Wikipedia bots

Wikipedia bots are Internet bots that perform tasks in Wikipedia. One prominent example of such is Lsjbot, which had generated millions of articles across ... Wikipediabots FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch ThisarticleisaboutWikipediabots.FortheinformationpageonWikipediabots,seeWikipedia:Bots. InternetbotsthatperformtasksinWikipedia WikipediabotsareInternetbotsthatperformtasksinWikipedia.OneprominentexampleofsuchisLsjbot,whichhadgeneratedmillionsofarticlesacrossvariouslanguageeditionsofWikipedia.[1] Contents 1Activities 2Typesofbots 3References 4Links Activities[edit] Computerprogramscalledbotshaveoftenbeenusedtoperformsimpleandrepetitivetasks,suchascorrectingcommonmisspellingsandstylisticissues,ortostartarticlessuchasgeographyentriesinastandardformatfromstatisticaldata.[2][3][4]Onecontroversialcontributorcreatingarticleswithhisbotwasreportedtocreateupto10,000articlesontheSwedishWikipediaoncertaindays.[5]Additionally,therearebotsdesignedtoautomaticallynotifyeditorswhentheymakecommoneditingerrors(suchasunmatchedquotesorunmatchedparentheses).[6]Editsfalselyidentifiedbybotsastheworkofabannededitorcanberestoredbyothereditors.Anti-vandalismbotslikeClueBotNGareprogrammedtodetectandrevertvandalismquickly.[3]BotsareabletoindicateeditsfromparticularaccountsorIPaddressranges,asoccurredatthetimeoftheshootingdownoftheMH17jetincidentinJuly2014whenitwasreportededitsweremadeviaIPscontrolledbytheRussiangovernment.[7]BotsonWikipediamustbeapprovedbeforeactivation.[8] AccordingtoAndrewLih,thecurrentexpansionofWikipediatomillionsofarticleswouldbedifficulttoenvisionwithouttheuseofsuchbots.[9]TheCebuano,SwedishandWarayWikipediasareknowntohavehighnumbersofbot-createdcontent. Typesofbots[edit] Onewaytosortbotsisbywhatactivitiestheyperform:[10][11] contentcreation,suchasbyproceduralgeneration fixingerrors,suchasbycopyeditingoraddressinglinkrot addingconnectors,suchaswithhyperlinkstocontentelsewhere taggingcontentwithlabels repairingvandalism,suchasClueBotNG[12] clerk,updatingreports Archiveforresolveddiscussionsortasks Moderationsystemstocombatagainstspamormisconduct Recommendersystemstoencourageusers notifications,suchaswithpushtechnologyandpulltechnology References[edit] ^Gulbrandsson,Lennart(17June2013)."SwedishWikipediasurpasses1millionarticleswithaidofarticlecreationbot".WikimediaBlog.Archivedfromtheoriginalon24February2018.Retrieved24February2018. ^"Botsinformationpage".EnglishWikipedia. ^abDanielNasaw(July24,2012)."Meetthe'bots'thateditWikipedia".BBCNews. ^Halliday,Josh;Arthur,Charles(July26,2012)."Bootup:TheWikipediavandalismpolice,Appleanalysts,andmore".TheGuardian.RetrievedSeptember5,2012. ^Jervell,EllenEmmerentze(July13,2014)."ForThisAuthor,10,000WikipediaArticlesIsaGoodDay'sWork".TheWallStreetJournal.RetrievedAugust18,2014. ^Aube(March23,2009)."AbuseFilterisenabled".WikipediaSignpost.RetrievedJuly13,2010. ^Aljazeera,July21,2014,"MH17WikipediaentryeditedfromRussianGovernmentIPAddress"."MH17WikipediaentryeditedfromRussiangovernmentIPaddress".July21,2014.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonNovember16,2016.RetrievedJuly22,2014. ^Wikipedia'spolicyonbots ^AndrewLih(2009).TheWikipediaRevolution,chapterThencametheBots,pp.99–106. ^Zheng,Lei(Nico);Albano,ChristopherM.;Vora,NeevM.;Mai,Feng;Nickerson,JeffreyV.(7November2019)."TheRolesBotsPlayinWikipedia".ProceedingsoftheACMonHuman-ComputerInteraction.3(CSCW):1–20.doi:10.1145/3359317. ^Dormehl,Luke(20January2020)."Meetthe9Wikipediabotsthatmaketheworld'slargestencyclopediapossible".DigitalTrends. ^"Thismachinekillstrolls".18February2014. 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