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'''Bots''' are [[software]] used to perform repetitive tasks. They may be written in various languages, but [[Pywikipedia]] (written in Python{{wp sup| Python (programming language)}}) is commonly used on MediaWiki sites.  
'''Bots''' are [[software]] used to perform repetitive tasks. They may be written in various languages, but [[Pywikipedia]] (written in Python{{w| Python (programming language)}}) is commonly used on MediaWiki sites.  


To get help on Pywikipediabot, contact [[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]], an Appropedia admin with experience using the Pywikipedia bot on Appropedia (and still learning).  
To get help on Pywikipediabot, contact [[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]], an Appropedia admin with experience using the Pywikipedia bot on Appropedia (and 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 {{WP p|Internet Relay Chat|IRC}} client).
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 IRC{{w|Internet Relay Chat}} client).


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 18:45, 14 March 2012

Bots are software used to perform repetitive tasks. They may be written in various languages, but Pywikipedia (written in PythonW) is commonly used on MediaWiki sites.

To get help on Pywikipediabot, contact Chriswaterguy, an Appropedia admin with experience using the Pywikipedia bot on Appropedia (and 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 IRCW client).

See also

Interwiki links

Wikipedia project space and Meta both have information on bots.

For information on Pywikipedia, see:

For information on other bots, see:

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