2012/11/22 Sven Manguard <[email protected]> > I reposted that on the project chat and we all agreed to stop the bots. > That was on November 13. > That "all" was not quite the fact. :-) http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Pause_item_creating_botsSorry to make you sad about that at this hour, but unfortunately I am not an American. :-)
> > On a final note, I would ask that the bots stop running at Q99900 and > resume once we're at Q100001, as Denny did make a point to me in private > that day that I agree with, that it's great for the milestones in projects > (and Q100000 is a big one) to be reached by humans and not bots. Donno if > that's possible to program in though. Gosh, I remember creating things with > four digits after the Q. I'm feeling old. :D > Nice idea, maybe a well-targeted block for bots? :-))) It is up to the community: it is possible to ask them to stop at 99800 and block for a while at 99900 if they forget to stop. With a comment that won't be too ugly in their log. > > But all this is a hungry person's idea, I wouldn't say such wild things after having my supper. -- Bináris
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