TestWiki:Flooders: Difference between revisions

 

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'''Flooders''', or sometimes called '''pseudo-bots''', have limited use on '''Public Test Wiki''' in that virtually anyone can request either the [[<tvar name="admin">TestWiki:Administrators</tvar>|administrator]] tools or the [[<tvar name="bureaucrat">TestWiki:Bureaucrats</tvar>|bureaucrat]] bit, which, among other things, include the ability to bypass rate-limiting edit restrictions. However, its chief purpose is to prevent [[<tvar name="rc">Special:RecentChanges</tvar>|RC]] flooding for a generally high number of non-controversial, and usually minor, logged actions and/or edits. Note that edits, unless edited through the API, are '''not''' marked as <code>bot</code> edits, though. On TestWiki, any [[<tvar name="bureaucrat">TestWiki:Bureaucrats</tvar>|bureaucrat]] can add themselves or another user to the <code>[[<tvar name="flood">TestWiki:Flooders</tvar>|flood]]</code> user group, for testing and to prevent flooding; however, after testing, please remember to '''''remove''''' your access. The key, though, is the access [[<tvar name="1">rfc:2119</tvar>|'''must''']] be temporary. As a "[[<tvar name="rot">wikt:rule of thumb</tvar>|rule of thumb]]," this is ''usually'' for a few hours, but ''may'' be for up to several days.

 

Flooders have the following permission:

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To request to operate a full bot account, please make a request [[<tvar name="bar">TestWiki:Bot approval requests</tvar>|here]]. Any [[<tvar name="Consul">TestWiki:Consuls</tvar>|Consul]] will review your request for completeness and your attached source code for potential problems, errors, or vulnerabilities.

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