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Once the bot has been approved and given its bot flag permission, one can add "bot=True" to the API call - see mw:API:Edit#Parameters in order to hide the bot's edits in Special:RecentChanges. In Python, using either mwclient or wikitools, then adding bot=True to the edit/save command will set the edit as a bot edit - e.g. PageObject.edit(text ...
Operating bots that send messages or are operated through typing in the channel without the explicit permission of the moderators. Using nicknames that mislead or confuse others about who you are. Nicknames are a form of expression, but it should be clear to others on the platform who you are at all times, such as suffixing your normal name in ...
Inviting yourself to a channel you have "self invite" access on (+i flag set in ChanServ) Adding a user to an "invite list" for automatic access; Getting a copy of the invite list for a channel; Keeping ChanServ in a channel, so it does not empty and so the invite list is not easily lost; To specify a channel as invite-only:
An IRC bot performing a simple task. An IRC bot is a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to Internet Relay Chat as a client, and so appears to other IRC users as another user. An IRC bot differs from a regular client in that instead of providing interactive access to IRC for a human user, it performs automated functions.
Normally an IRC server will limit the number of different targets a client can send messages to within a certain time frame to prevent spammers or bots from mass-messaging users on the network, however this command can be used by channel operators to bypass that limit in their channel.
In September 2021, Google sent cease and desist notices to the developers of two of the most popular music bots used on Discord–Groovy and Rythm–which were used on an estimated 36 million servers in total. [40] These bots allowed users to request and play songs in a voice channel, taking the songs from YouTube ad-free. Two weeks later ...
A channel intended primarily for social discussion among contributors to Wikimedia projects. #Wikimedia-offtopic connect: A semi-social channel for conversations that don't really fit into the other Wikimedia project channels. #Wikipedia-coffeehouse connect: A place for relaxing, intellectual on-topic chat related to Wikipedia and other ...
Most (although not all) bot edits should be marked with the bot flag and be hidden by default (if enabled, they will be marked with a b in the recent changes logs and in watchlists). If you see a bot edit that shouldn't appear in the recent change logs or your watchlist, please report it to the bot operator per WP:BOTISSUE .