Yes, it has the website information in the user agent.  It didn't have an email address, which the docs say is optional, but my website has a contact form and I read every message sent from it.  I tried adding my email address anyway, but that didn't help.

 

Thanks,

 

Robert

 

 

From: mediawiki-api-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-api-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of OQ
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 10:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-api] Blacklisted?

 

Did your useragent have contact details in it?

 

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Robert Crowe <robert@ourwebhome.com> wrote:

It looks to me like I was blacklisted for EN Wikipedia API requests.  My website has been using the API for awhile now, but suddenly I'm getting 403 errors coming back.  I've tried to follow all the rules, but if I've missed something I'm happy to make changes.  What disturbs me most is that there was no attempt to contact me before being blacklisted to let me know there was a problem.  Where should I go to find out what the problem is?

Thanks,

Robert

 


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