It's designed so if there if there is a issue with the bot (eg: it's malfunctioning etc) and causes issues the person whom is in control can easily be identified.
As such, The user-agent you chose should reflect that. On 11 July 2014 09:09, Amir Ladsgroup <ladsgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > As discussions in pywikipedia-l people are not sure whether is necessary to > add username of bot operator in user agent or not. > > In user agent policy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-agent_policy> > it's mentioned that people need to add contacting information, but it's not > clear it's about contacting the tool-maker or tool-user. > > Can you clarify it? > Best > -- > Amir > _______________________________________________ > 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
