Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/monitor wiki page for public relation management
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Operator: Tangodigital (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 07:43, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 (UTC)
Function overview: This bot is designed to monitor the Wikipedia page of an enterprise or organization and detect any malicious changes that may occur. Its main purpose is to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the information presented on the page. If the bot detects any unauthorized or malicious edits, it takes action by reverting the page back to a previous, known-to-be-intact version.
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual:
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: Not applicable
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): The related pages will be monitored once every half an hour or an hour.
Estimated number of pages affected: Less than 100 pages
Namespace(s): Wikipedia
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details:
Discussion
editThis request isn't specific enough. Reverting what malicious changes? According to whom? How will you know a change is malicious? Besides, the user was indefinitely blocked for vandalizing with pywikibot. Mokadoshi (talk) 02:03, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Denied. Operator indeffed. Primefac (talk) 12:03, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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