Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/botlannon
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Denied.
Operator: Blannon (talk · contribs)
Automatic or Manually assisted: Manually assisted, but no editing
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pywikipediabot
Function overview: Lookup various medical terms and return wikipedia intro paragraph.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): no editing, read only.
Estimated number of pages affected: 0
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Discussion
editIf the bot will not be editing, then I see no need to give it approval (or even create an account, for that matter, but I suppose pywikipedia requires one). If you need the +bot permission for some reason, such as to make API requests with higher limits, then yes – bot approval is necessary – but otherwise, I think you can just go ahead and run it without approval. So, do you need to make high-limit API requests? — The Earwig (talk) 15:40, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Request Expired. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 11:48, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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