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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This is an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace#How-to_and_information_pages" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">information page</a>.</b><br/><div style="font-size: 90%;">It is not an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_an_article%3F" title="Wikipedia:What is an article?">encyclopedic article</a>, nor one of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia's policies or guidelines</a>; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect differing levels of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Achieving_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">vetting</a>.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTDICT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTDICT&redirect=no">WP:BOTDICT</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This is a small guide to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots">bot</a>-related <a href="/wiki/Terms_of_art" class="mw-redirect" title="Terms of art">terms of art</a> on Wikipedia. For convenience, links to other definitions on this page are <i>italicized</i>. </p><p>Each definition has an <a href="/wiki/Help:Link#Section_linking_(anchors)" title="Help:Link">anchor</a>, which can then be used to create links to that definition. For example, to link to the definition of a <i><a href="#bot_op"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot op" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot op</span></a></i>, you can use <code>[[WP:BOTDICT#bot op]]</code> to create <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTDICT#bot_op" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTDICT">WP:BOTDICT#bot op</a>, which will take you directly to the definition. Each listed variant (e.g. <i><a href="#bot_operator"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot operator" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot operator</span></a></i>) has a corresponding anchor (e.g. <code>#bot operator</code>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Definitions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Definitions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Definitions"></span>Definitions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Definitions"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="2FA_/_two-factor_authentication"></span><span id="2FA"></span><span id="Two-factor_authentication"></span><span id="two-factor_authentication"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> 2FA / two-factor authentication</span></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication" title="Multi-factor authentication">Two-factor authentication</a> (2FA), here using a <a href="/wiki/Time-based_One-time_Password_Algorithm" class="mw-redirect" title="Time-based One-time Password Algorithm">TOTP</a> token supplied by an app on a phone or other personal device. This increases account security, but interferes with automated login by a bot, so a <i><a href="#bot_passwords"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot passwords" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot passwords</span></a></i> or <i><a href="#OAuth">OAuth</a></i> is normally used to allow the bot to authenticate.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="adminbot_/_admin_bot"></span><span id="Adminbot"></span><span id="Admin_bot"></span><span id="adminbot"></span><span id="admin_bot"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> adminbot / admin bot </span></span></dt> <dd>A <i><a href="#bot"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot</span></a></i> that has access to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Tools" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Tools">administrator tools</a>, i.e. is in the <code>sysop</code> group. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADMINBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADMINBOT">WP:ADMINBOT</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="API_/_application_programming_interface"></span><span id="API"></span><span id="Application_programming_interface"></span><span id="api"></span><span id="application_programming_interface"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> API / application programming interface </span></span></dt> <dd>An API can refer to any <a href="/wiki/Application_programming_interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Application programming interface">application programming interfaces</a>, but usually refers to MediaWiki's <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API" class="extiw" title="mw:API">action API</a>, which is a way for bots to communicate with websites (such as Wikipedia) and perform operations on them. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API" class="extiw" title="mw:API">mw:API</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="assert_/_assertion"></span><span id="Assertion"></span><span id="Assert"></span><span id="assertion"></span><span id="assert"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> assert / assertion </span></span></dt> <dd>Usually refers to <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Assert" class="extiw" title="mw:API:Assert">mw:API:Assert</a>, used to ensure a bot only edits while logged in.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="assisted_editing_/_semi-automated_editing"></span><span id="Assisted_editing"></span><span id="Semi-automated_editing"></span><span id="Semi-automated"></span><span id="Semi-automation"></span><span id="assisted_editing"></span><span id="assisted-editing"></span><span id="semi-automated_editing"></span><span id="semi-automated"></span><span id="semi-automation"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> assisted editing / semi-automated editing </span></span><span class="anchor" id="assisted"></span></dt> <dd>Refers to editing that is assisted by various <i><a href="#script"><span title="See entry on this page at § script" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">script</span></a>s</i> and tools (such as <i><a href="#AutoWikiBrowser">AutoWikiBrowser</a></i>). Typically, a human editor is presented with each edit and must individually approve it before it is submitted. It can also refer to edits made via scripts such as <i><a href="#twinkle"><span title="See entry on this page at § Twinkle" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">Twinkle</span></a></i>, which uses pre-filled boilerplate forms for 'standard' nominations and notices. