On 2/22/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
Actual edit-warring, though, between bots shouldn't be too hard to prevent with a bit of code, surely? "If you have edited this page in the last n hours, don't".
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- Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
Bot edit warring would not increase by this raise in edit rate. The bots that are going to be editing faster are the bots who have 1500 articles to tag, or something of that sort; those that run through a predetermined list. Bots who edit in reaction to events on-wiki, such as anti-vandal bots, HangermanBot, etc, will be editing at the same rate anyway (already they mostly just edit when they need to, which varies greatly from minute-to-minute).
Asking bots who respond to events to wait a few seconds before making an edit is a different story than allowing a running bot to edit 6 or 15 times a minute. --Mets501