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I think it's about time SmashWiki got a bot. I'll give my example of why I believe it's necessary. Wiktionary gives this definition for the word "song" - A short musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing. Par a few Wario & Sonic tracks, the music pieces in the Smash Bros. series are not songs. They are either music pieces or music tracks. Yet the word song is used to describe music tracks all over SmashWiki. Changing all of these manually would be an arduous task, but would be easy with a bot. Below, I'd like you to show your support, or give a reason to oppose, and maybe suggest a name for the bot as well. Toast ltimatum 17:04, 17 December 2011 (EST)

Name Suggestions

1. SmashBot
2. TehBot
3. R.O.B.
4. Ancient Minister
5. Galleom
6. Duon
7. Diffusion Beam

Support

1. As per above. Toast ltimatum 17:04, 17 December 2011 (EST)

Oppose

1. Bots would be very difficult to create and honestly wouldn't be that useful. It isn't a very big deal whether we should use the proper term for some music tracks; I'm pretty sure the Dojo calls them "songs" at one point, as does Brawl itself. Mr. Anontalk 20:28, 17 December 2011 (EST)

Comments

Your current reasoning lacks. While it's not technically correct I don't see why calling them "songs" is enough of a problem to do something about. I recognize having a bot might be useful in the future but as for the present time I don't see much use for it. Toomai Glittershine The Different 17:10, 17 December 2011 (EST)

I don't see why calling them "songs" is enough of a problem to do something about.

It might as well be fixed, as it would just be a matter of inputting one command to a bot, and the problem is solved. And like you said, it could most definitely be useful for other things in the future. Toast ltimatum 17:15, 17 December 2011 (EST)