Sorry, I mean, can you tell me specifically how that's done? I don't know that.
Thanks, Dan On 19 May 2014 19:33, Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Can you help me out and tell me what those cases are? I've been editing > for nine years and not stumbled upon them, so I'm very curious. > > Thanks, > Dan > > > On 19 May 2014 19:13, John <phoenixoverr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Actually there are a few cases in the non API where bots can assert not >> being a bot, and there are some cases where non-bots can flag as bots for >> specific cases (I know it in the past it was used to suppress RC floods of >> mass vandalism reverts by admins) so your picture isnt complete >> >> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > I'm trying to figure out the reason behind some decisions that were >> made in >> > the past about bot flags to see if we can have a more optimal and clear >> > setup. >> > >> > Presently, giving an account the bot flag does two things: >> > >> > 1. When editing via the API, allows the user to choose whether or >> not to >> > flag an edit as a bot edit using the bot parameter. >> > 2. When editing via the standard editing interface, flags all edits >> > (i.e. all human made edits) as bot edits. >> > >> > If you've not got the bot flag, the API will ignore you if you try to >> flag >> > an edit as a bot edit using the bot parameter. >> > >> > So I've got a few questions to help me figure this out. >> > >> > 1. What's the user story for including the edit-level granularity for >> > bot accounts in the API? >> > 2. What's the user story for making it so that every edit made by a >> > human on a bot account is flagged as bot edit? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Dan >> > >> > -- >> > Dan Garry >> > Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps >> > Wikimedia Foundation >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 > > > > > -- > Dan Garry > Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Dan Garry Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
