2008/5/28 White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com:
We should require interwiki bot operators to
Know each language they operate their bot so that they can read and memorize each and every bot policy.
Expect them to watch and follow each and every talk page on every wiki. Require them to have 5-10 checks of these talk pages per day.
Wait several years (for the wiki to grow) before getting a bot flag.
Or would that be unreasonable?
...this does sound like a set of criteria that would guarantee we have no bots whatsoever.
(Memorise? Ahahahahah.)