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Bug 15232 - Logging of edits done by global bots
Logging of edits done by global bots
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Classification: Unclassified
CentralAuth (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Lowest enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2008-08-18 19:21 UTC by Bård Dahlmo
Modified: 2011-03-13 18:05 UTC (History)
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Description Bård Dahlmo 2008-08-18 19:21:51 UTC 
As wikis implement global bot policy (see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bot_policy) it might be useful to be able to filter edits done by global bots. One can then check if those edits comply with the local and global bot policy.
Comment 1 Mike.lifeguard 2008-12-28 22:06:42 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> As wikis implement global bot policy (see
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bot_policy) it might be useful to be able to
> filter edits done by global bots. One can then check if those edits comply with
> the local and global bot policy.
> 

I don't see why anything needs to happen here. Bot edits are logged as normal - viewable in the history, user contributions, hidden like all other bots (and you can view just bot edits: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&hideliu=1&hidebots=&hideanons=1). No special oversight is needed here. Suggest WONTFIX.
Comment 2 Andrew Garrett 2009-02-19 22:00:25 UTC 
Other opinions? I'm leaning to WONTFIX this.
Comment 3 Nemo 2010-05-09 18:55:53 UTC 
WONTFIX this, please: if you hide global bot edits, there's no point for wikis to opt-out from global bot policy, since, even on wikis which opted-out, edits by global bots edits would be hidden as edits by approved bot.
Comment 4 Victor Vasiliev 2010-11-22 20:02:35 UTC 
Closed as WONTFIX for the reason described in comment 1.
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