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think the consensus is, then check with other BAG members to see if I would be making the right decision in closing the BRFA the way I think. This would allow me to gather the experience of what criteria are involved in a BRFA close (which I don't believe are documented anywhere) and prevent me
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I feel that I should explain my wording there to try and clarify things, when I said "once sufficient experience has been gathered, close BRFAs myself" I meant that if I become a BAG member I'm not just going to jump in start approving and denying straight away, I'd rather, for my first times,
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I wish to become a BAG member to better apply my knowledge of PHP and WikiBots to the acceptance and rejection of bots, and, once sufficient experience has been gathered, close BRFAs myself. Thankyou for your time in reviewing and discussing my nomination. Happy editing!
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along the same line above. Comments and code reviews are always welcomed from everybody. You say in your statement, "once sufficient experience has been gathered, close BRFAs myself". Until you feel you are at that point there is no point to being on the BAG.
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Greetings BAG members and all others who have found their way to this page. I am Foxy Loxy, a editor and bot operator on the
English Knowledge (XXG). I have been active on Knowledge (XXG) for roughly 11 months, 6 months of which I have been running
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