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ktc at ktchan May 28, 2008, 12:58 PM Views: 2367 Permalink Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis Hmm, it appears it didn't forward properly last time. Let's try again. KTC On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 03:55 +0300, White Cat wrote: > We should require interwiki bot operators to > > Know each language they operate their bot so that they can read and memorize > each and every bot policy. > > Expect them to watch and follow each and every talk page on every wiki. > Require them to have 5-10 checks of these talk pages per day. > > Wait several years (for the wiki to grow) before getting a bot flag. > > Or would that be unreasonable? > > Perhaps a unified standard bot policy is needed for mindless tasks like > interwiki linking, double redirect fixing and commons delinking. > > The interwiki bot policy would set the standard for these mindless tasks. > Such a standard would let bot operators to operate more efficiently. > Particularly the largest wikis and the smallest wikis are very aloof from > such a standard. > > Very small wikis often have a mini dictatorship by a few users (not > referancing anybody spesific). Such small wikis generally have cooperative > people but sometimes the wikis regulars do not understand what interwiki > bots and botflags are about and why such are necessary. > > Very large wikis often have overly complicated policies. For someone only > interested in dealing with mindless bot tasks these pose an unnecessary > bureaucracy. Due to the language barrier reading these policies alone can be > quite a challenge. > > - White Cat > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l[at]lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine Attachments: signature.asc (0.18 KB)

Subject User Time Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis ktc at ktchan May 28, 2008, 12:58 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis node.ue at gmail May 28, 2008, 1:59 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis node.ue at gmail May 28, 2008, 2:06 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis scream at datascreamer May 28, 2008, 2:12 PM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis zvandijk at googlemail May 28, 2008, 2:37 PM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis putevod at mccme May 28, 2008, 2:50 PM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis shimgray at gmail May 29, 2008, 11:37 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis aphaia at gmail May 28, 2008, 2:45 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis mst at warszawa May 28, 2008, 3:20 PM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail May 29, 2008, 2:03 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis millosh at gmail May 28, 2008, 8:49 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis millosh at gmail May 28, 2008, 8:51 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wiki.ral315 at gmail May 28, 2008, 10:55 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis gerard.meijssen at gmail May 28, 2008, 11:02 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis millosh at gmail May 28, 2008, 11:56 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis millosh at gmail May 29, 2008, 12:11 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail May 29, 2008, 1:16 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail May 29, 2008, 1:26 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis andreengels at gmail May 29, 2008, 2:20 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis andreengels at gmail May 29, 2008, 2:31 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis node.ue at gmail May 29, 2008, 3:50 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis mohamed.m.k at gmail May 29, 2008, 3:59 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis andreengels at gmail May 29, 2008, 6:26 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis andreengels at gmail May 29, 2008, 6:37 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis dgerard at gmail May 29, 2008, 6:38 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail May 29, 2008, 7:59 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis birgitte_sb at yahoo May 29, 2008, 11:23 AM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail May 29, 2008, 11:35 AM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis mike.lifeguard at gmail May 29, 2008, 12:22 PM             Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail May 29, 2008, 12:51 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis scream at datascreamer May 29, 2008, 11:45 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis birgitte_sb at yahoo May 29, 2008, 12:00 PM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail May 29, 2008, 12:49 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis innocentkiller at gmail May 29, 2008, 5:14 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail May 29, 2008, 5:27 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis andreengels at gmail May 30, 2008, 2:01 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail May 30, 2008, 3:10 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis birgitte_sb at yahoo May 30, 2008, 6:20 AM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis innocentkiller at gmail May 30, 2008, 6:22 AM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail Jun 1, 2008, 7:12 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis innocentkiller at gmail Jun 1, 2008, 12:11 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis pdsanchez at gmail Jun 1, 2008, 12:25 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis mbimmler at gmail Jun 1, 2008, 12:37 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis majorly.wiki at googlemail Jun 1, 2008, 12:41 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis pdsanchez at gmail Jun 1, 2008, 2:07 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis pathoschild at gmail Jun 1, 2008, 2:22 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis mike.lifeguard at gmail Jun 1, 2008, 7:14 PM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis mohamed.m.k at gmail Jun 1, 2008, 7:45 PM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis mike.lifeguard at gmail Jun 2, 2008, 9:11 AM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis node.ue at gmail Jun 2, 2008, 9:43 AM         Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis mrzmanwiki at gmail Jun 2, 2008, 11:18 AM             Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis jhsoby at gmail Jun 2, 2008, 11:51 AM     Re: Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Bot policy for all wikis cbrown1023.ml at gmail 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