On 18/01/2008, Tim Starling <tstarling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
What's wrong with giving bots sysop access? Are
you worried they might
rise up and overthrow the human sysops?
More or less. There's lots of paranoia on en:wp about admin bots going
batshit in sorcerer's apprentice mode. Though I don't think it's
warranted, as *anything* an admin can do is easily reversible except
history merges. (Making those *easily* reversible is one for the
wishlist.)
- d.