Actually there are a few cases in the non API where bots can assert not being a bot, and there are some cases where non-bots can flag as bots for specific cases (I know it in the past it was used to suppress RC floods of mass vandalism reverts by admins) so your picture isnt complete
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to figure out the reason behind some decisions that were made in > the past about bot flags to see if we can have a more optimal and clear > setup. > > Presently, giving an account the bot flag does two things: > > 1. When editing via the API, allows the user to choose whether or not to > flag an edit as a bot edit using the bot parameter. > 2. When editing via the standard editing interface, flags all edits > (i.e. all human made edits) as bot edits. > > If you've not got the bot flag, the API will ignore you if you try to flag > an edit as a bot edit using the bot parameter. > > So I've got a few questions to help me figure this out. > > 1. What's the user story for including the edit-level granularity for > bot accounts in the API? > 2. What's the user story for making it so that every edit made by a > human on a bot account is flagged as bot edit? > > Thanks, > Dan > > -- > Dan Garry > Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
