On 09/02/2008, Ken Arromdee <arromdee(a)rahul.net> wrote:
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, David Gerard wrote:
> > Spoiler templates were removed the same way
as characters and episodes:
> > Make edits to contested policies, and then use de-facto bots to remove tens of
> You keep making this false claim that bots were
used. You've been
> corrected on this enough times that I think I can reasonably
> characterise the above statement as a knowing lie on your part.
"De-facto bots" means "software which
lets people perform repititious tasks
much, much, easier than without it, but which pedants insist doesn't fit
the definition of a 'bot'."
You mean, you know you're speaking deceptively, and intend to create a
particular impression that you know is false, but you have an excuse
ready in case you're called on it?
Back in my day, of course, we sent our edits by pigeon and considered
dialup cheating at the Wikipedia MMORPG.
- d.