On 01/01/2013 08:38 PM, Lars Aronsson wrote: > On 12/27/2012 11:13 AM, Petr Bena wrote: >> Someone once suggested we create a control panel for bots. I think the >> first step would be to create a page where we could see overview of all >> bots we are running on projects. > > This assumes that "we" are "running bots" on projects. That > might be correct for some bots, but not for all. Many users > have a bot account that they use for various purposes at > various times. Trying to build them into a control panel is > just as unlikely to succeed as trying to schedule regular > users. Which articles do you plan to edit next Tuesday, and > how?
He may have misspoke on the "we" part. However, for wikis with bot approval processes (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group ), there is tracking on what bots work on (due to the potentially disruptive nature of an active bot on a large wiki). A bot approval group could certainly encourage people to participate in this dashboard. For the bot writer, all it should take is a HTTP POST to the dashboard every few edits to check in (which could be a simple as "350 edits for task XYZ in the last hour", in appropriate format). Many bots work on more than one task, so knowing which task(s) they are currently working on in a big-picture view could be quite useful. Matt Flaschen _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
