Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EmptyBot
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Operator: Emptywords (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 14:17, Saturday, March 3, 2018 (UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Manual/Automatic
Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser
Source code available: AWB
Function overview: AWB
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): From time to time
Estimated number of pages affected: circa 500/month
Namespace(s): Mainspace/Articles
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: mainly typos, also changing categories and other minor changes. I have an approved bot on pl.wikipedia (with 310k edits) and on wikidata.
Discussion edit
Typo bots are typically denied. As it stands, the request is too vague to be approved. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 14:23, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Denied. Bots to randomly fix "typos" in articles do not have support of the community here. — xaosflux Talk 14:26, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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