Hello, At Sunday 15 April 2012 21:12:26 DaB. wrote:
Hi.
I have two clarification requests regarding the Toolserver rules (https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Rules):
- There's a new rule now in effect regarding interwiki bots.[1] How will
this rule be enforced?
I was (and be) a little bit disappointed, that the TS-user were not capable to organize a MMP until 1. April, but I was too busy to write an eMail yet so thanks for the reminder. I extends the date hereby to 15th May. All interwiki-bots which are running on the TS are only tolerated, not allowed, now. If there is no ts-user-organized- MMP until 15th May, I am going to create the (empty) MMP by myself and kill and disable every longrunning interwiki-bot that I find.
- There's currently a rule requiring every bot user page to mention that
the bot runs on the Toolserver.[2] I don't think this rule is followed very closely (I don't think any of my bots mention where they're hosted at the moment). I believe this rule originated due to a desire to avoid inadvertent autoblock damage on the Toolserver's IP addresses if a bad bot were blocked. But most wikis now whitelist the Toolserver's IP range using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Autoblock_whitelist. Is this rule still necessary and/or in effect?
I guess we can remove it with the next rule-change-edit. But it is nevertheless a good idea to leave a line on the bot-user-page that the bot is run on the TS.
MZMcBride
Sincerely, DaB.
[1] Text: After 2. April 2012 the continuous running of langlink-bots (also named interwikibots) is only allowed for the Multi-Maintainer-Project "interwikibot".
[2] Text: You have to add a line at the bot-userpage, that the bot runs at the toolserver.
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