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mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li> <li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Manual:Bots&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="You are encouraged to log in; however, it is not mandatory [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor"> <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Help:Introduction?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyContributions?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li> <li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyTalk?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice">  </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div 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href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> Beginning </div></a></li> <li id="toc-Bot_right,_group,_and_flag" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"><a class="vector-toc-link" href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Bot_right,_group,_and_flag"> <div class="vector-toc-text"><span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Bot right, group, and flag</span> </div></a> <button aria-controls="toc-Bot_right,_group,_and_flag-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Bot right, group, and flag subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Bot_right,_group,_and_flag-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-The_"bot"_user_right" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"><a class="vector-toc-link" href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#The_"bot"_user_right"> <div class="vector-toc-text"><span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>The "bot" user right</span> </div></a> <ul id="toc-The_"bot"_user_right-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul></li> <li id="toc-The_"bot"_user_group" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"><a class="vector-toc-link" href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#The_"bot"_user_group"> <div class="vector-toc-text"><span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>The "bot" user group</span> </div></a> <ul id="toc-The_"bot"_user_group-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul></li> <li id="toc-The_"bot"_flag" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"><a class="vector-toc-link" href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#The_"bot"_flag"> <div class="vector-toc-text"><span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>The "bot" flag</span> </div></a> <ul id="toc-The_"bot"_flag-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"><a class="vector-toc-link" href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"><span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>See also</span> </div></a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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class="mw-page-title-namespace">Manual</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">Bots</span></h1> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-manual" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="View the subject page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Manual</span></a></li> <li id="ca-talk" class="new vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual_talk:Bots&action=edit&redlink=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" rel="discussion" class="new" title="Discussion about the content page (page does not exist) [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Discussion</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet"><input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant"> <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true"><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB"><span>Read</span></a></li> <li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&action=edit&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit the source code of this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li> <li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&action=history&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> 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data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label"> Tools </div><button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options"> <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB"><span>Read</span></a></li> <li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&action=edit&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit the source code of this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li> <li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&action=history&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb"> <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="A list of all wiki pages that link here [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li> <li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Manual:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li> <li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> <li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:SpecialPages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li> <li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&oldid=6636441&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li> <li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&action=info&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li> <li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Manual:Bots&id=6636441&wpFormIdentifier=titleform&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li> <li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Bots&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li> <li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Bots&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export"> <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-create_a_book" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Special:Book&bookcmd=book_creator&referer=Manual:Bots&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB"><span>Create a book</span></a></li> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Manual:Bots&action=show-download-screen&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li> <li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&printable=yes&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects emptyPortlet"> <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div 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lang="fa" dir="rtl">فارسی</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manual:Bots/gu?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Manual:Bots/gu (3% translated)" lang="gu" dir="ltr">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manual:Bots/zh?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="手册:机器人 (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manual:Bots/ja?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Manual:ボット (78% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> </ul> </div> <p><b>Bots</b> are automated external software tools that can be used to perform tedious work or certain repetitive tasks related to a wiki. The code of bots calls the MediaWiki <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Client_code?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Client code">API</a> in order to make changes on the wiki.</p> <p>Bots can be used for helpful purposes, such as fixing <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Redirects?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Double_redirects" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Redirects">double redirects</a>, or an <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:IRC_RC_Bot?