Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-10-15/Adminbot approved
Bot is approved to delete redirects
A broken redirect is a
RedirectCleanupBot was approved through a special request for adminship, which opened shortly after a request for bot approval began. The request for adminship succeeded with 168 supporting voters and 15 opposing. Various members of the community asked a total of 34 questions, an unusually high number. The bot operators assured the questioners that the bot could be shut down easily if it malfunctioned, and that it would not accept any other tasks.
Previous formal requests for admin-bot approval have not succeeded. The most notable example was ProtectionBot, which might have passed a request for adminship in January 2007, but it was rendered unnecessary by a change in the MediaWiki software.
However, there are a small number of bots which take advantage of sysop access via the bot operator's account. One known example is
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ProtectionBot was withdrawn half way through when it became unnecessary, and it was passing at the time.
Also, you might want to include mention of Misza13's not-so-secret ongoing adminbot use, see: Wikipedia talk:Non-free content/Archive 28#Why bother uploading if a bot is going to delete it? (especially section labeled "zOMGadminBots").
Dragons flight 17:28, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"On October 13, the bot's task was approved, making it the first bot in the history of the English Wikipedia to be granted administrator status. It begins to cleanup at a geometric rate. RedirectCleanupBot becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time, October 29th." — BRIAN0918 • 2007-10-17 20:43Z