So bot tasks are sometimes performed from user accounts that don't belong to bots... o_O why?!
(forgive my naivety I come into this conversation as an outside with no prior knowledge of how this stuff works) On 20 May 2014 14:09, "Amir Ladsgroup" <ladsgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Jon Robson <jdlrob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm confused. Why wouldn't you just mark a user account as being a bot > and > > simply determine bot edits from username alone? > > > > Any other mechanism seems prone to abuse or being inaccurate... > > > People gave several examples of bot tasks that needs to be seen in RC and > they weren't abuse > > > > On 20 May 2014 07:36, "Amir Ladsgroup" <ladsgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thank you legoktm for exampling, > > > Another case that happened in Persian Wikipedia, is creating > > bot-generated > > > articles by user request this task is too contervisal to be marked as > bot > > > and we didn't mark it but other edits of my bot is marked as bot > > > > > > Best > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Legoktm <legoktm.wikipe...@gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/19/14, 6:39 PM, Dan Garry wrote: > > > > > > > >> On 19 May 2014 19:36, Amir Ladsgroup <ladsgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> As a bot operator I think API parameter about flagging bot or not > is > > > >>> necessary > > > >>> > > > >>> Sure, but as I'm not a bot operator, can you explain why and what > > you > > > >> use > > > >> this for, to help me understand? :-) > > > >> > > > > > > > > If the edits should show up in users watchlists/recentchanges for > > humans > > > > to look at. An example would be ClueBot NG on enwp which doesn't flag > > > it's > > > > edits with the bot flag so humans can review them. > > > > > > > > Another case where this recently came up is in MassMessage (bug > 65180). > > > > Some edits like those to user talk pages should be marked as a bot > > since > > > > the user will receive a notification regardless, but ones that are > made > > > to > > > > Project (or other) namespaces, should not be flagged as bot so users > > will > > > > see them in their watchlists. > > > > > > > > -- Legoktm > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > 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
