I have a script for writing to the Wikidata API that respects the rate limit of 50 edits per minute for bots without a bot flag. However, when that script was used by somebody else, she received the error "As an anti-abuse measure, you are limited from performing this action too many times in a short space of time, and you have exceeded this limit.\nPlease try again in a few minutes". I think it is because she is a "newbie" who is subjected to a slower rate (i.e. as in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRateLimits).

Questions:

1. Is there a newbie rate limit that is slower than the rate for "normal" registered users?

2. If so, what is that limit?

3. How many edits must a newbie user make before they are no longer considered a "newbie" (or is number of edits not the criterion for being considered a newbie)?

Thanks!

Steve Baskauf

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