Any script which automatically participates on a Wiki (or
WardsWiki in particular). I'm excluding read-only scripts like
FilteredRecentChanges, etc... to qualify as a
WikiBot a script/program must modify (or attempt to modify)
WardsWiki.
Unfortunately, most such programs have been put to questionable or outright obnoxious purposes. Examples:
- Numerous spam-bots that automatically post WikiSpam.
- WikiPageProtectionBots that periodically check if a page has been deleted or changed, and restore it to the version the bot author prefers (from an off-line copy).
- WikiPageDeletionBots, that periodically delete (and usually DoubleDelete) a page the bot author dislikes.
- UndoEditsByIpBots, designed to harass individual users by deleting indiscriminately their changes. A program of this type, but used to remove spam, has already been written and tested, so a script would also be possible. Some spammers seem to be using similar methods for selective spamming of this wiki.
- WikiWipeoutBots, which try to delete or destroy all Wiki content.
- FantabulousBots, which do anything you can imagine... and worse. I once saw such a bot argue insistently against StaticTyping! Evidence? Or is this just flippancy?
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