I call a “registered bot" a registered user of a given project who is member of
user_groups.ug_group = "bot". We’re currently working on evaluating different
methods for bot categorization, both historically and across projects, as part of an
effort to standardize key participation metrics. We’re also considering the possibility of
a dedicated bot group purely for analytics purposes, i.e. not associated with any
permission [1]. We’ll post the results of the analysis on Meta and we will solicit
feedback from people on this list on the merits of different proposals/definitions.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Bot
On Jan 17, 2014, at 10:20 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't know what a "registered bot" is,
but we'll see a drop in new bot accounts, flagged accounts as well as active accounts.
On wikis where bureaucrats are less eager to "retire" bots you won't see
mass deflags, of course, only the rest.
Nemo
_______________________________________________
Analytics mailing list
Analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics