On 01/04/2013 08:21 AM, Matma Rex wrote:
> You are both assuming that there are no other wikis except for the
> English Wikipedia.

I'm not assuming that.  I explicitly said "Every wiki has a different
approach to bots.".  I meant it, and I welcome people providing
information about other wikis.

> For example, on pl.wiki, there are basically only two kinds of bots:
> interwiki-only and multipurpose. As long as you're not breaking anything
> using the bot and not doing anycontroversial changes, if you've gotten
> the flag, you can do any task you deem necessary. A bot control in this
> case simply wouldn't work.

Bots could still tell the dashboard what they're working on, even if
they don't need permission to add a new task.

> And if this is an en.wiki-only matter, this isn't really the right list
> to discuss it.

It's not.  It's an idea that could work for multiple wikis, but we
currently just brainstorming.

Matt Flaschen

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