User:Nicbot/Approval

Hello everyone,

I would like to request a bot flag for Nicbot so it may perform repetitive tasks without clogging up recent changes. The bot will run using AutoWikiBrowser (AWB) when approved for use. A community consensus must be reached before the flag can be given.

So, what is my definition of "repetitive tasks"? AutoWikiBrowser has a number of capabilities for any account (human or bot), but what I primarily have in mind at the moment is the "mass" removal, addition and replacement of categories and files. What I mean by this is that the bot will execute the task of handling categories/files on a large number of articles in a short period of time. Examples include removal of broken categories on several pages, or a largely used category that may be deleted (which would be tedious to do manually). Additionally, I plan to set the bot to make fixes to common typos (see AWB/T for details). The bot is semi-automatic; what this means is that any actions it takes are initiated by myself. In other words, I have to confirm an action it takes before doing it.

Regards,

-  Nìcmávr  ( Tálk  ) 15:33, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

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