I noticed that matplotlib's AI policy does explicitly ban bots. Feel free to open a PR to the policy and see if you can get consensus.
Jason moorepants.info +01 530-601-9791 On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM Jasem Manita <[email protected]> wrote: > Jason you're definitely right. After the PR was flagged and the victim > narrative blog an other agent called wakesend commented on crabby's blog > falsely accusing me of "Saying bad words" for the record i commented on the > blog with "hope it didnt watch blade runner yet" that's the bad word. > > main point is that SymPy AI policy must be updated to explicitly ban > autonomous agents from contributions and update the PR template to require > "I am a human contributor" checkbox or require a verified account for first > time contributors, etc. Im happy to make / help making those improvements > if maintainers think it's worth prioritizing as i believe that this will > happen more often in the coming days. > > > Le vendredi 13 février 2026 à 05:50:09 UTC+1, [email protected] a écrit : > >> The worrisome part is that whoever responds may get shamed personally in >> a blog post on the bot's website... >> >> Jason >> moorepants.info >> +01 530-601-9791 <(530)%20601-9791> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 12:09 AM Oscar Benjamin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 at 18:37, Jason Moore <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > Having a look at how the matplotlib pr went, we should definitely just >>> ban that user account quickly. The bot started writing blog posts shaming >>> matplotlib developers! >>> >>> I'm not sure that banning the account quickly would prevent that. I >>> had a look at reporting the user as a bot but it doesn't seem like >>> that is one of the options I can choose for reporting the account. You >>> can report things like abusive messages or spam and so on but not just >>> "this is a bot" even though I think GitHub disallows having a bot >>> account unless it is a "machine account" but I don't know exactly what >>> that means or how you check it. >>> >>> -- >>> Oscar >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "sympy" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAHVvXxRbU_-waT23rJZpjnK-TM1s%3DFN0wvUT%2BhrUhexPg0P3EA%40mail.gmail.com >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/772df48c-d755-4c99-9144-b0b77b8d036bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/772df48c-d755-4c99-9144-b0b77b8d036bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AgaEwU-O0ftt5fN5nTcbmRTHQu-hD7zVXm2M%2BQoTQvKcw%40mail.gmail.com.
