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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval
Senin, 2026-08-17 05:54:22New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval process – How these discussions work Overview/Policy – What bots are/What they can (or can't) do...
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Jumat, 2026-01-23 23:22:27that a bot be approved to deliver the newsletter to everyone in the project who does not place their name on an opt-out list. The RFBA can be found here....
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Selasa, 2023-03-14 01:36:27the speedy until someone can write the function down. You send me to an RFBA that says it is a copy of another bot's task. Please, just say what the bot...
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Jumat, 2022-05-20 14:59:27WP:CHU(/U) as well, although I'm out of the habit. Visiting them (as well as WP:RFBA) to do a different role would be no problem. I'm not out to get the Bureaucrat...
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Jumat, 2009-02-27 04:15:25raising flags over here. If it's read only, I don't see much need for a RFBA -- Tawker 23:20, 25 January 2007 (UTC) Request Expired. —METS501 (talk) 04:31...
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Selasa, 2013-04-16 01:09:30should have the bot name. This is not the purpose of a bot account, and this RFBA should he simply denied and the flag on this account, if obtained should...
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Kamis, 2023-02-09 17:27:45lowered.) Already has a bot flag (Y/N): (Not applicable, new bot) Since this RFBA is quite old, it contains a lot of information which is no longer completely...
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Kamis, 2023-02-09 17:40:49below). For now, that is the only task I will have it do. I had a previous RFBA that I withdrew, and the reopening time was obviously delayed. Now, I understand...
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Selasa, 2022-03-22 17:25:49start. Eliminate BAG, but continue to add bots to be approved on the WP:RFBA page. The community can then go there and, with consensus of the community...
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Jumat, 2022-03-04 14:30:39to see them deleted, but this requires a community consensus broader than RFBA. -166.137.209.143 (talk) 14:08, 15 May 2013 (UTC) Support: Technical 13...
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Rabu, 2022-03-23 16:03:40these one-off self-requests should not require all the rigmarole of a full RFBA. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 08:14, 17 August 2011 (UTC) Better safe than sorry...
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Selasa, 2022-05-03 17:08:22Epicgenius (talk) 17:24, 9 June 2014 (UTC) Support - As seen in my recent RFBA, Magioladitis is using his experience to ask great questions, which will...
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Selasa, 2022-03-01 15:54:38damn bot the right to edit. wat 01:08, 5 October 2009 (UTC) CODE_EXECUTE_RFBA_VALUE = false. SJSF-2-Bot (talk) 01:21, 5 October 2009 (UTC) Doesn't everyone...
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Minggu, 2022-04-24 03:34:31social networking is confined to subsets. Your non response to a prior RFBA goes against any need to speedy this one for approval, as communication is...
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Rabu, 2022-01-19 16:24:58do. As the code for these extra tasks is not yet done, i will issue a new rfba detailing those tasks. Secondly, im starting to lean to make Coreva a manually...
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Sabtu, 2023-02-11 04:06:20claimed that this was "CfD work", citing Betacommandbot's RFBA. A cursory review of the RFBA shows that the mass automated removal of all redlinked categories...
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Senin, 2021-10-25 12:08:31(UTC) Hi all. I'm so sorry to say that I have no enough time now. Can this RFBA be frozen? Of course, the code is GPL, so you can run it, althought it is...
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Jumat, 2009-05-29 13:35:15days ago), I think it's a little, may I say, overkill, having separate RFBAs for each task (especially since most of these will be done one time only)...
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Sabtu, 2025-01-25 03:04:45this bot task should be decided by a wider community, then brought back to RFBA. --68.99.89.234 (talk) 05:45, 14 February 2013 (UTC) A user has requested...
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Minggu, 2023-03-05 22:02:02task if there were some way to add a citation to the articles; but, if the RFBA is going to be a fight to have a bot create articles that include no citations...
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Jumat, 2023-02-10 12:59:23that if this task is automated, you will need to receive approval trough WP:RFBA. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 13:32, 20 June 2009 (UTC) How do I find the...
