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::I agree, he's probably not hurting anything - I even noted that. It doesn't necessarily bother me, but if he were operating a bot, I'd prefer to have it be a properly approved bot to prevent problems for him in the future. On further analysis, though, there are inconsistent edits that point to a human's active involvement. No problem here. ] <sup> ] </sup>~<small> ] </small> 20:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC) ::I agree, he's probably not hurting anything - I even noted that. It doesn't necessarily bother me, but if he were operating a bot, I'd prefer to have it be a properly approved bot to prevent problems for him in the future. On further analysis, though, there are inconsistent edits that point to a human's active involvement. No problem here. ] <sup> ] </sup>~<small> ] </small> 20:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
:::I also thought like this, the users make no harm. I hesitated to open a thread here, but I still was puzzled by the fact that they immediately started with this kind of editing. I'm unfamiliar with bots, so I preferred to let you know. <strong><span style="font-family:Monotype;">]]</span></strong> 20:40, 13 May 2008 (UTC) :::I also thought like this, the users make no harm. I hesitated to open a thread here, but I still was puzzled by the fact that they immediately started with this kind of editing. I'm unfamiliar with bots, so I preferred to let you know. <strong><span style="font-family:Monotype;">]]</span></strong> 20:40, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Commonsense wins this round. WP:BOT is only about malicious or potentially dangerous bots. Where were you guys when ol' miterbox got WP:guidelined out of existance? "I am not a Bot!" is the best and worst defence for this type of baseless charge. --] ] 17:20, 14 May 2008 (UTC)


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