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="#automated_editing"><span title="See entry on this page at § automated editing" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">automated editing</span></a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="automated_editing"></span><span id="Automated_editing"></span><span id="Automated"></span><span id="Automation"></span><span id="automated_editing"></span><span id="automated-editing"></span><span id="automated"></span><span id="automation"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> automated editing </span></span></dt> <dd>Refers to editing that is done automatically, without human review, i.e. editing done by bots. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="#assisted_editing"><span title="See entry on this page at § assisted editing" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">assisted editing</span></a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="AutoWikiBrowser_/_AWB"></span><span id="AutoWikiBrowser"></span><span id="AWB"></span><span id="autowikibrowser"></span><span id="awb"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> AutoWikiBrowser / AWB </span></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser">AutoWikiBrowser</a> is one of the most popular <i><a href="#assisted-editing"><span title="See entry on this page at § assisted-editing" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">assisted-editing</span></a></i> tools out there, and can also form the basis of many fully-automated bots. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AWB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AWB">WP:AWB</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AWBRULES" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AWBRULES">WP:AWBRULES</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="bot"></span><span id="Bot"></span><span id="bots"></span><span id="Bots"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> bot </span></span></dt> <dd>An <i><a href="#automated"><span title="See entry on this page at § automated" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">automated</span></a></i> tool that carries out repetitive and mundane tasks to maintain Wikipedia's articles and other pages. Short for <a href="/wiki/Robot" title="Robot">robot</a>. Many <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Types_of_bots" title="Wikipedia:Types of bots">types of bots exist</a>. Also commonly used to refer to a <i><a href="#bot_account"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot account" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot account</span></a></i>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTS">WP:BOTS</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="bot_account"></span><span id="Bot_account"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> bot account </span></span></dt> <dd>A bot's user account. It should typically have the word BOT in its account name, or otherwise be descriptive of the task, and clearly indicate who the <i><a href="#bot_operator"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot operator" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot operator</span></a></i> running the account is. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTACC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTACC">WP:BOTACC</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Bot_Activity_Monitor_/_BAM"></span><span id="Activity_monitor"></span><span id="activity_monitor"></span><span id="Bot_activity_monitor"></span><span id="bot_activity_monitor"></span><span id="Bot_Activity_Monitor"></span><span id="BAM"></span><span id="bam"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> Bot Activity Monitor / BAM </span></span></dt> <dd>A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_activity_monitor" title="Wikipedia:Bot activity monitor">bot-monitoring system</a> that checks if bots have edited recently, currently maintained by <a href="/wiki/User:SDZeroBot" title="User:SDZeroBot">SDZeroBot</a>. This is mostly useful for <i><a href="#bot_operator"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot operator" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot operator</span></a>s</i> to be notified of bot crashes. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BAM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BAM">WP:BAM</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Bot_Approvals_Group_/_BAG"></span><span id="Bot_Approvals_Group"></span><span id="BAG"></span><span id="bot_approvals_group"></span><span id="bag"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> Bot Approvals Group / BAG </span></span></dt> <dd>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group">Bot Approvals Group</a> (BAG) oversees most areas and processes dealing with bots on Wikipedia and is responsible for overseeing <i><a href="#bot_requests_for_approval"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot requests for approval" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot requests for approval</span></a></i> (BRFAs). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BAG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BAG">WP:BAG</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BAGG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BAGG">WP:BAGG</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="BAG_member_/_BAGger"></span><span id="BAGger"></span><span id="BAG_member"></span><span id="bag_member"></span><span id="Bagger"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> BAG member / BAGger </span></span></dt> <dd>Members of the <i><a href="#BAG">BAG</a></i>. BAG members are trusted to understand Wikipedia's <i><a href="#bot_policy"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot policy" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot policy</span></a></i> and to offer sound bot-related advice to bot operators, admins, bureaucrats, and editors alike. While some BAG members are also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">admins</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats">bureaucrats</a>, the role of BAG members should not be confused with that of bureaucrats or admins. