Phabricator/Bots

Preamble
Wikimedia does not use local accounts for Phabricator. All accounts are tied to an external authorization provider (such as mediawiki.org or wikitech.wikimedia.org). We do this, in part, to not increase the identity confusion surrounding multiple tools. The exception to this rule is bots. Bots are users in Phabricator for whom actions are automated or are a consequence of the actions of multiple users. A specific user is not an appropriate context for these patterns of activity as in the human case they would almost universally be considered spam, or at best be locked into someone's personal account. Activity that originates from a specific account that appears to be spam may require the account to be disabled or deleted. In these instances, if the offending account is also the personal account of a user they will not be able to appeal or explain the situation. Much of the general Wikimedia Bot Policy is relevant here.

Acquiring a Bot
Existing bots can be seen here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/people/query/zziC7ShAXfDm/#R

Please create a task with the following details to get a bot:


 * Name
 * Purpose
 * Responsible user or organization

This task should be linked to the Bot-Requests project.