Brion said:

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We'd be much better off if we add the needed functionality on the serverside, I believe.

Perhaps, but I believe in the motto "if you want something done, do it yourself." Who's going to write this server-side code -- you're

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not interested.

Meanwhile, you obviously _are_ interested in making this ability available. If you'd like to try your hand, I'd be delighted.

Alright, but in an attempt to prevent Wikipedia from completely taking over my life, I'm going to stop making edits. I'm not sure if I can go cold turkey, so if anyone sees me doing anything, please block me.

Now on to Eric Moeller's post:

If you are basically telling Fred "I don't like you, you have opinions I disagree with, you won't get to use my code", that is certainly your decision to make.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. And from Eclecticology:

I've had some serious concerns about this bot. On the surface it has to do with changing [[Brisbane, Queensland]] to simply [[Brisbane]] with the possibility that it could also be used for other city names. This is a questionable use of a bot to impose a naming convention that may not have unanimous support. If it is used in the course of an edit war, it makes for an unequal fight between those who use a bot and those who don't.

That's a very good point. Okay, forget the bot. Like I said above, I'll write it on the server side. I'll start a new thread on how it should be implemented.

what does that mean "you are not in a position to contribute to the approval process" ???

I was suggesting that it's not Fred who makes the decisions, it's people like Brion and Lee. It doesn't make much sense to me either, now that I've calmed down. Please forget I said it.

-- Tim Starling.

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