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Modifying an existing bot or using a framework greatly speeds development time. Also, because these code bases are in common usage and are maintained community projects, it is far easier to get bots based on these frameworks approved for use. The most popular and common of these frameworks is Pywikibot (PWB), a bot framework written in Python ...
A bot (a common nickname for software robot) is an automated tool that carries out repetitive and mundane tasks to maintain the 62,164,666 pages of the English Wikipedia. Bots are able to make edits very rapidly, but can disrupt Wikipedia if they are incorrectly designed or operated. For these reasons, a bot policy has been developed.
Wikipedia bots are Internet bots (computer programs) that perform simple, repetitive tasks on Wikipedia. One prominent example of an internet bot used in Wikipedia is Lsjbot , which has generated millions of short articles across various language editions of Wikipedia.
Many bots take advantage of a pre-written framework - a set of tried and tested classes and functions that try to make it easier to interact with Wikipedia and/or other MediaWiki projects. Subcategories
The Credibility Framework is a suite of interconnected tools under development to support editors who wish to efficiently focus on and monitor a specific subset of Wikipedia. Key components of the framework are: clean design, clear metrics, useful alerts, and automated bot reports.
Peachy is a PHP bot framework that can be used to edit Wikipedia (after going through the WP:BRFA process). It is highly configurable, and can also edit other MediaWiki wikis. It was developed by X! and FinalRapture, and is now maintained by Cyberpower678.
bot policy The English Wikipedia bot policy. Other editions of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects have their own bot policies, which may significantly differ from the English Wikipedia's policy. See also WP:BOTPOL. bot trial Bot trials are the means by which Wikipedia tests bot tasks before approving them. They occur as part of BRFAs.
A list of bots using the MediaWiki::Bot framework (formerly known as perlwikipedia). Pages in category "Wikipedia bots using MediaWiki::Bot" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.