ok, thanks dori, then i will also access to via normal http. but the problem is, that there is a transfer of a lot of data, which are not necessary, i think of the when you open a site with the source-code, (e.g. http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Berkshire_Hathaway&action=edit ) you need only the source-text for the bot. it's only the part in the textarea
i think it would be nice of you add to the index.php also the action "source". like: "index.php?title=Wikipedia&action=edit", and you only get the sourcecode of the article "Wikipedia"
sorry, i thought about "index.php?title=Wikipedia&action=source" it could also include the hidden input arguments you get when using "edit", could look like something like that when opening that page:
:wpSection 20051211120204:wpStarttime 20051210103959:wpEdittime :wpScrolltop SOURCE
the same for the action "submit". we could also make an action called "botsubmit" which only tells an error code
something like 0 = ok 1 = timestamp error 2 = site is locked
i think can also write a patch for the CVS-version of mediawiki if you think this would be nice! i think this would be very easy and could improve the speed for bots and decrease the load of the servers!
what do you think about?
mfg johannes