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Minggu, 2023-02-19 14:56:12make review easier. (I'm not sure how this would work logistically if this RFBA was inactive -- perhaps we could post a request to Wikipedia talk:Bots/Requests...
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Kamis, 2023-02-09 18:14:35Maybe also a reasoning behind this bot task? If more attention were paid ar RFBA to links to community discussions about a need for a bot, then there might...
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Minggu, 2022-04-24 03:36:39day for each error. Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): I don't know (see prev. RFBA's) Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Change articles...
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Kamis, 2023-02-09 17:54:43flag.Voice-of-All 17:26, 19 November 2006 (UTC) Well, if it's reading only RFBA isn't commonly used. Only if it needs write access do we need to worry re...
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Kamis, 2023-07-20 23:45:53RfBA would be be needed for such a task, I would like to clarify that per bot policy, number of edits per se does not require one to file for a RfBA....
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Sabtu, 2026-02-07 21:30:15Bot-RFC in deciding whether or not to involuntarily deflag a bot? A. WP:RFBA is an area where I do not plan to dwell in the immediate future if promoted...
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Selasa, 2025-08-12 05:38:49wikipedia.[144] MBisanz is is one of the bot owners who goes after me at BAG and RFBA-he's not an uninvolved administrator, his request for an indef block gives...
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Senin, 2023-04-03 19:29:51purpose to the user's talk page and any concerns to a BAG member or the RFBA page. I am marking this issue as Resolved. Cbrown1023 talk 03:39, 6 May 2007...
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Senin, 2026-02-23 03:41:16not, I would hesitate to flag the bot and make my hesitation known on the RFBA page, although in highly exceptional circumstances, proceed using common...
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Jumat, 2026-03-06 21:01:01designed for experienced users only. I'm tired of dealing with AfDs and RFBAs filed by sock puppets. It's a waste of user time. I'd rather just ABF and...
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Rabu, 2025-09-24 21:52:13process that decides it with crats given the flag out, something like WP:RFBA. But it would also need a change to the AF itself so that admins without...
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Rabu, 2022-10-26 15:03:10for approval/TolBot 13A, which we're now trying to get fixed by bot at WP:RFBA#TolBot 13B since I can't do creations or moves with JWB). Dicklyon (talk)...
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Senin, 2023-04-03 15:04:25an RFBA wasn't needed? No, an RFBA was needed, and it would have taken you 1/10th or less of the time to simply write the function in the RFBA, instead...
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Minggu, 2024-10-20 06:05:04with userrights can potentially be dangerous: that's why we have RfA, RfB, RfBA, etc. If the owner of the account has left, they are not going to be using...
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Jumat, 2025-11-14 01:56:44need to find better solutions. Please note I support GoingBatty's modified RFBA proposal to remove Persondata templates that are empty except for the primary...
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Minggu, 2022-05-01 08:03:38view. We could, and likely should, have a wider discussion (outside of the RFBA process) on this issue as a whole. — V = I * R (talk to Ω) 13:43, 19 November...
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Selasa, 2023-03-21 23:03:03--GunnarRene 21:01, 9 January 2007 (UTC) I'd use WP:AWB. You'd need to do a WP:RFBA and create a bot account, and come up with a script to do it. I'd recommend...
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Kamis, 2023-03-23 22:55:03a general query) would the new maintainer, Majavah, have to submit a new RFBA to get it reactivated? Ed6767 talk! 15:49, 22 July 2020 (UTC) The bot account...
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Sabtu, 2026-02-21 23:59:51Equazcion (talk) 10:59, 9 Nov 2009 (UTC) An editor has proposed a bot at WP:RFBA that will put external links in en.wikipedia articles to a semantic wiki...
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Sabtu, 2026-02-07 21:24:55process to involuntarily de-flag a bot is handled in an ad-hoc manner at WT:RFBA. Where, from whom, and in what form, would you require consensus to de-flag...
