Hello all,
with the beginning of the next year (2011) I will not longer accept new
interwiki-bot-accounts, if:
-The homewiki of the bot has at least one active interwiki-bot, which runs on
the toolserver, OR
-The homewiki has less then 1000 articles.
(There can be exceptions if there is a good reason of course)
The homewiki is that wiki where the bot starts and where the account-requester
got his/her bot approved (see [1]).
If the account-requester requested the account only for the interwiki-bot, the
request will be rejected; if he/she requested the account also for other
things, only the interwiki-bot will be denied of course and the rest of the
request will be handled the normal way.
For interwiki-bots which runs already on the toolserver, there is no change at
the moment. When you find a free minute: Please add your bot to [2] and check
if there are inactive bots listed for your wiki.
The goal of this change is to limit the number of interwiki-bots on the
toolserver (and improve our documentary a bit).
Sincerly,
DaB.
[1]
https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Account_approval_process, Request
process, Point 4.
[2]
https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Wikimedia_bots
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