Forum:Bots
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I've been asking for a bot. There are many good reasons to have a bot. They make edits for you. But there are some downsides: a bot inpersonator drove one of our best duelists away. --My Name Is Rikoshet, I'ma Kill You! (talk • contribs) 20:45, October 23, 2011 (UTC)
- Looking at your comments on Dinoguy's talk page, I don't think you quite know what a bot is. Most MediaWiki bots are accounts that a user accesses through special software which helps them make repetitive edits quicker. Chatroom bots usually make certain automatic responses depending on what other users do.
- The only things you can request here are permission to use bot software and a "bot" flag, which stops the bot's edits appearing in RecentChanges and WikiActivity to prevent flooding. You need to know how to operate the bots yourself before being given either of these.
- Does that make things any clearer? If you still want to use a bot, what do you want it to do? -- Deltaneos (talk) 22:04, October 23, 2011 (UTC)
Wait, i need special software like download stuff? --My Name Is Rikoshet, I'ma Kill You! (talk • contribs) 23:29, October 28, 2011 (UTC)
- Right, I'm not an official of Yugioh Wikia by any means, but I'll throw in my two cents. I've seen your requests for a bot, and whenever you've been asked "Why?", you've never responded with an answer detailing exactly what you need one for. For instance, I currently am interested in using a bot - If someone was to ask me why, I would explain that the main reason is to add a Category tag to the 700+ Tag Force artworks on the Wikia, and to help create Tag Force gallery sets like I have been doing manually. I don't know if a bot is able to help with the actual uploading of images, but if it did it would be a great help as I have a backlog of around 5,000 images that will end up on this Wikia. But yes, any request for a Wikia bot and/or a bot flag do need to be backed-up with hardcore proof that it is necessary for you to have one. Prior experience in using bots, and previous knowledge in using one, is also necessary - Would you let a 17-year-old drive a car if he didn't know how? No, it'd cause problems. It's the exact same concept here. AEtherchild (talk • contribs) 02:29, November 1, 2011 (UTC)