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User:SPUI/Curpsbot

Curps is an administrator who runs an bot that blocks people under two circumstances:

  1. "Inappropriate" usernames
  2. Fast page moving

The second is what I will deal with here.

I often make page moves of a large number of articles, typically articles about numbered highways. Sometimes these moves are disputed, and sometimes they have consensus, but they are always made in good faith for what I believe to be an improvement of the encyclopedia. They are never vandalism, which is what this aspect of Curpsbot is intended for (see Wikipedia:Long term abuse/Willy on Wheels). The latest set of moves is discussed on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Illinois State Routes; I got through about 20 before being blocked. (I typically do about 20 moves, then go back and fix double redirects, and repeat.)

I make these moves quickly using browser tabs. This is how I have always done these moves, and it is the easiest way for me to do them. Since Curps started up his blockbot, it has caught me in [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=Curps&page=User%3ASPUI eight separate] false positives. As far as I can tell, Curps believes me when I say that I am not using a bot to make these moves; they are done with built-in features of my browser (K-meleon, basically a lite version of Firefox).

The last several times I have been blocked, it has taken about 10 minutes until another admin has unblocked, and sometimes longer to clear the IP autoblock. Admins have expressed both disbelief when I tell them that I am not using an automated bot to make the moves, and annoyance at having to unblock.

I have [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Curps&diff=44648265&oldid=44460532 asked Curps to turn off the bot] with no response.

An additional problem is than administrators are whitelisted by the bot; this introduces a divide between admins and non-admins. Admins are able to make page moves as quickly as possible, but non-admins must guess at how much time to wait per move.

It is not my intention to drive off Curps. I would only like a peaceful resolution to this, in which my manual page moves are not picked up as vandalism. Turning off the bot is one clear solution, but there may be others. I am not asking to be put on the whitelist - I object to the existence of a whitelist at all. --SPUI (T - C - RFC) 03:14, 11 April 2006 (UTC)