Tried that route several times and got the usual oblivious certainty from Bgwhite and his pals For the record I never did as Bgwhite says I did tell him to fuck off He s probably got me confused with someone else pissed off at his wasting their time Not sure what you think is demonstrated by exhibiting errors I ve made We all make errors but as I mentioned in a recent edit summary there s a difference between an error made in the course of adding to or improving the article and one made while merely scratching one s obsessive compulsive itch I agree that denying these bots notice I didn t list bots that have a history of making only or mostly useful changes such as Anomiebot is only a partial solution to the problem of automated or semiautomated timewasters but in an imperfect world it s something at least Experience shows that others watching do not fix bot induced breakage But tell you what If you re volunteering to fix all these things as they happen I ve got no problem omitting the deny for now Let s see how you do