| Revision as of 12:08, 23 August 2008 editTony1 (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Template editors276,760 edits →Lightbot 3← Previous edit | Revision as of 06:32, 1 September 2008 edit undoMZMcBride (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users190,647 edits →Discussion: +commentNext edit → | ||
| Line 45: | Line 45: | ||
| <!-- This is not a vote. It is a discussion --> | <!-- This is not a vote. It is a discussion --> | ||
| *Lightmouse has proved himself to be an excellent bot-manager in his awareness of editorial sensitivities, his polite interactions with editors who query the workings of the bot, and his prompt and efficient responses to feedback on possible issues with the functions of the bot. He appears to be entirely motivated by a wish to improve the formatting of Misplaced Pages's article text, and therefore of its appearance and readability; he has applied his detailed knowledge of and respect for the Manual of Style and the other style guides and policy pages that make WP a cohesive force on the Internet. In my opinion, he has already performed an invaluable service to the project in the running of this bot. Please note that this request has been made in response to an editor who explicitly takes no issue with the removal of square brackets around "20th century", ''inter alia'', but has a concern for procedural correctness. I support both that concern and this request for approval. ] ] 12:08, 23 August 2008 (UTC) | *Lightmouse has proved himself to be an excellent bot-manager in his awareness of editorial sensitivities, his polite interactions with editors who query the workings of the bot, and his prompt and efficient responses to feedback on possible issues with the functions of the bot. He appears to be entirely motivated by a wish to improve the formatting of Misplaced Pages's article text, and therefore of its appearance and readability; he has applied his detailed knowledge of and respect for the Manual of Style and the other style guides and policy pages that make WP a cohesive force on the Internet. In my opinion, he has already performed an invaluable service to the project in the running of this bot. Please note that this request has been made in response to an editor who explicitly takes no issue with the removal of square brackets around "20th century", ''inter alia'', but has a concern for procedural correctness. I support both that concern and this request for approval. ] ] 12:08, 23 August 2008 (UTC) | ||
| This request seems far too broad. --] (]) 06:32, 1 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 06:32, 1 September 2008
Lightbot 3
Operator: Lightmouse (talk)
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic
Programming Language(s): AWB, monobook, manual
Function Summary: Janitorial edits mainly to units and dates.
Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Continuous
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Yes
Function Details: The previous request is at Misplaced Pages:Bots/Requests for approval/Lightbot 2, which itself was an extension/clarification of Misplaced Pages:Bots/Requests for approval/Lightbot due mainly to the suggestion by some editors that solitary years are not covered by 'unlinking date fragments'. This further request is an extension/clarification due mainly to the suggestion by an editor that centuries are not covered by 'unlinking date fragments' see comment on my talk page.
- I would like to make it explicit that I will be editing dates in a variety of forms.
- A 'date' is any sequence of characters that relates to time, chronology, or calendars. This includes but is not limited to seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, fortnights, months, years, decades, centuries, eras, and can be in any sequence or format.
- Edits may add, remove or modify the sequence or format of dates.
- Edits may add, remove or modify templates that involve dates.
- Edits may add, remove or modify autoformatting. For example, where autoformatting is invalid, broken or itself breaks a date for readers.
- Edits may add, remove or modify links to dates.
- I would like to make it explicit that I will be editing units of measure in a variety of forms.
- A 'unit of measure' is any sequence of characters that relates to measurement of things. This includes but is not limited to units defined by the BIPM SI, the US NIST or any other weights and measures organisation or none at all. This includes but is not limited to time, length, area, volume, mass, speed, power.
- Edits may add, remove or modify the metric or non-metric units.
- Edits may add, remove or modify the sequence or format.
- Edits may add, remove or modify templates that involve units.
- Edits may add, remove or modify links to units.
- I would like to make it explicit that I will make other edits.
- These will usually be minor improvements that are often done by other editors or are part of general MOS guidance.
- These will usually be incidental to the main motivation for the bot which is units and dates.
Discussion
- Lightmouse has proved himself to be an excellent bot-manager in his awareness of editorial sensitivities, his polite interactions with editors who query the workings of the bot, and his prompt and efficient responses to feedback on possible issues with the functions of the bot. He appears to be entirely motivated by a wish to improve the formatting of Misplaced Pages's article text, and therefore of its appearance and readability; he has applied his detailed knowledge of and respect for the Manual of Style and the other style guides and policy pages that make WP a cohesive force on the Internet. In my opinion, he has already performed an invaluable service to the project in the running of this bot. Please note that this request has been made in response to an editor who explicitly takes no issue with the removal of square brackets around "20th century", inter alia, but has a concern for procedural correctness. I support both that concern and this request for approval. Tony (talk) 12:08, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
This request seems far too broad. --MZMcBride (talk) 06:32, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Category: