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==Running your own bot==
*[[meta:Using the python wikipediabot]]
:''For what use?'' E.g. add a footer to some categorized pages,<ref>[[meta:add_text.py|add_text.py]]</ref> add some wikilinks,<ref>[[meta:replace.py|replace.py]]</ref> archive in moving old talk to subpages,<ref>[[meta:archivebot.py|archivebot.py]]</ref> edit categories,<ref>[[meta:category.py|category.py]]</ref> manage templates.<ref>[[meta:template.py|template.py]]</ref>

:::{| style="font-color:#535068; border:solid 0px #A8A8A8; background-color:#FFFFFF;font-size:75%;"
|[[File:Crystal Clear action run.png|40px]]
|<tt><references/></tt>
|}

=== Frameworks and interfaces for bot development ===
:''See '''[[API:Client Code]]'''''
MediaWiki [[API]] is for convenient access to machine-readable data.

== See also ==
* [[meta:Bot]]

{{Admin tip|tip=<br>
*[[Manual:User rights management]] for setting bot access.
*[[:mw:robots.txt|robots.txt]] tells external web robots how to index your site.
*[[Extension:MassEditRegex]] - to allow regular expression edits through a special page.
}}
[[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]]

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 {{PD Help Page}}
-:::{| style="font-color:#535068; border:solid 0px #A8A8A8; background-color:#FFFFFF;font-size:75%;"
+A '''bot''' is a computer program that automatically retrieves or updates wiki pages when it is executed. In general, bots are used for repetitive maintenance tasks, whose volume and characteristics are too large to be performed manually by users.
-|[[File:Crystal Clear action run.png|40px]]
-|<tt><references/></tt>
-|}
-=== Frameworks and interfaces for bot development ===
+Developing and executing bots is normally outside the role of normal users, requires programming experience and must be done in coordination with the wiki's [[Help:Sysops and permissions|admins]].
-:''See '''[[API:Client Code]]'''''
-MediaWiki [[API]] is for convenient access to machine-readable data.
-== See also ==
+By default, bot edits are hidden in [[Special:RecentChanges|{{ns:special}}:{{MediaWiki:Recentchanges}}]].
-* [[meta:Bot]]
-{{Admin tip|tip=<br>
+== Framework and interface for bot development ==
-*[[Manual:User rights management]] for setting bot access.
+Bots do not access the wiki through the normal graphical user interface. MediaWiki has an API (Application Programming Interface) available for this purpose. An API is a protocol for standardised communication between two computer programs. Check {{mediawiki|API:Client code}} for more information.
-*[[:mw:robots.txt|robots.txt]] tells external web robots how to index your site.
-*[[Extension:MassEditRegex]] - to allow regular expression edits through a special page.
+To access a wiki through the API a bot must have a user account, which has been granted 'bot' [[Help:Assigning permissions|permissions]].
 }}
 {{Languages}}
 [[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]]