Feature Requests item #2964102, was opened at 2010-03-05 10:07 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by fraser13 You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603141&aid=2964102...

Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: p858snake (p858snake) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Support the use of Assert Edit

Initial Comment: It would be nice if the use of the Assert Edit[1] extension was supported by the framework, Because for the wikis it is depolyed on (All WMF wikis) it would prevent bots from editing unlogged inif they choose to have it assert its edits.

[1]. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Assert_Edit

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Comment By: Fraser (fraser13) Date: 2010-03-16 13:29

Message: It is now bot policy on en.wikipedia that bots which are known to edit while logged out should have an assert edit, or a function which does the same thing, added to them. As to the time issue, this is simply however often it is required to make sure that the bot doesn't edit while logged out. Which is probably every edit for bots which have a history of logging themselves out.

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Comment By: Russell Blau (russblau) Date: 2010-03-09 19:10

Message: Now implemented in the rewrite branch only; using assert=user rather than assert=bot because some wikis may permit use of the framework without a bot flag. Probably this should be configurable on a per-wiki basis, but it's a start.

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Comment By: p858snake (p858snake) Date: 2010-03-07 22:46

Message: Time? all the asserting does is add something like "&assert=bot" to the end of the address and it returns to the bot interface if it has the right or not, and it should check every edit.

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Comment By: Merlijn S. van Deen (valhallasw) Date: 2010-03-07 21:48

Message: What checking period does the BAG propose? Every start? Every five minutes? Every hour? Every edit, every 10, every 100?

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Comment By: Josh Parris (joshparris) Date: 2010-03-06 13:38

Message: The en Bot Approval Group is considering this as a future requirement for bots

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