The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA. The result of the discussion was Denied.

Operator: Ezarate

Automatic or Manually assisted: Manually

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Standard pywikipedia

Function overview: add interwikis

Edit period(s): daily

Estimated number of pages affected: 50

Exclusion compliant (Y/N):

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

Function details: add interwikis, you can see the test editions here

• Er, I'm slightly concerned at the test edits without having actually gotten authorization for test editing; unless, was the bot being run in assisted editing mode (i.e. with human supervision)? --Cybercobra (talk) 23:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's only five edits, though. Why did the bot remove the it interwiki link on the one article? --69.225.3.198 (talk) 23:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The interwiki removed said "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)" (wrong). The valid interwiki is: "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"

This bot has the flag in the spanish wikipedi as you can see here. These five edits were to test the bot here, only adding interwikis. Regards!!!

here you can see the bot's edits on the spanish wikipedia. --Esteban (talk) 00:53, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So it will handly Italian wikipedia links also, not just Spanish? Well, I'm not too concerned about interwiki bots, you're addressing user questions, that's all I care about. --69.225.3.198 (talk) 03:33, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, interwiki bots are uncontroversial, and a few unapproved edits aren't cause for a lot of concern. Except from that it shows that Esteban doesn't understand our bot policy. At Esteban: Please read through WP:BOTPOL, it's important that you and your bot keep to it, if you have trouble understanding anything in there just ask us to clarify. Best, - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 08:26, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think that those test edits is due to a "cultural problem". In the Spanish Wikipedia we do ask the bot controllers to perform some test edits in order to facilitate a decision about the way the bot is operated. Regards, Poco a poco...¡adelante! 13:46, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry the unapproved test edits, I wanted to make sure the proper functioning of the bot before submitting you. I just read the policy. I am using the latest pywikipedia and I'll wait your authorization for continue testing. Best regards!--Esteban (talk) 14:06, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to see what happened. I'm sorry --Esteban (talk) 21:09, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This should not happen at all. Especially, when you make such edits on several wikis at the same time and even don't have a userpage informing who is the owner of the bot. -- Mercy (☎|✍) 20:11, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's a problem. If you make 5 test edits, then editors tell you to read bot policy first, then you continue making test edits, that's not a good thing. --69.225.2.24 (talk) 03:31, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully Ezarate's lack of knowledge about the bot approval process in this Wikipedia (and after correction of the mentioned problems) will not be determining for the decision to approve the bot. I think that these kind of bots are always welcome, regards, Poco a poco...¡adelante! 14:40, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to delete the line of this wikipedia in the file user-config.py of my notebook, I am editing on my home and with my notebook. --Esteban (talk) 15:48, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is the bot exclusion compliant? I believe that py is by default, you haven't changed it have you? - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 08:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't change nothing on the pywikipedia, the bot's exclusion compliant --Esteban (talk) 14:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Will you be adding interwikis to templates using this bot? Also, why do you estimate that 50 pages will be edited? Is this throughout the bot's whole "life", or per day? - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 20:23, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Only in articles or categories, not in templates. I think a week for editing 50 pages. It's per day. Regards!!!--Esteban (talk) 22:25, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Denied. You are obviously unfamiliar with the policies on the English Wikipedia, and despite having acknowledged twice that you are aware that your bot may not edit until it is approved, you have continued to allow it to edit. Thus, I am denying this request. I have also requested that an administrator block the bot account to prevent further unauthorized edits. If you still wish to run a bot on the English Wikipedia, please spend some time as a normal editor and demonstrate that you are familiar with our policies and guidelines and will follow them in the future. Anomie⚔ 03:48, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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