Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/LemonadeBot

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LemonadeBot

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Operator: LemonSlushie (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 20:46, Wednesday, May 19, 2021 (UTC)

Function overview: Archiving and Status Updates

Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available:

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: 2

Namespace(s): User: & User Talk:

Exclusion compliant No: No, as this should not be editing pages outside my namespace.

Function details: Bot would update my userstatus after 20min of inactivity, and auto-archive my talk page monthly, or whenever I place a certain html comment in a section that should be archived.

Discussion

 Comment: Usually, running a bot in userspace does not need approval, however as I have a history of sockpuppetry, I'd also like to setup an edit filter that would disallow editing from the bot besides the pages it needs to edit or create. -- LemonSlushie 🍋 (talk) (edits) 20:46, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Denied. This is not necessary, if the only thing you want to do is edit your own userpage and usertalk, fairly infrequently, just use your own account. Feel free to do it via the API if you want to, you can create BotPasswords for yourself as needed. Also, we would never consume abuse filter conditions just to stop you from making edits you don't want to make. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:32, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Alternatively, you could use your alt-account for this purpose already - and no BRFA is needed. We certainly would not be issuing a bot flag in either case. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:34, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

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