[Wikipedia-l] botbit

[Casey Brown]

This is one of the enhancement requests that is wanted, but will need to be
done after SUL.  (Yes, it is possible, Wikia has something like this where
all users in the "janitor" group have administrator status on whatever Wikia
wiki they go on.)

On 10/28/07, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 28/10/2007, Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2007/10/28, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > You don't think it would, perhaps, be useful to tell us which one it
> is, then?
> >
> > os: at the moment, various others before.
> >
> > > I don't know about other languages, but the English Wikipedia has a
> > > bot policy that determines when bots are and aren't allowed to edit,
> > > and when they get bot flags. I expect other projects have similar
> > > policies, and they probably include maximum edit rates for bots
> > > without flags, and they probably have a process by which you can
> > > request a flag if you want to edit faster than that rate. I can't see
> > > any project handing out flags to any account that looks like a bot
> > > without the owner requesting it.
> >
> > Well, the cases I talk about are the bot policy changing from "no bot
> > policy" to "block all non-registered bots at sight." As for requesting
> > bot flags: I still don't see why *I* should be the one to request a
> > bot flag for my bot. Perhaps I should ask permission to *run* my bot,
> > but even then I would prefer to get a mention if that's introduced
> > after I have run my bot for several months or years rather than
> > noticing it by having my bot blocked.
> >
> > So here a statement once more:
> > * If I need permission to run my bot on your language, notify me of
> > that. In particular if that need is created after my bot already has
> > run there without problems for months or even years
> > * If you want my bot to have a botflag, I have no objections to that.
> > If you want information or remarks from me, I'm happy to give them
> > * If you want *me* to ask for a botflag, then also explain to me why
> > *I* should ask *you* for something that *you* want
>
> In terms of a possible enhancement, would it be useful to be able to
> create a particular user on all Wikipedia language projects with the
> same settings (e.g. bot-flagged, administrator, &c.)? Users which
> serve important roles for Wikipedia-as-a-whole (such as User:Robbot)
> could be treated this way.
>
> Will this be possible under SUL?
>
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> Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)
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