User blog:Squidnerd/Ban Bots

Yesterday, SpongeBot passed a proposal that would ban anonymous users from editing this wiki. That was a damn fool kind of move, looking at all the potential pieces of fanon (or good fanon but that's a rarity), and throwing it out the window because a few of them decided to mess up a page. That SpongeBot should be banned for this madness. Lucky for him, I'm not going to ban that "Bot". I'm going to ban actual bots, because unlike anonymous users, all of them are completely annoying and unnecessary when there isn't a major vandalism crisis. Bots were designed to stop vandalism and spam; but in practice they do a lot worse.

Robots may take over the world, but not our world.

Reasons Why Bots Should Be Banned

 * They Clog Up The Wiki Activity - Bots can clog up, or even reset the Wiki Activity (I'm sure members from the Early Tyce Era of mid-2016 can remember this). This has happened several times and many users have constantly told bots to stop this.
 * They Steal Edits From Users
 * They're Pretty Much Useless Most of the Time - Really, the majority of bot edits are usually automatic-name correcting (ex. changing the name from "Spongebob" to "SpongeBob".

What This Proposal Will Do

 * 1) Bots Are Not Tolerated On This Wiki For Peacetime - Bureaucrats will be barred from flagging bots, with exceptions (stated below). All bots on the ListUsers/Bots page will now be blocked.
 * 2) All Existing Bots Are Now Ordered To Shut Down
 * 3) Bureaucrats May Flag A Bot Under The "Nuclear Clause", However - With reasonable cause (ex. a big edit war or a major vandalism issue), a bureaucrat may flag a bot. However, it must be shut down immediately after the conflict is resolved.
 * 4) VSTF and FANDOM Staff Are Exempt From This