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{{details|StrategyWiki:Requests for permissions/Bot|requesting a bot account|the Bot request page}} | |||
StrategyWiki welcomes the responsible use of bots to automate routine tasks and prevent death by boredom. | StrategyWiki welcomes the responsible use of bots to automate routine tasks and prevent death by boredom. | ||
== Bot authorisation == | ==Bot authorisation== | ||
If you have a sincere and genuine reason for needing to run a bot on StrategyWiki, you are advised to read the procedure for submitting a request at [[StrategyWiki:Requests for permissions/Bot|Requests for permissions/Bot]]. Only bureaucrats can grant bot users the bot flag necessary for them to be allowed to run on StrategyWiki. | |||
To be authorised, your bot must… | |||
To be authorised, your bot | |||
* not request pages from StrategyWiki more than once every '''10 seconds'''. | * not request pages from StrategyWiki more than once every '''10 seconds'''. | ||
* not download huge numbers of pages in one go (page dumps are available upon request for this purpose). | * not download huge numbers of pages in one go (page dumps are available upon request for this purpose). | ||
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* be proven to be stable and conform to all rules. | * be proven to be stable and conform to all rules. | ||
==Currently authorised bots== | |||
* [[User:Boothby (bot)|Boothby]] | * [[User:Boothby (bot)|Boothby]] | ||
* [[User:Auto Prod Bot|Auto Prod Bot]] | * [[User:Auto Prod Bot|Auto Prod Bot]] | ||
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* [[User:Vandalbot|Vandalbot]] | * [[User:Vandalbot|Vandalbot]] | ||
* [[User:NajBot|NajBot]] | * [[User:NajBot|NajBot]] | ||
* [[User:Notmybot|Notmybot]] | |||
* [[User:Sigmabot|Sigmabot]] | |||
== Writing bots == | ==Writing bots== | ||
If you want to write a bot for MediaWiki/StrategyWiki, you are very welcome to do so. However, when writing a bot, make sure that it will do no harm when you're testing it, ideally using a local test installation of MediaWiki before releasing the bot into the wild, or at least making sure that any edits it makes are logged locally and never actually uploaded. | |||
If you want to write a bot for MediaWiki/StrategyWiki, you are very welcome to do so | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:45, 21 March 2010
- For more details on requesting a bot account, see the Bot request page.
StrategyWiki welcomes the responsible use of bots to automate routine tasks and prevent death by boredom.
Bot authorisation[edit]
If you have a sincere and genuine reason for needing to run a bot on StrategyWiki, you are advised to read the procedure for submitting a request at Requests for permissions/Bot. Only bureaucrats can grant bot users the bot flag necessary for them to be allowed to run on StrategyWiki.
To be authorised, your bot must…
- not request pages from StrategyWiki more than once every 10 seconds.
- not download huge numbers of pages in one go (page dumps are available upon request for this purpose).
- have the provision to be stopped at any time when requested, ideally automatically if its talk page is changed.
- clearly state in the edit summary what changes it has made to the page (e.g. "Added to Category:Example" rather than "Bot edit").
- have its source code licensed under an Open-Source license, and available on the bot's user page (or a sub-page thereof).
- run using a user account specially set up only for the use of that bot.
- be proven to be stable and conform to all rules.
Currently authorised bots[edit]
- Boothby
- Auto Prod Bot
- File Upload Bot (Kerning)
- Garrbot
- Hal (bot)
- Vandalbot
- NajBot
- Notmybot
- Sigmabot
Writing bots[edit]
If you want to write a bot for MediaWiki/StrategyWiki, you are very welcome to do so. However, when writing a bot, make sure that it will do no harm when you're testing it, ideally using a local test installation of MediaWiki before releasing the bot into the wild, or at least making sure that any edits it makes are logged locally and never actually uploaded.