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Line 65: ::::I'm always happy to AGF. I guess I was mostly responding to the statement that BRFA doesn't normally require releasing the source code. If that's true, I think it's an unfortunate state of affairs. I was also thinking of a conversation I recently had in another setting regarding the fragility of the whole ecosystem of scripts, bots, and other bits of software on which the smooth running of enwiki depends, and how often some important tool gets abandoned with no practical way for another developer to take it over. But, I really shouldn't be trying to make this particular request a soapbox for all that. [[User:RoySmith\|RoySmith]] [[User Talk:RoySmith\|(talk)]] 21:27, 1 September 2024 (UTC) :::::Thanks for sharing your views. I might be open to supporting a rule that complex bots need to have their source code in the BRFA, if proposed on the right talk page. I agree that it helps immensely with keeping old bots running once their owners go inactive. –[[User:Novem Linguae\|<span style="color:blue">'''Novem Linguae'''</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Novem Linguae\|talk]])</small> 21:54, 1 September 2024 (UTC) ::{{ping\|Novem Linguae}} Per the bot policy, {{tq\|It is recommended that the source code for adminbots be open, but should the operator elect to keep all or part of the code not publicly visible, they must present such code for review upon request from any BAG member or administrator.}} I am not either (though I would fancy myself technically competent enough to have a look through it), but at least two administrators and a BAG member have now requested that the source code be made available. While providing the code privately to those individuals would technically satisfy the conditions of [[WP:ADMINBOT]], I don't see any reason why the source code would need to be private. [[User:EggRoll97\|EggRoll97]] <sup>([[User_talk:EggRoll97\|talk]]) </sup> 22:35, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

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