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group#Member_list" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group">BAG member list</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="bot_flag"></span><span id="Bot_flag"></span><span id="Flag"></span><span id="flag"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> bot flag </span></span></dt> <dd>The term has two distinct but related meanings: <ol><li>Membership in the <code>bot</code> group, which raises some limits in the <i><a href="#API">API</a></i> and grants some additional rights, including the right to use the bot flag as in sense 2. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTFLAG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTFLAG">WP:BOTFLAG</a>.</span></li> <li>Used to flag individual edits as "bot" edits, which causes them to be hidden by default on <a href="/wiki/Help:Recent_changes" title="Help:Recent changes">RecentChanges</a> and allows them to be hidden on <a href="/wiki/Help:Watchlist" title="Help:Watchlist">watchlists</a>. Some bot edits are not marked with the bot flag, such as bots designed to notify users of ongoing discussions.</li></ol></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="bot_coder_/_bot_maintainer"></span><span id="Bot_coder"></span><span id="Bot_maintainer"></span><span id="bot_coder"></span><span id="bot_maintainer"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> bot coder / bot maintainer </span></span></dt> <dd>A user who writes and maintains the code of the bot. Bot coders will often, but not always, be the <i><a href="#bot_op"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot op" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot op</span></a></i> for the bot they code.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="bot_op_/_bot_operator_/_bot_owner"></span><span id="Bot_op"></span><span id="Bot_operator"></span><span id="Bot_owner"></span><span id="bot_op"></span><span id="bot_operator"></span><span id="bot_owner"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> bot op / bot operator / bot owner </span></span></dt> <dd>A user who operates and is responsible for the bot's edits. Will often, but not always, be the same person as the <i><a href="#bot_coder"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot coder" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot coder</span></a></i>.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="BotPasswords_/_bot_password"></span><span id="BotPasswords"></span><span id="Bot_password"></span><span id="Bot_passwords"></span><span id="botpasswords"></span><span id="bot_password"></span><span id="bot_passwords"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> BotPasswords / bot password </span></span></dt> <dd>An alternative username and password that can be used to log into an account via the API <code>action=login</code> with restricted user rights available. See <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Bot_passwords" class="extiw" title="mw:Manual:Bot passwords">mw:Manual:Bot passwords</a> for details. If possible, <i><a href="#OAuth">OAuth</a></i> should be used instead.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="BRFA_/_(Bot)_Requests_for_Approval"></span><span id="brfa"></span><span id="Bot_Request_for_Approval"></span><span id="Bot_request_for_approval"></span><span id="bot_request_for_approval"></span><span id="Bot_Requests_for_Approval"></span><span id="Bot_requests_for_approval"></span><span id="bot_requests_for_approval"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> BRFA / (Bot) Requests for Approval</span></span></dt> <dd>Refers to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Approval_processL" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">process by which bots are approved</a>. <i><a href="#bot_operator"><span title="See entry on this page at § Bot operator" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">Bot operator</span></a>s</i> will detail the task for which they request approval, along with technical information about the bot. The process is open and all editors (including unregistered users) are welcomed to comment. BRFAs evaluate both whether consensus exists for the task, and if the bot's technical implementation is sound. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTAPPROVAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTAPPROVAL">WP:BOTAPPROVAL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BRFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BRFA">WP:BRFA</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group/Guide#Guide_to_BRFAs" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/Guide">WP:BAGG § Guide to BRFAs</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="bot_policy"></span><span id="Bot_policy"></span><span id="Policy"></span><span id="policy"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> bot policy </span></span></dt> <dd>The English Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">bot policy</a>. Other <a href="/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias" title="List of Wikipedias">editions of Wikipedia</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikimedia">Wikimedia</a> projects have their own bot policies, which may significantly differ from the English Wikipedia's policy. See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTPOL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTPOL">WP:BOTPOL</a>.