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Editing Bot-reported usernames?
The bots are pretty good, but you do occasionally see false-positives sneak in. Is it appropriate for non-admin editors to edit the list and remove the ones they feel are not problematic? Or do admins need to do that (such as adding the username to a whitelist or something of the sort). For example, User:CharaIOnlyMadeThisToFixOneError was reported by a bot. Their one edit was non-controversial and there's nothing really problematic about the username (it was triggered by having a long number of characters without a space). As an uninvolved non-admin, could I just wipe that out? Matt Deres (talk) 20:15, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- Point #7 in the UAA instructions says
Patrollers are asked to remove reports that [...] are bot-reported false positives
, so feel free to remove bot reports if you're confident that they're false positives (like the one you mentioned). DanCherek (talk) 20:20, 31 May 2024 (UTC) - Since I have over 300 edits at UAA/Bot I can say from personal experience that non-admins are welcome. But be sure to check the accounts for other issues as well. Block evasion, LTA, vandalism-only, spam-only are common issues with the accounts that show up there. Nobody (talk) 07:18, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard § HBC AIV helperbot5 and AdminStatsBot. This is related to the bot that clerks WP:UAA. –Novem Linguae (talk) 14:26, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Issue at WP:UAA/BOT
The bot reports section no longer has a link for direct editing. I can't seem to pinpoint when this happened. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 16:01, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed, someone moved the header onto a previous line. Primefac (talk) 16:19, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Courtesy ping to Mdann52, as it looks like the bot did it in Special:Diff/1235461185. Primefac (talk) 16:21, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Is this username in contravention with the policy?
User:CFA Mazshan (talk) 22:02, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- This page is for discussion about the username policy itself, not for discussion about problematic usernames. Please first discuss your concerns with the other editor about how their username violates policy(if it does) and if that does not resolve the issue, you may go to WP:RFCN. 331dot (talk) 22:09, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- While I wholeheartedly agree with 331dot that this isn't the place to discuss usernames, I will cut you off from actually starting an RFCN, because in this case their name is perfectly acceptable. Primefac (talk) 12:06, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- This looks like retaliation for this. Nobody (talk) 12:40, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- While I wholeheartedly agree with 331dot that this isn't the place to discuss usernames, I will cut you off from actually starting an RFCN, because in this case their name is perfectly acceptable. Primefac (talk) 12:06, 29 August 2024 (UTC)