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Revision as of 13:27, 11 February 2010
Bots are software used to perform repetitive tasks. They may be written in various languages, but Pywikipedia (written in PythonW) is commonly used.
To get help on bots, contact Chriswaterguy or Curtbeckmann, Appropedia admins who are using the Pywikipedia bot on Appropedia (and both still learning).
If you can't find the information you want from the links below, or Googling, prompt and helpful advice can often be found at irc://freenode/pywikipediabot (join the chat with an W client).
See also
- Appropedia:Bot tasks - includes suggested tasks and suggested bots for Appropedia.
Interwiki links
- Botwiki - a wiki for documenting and testing bots, including Pywikipedia and other bots.
Wikipedia project space and Meta both have information on bots.
For information on Pywikipedia, see:
For information on other bots, see: