https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31813
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Bug #: 31813
Summary: Upload via API: always hidden in recentchanges when
made under bot account
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: minor
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: API
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
API action=edit currently has 'bot' parameter, which allows programmer to
choose whether to hide an edit from RecentChanges or not.
However, action=upload provides no way to do so. Uploads from bot account are
always hidden.
This feature is needed by bots which upload files by request of the users
(e.g., autogenerated screenshots of web pages, graphs, cropped existing images
etc.).
These bots do few edits, and yet these edits must be visible in RecentChanges
(because who knows what user will do with this tool). The only alternative is
to ask users' passwords instead of using bot account (for obvious reasons this
is unpreferrable).
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