Wikipedia talk:Bots/Requests for approval/ProtectionBot: Difference between revisions

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::::::::I never made any of the above points. I'm quite aware that you could have chosen to run the bot without permission, though there is now precedent on what happens in those cases since Marudubshinki; I'm glad you decided to put it under a separate account. I realize the benefits provided by a separate account, and never questioned them. I don't disagree with this bot, if the community supports it, and haven't said I do, though I've opposed other adminbots in the past (both because I felt they were bad ideas, and because the community did not approve of adminbots). And finally, I don't have an attitude that an admin shouldn't have easy access to a separate admin account for an approved bot; I'd be happy to see that. What I have said is that the appropriate place for you to get that access is at RFA, and I stand beside that; with the single exception of a Foundation order to sysop someone, all accounts that are assigned an admin flag get it because of a successful request for adminship, and this case should be no different. <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 10:50, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

:::::::::From my point of view, requiring an RFA, above and beyond a successful BRFA, cannot be construed as "easy access". You are free to have the opinion that "this case should be no different", but I continue to believe that the case of all adminbots is very different from the function RFA was intended to handle. [[User:Dragons flight|Dragons flight]] 11:01, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

:::::Essjay, what do you (and the other bureaucrats) think of the idea (suggested above) of ''temporary'' adminship for the bot to make it easier to run trials? The BAG have approved the trial. Could the bureaucrats grant temporary adminship for the length of the trial? (30 days I believe). I think a successful trial would alleviate a lot of concerns at RfA, and make the whole process go a lot more smoothly. [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 07:15, 7 January 2007 (UTC)