Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RockfangBot 4

The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Denied.

RockfangBot 4

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Operator: Rockfang (talk)

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): AWB

Function Summary: Add a notice to certain user talk pages.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Once through certain categories

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y

Function Details: I'll add this:

As someone who may live or work near Washington D.C., you may be interested - if you've not heard already - about the meetup scheduled for Saturday, September 6th, at Union Station. For details, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 5.

To editors in the following categories:

• Category:Wikipedians in the District of Columbia

• Category:Wikipedians in Maryland

• Category:Wikipedians in Virginia

Per the request here.

Discussion

Is there precedent for this form of unsolicited messaging? BJ^Talk 12:40, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm not certain, but here, they do mention making a BOTREQ..which was done.--Rockfang (talk) 13:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

FYI, the meetup is in 4 days.--Rockfang (talk) 13:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I do believe that it usually is done out of someones AWB account, and not a bots. LegoK^ontribsT^alkM 23:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

My bot account uses AWB.--Rockfang (talk) 02:46, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I meant the person who is organizing, and out of their account. LegoK^ontribsT^alkM 23:27, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Gotcha. I'm guessing they'd rather not hit save a bunch of times. It's not a big deal though. The meetup is in two days, and I'm guessing this won't be approved by then.--Rockfang (talk) 23:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Denied. No point approving this now. BJ^Talk 06:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

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