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== Which types of bots do operate on wikipedia? == | == Which types of bots do operate on wikipedia? == | ||
One way to sort bots is by what activities they perform: | |||
-content creation, such as by procedural generation | |||
-fixing errors, such as by copy editing or addressing link rot | |||
-adding connectors, such as with hyperlinks to content elsewhere | |||
-tagging content with labels | |||
-repairing vandalism, such as ClueBot NG | |||
-clerk, updating reports | |||
-archiving old discussions or tasks | |||
-moderation systems to combat against spam or misconduct | |||
-recommender systems to encourage users | |||
-notifications, such as with push technology and pull technology | |||
== How do those bots work? == | == How do those bots work? == | ||
Computer programs, called bots, have often been used to automate simple and repetitive tasks, such as correcting common misspellings and stylistic issues, or to start articles, such as geography entries, in a standard format from statistical data. Additionally, there are bots designed to automatically notify editors when they make common editing errors (such as unmatched quotes or unmatched parentheses). | |||
Anti-vandalism bots like ClueBot NG are programmed to detect and revert vandalism quickly.[3] Bots are able to indicate edits from particular accounts or IP address ranges, as occurred at the time of the shooting down of the MH17 jet incident in July 2014 when it was reported edits were made via IPs controlled by the Russian government. | |||
Bots on Wikipedia must be approved before activation. | |||
== How difficult is it to program a bot? Are there open source bots which could be useful that we could use out of the box? == | == How difficult is it to program a bot? Are there open source bots which could be useful that we could use out of the box? == | ||
In total, there seem to be 59 bots on Wikipedia that have their source code published. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_bots_with_source_code_published Link]] That's out of the 2088 bots [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_bots Link]]. | |||