[WikiEN-l] JuryBot (was: Scott McCloud on Wikipedia)

William Pietri william at scissor.com
Wed Feb 28 19:42:05 UTC 2007


Delirium wrote:
> Part of the problem from my perspective is figuring out what to do in 
> some of these tasks.  [...] When I come back to one 
> of these tasks after an absence, it takes concerted effort to navigate 
> the web of rules and templates and informal policies. [...] On the
> topic of bots but with a slightly different intent, some 
> automation of drudgery would help make this work more appealing.

Is it possible to encode more of this knowledge in tools, not just bots? 
I just recently started using [[WP:TWINKLE]], and having drop-down menus 
of the various warnings and templates has definitely helped me be more 
precise and situation-appropriate. Are there similar things available 
for admins?


William



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