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="bot_trial"></span><span id="Bot_trial"></span><span id="Trial"></span><span id="trial"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> bot trial </span></span></dt> <dd>Bot trials are the means by which Wikipedia tests bot tasks before approving them. They occur as part of <i><a href="#BRFA">BRFAs</a></i>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTAPPROVAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTAPPROVAL">WP:BOTAPPROVAL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BRFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BRFA">WP:BRFA</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group/Guide#Guide_to_BRFAs" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/Guide">WP:BAGG § Guide to BRFAs</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="bureaucrat_/_'crat"></span><span id="Bureaucrat"></span><span id="Crat"></span><span id="'Crat"></span><span id="bureaucrat"></span><span id="crat"></span><span id="'crat"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> bureaucrat / 'crat</span></span></dt> <dd>A user with the ability to flag accounts as belonging to admins or bots, among other things. <i><a href="#BAG_member">BAG members</a></i> will advise bureaucrats on whether proposed <i><a href="#bot"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot</span></a>s</i> and <i><a href="#adminbot"><span title="See entry on this page at § adminbot" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">adminbot</span></a>s</i> should be flagged as such. Bureaucrats technically make the final determination of whether the proper process was followed, or if consensus supports such a task, but will usually defer to BAG's judgement. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BUREAUCRAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BUREAUCRAT">WP:BUREAUCRAT</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Checkwiki"></span><span id="checkwiki"></span><span id="CHECKWIKI"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> Checkwiki </span></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Check_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia">Checkwiki</a> is a project that helps clean up <i><a href="#wikicode"><span title="See entry on this page at § wikicode" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">wikicode</span></a></i> and other errors in the source code of Wikipedia. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CHECKWIKI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CHECKWIKI">WP:CHECKWIKI</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="cluttering_/_flooding"></span><span id="Cluttering"></span><span id="Flooding"></span><span id="cluttering"></span><span id="flooding"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> cluttering / flooding </span></span></dt> <dd>Edits made on Wikipedia appear on several special pages so they can be monitored and reviewed. Editing on a large scale will cause multiple pages to appear in <a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">Special:RecentChanges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special:Watchlist" title="Special:Watchlist">Special:Watchlist</a> in a short amount of time, and the changes will also be present in <a href="/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">page histories</a>. This is known as <i>flooding</i> or <i>cluttering</i>, and is one of the main reasons for the existence of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COSMETICBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COSMETICBOT">WP:COSMETICBOT</a>. The <i><a href="#bot_flag"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot flag" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot flag</span></a></i> is designed to reduce the impact of flooding on <a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">Special:RecentChanges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special:Watchlist" title="Special:Watchlist">Special:Watchlist</a>, but will never completely eliminate it. <i><a href="#meat_bot"><span title="See entry on this page at § Meat bot" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">Meat bot</span></a>s</i> do not have access to such a flag.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="context_bot"></span><span id="Context_bot"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> context bot </span></span></dt> <dd>A <i><a href="#bot"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot</span></a></i> which makes <i><a href="#context-sensitive_edit"><span title="See entry on this page at § context-sensitive edit" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">context-sensitive edit</span></a>s</i>. Most context bots are denied, unless it can be demonstrated that no false positives will arise, or are run as <i><a href="#manual_bot"><span title="See entry on this page at § manual bot" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">manual bot</span></a>s</i>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CONTEXTBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CONTEXTBOT">WP:CONTEXTBOT</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="context-sensitive_edit"></span><span id="Context-sensitive_edit"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> context-sensitive edit</span></span></dt> <dd>A context-sensitive edit is one that could be either valid or invalid, depending on the situation. For instance, changing "Dr. Suess" to "Dr. Seuss" by bot would be a bad idea – while "Dr. Suess" is a likely typo for <a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss" title="Dr. Seuss">Dr. Seuss</a>, it could also be a correct reference to <a href="/wiki/Hans_Suess" title="Hans Suess">Dr. Hans Eduard Suess</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CONTEXTBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CONTEXTBOT">WP:CONTEXTBOT</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="cosmetic_bot"></span><span id="Cosmetic_bot"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> cosmetic bot </span></span></dt> <dd>A <i><a href="#bot"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot</span></a></i> which makes <i><a href="#cosmetic_edit"><span title="See entry on this page at § cosmetic edit" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">cosmetic edit</span></a>s</i>. Purely cosmetic bots are typically forbidden per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COSMETICBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COSMETICBOT">WP:COSMETICBOT</a>, but bots can be allowed to make certain cosmetic changes by consensus or in addition to their primary task.