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A wiki '''bot''' is a software program that interacts with a [[wiki]] as if it | A wiki '''bot''' is a software program that interacts with a [[wiki]] as if it were a real human editor; the most common case is editing wiki pages. It typically must be coded very specifically to a [[content management system]], e.g. [[wiki code]], so it is not usually possible to simply use a generic bot against a new wiki. For instance, a '''Mediawiki bot''' is specific to [[MediaWiki]] (and possibly [[GetWiki]], which is largely compatible). | ||
Harmless and approved wiki bots have been employed on [[Wikipedia]] and other [[large public wiki]]s, mainly for maintainance and data-importing tasks. See e.g. [[w:Wikipedia:History of Wikipedia bots]]. | Harmless and approved wiki bots have been employed on [[Wikipedia]] and other [[large public wiki]]s, mainly for maintainance and data-importing tasks. See e.g. [[w:Wikipedia:History of Wikipedia bots]]. | ||