Forum:How can I get a bot

Could anybody tell me how i can get a bot? OA 18:22, 22 February 2012


 * Depends on your technical competency and what you want to do with it. Have a read of Help:Bots - and let us know if you've got any more questions about how to use it. --  Random Time  18:26, February 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Ive reas it i need to make one not use it


 * You are probably best off taking a look at AWB.--


 * I have the program it wont log in ? or edit wiki


 * Pleas sign your posts. To Login, you need to go to Options -> Preferences -> Site -> Select Wikia in the dropdown and in the box below put your wiki. Then go to File -> Login/Profiles and login with your account and password.--


 * Then What do i do with it? how do i get it on wika OA 18:57, 22 February 2012
 * If you followed my instructions, you are logged on to your site on wikia. Now you can start using the bot. You can do find and replace and appending, prepending all from the center console there. The list on the left controls what pages are being affected.--


 * Whats the bot called User:OriginalBot? OA 19:01, 22 February 2012
 * You need to either make a new account for the bot, or sign in as yourself. Note that you need to talk to staff if you want the bot to be flagged as a bot, which removes edits from RecentChanges by default --  Random Time  19:05, February 22, 2012 (UTC)

I've been having some real trouble with AWB lately, including saying my entire wiki doesn't exist and saying "You have new messages" repeatedly, so I can't get any work done without deleting my bot's talk page. They've told me this will be fixed in April. Iggyvolz 19:12, February 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks If its classed as a bot will i just be able to go on its talk page and tell it do do something? OA
 * No, you will still need to operate the bot.--
 * Yh but how do i make it do multipule pages at once?
 * You can make a "list" by adding a category, a search, all pages, all links on page, etc. Then, it will go through the list, applying changes to every page, unless you say e.g. don't create pages, don't change pages if it doesn't include something, etc. Iggyvolz 21:20, February 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Catergory to the wika? Original&#39;sBot 21:29, February 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * Huh? Iggyvolz 21:32, February 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * where do i make the catergory?
 * If you mean to limit the bot to one category, go under Source:Category, and type in a category name (without Category:). If you mean to add categories to a page, go to More, Categories, Choose a Task, Add Category, and type in the category name (again without Category:). Iggyvolz 22:14, February 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Its not working at all i tell it to remove bad links and it dosent whats happening Original&#39;sBot 22:21, February 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * On what? What settings are you using?  Iggyvolz 03:55, February 23, 2012 (UTC)