Forum:Creating Bots


 * How do I create a bot? What do I have to download to create a bot, and where can I find out what I need to program in order to perform a task, such as replacing Category names and removing double categories? - AMK152 (Talk • Contributions 20:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * You can try using the Python Wikipedia Robot Framework or use the AutoWikiBrowser if python's too hard. -- 20:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, I downloaded it, but it asks me what program I want to use it with. What do I use? - AMK152 (Talk • Contributions 20:36, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It all depends on what you want to do; replace.py is great for mass replaces of text over a wiki, and is easily the bot you will turn to the most. redirect.py can help fix double redirects and delete broken ones. And category.py works for adding/removing/changing categories in pages. As for programming new ones, take a look at basic.py or one of the bots I've created (Either click the snake on my userpage, or go to Anime:Project:Bots) for an idea on how to program a bot using the pywikipediabot framework. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Sep 6, 2007 @ 21:23 (UTC)