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="cosmetic_edit_/_substantive_edit"></span><span id="Cosmetic_edit"></span><span id="Substantive_edit"></span><span id="Cosmetic"></span><span id="Substantive"></span><span id="cosmetic_edit"></span><span id="substantive_edit"></span><span id="cosmetic"></span><span id="substantive"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> cosmetic edit / substantive edit </span></span></dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:SUBSTANTIVE" redirects here. For the guidelines on titling royalty articles, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NCSUBSTANTIVE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NCSUBSTANTIVE">WP:NCSUBSTANTIVE</a>. For the essay on geographical content, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GEOSUBSTANTIVE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GEOSUBSTANTIVE">WP:GEOSUBSTANTIVE</a>.</div> <dl><dd>A <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COSMETICBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COSMETICBOT">cosmetic</a></i> edit is one that doesn't change the output HTML or readable text of a page. By contrast, a <i>substantive edit</i> is one that does change the output HTML or readable text of a page. Cosmetic edits will almost always be <i><a href="#minor_edit"><span title="See entry on this page at § minor edit" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">minor edit</span></a>s</i>. They may improve the <i><a href="#editor-friendly_wikitext"><span title="See entry on this page at § editor-friendly wikitext" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">friendliness and consistency of the wikitext</span></a></i>, although <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit warring</a> on presentation (e.g. changing <span class="nowrap"><code>|parameter=value</code></span> to <span class="nowrap"><code>| parameter = value</code></span>, or changing templates from <a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal#full_horizontal" title="Template:Cite journal">single line</a> to <a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal#full_vertical" title="Template:Cite journal">multiline</a>, and vice versa) is generally not acceptable in a bot edit.</dd> <dd>The term <i>cosmetic</i> refers to changing the appearance of the <a href="#wikitext"><span title="See entry on this page at § wikitext" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">wikitext</span></a> without changing the appearance of the output page. <i>See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COSMETICBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COSMETICBOT">WP:COSMETICBOT</a>.</i></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="cron"></span><span id="Cron"></span><span id="Crontab"></span><span id="crontab"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> cron </span></span></dt> <dd>A <a href="/wiki/Cron" title="Cron">cron</a> is a Unix program used for scheduling a bot task to be automatically run in periodic intervals, even if the bot operator is asleep.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="editor-hostile_wikitext_/_editor-friendly_wikitext"></span><span id="Editor-hostile_wikitext"></span><span id="Editor_hostile_wikitext"></span><span id="Editor-friendly_wikitext"></span><span id="Editor_friendly_wikitext"></span><span id="editor-hostile_wikitext"></span><span id="editor_hostile_wikitext"></span><span id="editor-friendly_wikitext"></span><span id="editor_friendly_wikitext"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> editor-hostile wikitext / editor-friendly wikitext </span></span></dt> <dd>Editor-hostile <i><a href="#wikitext"><span title="See entry on this page at § wikitext" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">wikitext</span></a></i> refers to wikitext that is technically correct, and does not on its own cause errors, but which causes either <b>a)</b> code readability issues, <b>b)</b> poor interactions with common tools, or <b>c)</b> <a href="/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment" title="Principle of least astonishment">unpleasant surprises</a> when edited. For example</dd> <dd><b>a)</b> <code>pr&ecirc;t-&agrave;-porter</code> renders as <code>prêt-à-porter</code>, but is very hard to quickly understand while reading the edit window.</dd> <dd><b>b)</b> A citation template formatted like <dl><dd><ul><li><code>{{citejournal|issue=21|last=Smith|year=2008|title=Article of Things|journal=Journal of Things|volume=20|first=John|pages=156|doi=10.12345/654456}}</code></li></ul></dd></dl></dd> <dd>is harder to understand than one formatted like <dl><dd><ul><li><code>{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=John |year=2008 |title=Article of Things |journal=Journal of Things |volume=20 |issue=21 |pages=156 |doi=10.12345/654456}}</code></li></ul></dd></dl></dd> <dd>due to the poor parameter order and lack of whitespace structure, even if they render the same. The improved parameter order makes it easier to see what information is present (or missing), and the improved <code> |parameter=value</code> whitespace structure creates an easily recognizable visual pattern while also improving <a href="/wiki/Line_wrap_and_word_wrap" title="Line wrap and word wrap">line wrapping</a> in the edit window.</dd> <dd><b>c)</b> <code><br></code> and <code><br /></code> render the same. However, while <i><a href="#wikicode"><span title="See entry on this page at § wikicode" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">wikicode</span></a></i>-highlighting <i><a href="#script"><span title="See entry on this page at § script" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">script</span></a>s</i> will correctly recognize <a href="/wiki/Well-formed_element" title="Well-formed element">"well-formed" elements</a> like <code><br /></code>, they will often not understand that <code><br></code> means the same thing.