Wiktionary:Votes/bt-2023-06/User:KovachevBot for bot status

User:KovachevBot for bot status
Nomination: I hereby request the Bot flag for User:KovachevBot for the following purposes:
 * Automatically removing uses of deprecated  template from . See Beer parlour/2023/May for initial proposal and discussion; test edits include:


 * (reversion/able to undo edits if problems arise)
 * Specifically, we removed that parameter from the template, which is now present in a lot of instances of the template but isn't doing anything, so I am hoping to remove it so that new editors are not confused by the redundancy, among other points.
 * Originally, the idea was proposed by at Template talk:ja-pron, which this bot script implements now.
 * (reversion/able to undo edits if problems arise)
 * Specifically, we removed that parameter from the template, which is now present in a lot of instances of the template but isn't doing anything, so I am hoping to remove it so that new editors are not confused by the redundancy, among other points.
 * Originally, the idea was proposed by at Template talk:ja-pron, which this bot script implements now.

Schedule:
 * Vote starts: 18:41, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Vote ends: 23:59, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Vote created: Kiril kovachev (talk) 18:41, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Discussion:
 * [[Image:Wikt rei-artur3.svg|20px]] Beer parlour/2023/May

Support

 * 1)  I reviewed the user's code and it looks good. He responded positively to my suggestions and incorporated a backup plan so the old contents of all the changed pages can be restored if something goes wrong. Benwing2 (talk) 20:38, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * : Good enough for me. &mdash; excarnateSojourner (talk &middot; contrib) 20:23, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * 1)  Welcome to the bot club! JeffDoozan (talk) 23:18, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * 2)  Mcph2 (talk) 09:22, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * 3)  Why not. Vininn126 (talk) 09:45, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * 4)  Daniel.z.tg (talk) 22:45, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * 5)  Numberguy6 (talk) 18:35, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * 6)  Megathonic (talk) 15:28, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1)  ɶLerman (talk) 19:04, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Care to explain why? Vininn126 (talk) 19:18, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * If I may comment, there may be a good reason to oppose running a bot for this kind of task, which is that if there is whatsoever any chance of a malfunction or harmful edit, then it is arguably not worth the risk, considering there is no user-visible change either way. So, not running the bot would forego all the risks associated whilst also not changing anything user-side. Now, there are many checks in place to ensure this won't happen, and there's no theoretical way for problems to arise — the script is really simple as it is — but still. The concern is there. Kiril kovachev (talk) 11:30, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Don't worry. My vote won't solve anything anyway. ɶLerman (talk) 22:40, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @ɶLerman What is your actual reason for opposing? Is it any of this paragraph I wrote here? Kiril kovachev (talk) 23:03, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't have any actual reason. I just voted. ɶLerman (talk) 23:44, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
 * This is User:Gnosandes, known to be a problematic editor in general. Benwing2 (talk) 05:33, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, yes, when you don't like someone, you always give them some kind of label. ɶLerman (talk) 08:20, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
 * The issue here is that you're opposing something relatively non-controversial without giving any sort of reason. That's what I'm labeling as problematic. The opposition is fine but it needs to be well-founded, not just random. Benwing2 (talk) 19:59, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
 * So I didn't argue, I just voted. Opposition may not always be founded. ɶLerman (talk) 09:45, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * You could have pointed out any single concern, however minor. Instead, you chose to speak in an uncooperative tone throughout this whole thread. Daniel.z.tg (talk) 23:59, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I can decide for myself what to do, thanks for the advice. ɶLerman (talk) 09:48, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Decision
Passes 8-1-0. I think we need a bureaucrat to turn on the bot flag for User:KovachevBot. Benwing2 (talk) 03:27, 21 June 2023 (UTC) ✅ and unblocked. Chuck Entz (talk) 05:08, 21 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you all very much for your warm reception and approval! I'll see that it gets deployed in the next few days now. Kiril kovachev (talk) 09:52, 21 June 2023 (UTC)