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Very interesting. Am I correct in my interpretation that this doesn't edit outside of User talk? [[User:ST47|ST47]]<small>[[User talk:ST47|Talk]]</small> 23:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC) |
Very interesting. Am I correct in my interpretation that this doesn't edit outside of User talk? [[User:ST47|ST47]]<small>[[User talk:ST47|Talk]]</small> 23:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC) |
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: User space or user talk will be the whole of its scope of editing. This is primarily to keep the query mechanism, and the nature of the queries, transparent. The query mechanism could in principle be used for the purposes of stalking another person's edits, for instance, and if this ever happens the community should be able to detect this and express its opinion on the appropriateness of the queries in the light of the project's aims. Even results that are sent in email will also be written on the wiki for this reason. --[[User talk:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway]] 07:24, 3 May 2007 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 07:24, 3 May 2007
Operator: Tony Sidaway
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually assisted, supervised
Programming Language(s): Chicken Scheme
Function Summary: Functional programming language query interface to Wikipedia for general use.
Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Daily, at discretion of operator
Edit rate requested: 1 edit per minute.
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N
Function Details: This bot will provide an experimental lisp-like functional programming interface to information about Wikipedia pages, edits, and users. The aim is to make it easy for users to produce lists of information they need to maintain Wikipedia. An example, unions and intersections of categories could be produced by a suitable query. Another query could be used to compile statistics about edit rates to a set of pages in a category. The bot will apply code execution heuristics to guard against over-use of the wiki and production of excessive amounts of output. All output will be in TonyBot's userspace, and communication with registered users will be via pages in their userspace, with an option to send copies of the results to the user's verified Wikipedia email address. More details at User talk:TonyBot.
Discussion
Very interesting. Am I correct in my interpretation that this doesn't edit outside of User talk? ST47Talk 23:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
- User space or user talk will be the whole of its scope of editing. This is primarily to keep the query mechanism, and the nature of the queries, transparent. The query mechanism could in principle be used for the purposes of stalking another person's edits, for instance, and if this ever happens the community should be able to detect this and express its opinion on the appropriateness of the queries in the light of the project's aims. Even results that are sent in email will also be written on the wiki for this reason. --Tony Sidaway 07:24, 3 May 2007 (UTC)