Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Protection Helper Bot: Difference between revisions

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[[User:ProcrastinatingReader|ProcrastinatingReader]] ([[User talk:ProcrastinatingReader|talk]]) 02:32, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

:I have some thoughts on each of those points:

:*I agree that giving anyone, even anonymous IP addresses, the ability to override a protection reinstatement by slapping the {{tl|bots}} into an article is a '''bad''' idea.

:*This bot doesn't need to have some additional mechanism to prevent reinstatement of protection (which I see as unlikely to be needed). The mechanism is already there. An administrator who wants to prevent reinstatement would merely to protect an article twice: the first time for a short duration (or just unprotect it), and the second temporary time for a long duration. When the temporary protection expires, the original protection would also be expired, and the bot does nothing. ~[[User:Anachronist|Anachronist]] <small>([[User talk:Anachronist|talk]])</small> 17:48, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

:*A source code review would be good. I thought that was standard procedure, especially for admin bots, but I am unfamiliar with how bots get approved.

:~[[User:Anachronist|Anachronist]] <small>([[User talk:Anachronist|talk]])</small> 17:48, 31 August 2024 (UTC)