I think there is a communication problem here. Correct me if I am wrong, but
here's what I understand:
1. Andre is the author of a bot framework.
2. Other people use this framework to create bots of their own to use on
various wikis.
3. Andre is being asked to get bot status for these bots, which he is not
running himself.
Yes, the wikipedia X sites have policies which require bots to be
registered, but Andre is not operating these bots - he simply is working on
the underlying framework which other people then use to create a bot for a
specific purpose.
Andre: It appears that you are being contacted to discuss bot status because
you're the only contact that the site operators can find. As long as your
name is so closely tied to the pywikipedia bot framework, you will probably
receive such requests. I would simply craft a standard reply that you can
send out indicating that you are not the author of the bot in question, but
simply work on the underlying framework used, that you do not know who
authored the said bot, and that you wish them well in tracking them down.
That's my current understanding, but I am open to hearing different ideas in
case my understanding of the issues here are flawed.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: wikibots-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikibots-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Platonides
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 4:35 AM
To: Wikimedia bot editors discussion
Subject: Re: [Wikibots-l] Asking for bot status
Andre Engels wrote:
Which rule are we talking about? It's people from
wikipedia X asking
me to ask wikipedia X to have my bot get bot status. If they want my
bot to have bot status, I'm not stopping them. I just find it strange
for someone to say "please ask me for Y" when the one profiting from Y
is that person...
Because wikipedia X probably has some rule of "accounts who edit by
automated programs must/should have bot status" ?
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