Thread:Veenster7/@comment-5558012-20170319024234/@comment-5558012-20170319032101

Huh? He's using a bot on a user account, so he's editing with the help of a bot (automating AWB, even if he doesn't need the rate limit removed or API benefits). There's not really anything to manage (users of AWB are notified of updates to the software so there's no burden of a bot account, other than setting it up - create an account, get a flag). Doing bot actions on a user account creates the assumption that all edits are being reviewed by that person so any action that that account does would be seen as purposeful, even if a mistake. Not to mention inflating edit count with hands-off edits or affects on WikiActivity that would never happen with a bot account.

AWB is great for tedious tasks and doesn't require automation to simplify the task at hand (it's not that difficult to sit, review, and click one button for each page). Since automation is the focus, I disagree on the implementation.