Wikipedia:Bot-created articles

Opponents of bot generated articles point to articles being bland and uninformative and bots that do make errors or create articles of dubious notability. Wikipedia:Bot-createdarticles FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch EssayoneditingWikipediaThisisanessay.ItcontainstheadviceoropinionsofoneormoreWikipediacontributors.Thispageisnotanencyclopediaarticle,norisitoneofWikipedia'spoliciesorguidelines,asithasnotbeenthoroughlyvettedbythecommunity.Someessaysrepresentwidespreadnorms;othersonlyrepresentminorityviewpoints. ShortcutWP:BOTARTICLE Thispageinanutshell:Articlescansometimesbecreatedbybots,buttheyneedconsensustoensurethearticlesareacceptable Sometimesarticlesarecreatedbyabot.Theissuehasbeencontroversial,thispagediscussessomeargumentsforandagainstitandthecurrentguidance.ThecurrentguidelineforcreatingarticleswithabotissetoutatWP:MASSCREATIONmeaningconsensusisrequiredtoensurethattheycomplywithWikipedia'sguidelines. Proponentsofbotgeneratedarticlespointtothefactthatabotcancreatelargenumbersofarticlesthatarecorrectlyformattedwithoutconstantoversightandarelesslikelytomakeerrorsprovidingtheyareprogrammedcorrectly.Opponentsofbotgeneratedarticlespointtoarticlesbeingblandanduninformativeandbotsthatdomakeerrorsorcreatearticlesofdubiousnotability. Contents 1Whatcouldbecreatedbybot 2Whatshouldusuallynotbecreatedbybots 3Notableexamplesofbots 4Seealso Whatcouldbecreatedbybot[edit] Thereisalimitednumberofthingsthataresuitableforautomaticcreation.Inallcases: Allarticlesshouldmeetnotabilityrequirements Allarticlesmustbereliablysourced(thisgenerallymeanshavingoneormorehigh-qualitydatabasescoveringthetopicathand) Thearticles,ascreatedbythebot,mustbeinagenerallyacceptablestatetonotoverlyburdenthecommunitywithtediousmaintenance ThebotcomplieswithallthetermsofWP:MASSCREATION,includinghavingasuccessfulWP:BRFA,followingwidelyadvertiseddiscussions Forexample,abotcouldcreatearticlesoncomets,basedontheCOBSdatabase.Provided ThatthearticlescreatedcompliedwithWP:NASTRO ThatCOBSwasconsideredanacceptablesource ThattheresultingarticleswereconsideredgoodadditionstoWikipedia Thatthebotcreationofthosearticleswasextensivelyadvertised,discussed,trialled,andultimatelyapproved. However,whetherornotsuchabotshouldcreatesucharticlesisuptothecommunity. Whatshouldusuallynotbecreatedbybots[edit] Anytopicthatmightnotmeetthenotabilityguidelines. Anytopicwherethesourcedatabasewouldbeconsideredunreliable. Anytopicwherethearticlecannotbeadequatelysummarizedbyanautomatedprocess. Notableexamplesofbots[edit] Seealso:Wikipedia:HistoryofWikipediabots In2002,Rambotcreatedarticleson33,000U.S.settlementsfromcensusdataatrateofthousandsperday.However,anerroroccurredinabout2,000ofthosearticle,whichcausedsignificantheadaches. Priorto2012,ClueBotII,createdarticleson~20,000asteroidsfromNASAbutmostwereeventuallyfoundtobenon-notableandredirected.ThisledtothecreationofWP:NASTROandWP:AST2000inparticular. LsjbotcreatedseveralarticlesonspeciesontheSwedish,Cebuano,Dutch,andWarayWikipedias,tothepointwherethemajorityofarticlesonsomeofthosehavebeenbot-created. Seealso[edit] Wikipedia:HistoryofWikipediabots Wikipedia:WikipediaSignpost/Templates/Bot-createdarticles Wikipedia:Botrequests/Frequentlydeniedbots#Botstocreatemassivelistsofstubs Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bot-created_articles&oldid=1058504084" Categories:WikipediaessaysWikipediabotsHiddencategories:Projectpageswithshortdescription Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ProjectpageTalk English expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages العربية Editlinks