[Foundation-l] Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis

[Mark Williamson]

I do think it's unacceptable that Interwiki bots go in and change the
order of interwikis against the agreed-upon orders at each Wiki.

I remember a while back, we agreed on en.wp to order interwiki links
by code, and it seems that the bots never cared - ja: always came
after nl: rather than after it:. I'm not sure if a different policy
has been decided since then, but bots have always been oblivious, it
seems.

Mark

2008/5/28 Kwan Ting Chan <ktc at ktchan.info>:
> Hmm, it appears it didn't forward properly last time. Let's try again.
>
> KTC
>
> On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 03:55 +0300, White Cat wrote:
>> 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?
>>
>> Perhaps a unified standard bot policy is needed for mindless tasks like
>> interwiki linking, double redirect fixing and commons delinking.
>>
>> The interwiki bot policy would set the standard for these mindless tasks.
>> Such a standard would let bot operators to operate more efficiently.
>> Particularly the largest wikis and the smallest wikis are very aloof from
>> such a standard.
>>
>> Very small wikis often have a mini dictatorship by a few users (not
>> referancing anybody spesific). Such small wikis generally have cooperative
>> people but sometimes the wikis regulars do not understand what interwiki
>> bots and botflags are about and why such are necessary.
>>
>> Very large wikis often have overly complicated policies. For someone only
>> interested in dealing with mindless bot tasks these pose an unnecessary
>> bureaucracy. Due to the language barrier reading these policies alone can be
>> quite a challenge.
>>
>>      - White Cat
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