Delivering WN:WWC-2010 related messages to user talk pages and other related tasks.
 * Note: Bot flag requested to not flood RC.

Comments

 * What types of messages, specifically, would the bot give out? Reminders? Status updates? <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  12:22, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Newsletters, setup the completion categories, reminders, and any other tasks needed to be done for the contest. -- The New  Mikemoral  ♪♫ 23:29, 21 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Do you intend to mark edits minor? – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 20:37, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes.  The New  Mikemoral  ♪♫ 04:48, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * --Don't see why not? <i style="position:absolute;z-index:-1;bottom:0;width:2.8em;height:8px;background:#eee;"> </i>  Tris   08:25, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * , and will close early, shortly before the contest starts, pending no objections; I think we need to have this in place by the time the competition has started. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  01:00, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * -- the wub "?!"  11:42, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:40, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * - It is a trusted user setting up and running AWB in an automated fashion. I'm confident they will check that hidden edits have the desired effect. I would've done this, but Internet Explorer 7 is flaky enough on Linux without running it through AWB. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:00, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * —we definitely need this. <em style="color:blue">Den <em style="color:red">dodge  T\C 09:21, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ closed a few days early, but seeing as the contest starts in ten hours, I want to give Mikemoral enough time to set it up by midnight UTC. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  13:57, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Success, permission granted.

Diego Grez Bot

 * Operator: User:Diego Grez
 * Bot name: User:Diego Grez Bot
 * Programming language: Some Python script taken from Google Code, written by Spanish Wikipedia user Emijrp, and that runs through all Wikipedias.
 * Task: Update a list of Wikinews users by number of edits. Thought this would be useful for those with editcountitis ;-)

Diego Grez return fire 23:53, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * Bawolff ☺☻ 23:10, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * editcountitis ftw! Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:55, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

MikemoralBot

 * Operator: Mike  moral  ♪♫
 * Bot name: User:MikemoralBot
 * Programming language: AWB
 * New task: replace categories on archived articles, specifically, category:Apple Computer to category:Apple, Inc., per the points made here. I will file a separate request at WN:RFA if there are no objections to this bot's new actions. There are only 54 articles, but it's this type of task is über-tedious. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  03:11, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * I'm essentially in favour of this. What level of monitoring would you do on the bot? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:41, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll basically be clicking for each edit to make sure it doesn't screw up. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  22:37, 16 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Closed Task already done. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  03:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Closing. Master and bot are blocked for cross-wiki disruption, and it was looking unlikely this would pass to say the least even before that. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:38, 10 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Operator: Dirt Diver
 * Bot name: GlobalEditBot
 * Programming language: Perl and Python
 * Task: Global edits on request.
 * Note: I just noticed that the bot is blocked here, I'm not really sure for the reason since it didn't edit yet. But I seem to need to ask permission so here it goes:
 * This bot creates global userpages, global talkpages, global js and css on user request (This is done from meta.) The bot will always be run under supervision. And there will never be more than 10 edits a day. The bot doesn't edit the main namespace.
 * Could you please give permission to run this bot here also, when no permission is granted it will en.wikinews will be excluded from the list all wikimedia wikis where the bot is active.
 * There is no need for a local bot flag because it wouldn't really flood. But the block should be lifted so it can run again. Dirt Diver (talk) 08:14, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Comments

 * Forgive me if I misunderstand, but would the bot not require admin privileges to edit JS and CSS? If so, are you also requesting those? DEN  DODGE  George Watson  12:20, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * No I'm not requesting those permissions yet. First months I will let it run for user pages en talkpages only (And creating complete SUL accounts. After that periode of time I would like to request global editinterface permission for the bot, that way I can edit .js en .css without the need of admin tools. But I wanted to be complete fair about what the bot is going to do so I added it already, otherwhise I have to come back and let it be discussed a second time. Dirt Diver (talk) 12:26, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I feel this to be worth keeping an eye on. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:38, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Requests for comment/Abigor is related also. the wub "?!"  20:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Votes