</dd> <dd><b>d)</b> If <code>[[Category:Physicists|Sir Isaac Newton]]</code> is present twice on the same page, this is treated exactly as if it was present only once. However someone may decide to change the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization#Sort_keys" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">sortkey</a> for the article to something like <code>[[Category:Physicists|Newton, Isaac]]</code> and forget about the <em>other</em> sortkey present on the page, and cause a sortkey <a href="/wiki/Hash_collision" title="Hash collision">collision</a>.</dd> <dd>Fixing editor-hostile wikitext constitutes a <i><a href="#cosmetic_edit"><span title="See entry on this page at § cosmetic edit" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">cosmetic edit</span></a></i> and is typically not allowed by bots, although some cases (such as collisions) may be deemed editor-hostile enough to be treated by bot if they cross the <i><a href="#threshold_of_usefulness"><span title="See entry on this page at § threshold of usefulness" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">threshold of usefulness</span></a></i>.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="exclusion-compliant_bot"></span><span id="Exclusion-compliant_bot"></span><span id="Exclusion_compliant"></span><span id="Exclusion-compliant"></span><span id="Exclusion_compliance"></span><span id="exclusion_compliant"></span><span id="exclusion-compliant"></span><span id="exclusion_compliance"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> exclusion-compliant bot </span></span></dt> <dd>A bot that will respect <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Nobots" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Nobots">nobots</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or other methods of preventing a bot from editing a page. <i><a href="#AWB">AWB</a></i> and <i><a href="#pywikibot"><span title="See entry on this page at § Pywikibot" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">Pywikibot</span></a></i>-based bots are automatically exclusion-compliant. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_bots_which_are_exclusion_compliant" title="Category:Wikipedia bots which are exclusion compliant">Category:Wikipedia bots which are exclusion compliant</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="gadget"></span><span id="Gadget"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> gadget </span></span></dt> <dd>A <i><a href="#user_script"><span title="See entry on this page at § user script" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">user script</span></a></i> managed using <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Gadgets">Extension:Gadgets</a> so that it shows up in <a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets" title="Special:Preferences">Special:Preferences</a>. Gadgets are much easier for inexperienced users to enable than other user scripts. Some can be used to perform <i><a href="#assisted_editing"><span title="See entry on this page at § assisted editing" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">assisted editing</span></a></i>.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="manual_bot_/_semi-automated_bot"></span><span id="Manual_bot"></span><span id="Semi-automated_bot"></span><span id="Semi_automated_bot"></span><span id="manual_bot"></span><span id="semi-automated_bot"></span><span id="semi_automated_bot"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> manual bot / semi-automated bot</span></span></dt> <dd>A <i><a href="#meat_bot"><span title="See entry on this page at § meat bot" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">meat bot</span></a></i> with a dedicated <i><a href="#bot_account"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot account" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot account</span></a></i>. Like <i><a href="#bot"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">regular bots</span></a></i>, manual bots are subject to <i><a href="#BRFA">BRFAs</a></i>, and can only operate within the terms of their approval. This is typical done to perform <i><a href="#context-sensitive_edit"><span title="See entry on this page at § context-sensitive edit" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">context-sensitive edit</span></a>s</i> from an account with a <i><a href="#bot_flag"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot flag" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot flag</span></a></i>.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="meatbot_/_meat_bot"></span><span id="Meatbot"></span><span id="Meat_bot"></span><span id="meatbot"></span><span id="meat_bot"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> meatbot / meat bot </span></span></dt> <dd>A human (made of <a href="/wiki/Meat" title="Meat">meat</a>, unlike a robot) editor that makes a large amount of repetitive edits from their own account, often with <i><a href="#semi-automated"><span title="See entry on this page at § semi-automated" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">semi-automated</span></a></i> tools, much like a bot would. For the purpose of dispute resolution, it is irrelevant if edits are made by actual bots or by meatbots. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MEATBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MEATBOT">WP:MEATBOT</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="MediaWiki"></span><span id="mediawiki"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> MediaWiki </span></span></dt> <dd>The software that powers Wikipedia. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MEDIAWIKI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MEDIAWIKI">WP:MEDIAWIKI</a>.</span> Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikimedia">Wikimedia</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="minor_edit"></span><span id="Minor_edit"></span><span id="Major_edit"></span><span id="major_edit"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> minor edit </span></span></dt> <dd>A minor edit is one where only small and superficial differences are made. Examples include typographical corrections, fixes to formatting, and adding dates to maintenance categories. Minor edits should require no review and be uncontroversial. