[WikiEN-l] Proposal: increased bot edit rates on en:wp

[Parker Peters]

Bots are problematic enough as is, we have any number that malfunction or do
things based on an ill-considered script already.

The faster you allow them to edit, the faster two bots could conceivably get
into a war as well.

Parker

On 2/21/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28policy%29#Bot_edit_rate
>
> This has been discussed on wikitech-l a bit in the last few days. Tim
> Starling says there's no technical reason for a limit, the current
> limit's to allow workable human review; so it's a matter for local
> policy. Further discussion at above URL.
>
>
> - d.
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