Can you help me out and tell me what those cases are?
I've been editing
for nine years and not stumbled upon them, so I'm very curious.
Thanks,
Dan
On 19 May 2014 19:13, John <phoenixoverride(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Actually there are a few cases in the non API
where bots can assert not
being a bot, and there are some cases where non-bots can flag as bots for
specific cases (I know it in the past it was used to suppress RC floods of
mass vandalism reverts by admins) so your picture isnt complete
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Dan Garry <dgarry(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to figure out the reason behind some decisions that were
made in
the past about bot flags to see if we can have a
more optimal and clear
setup.
Presently, giving an account the bot flag does two things:
1. When editing via the API, allows the user to choose whether or
not to
flag an edit as a bot edit using the bot
parameter.
2. When editing via the standard editing interface, flags all edits
(i.e. all human made edits) as bot edits.
If you've not got the bot flag, the API will ignore you if you try to
flag
an edit as a bot edit using the bot parameter.
So I've got a few questions to help me figure this out.
1. What's the user story for including the edit-level granularity for
bot accounts in the API?
2. What's the user story for making it so that every edit made by a
human on a bot account is flagged as bot edit?
Thanks,
Dan
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