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MINOR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MINOR">WP:MINOR</a>.</span> <i><a href="#cosmetic_edit"><span title="See entry on this page at § Cosmetic edit" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">Cosmetic edit</span></a>s</i> will almost always be minor edits.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="null_bot"></span><span id="Null_bot"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> null bot </span></span></dt> <dd>A bot that makes <i><a href="#null_edits"><span title="See entry on this page at § null edits" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">null edits</span></a></i>. Bots typically don't need approval for this, unless making null edits in large numbers that would affect server performance, or requiring access to special <i><a href="#bot_flag"><span title="See entry on this page at § bot flag" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">bot-only</span></a></i> <i><a href="#API">API</a></i> features.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="null_edit"></span><span id="Null_edit"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> null edit </span></span></dt> <dd>A <a href="/wiki/Help:Purge#Null_edit" title="Help:Purge">null edit</a> is an edit where the page is saved without changes. This is sometimes done to force a server-side cache purge and force the page to be re-rendered from scratch. This causes category sorting, "what links here" results, how templates are rendered, and so on to be updated. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NULL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NULL">WP:NULL</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="OAuth"></span><span id="oauth"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> OAuth </span></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/OAuth" title="OAuth">OAuth</a> is a mechanism for a bot to take action as if it were a different user (or on behalf of different user) without having to know the user's password. For example, <a href="/wiki/User:OAbot" title="User:OAbot">OAbot</a> will <a href="/wiki/File:OAbot_OAuth.png" title="File:OAbot OAuth.png">ask users to allow OAuth access</a>, so it can make edits <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Expected_shortfall&diff=prev&oldid=908160002">as the user</a>. It also provides the ability to restrict the user rights available to the bot when logged in in this manner. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:OAuth" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:OAuth">mw:Help:OAuth</a> and <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OAuth/For_Developers" class="extiw" title="mw:OAuth/For Developers">mw:OAuth/For Developers</a> for details specific to OAuth on Wikipedia.</span> A bot will typically use an <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OAuth/Owner-only_consumers" class="extiw" title="mw:OAuth/Owner-only consumers">owner-only consumer</a> to simplify the process.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="PAWS"></span><span id="paws"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> PAWS </span></span></dt> <dd><a href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/PAWS" class="extiw" title="wikitech:PAWS">PAWS</a> is a WMF service that allows bot operators to execute Python code in a <a href="/wiki/Jupyter_Notebook" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupyter Notebook">Jupyter Notebook</a> setup.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Pywikibot"></span><span id="pywikibot"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> Pywikibot </span></span></dt> <dd><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot" class="extiw" title="mw:Manual:Pywikibot">Pywikibot</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> library for developing bot applications. It also contains a number of standard <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/Scripts" class="extiw" title="mw:Manual:Pywikibot/Scripts">built-in scripts</a>. It is arguably the most used bot framework.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="spectrum_/_threshold_of_usefulness"></span><span id="Spectrum_of_usefulness"></span><span id="Threshold_of_usefulness"></span><span id="Threshold"></span><span id="Spectrum"></span><span id="spectrum_of_usefulness"></span><span id="threshold_of_usefulness"></span><span id="threshold"></span><span id="spectrum"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> spectrum / threshold of usefulness </span></span></dt> <dd>The "spectrum of usefulness" is a general concept useful in evaluating bot tasks. A proposed bot task will typically involve improvements to articles (even if only from a technical perspective), such as improving <a href="/wiki/HTML5" title="HTML5">HTML5</a> compliance, making <i><a href="#cosmetic"><span title="See entry on this page at § cosmetic" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">cosmetic</span></a></i> improvements, fixing obvious mistakes, fixing <i><a href="#editor-hostile_wikitext"><span title="See entry on this page at § editor-hostile wikitext" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">editor-hostile wikitext</span></a></i>, adding missing information, or improving the <a href="/wiki/Machine-readable_document" title="Machine-readable document">machine-readability</a> of an article. However, the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Bot_requirements" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">bot policy requires</a> that bots are considered useful while not consuming resources unnecessarily. Each proposed task falls somewhere on the spectrum, and must cross a certain "threshold" to be deemed useful enough to the community. While cosmetic edits are typically on the lower end of usefulness, they will sometimes be useful enough to have community consensus to be done on their own. Likewise, while substantive edits are typically on the higher end of usefulness, doing them with a bot will sometimes create <i><a href="#context-sensitive_edit"><span title="See entry on this page at § context-sensitive edit" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">more problems than it solves</span></a></i>.