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Minggu, 2025-01-26 23:00:27own behavior and I think you've become very productive. Whereas your first Rfba went terrible, now you're a candidate for BAG.--v/r - TP 17:07, 24 January...
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Kamis, 2023-11-16 11:40:43am I right? That's what I gathered from my much earlier discussions at T_RFBA anyway. So, two scenarios here - a bot login is hijacked and goes wild with...
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Senin, 2023-04-03 17:08:27templates, thus giving them some advice on how to develop the article. At the RFBA a user commented on this and suggested that this time is rather short, and...
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Rabu, 2025-01-15 08:21:07was the RfBA in question in any way controversial and of the sort you'd have liked to comment on? And for how long should a non-controversial RfBA be delayed...
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Selasa, 2026-02-10 22:36:58sysop access to a user that already has it. Adminbots should be approved on RfBA, with an announcement and a link there from RfA. But since we're doing this...
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Sabtu, 2025-06-07 22:38:03conventions on naming). Then you can download WP:AWB and request approval at WP:RFBA. Once approved, your bot will receive a bot flag and someone will allow you...
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Senin, 2026-02-23 03:49:36process to involuntarily de-flag a bot is handled in an ad-hoc manner at WT:RFBA. Where, from whom, and in what form, would you require consensus to de-flag...
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Selasa, 2025-12-02 03:22:01require community consensus. Please link to the consensus discussion and the RfBA for this task. Thanks. --Kleopatra (talk) 05:16, 1 February 2011 (UTC) I've...
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Senin, 2026-02-23 03:46:36process to involuntarily de-flag a bot is handled in an ad-hoc manner at WT:RFBA. Where, from whom, and in what form, would you require consensus to de-flag...
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Minggu, 2023-02-19 14:26:31removing the notice, it seems that it is appropriate to just add it to this RFBA without the need to file new. I agree with MBisanz on this. --IP69.226.103...
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Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:27:52starters, it should include a link to the bot's flag logs and a link to its RFBA, but I'll create it myself. Thanks anyway. --Boricuaeddie 19:24, 11 August...
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Minggu, 2025-01-26 05:10:42bot flag is not within the policy of bots, and MBisanz says such on the RFBA; as such, this bot flag should not have been granted, and the task should...
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Sabtu, 2025-04-26 21:04:02premise that the bot only be granted the sysop bit after being approved via WP:RFBA and is confined to those tasks being approved for. — Edokter • Talk • 21:57...
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Sabtu, 2025-01-25 03:08:29for http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us, please let me know and I can submit an RFBA for that as well. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 21:30, 2 January 2016 (UTC) Mark...
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Senin, 2022-05-23 18:51:32Looks harmless, useful, and appropriate. (You have the honor of my first RfBA closing.) – Quadell (talk) 13:39, 6 August 2008 (UTC) The above discussion...
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Sabtu, 2026-02-07 21:21:12process to involuntarily de-flag a bot is handled in an ad-hoc manner at WT:RFBA. Where, from whom, and in what form, would you require consensus to de-flag...
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Selasa, 2022-02-22 18:51:10the sideways answers to some of my questions about this bot, before the RFBA. A single straight-forward answer to a question, when first asked, is more...
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Senin, 2026-02-16 06:02:15run a Wikipedia bot before and I do not know if this task even warrants an RfBA ? TOW talk 03:34, 16 June 2012 (UTC) I thought every bot needed approval...
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Rabu, 2025-09-24 02:21:27would there be a need for a wider discussion for consensus before filing a RFBA for this? ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 18:37, 17 July 2020 (UTC) Not Primefac...
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Jumat, 2023-03-10 16:20:47Wikipedia community members expressed concerns in prior stub-creation bot RFBAs and in prior discussions about your failure to follow direction(s). Being...
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Senin, 2022-04-04 23:11:51Additionally, he's been involved in administrative work: helping out with RfC, RfBA, and the WikiProject on open proxies. He's a regular on various Wikimedia...
