Peter Flodin wrote: > 1. I have never run, written or operated a wikibot :-) > 2. Wikibots can't be stopped, other than blocking accounts used by > them.
as long as I understand, the wikibots are run on the client machine, so yes the wikibot can't be stopped (can be only by the people that launch it) Anybody with a user account can automate the action of HTTP > requests from their machine to operate the wiki. I think so > > I think we should as a group have these guidelines: > 1. All wikibots should run in an interactive mode until proven > reliable. ie a human confirms any edit action. anyway, they always runs under they owner's control (that is I I run the bot, I can stop it any time, simply with control C :-) - they are console apps) > 2. All wikibots should run under their own account eg "jdd bot", with > their user page describing what it does, who runs it, when, etc. This > means actions can be easily tracked (and reverted). this is the normal way. but easily reverted, I'm not sure, if not by writing an own bot :-( interwiki.py write many pages, revert by hand should be very difficult (or get a backup, but this delete all the recent work. however I don't mind to run a home programmed bot :-)) but the wikipedia one. the bots can be run from a letter, so we could try "Z" :-) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
