Bot
A bot is a robot designed for performin certain repetitive tasks on a wiki. Bots typically require permission tae be ane, an are occasionally uised bi negative editors (such as vandals) tae damage a wiki's content.
For the seestem "bot" is a uiser groop; Special:Listusers/bot produces a leet o aw uisers who are member o this group. In addeetion, "bot" is a uiser richt. Edits bi a uiser wi this "richt" (rather: property) bi default dae nae shaw up in recent chynges. Typically a uiser o type "bot" haes uiser richt "bot". Uiser richts are eften cried "flags"; bots wi user richt "bot" are eften cried "flagged" bots.
Runnin yer ain bot
See Manual:Creating a bot on mediawiki.org for full instructions.
- Uisin the python wikipediabot
- Inglis Wikipedie bot policy
- Steward requests/Bot status — tae request an accoont be marked wi a bot flag (for wikis wioot ony active bureaucrat)
- Settin bot access — information for fowk runnin thair ain MediaWiki installation. Can be chynged at Special:UserRights
Miscellaneous bot pages
- Bot policy
- Lists of bots - whaur tae find bots uised bi Wikipedie an ither Wikimedie foondation bot faimilies.
- Vandalbot – advice on dealin wi malicious bots
- robots.txt — file which tells wab robots hou tae index yer steid.
- Rollback — includes instructions for uisin "bot rollback" tae hide vandalism frae recent chynges
- Botopedia internaitional project for generatin Wikipedie airticles frae statistical data.
Framewirks an interfaces for bot development
See mw:Manual:Creating a bot#Programming languages and libraries for lists.