Jeremy Cushman wrote:
Right now on the English Wikipedia bots are limited to
6 edits per minute.
Is it time to raise the permitted edit rate? Do we have the server capacity
now to handle rapid editing?
If there is a technical problem with high rate editing then we will limit
the rate by technical means. We can't rely on policy to maintain good
performance. Recommended bot edit rates are there for non-technical
reasons, such as to allow time for review.
Currently there is a technically imposed limit of 8 edits per minute on
IPs and new accounts, to mitigate bot-driven vandalism. There is no limit
on established accounts.
-- Tim Starling