Yeah, I don't see anything at [[Manual:Bots]] that mentions a user-agent convention for bots that edit Wikipedia. As far as I know, there isn't any. Most editing bots either use a user-agent string set by the framework they are using or have a completely unique user-agent string. It seems like it would also be a good idea to create a convention for bots that edit.
On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 8:19 PM, Bryan Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Marcel Ruiz Forns <[email protected]> > wrote: > > (*) There is already another convention[2] for bots that EDIT Wikimedia > > content. > > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Bots > > I don't see anything described in [[Manual:Bots]] that would actually > help you detect bot editing traffic. What am I missing? Bots (or any > high volume editing user) are typically asked to get specific rights > on the wikis that they are interacting with but those on wiki > permissions are associated with the wiki account and not the user > agent. > > Bryan > -- > Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation <[email protected]> > [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Sr Software Engineer Boise, ID USA > irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885 x6855 > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >
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