On 28 Jan 2016 11:28 pm, "Marcel Ruiz Forns" <mforns@wikimedia.org> wrote:
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>> Why not just "Bot", or "MediaWikiBot" which at least encompasses all sites that the client
>> can communicate with.
>
> I personally agree with you, "MediaWikiBot" seems to have better semantics. 

For clients accessing the MediaWiki api, it is redundant.
All it does is identify bots that comply with this edict from analytics.

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John Vandenberg