Here is a list of currently flagged bots: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&offset=&limit=2000&username=&group=bot
Another good point to look for bots is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=Bots%2FRequests_for_approval&namespace=4 You should also have a look at this pages to find former bots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Status/inactive_bots_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Status/inactive_bots_2 And last but not least the logging table you can access via tool labs: SELECT DISTINCT(log_title) FROM logging WHERE log_action = 'rights' AND log_params LIKE '%bot%'; Lukas Am So 18.05.2014 18:34, schrieb Andrew G. West: > User name policy states that "*bot*" names are reserved for bots. > Thus, such a regex shouldn't be too hacky, but I cannot comment > whether some non-automated cases might slip through new user patrol. I > do think dumps make the 'users' table available, and I know for sure > one could get a full list via the API. > > As a check on this, you could check that when these usernames edit, > whether or not they set the "bot" flag. -AW > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