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:IRC RC Bot">IRC RC Bot</a> can post recent changes to your wiki on an IRC channel. Bots can also be used for harmful purposes, such as vandalism and spamming (see also <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating spam">Combating spam</a>).</p> <p><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:CREATEBOT" class="extiw" title="w:WP:CREATEBOT">WP:CREATEBOT</a> on English Wikipedia lists many bot frameworks, written in various programming languages.</p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"> <h2 id="Bot_right,_group,_and_flag"><span id="Bot_right.2C_group.2C_and_flag"></span>Bot right, group, and flag</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Bot right, group, and flag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span> </div> <p>Because a bot can make hundreds or even thousands of edits per hour or minute, thus flooding recent changes, <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User_rights?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User rights">user rights</a> should be configured to allow bots to be given a special user right that will prevent their edits from appearing in the default recent changes feed. As this could cause thousands of incorrect or malicious bot edits to go unnoticed for a long time, this right should only be given to bots operated by trusted users.</p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="The_"bot"_user_right"><span id="The_.22bot.22_user_right"></span>The "bot" user right</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: The "bot" user right"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span> </div> <p>This is the right that grants a user account the ability to perform an edit with a "bot" flag.</p> <ul> <li>Not all user accounts with this right are bots.</li> <li>The flag can be toggled on a per-edit basis. Bot software should activate this flag. But an account can be used by humans and bot software simultaneously. A dedicated bot account will typically have all its edits bot-flagged, but other users may contribute regularly and also run a bot from time to time with their credentials.</li> <li>The "<code>bot</code>" permission may also be temporarily granted to human editors flooding Recent Changes (e.g. using <a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser">AutoWikiBrowser</a>).</li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="The_"bot"_user_group"><span id="The_.22bot.22_user_group"></span>The "bot" user group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&action=edit&section=3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: The "bot" user group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span> </div> <p>The "bot" user group is available in MediaWiki by default to grant a user account the bot right. This is because user management goes by groups, not rights. To grant a user account the bot right, add the user account to a group that provides that right.</p> <ul> <li>Group membership can change over time. There are many bot-flagged edits by user accounts that are no longer in a user group providing the bot right. Likewise there are many edits not bot-flagged by user accounts that now have the bot right (which they may or may not use for each edit).</li> </ul> <p>See <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:User_group_membership?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:User group membership">API:User group membership</a><span style="display:none"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/API:User_group_membership?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="API:User group membership"> </a></span> for the API to add a user account to the bot group.</p> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Note" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></span></span> <b>Note:</b> On Wikimedia Foundation wikis, not all bots are a member of this group (there are other groups that provide this right, sysop, for example).</p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="The_"bot"_flag"><span id="The_.22bot.22_flag"></span>The "bot" flag</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&action=edit&section=4&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: The "bot" flag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span> </div> <p>The "bot" flag is the only reliable factor to identify a bot edit. This indicates most accurately that the edit was intended as bot edit (and that the user could do so because they had the bot user right when the edit was made).</p> <p>It is especially reliable because the data is stored with the edit, not calculated afterwards, so it isn't affected by the user's group memberships at query time.</p> <p>However it has one catch: The data is only stored in the <code>recentchanges</code> table, from which it expires after 30 days. This may be why this best way is also the least common way to categorize bot edits in analytics (unless only covering recent data).</p> <p>In the future, the bot flag might be stored in the <code>revision</code> table, thus making it permanently available (<a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T19237" class="extiw" title="phabricator:T19237">task T19237</a>).</p> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Note" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></span></span> <b>Note:</b> On Wikimedia Foundation wikis, the "flooder" or "flood" flag gives non-bot user accounts the "bot" permission.</p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&action=edit&section=5&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span> </div> <ul> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Creating_a_bot?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Creating a bot">Manual:Creating a bot</a><span style="display:none"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Manual:Creating_a_bot?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Manual:Creating a bot"> </a></span> - for developing a bot yourself</li> <li>For common and useful existing bots on Wikimedia wikis, see the <a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Lists_of_bots" class="extiw" title="meta:Special:MyLanguage/Lists of bots">Lists of bots</a> and the <a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Small_wiki_toolkits/Starter_kit/Bots_and_Tools" class="extiw" title="meta:Special:MyLanguage/Small wiki toolkits/Starter kit/Bots and Tools">Starter kit for small wikis</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Bot" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Bot">Bot</a> on <a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Main Page">Meta</a> and <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Bots">Help:Bots</a><span style="display:none"><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Help:Bots?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Help:Bots"> </a></span> for users of bots</li> </ul>   </div> <noscript> <img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"> </noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet=""> Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&oldid=6636441&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:Bots&oldid=6636441</a>" </div> </div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"> <div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"> <a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:Categories?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul> <li><a href="https://www-mediawiki-org.translate.goog/wiki/Category:Tools?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Category:Tools">Tools</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer"> <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod">This page was last edited on 13 July 2024, at 11:20.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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