Steward requests/Bot status

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For bot status on MetaWiki, see the bot policy and request page.

[edit] Instructions

[edit] Before posting here

If there is a bureaucrat on the local wiki, please ask them to fulfill your request using Special:UserRights on the relevant wiki. Before requesting access here, make sure to obtain consensus on the local wiki if there is a community (see the index of request pages). If there is no local community, request on this page with a note to that effect.

Remember to read the local project's bot policy. This should be linked from the local bot request page; a few are listed below. DO NOT post your request here without having fulfilled the local policies first, and having waited for at least a week to gauge community opinion.

[edit] Making a request

1. Place the following code at the bottom of the "Bot status requests" section below:

   ===Bot name@xxproject===
   {{sr-request
    |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
    |domain    = 
    |user name = 
    |discussion= 
   }}
   (your remarks) ~~~~
   

   You can use following form when applying global bot status:

   ===Global bot status for <yourbotname>===
   {{sr-request
    |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
    |domain    = global<!--don't change this line-->
    |user name = 
    |discussion= 
   }}
   (your remarks) ~~~~
   

2. Fill in the values:
   • 'domain': the wiki's URL domain (like "ex.wikipedia" or "meta.wikimedia").
   • 'user name': the bot's user name (like "ExampleBot"). Leave it blank if you're requesting access for multiple bots.
   • 'discussion': a link to the local vote or discussion about the bot (for example, "[[ex:Wikipedia:Bots#ExampleBot]]"). Notes: If there is no local vote or discussion, please say so below the template and explain why not. If there's no community, implement the standard bot policy instead.
3. If anything is missing from your request, a steward will request more information.

[edit] Global bot requests

Global bots are enabled on most wikis using the standard bot policy (see list of global bot wikis and global bot access requirements). Request will typically be left open for several days to allow comments.

[edit] Implementation on Wikiquotes

Hi, please update the WikiSet according to the updated implementation list. Thank you, Nemo 21:16, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Bot status requests

Please add new requests at the bottom of this section.

[edit] Xqbot@brwiki

I requested my bot flag three months (!) ago. Neal is the only active crat there but he doesn't find the time to grant bot flags --Xqt 15:42, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

On hold as I just asked at w:br:Kaozeadenn_Implijer:Neal#Wikipedia:Bot.23Xqbot and w:br:Kaozeadenn_Implijer:Kadwalan#Wikipedia:Bot.23Xqbot as reminders. If neither responds locally in a week, "stepping on their toes" will be the last resort.--Jusjih 03:02, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Flag was granted. Thanks --Xqt 07:43, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] TchoŘoBot@hsbwiki

I asked for a bot flag on Uper Sorbian wikipedia in April. I was "redirected" here by local sysop Tlustulimu and have waited since then for any objections or support, as recommended at the top of this page. But because there are only few active users, there were neither objections, nor (more) support (not counting the initial response by Tlustulimu). TchoŘoBot uses pywikipedia framework and it already has a bot flag on czech wikipedia (where it is mostly used for solving disambiguations). Tchoř 11:28, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

What do you plan to use the bot for? I see you've been working on solving disambiguations, but on your userpage it says you hardly speak Upper Sorbian. --Erwin 09:42, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

I would like to solve disambiguations. And yes, I am not very good in the active use of Upper Sorbian, but I understand the language well, as it is to some extent mutually comprehensible with my mother language (I believe it's similar case as Dutch × West Low German, which you know). Also I do not plan to solve disambiguations of homonyms (which would require exhaustive knowledge of the language), I want to work on disambiguations of names (of settlements, rivers, hills, ...) . --Tchoř 12:12, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Vahid_bot@ckb.wikipedia

we need a bot in our new wiki project, but there is no user with bureaucrat right for give him bot flag. I'm not sure its correct to make a request here but its just what I can do. --Marmzok 19:39, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Could you please explain what you want to do with your bot? In any case it would be best to make at least 100 test edits first and to leave a message at w:ckb:Wikipedia:دەروازەی بەکارھێنەران about running a bot. After about a week you can then come back here to request the bot flag. Note that you can run your bot without a flag for now. --Erwin 09:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I thought He need the flag for begin edits. I asked him to start his work, after some test edits I leave a message. tanX --Marmzok 21:35, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Alecs.bot@af.wikipedia

Alecs.y 21:56, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

The Afrikaans Wikipedia has local bureaucrats. Please see w:af:Wikipedia:Bots#Applications_for_robot_status for instructions about applying for a bot flag. --Erwin 09:44, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Though you might want to consider applying for global bot status instead. --Erwin 09:45, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

I came here, at the request of a person on the query page af. I'm Sorry. A bot global, it's good idea, thanks you. Alecs.y 10:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Global bot status for Soulbot

Soulbot is active on more than 140 languages, and has 59 local botbits[1]. It has been doing interwiki work since 2006, using the pywikipedia framework. I am an admin at the Norwegian (bokmål) project. When I asked about this on the local WP:BOT talk page a week ago, bureaucrat ZorroIII told me to try here. Nobody on the Norwegian (bokmål) Wikipedia have protested (or otherwise commented) yet. - Soulkeeper 23:26, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Seems fine to me. --Erwin 09:57, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of bot status

If a specific user is abusing his/her bot status, you may request removal of the status on his account here. Please be sure to provide a short explanation on the current situation, along with links to the bot's contribution and an announcement in your community of the abuse. Previous requests are archived.

[edit] See also

• List of interwiki bots
• Archives:
  • 2005
  • 2006: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
  • 2007: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
  • 2008: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
  • 2009: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11