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Time filed: 03:52, Monday, June 8, 2020 ( UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic
Programming language(s): Javascript
Source code available: Not written yet
Function overview: Revert the addition of empty edit requests
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard#Disallow empty edit requests
Edit period(s): Continuous
Estimated number of pages affected: ~10 per day
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: Discussion on the edit filter noticeboard suggests that there is an ongoing problem of users submitting empty edit requests, despite an abuse filter warning, but that disallowing the edits may be a bit BITEy.
The bot would:
+rollback
to make the reverts easier, with the bot providing an informative summary but not needing to deal with edit conflicts)Personally I don't see how reverting the edit is less bitey than disallowing it (indeed, it seems more annoying to save an edit and have it reverted than just be prevented from making the edit). I'd personally prefer to just set the filter to disallow. Galobtter ( pingó mió) 04:22, 8 June 2020 (UTC) reply
Dumb question: would a request be considered "empty" if it contained a signature? Most empty requests that I see have a signature. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 05:04, 8 June 2020 (UTC) reply
{{ BotOnHold}} The linked discussion is a week old, and there is no consensus that a bot is needed; I read the discussion as trending towards disallowing empty requests from being made in the first place. Primefac ( talk) 14:08, 8 June 2020 (UTC) reply