On 2/23/06, jdd
jdd wrote:
Wikipedia solves this by using wikibots
I see this.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_bot
do you think it's a good solution?
to go on, I set up a wiki page here
http://en.opensuse.org/May_we_use_wikibots
where you can find links and give your advice. it seems the script can be run with ordinary rights (no sysop nor admin), but once run, a great bunch of pages will be writen, so we should all be ok to do this :-)
even if we don't run the script now, knowing we will do in the future will impact the work of the translators, so the answer can't wait too long.
Some facts: 1. I have never run, written or operated a wikibot :-) 2. Wikibots can't be stopped, other than blocking accounts used by them. Anybody with a user account can automate the action of HTTP requests from their machine to operate the wiki. I think we should as a group have these guidelines: 1. All wikibots should run in an interactive mode until proven reliable. ie a human confirms any edit action. 2. All wikibots should run under their own account eg "jdd bot", with their user page describing what it does, who runs it, when, etc. This means actions can be easily tracked (and reverted). Peter 'Pflodo' Flodin