</dd></dl> <dl><dd><table style="margin: 0 auto"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> </td> <td> <div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 400px; font-size: 85%; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ZoneSystem-Gradient.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="test" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/ZoneSystem-Gradient.png/400px-ZoneSystem-Gradient.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/ZoneSystem-Gradient.png/600px-ZoneSystem-Gradient.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/ZoneSystem-Gradient.png/800px-ZoneSystem-Gradient.png 2x" data-file-width="880" data-file-height="80"/></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; left:94px; top:0px"><u><b><a href="#Cosmetic"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">cosmetic</span></a></b></u></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:34px; top:12px"><b><a href="#Cosmetic"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">whitespace<br/>optimization</span></a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:114px; top:12px"><b><a href="#Editor-hostile_wikitext"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">editor-friendliness<br/>fixes</span></a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:274px; top:0px"><u><b><a href="#Substantive"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: black; text-decoration: inherit;">substantive</span></a></b></u></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:234px; top:12px"><b><a href="#Substantive"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: black; text-decoration: inherit;">visible<br/>errors</span></a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:314px; top:12px"><b><a href="#Substantive"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: black; text-decoration: inherit;">adding<br/>content</span></a></b></div> </div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <dl><dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Toolforge"></span><span id="toolforge"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> Toolforge </span></span></dt> <dd><a href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Toolforge" class="extiw" title="wikitech:Portal:Toolforge">Toolforge</a> is WMF-hosted server environment commonly used for hosting automatic bots.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Twinkle"></span><span id="twinkle"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> Twinkle </span></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Twinkle" title="Wikipedia:Twinkle">Twinkle</a> is one of the most popular JavaScript <i><a href="#gadgets"><span title="See entry on this page at § gadgets" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">gadgets</span></a></i> that helps <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Autoconfirmed_and_confirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">autoconfirmed users</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">admins</a> with common maintenance tasks and in dealing with vandalism and other problematic behaviour. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TWINKLE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TWINKLE">WP:TWINKLE</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="user_script_/_script"></span><span id="User_script"></span><span id="Script"></span><span id="user_script"></span><span id="script"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> user script / script </span></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> and/or <a href="/wiki/CSS" title="CSS">CSS</a> that alters the <i><a href="#MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a></i> user interface. They might be as simple as changing colors or something very complex such as <i><a href="#twinkle"><span title="See entry on this page at § Twinkle" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">Twinkle</span></a></i>. Most user scripts are enabled by adding loading code to <a href="/wiki/Special:MyPage/common.js" title="Special:MyPage/common.js">your common.js</a>, while <i><a href="#gadget"><span title="See entry on this page at § gadget" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">gadget</span></a>s</i> are user scripts that may be enabled in <a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences" title="Special:Preferences">Special:Preferences</a>. Some can be used to perform <i><a href="#assisted_editing"><span title="See entry on this page at § assisted editing" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">assisted editing</span></a></i>.</dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="wikitext_/_wikicode_/_wiki_markup_/_wiki_syntax"></span><span id="Wikicode"></span><span id="Wikitext"></span><span id="Wiki_markup"></span><span id="Wiki_syntax"></span><span id="Syntax"></span><span id="wikicode"></span><span id="wikitext"></span><span id="wiki_markup"></span><span id="wiki_syntax"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> wikitext / wikicode / wiki markup / wiki syntax </span></span><span class="anchor" id="syntax"></span></dt> <dd>The "raw text" used to create Wikipedia pages. Formally refers to the <i><a href="#MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a></i> syntax. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference selfref">See also <a href="/wiki/Wiki#Editing" title="Wiki">Wiki § Editing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WIKICODE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WIKICODE">WP:WIKICODE</a>.</span></dd> <dd></dd> <dt><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="WPCleaner"></span><span id="wpcleaner"></span><span id="WPcleaner"></span><span class="vanchor-text"> WPCleaner </span></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WPCleaner" title="Wikipedia:WPCleaner">WPCleaner</a> is a tool designed to help with various maintenance tasks, especially repairing links to disambiguation pages, checking Wikipedia, fixing spelling 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