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Sabtu, 2022-06-04 21:25:30Archive the bots on that lists which are currently discontinued Add the RFBA link, since several of them don't have it Expand the "purpose" section, since...
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Jumat, 2026-01-23 05:01:32unauthorised BCB operations, and perhaps a revocation of all prior BCB RFBAs (wipe the slate clean to minimise the opportunity for "this is just a variation...
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Rabu, 2023-03-22 20:27:32name ends in "Bot". What's the best way forward here? Do I need to file an RFBA for the next AWB-like task I do using StradBot? Or do I just need someone...
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Minggu, 2023-03-26 14:48:53(hitting "change" on every entry), rather than going through the rigmarole of a RfBA. – Quadell (talk) 12:20, 15 May 2009 (UTC) There are over 2,000 articles...
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Jumat, 2022-04-01 18:24:46requested. And, I request the bot approval for a trial only be granted after the RfBA has been posted for long enough for community members to comment here. 4...
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Kamis, 2023-02-09 17:55:00But this particular edit is not what I'm requesting permission for at this RFBA. – Quadell (talk) (random) 12:09, 21 December 2007 (UTC) The edit was needed...
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Sabtu, 2023-02-18 21:30:22newsletters. βcommand 2 19:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC) I would support declining this RfBA per above and also serious concerns over the operator's judgement, as seen...
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Senin, 2025-05-19 11:04:06alternate account to make the edits. After I asked him/her to link to the RfBA for the task, I then noticed his bot was not making the edits, and crossed...
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Sabtu, 2025-03-29 21:16:28bot-operators who are admins should request approval for an adminbot at a RfBA, making the request for admin-rights explicit, and (if approved) a bcrat...
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Sabtu, 2026-01-03 06:58:03don't know, but I am curious about the flagging of this particular bot. The RFBA does not indicate the bot meets the bot policy requirements for a bot, and...
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Minggu, 2026-01-18 18:41:54relatively uncontroversial and oftentimes pro forma tasks associated with CHU and RfBA, I have reviewed this RfB with some carefulness over the past few days toward...
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Jumat, 2022-04-22 06:08:21Resolved I recently created {{Botlinks2}}, which includes a link to the bot's RFBA. Unfortunately, I forgot that many bots are approved on their 2nd or 3rd...
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Kamis, 2023-02-09 17:25:42set up Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology/Index and similar pages without RfBA approval. You can then have the seven days referred to above to log whether...
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Selasa, 2023-03-14 11:31:43RussBot (talk · contribs) is currently doing this (see task description in the RfBA). Jafeluv (talk) 06:17, 21 September 2009 (UTC) Rename to match main article...
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Senin, 2023-01-30 19:52:09{{botlinks3|Polbot|-}} produces: Polbot (task · contribs) The "task" link points to the RfBA without a numerical suffix. (Polbot never had one, which is why it's a redlink...
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Selasa, 2025-01-21 07:27:25mms · npr · pm · pc · rb · te · taiv) per extended trial approval at WP:RFBA. For BAG, — xaosflux Talk 13:59, 4 April 2016 (UTC) Done -- Avi (talk) 15:31...
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Sabtu, 2024-07-20 21:13:27(talk) 20:51, 16 November 2009 (UTC) An editor has proposed a bot at WP:RFBA that will put external links in en.wikipedia articles to a semantic wiki...
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Senin, 2024-11-18 11:18:07relatively uncontroversial and oftentimes pro forma tasks associated with CHU and RfBA, for the reasons set forth by W.marsh here and much less eloquently tangentinally...
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Selasa, 2026-04-14 04:57:00(UTC) @Bsoyka and DreamRimmer: would either of you be willing to file an RFBA on this now, or should I try to provoke discussion elsewhere? Dicklyon (talk)...
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Kamis, 2025-11-13 05:57:10policy here, and we should instead take the census case specifically to WP:RFBA? Dicklyon (talk) 18:42, 2 August 2024 (UTC) I can work on some preliminary...
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