Wikipedia talk:Bots/Requests for approval/Qwerfjkl (bot) 19

Pointless churn[edit]

Never has so much watchlist churn been created, while accomplishing so little. Is adding a blank Wikiproject banner shell to every talk page really a worthwhile activity?--Srleffler (talk) 19:25, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Srleffler, the edits are marked as not edits so won't show up your watchlist unless you change the filter. You can also hide specific bot's edits.
The purpose is described by Martin in the BRFA discussion: to track pages that need assessment, and to encourage their assessment. — Qwerfjkl talk 20:39, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

They certainly do show up in my watchlist—that is how I ended up here. They are clearly not filtered out by default. I haven't needed to tinker with watchlist settings in a long time. It sounds like some new features have been added. I'll check it out.--Srleffler (talk) 05:20, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Srleffler, unless you enable the "bot edits" filter, which is not enabled by default, the edits won't show up on your watchlist. — Qwerfjkl talk 07:54, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]