[WikiEN-l] BetacommandBot, (currently) centralized discussion

[Thinboy00 (Wikipedia mailing list)]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> George Herbert wrote:
>  > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 5:15 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >> In reply to George, I don't think tagging images by the bot results in
>  >> auto
>  >> delete. An administrator making a conscious decision is required, although
>  >> some administrators run scripts to delete all images past the deadline.
>  >> That
>  >> isn't auto-deletion, though, just a call by the admin that all expired
>  >> warnings mean images should be deleted.
>  >>
>  > As long as some admins run those scripts, and some do, the effect is
>  > effectively auto-deletion.  How that happens / via what mechanism, the only
>  > thing that matters is that "no human reviews each individual case before it
>  > going poof".
>  Yes, and I think this is the crux of WJhonson's arguments.  Bots are a
>  very convenient technique for those who feel overwhelmed by copyvios.
>  The problem is that solving the problem with toxic pesticides damages
>  the environment.
>
>  Ec
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It is not the bot but the admins... we need a strict policy about
trigger-happy/script deletion.  On the other hand, it would be nice if
the bot could behave differently on images that have rationale
templates, or if it could follow redirects for links (does it?), or
... etc.


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Sincerely,
[[User:Thinboy00]]