 * At this stage, I would the authorisation of this bot to operate on Wikinews. The reason for this is that the code for the bot is, according to the details on the page at Meta (m:User:GlobalEditBot) still in Alpha.  Alpha code is code which has not been properly tested for compatibility, or is still in preparation and untested.  When the code reaches Beta, where you are actively testing it and running it live on a Wiki, I would support a brief period on here to see how it's working. BarkingFish (talk) 17:07, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I cant run it live untill I have 700 botbits. Its tested and its completly working it did 2 runs today without any problems. It will become 1.0.1 when toolserver access is granted and I can run it from the database instead of a list with all wikis. Dirt Diver (talk) 17:23, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with BarkingFish. Until this bot is at least in beta, and people have had the chance to review the code, I don't believe it would be prudent to unblock the bot. I would be especially cautious given the fact that it seems evident that this bot will, at least eventually, require admin permissions. Tadpole256 (talk) 16:15, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
 * There is an existing tool which does this task, run by a trusted steward (so it can do the .js and .css pages). The proposal here is from a user who has been abusing multiple accounts, causing trouble on various wikis, and has just been blocked from meta for vandalism (see my link in comments section above). Wikinews has a history of granting chances to those unwelcome elsewhere, but the chances of this user receiving the meta rights required to make this bot actually useful seem vanishingly small. the wub "?!"  00:29, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * after watching the situation develop for a little while. At present, it seems you cannot and will not be trusted to run the bot. As the wub said, we're happy to give you a chance to prove yourself and I try and ignore people's past on other wikis; but, here it's rather related to your use of the bot account. Sorry. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:56, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Closing, and permanently blocking bot account.


 * Operator: Glavkos
 * Bot name: Glavkos bot
 * Programming language:Python
 * Task: Interwikis.

Comments

 * "Interwikis" is an inadequate description of the purpose of this bot. A more detailed breakdown of what work this bot will carry out would be required before it would be prudent for anyone on Wikinews to comment, or vote, one way or the other. For example, are you familiar with Wikinews' arciving policy? Would this hamper the bot's operations? Does this bot operate on any other wiki where flagged revisions is in-use? --Brian McNeil / talk 18:23, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Votes

 * this since bot owner never came back to talk to us. In the absence of any input from anywhere, will recommend permanent block per local policy and when they want to edit, they can come and prove it works somewhere, is documented and so on. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:35, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Please provide more information about the bots tasks. Cocoaguytalkcontribs ‽ 04:26, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Closing this, and permanently blocking the bot account. Best regards, Karol007 (talk) 16:22, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Operator: Karol007
 * Bot name: KamikazeBot
 * Programming language: Python, interwiki.py
 * Already used on: full list (global bot with about +80 bot flags)
 * Task: interwiki

Comments

 * "Interwikis" is an inadequate description of the purpose of this bot. A more detailed breakdown of what work this bot will carry out would be required before it would be prudent for anyone on Wikinews to comment, or vote, one way or the other. For example, are you familiar with Wikinews' arciving policy? Would this hamper the bot's operations? Does this bot operate on any other wiki where flagged revisions is in-use? --Brian McNeil / talk 18:23, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * KamikazeBot works only on articles and categories (namespaces: 0 and 14) and add only interwiki links. Bot can working all week on server WMPL, but standard script interwiki.py for Wikinews is run ones in week. Karol007 (talk) 13:28, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Votes

 * this as, despite getting an answer on the challenge to an overly terse description, I didn't need told what an Interwiki link is; will, as-per other bots with no documentation, no good rationale, and no understanding of our project from the owner, block permanently to force a formal request when it needs access, is proven to work elsewhere and has documentation. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:38, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Please provide more information about the bots tasks. Cocoaguytalkcontribs ‽ 04:26, 8 February 2012 (UTC)