Appropedia:Bots

Bots are software used to perform repetitive tasks. They may be written in various languages, but Pywikipedia (written in Python^W) is commonly used on MediaWiki sites.

To get help on Pywikipediabot, contact Chriswaterguy, an Appropedia admin with experience using the Pywikipedia bot on Appropedia (and still learning).

If you can't find the information you want from the links below, or Googling, prompt and helpful advice can often be found at irc://freenode/pywikipediabot (join the chat with an IRC^W client).

• Appropedia:AutoWikiBrowser
• Appropedia:Bot tasks - includes suggested tasks and suggested bots for Appropedia.

Wikipedia project space and Meta both have information on bots.

For information on Pywikipedia, see:

• Meta:pywikipedia

For information on other bots, see:

• Meta:Bots
• Wikipedia:Bots