Wikia:Bots
Wikia - creating communities
There are currently 13 bots flagged on Wikia Central:
- Avabot (operated by Avatar)
- Charibot (operated by Charitwo)
- DevilBot (operated by BlueDevil)
- Dr. Ball (operated by Grunny)
- FzyBot (operated by Uberfuzzy)
- Sanns bot (operated by Sannse)
A "bot" is any automated process, program, or script that make it easier for a user to make tedious or repetitive edits on a wiki. When a bot makes many edits in quick succession, the recent changes log can sometimes be overtaken by quick and repetitive edits, making it harder to spot more substantial edits by regular users. Giving an account a "bot flag" will hide these edits from the RecentChanges list (although any editor can still choose to see them by clicking "show bots").
On Wikia, a user who wishes to use a bot should set up a separate account for it, then talk with other users on the wiki (using discussion pages or forums) about whether the types of edits the bot makes should be hidden. This depends on the bot's purpose, and how well the bot user is trusted by the community.
If the community agrees that the bot account should be flagged, contact the Wikia Community Team with a link to the discussion and the bot flag will be added.
For more information on using and making bots, see AutoWikiBrowser or Pywikipediabot.
See also: Wikia script accounts.
