Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 8

{{Newbot|TheSandBot|8}}

Operator: {{botop|TheSandDoctor}}

Time filed: 15:55, Friday, March 13, 2020 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python (using AWB)

Source code available: Not current written, but will be soon.

Function overview: Remove unblocked users and IP addresses from {{cat|Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for advertising}} and {{cat|Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for a violation of the username policy}}

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 6, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 7

Edit period(s): Periodic

Estimated number of pages affected: Unknown

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Removes unblocked users and IP addresses from {{cat|Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for advertising}} and {{cat|Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for a violation of the username policy}}. I am happy to split these into two different requests if desired. I am just trying to minimize the paperwork for all involved, so to speak.

Functionally identical to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 7, just a different category.

• {{ping|SQL|Headbomb}}. Would a speedy approval be possible here, per Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 6 and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 7? Thanks. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 15:56, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• :{{BotSpeedy}}—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 16:25, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

:The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA.