Forum:Bot issues with Protected Pages

I've been using the Pywikipediabot framework for awhile to make edits easier on the wikia I administrate. I've also planned to use them in the Wikia Anime Project to keep a set of general standards (eg: Spoiler templates, License templates, Word translation templates, the Wikipedia template, and other basic templates) consistant across the wiki. Currently there are 2 wikia other than the wikia the main content is at, but there will definately be more wikia in the project as time goes on, and without the use of a bot, keeping things standard when updated won't work out. But during some recent tests, I've noticed that the framework has issues when trying to edit protected pages. The system works on a two account basis, theres a normal account for the bot, but there can also be a special account which is used when the bot needs to do something which requires sysop status. But while in some cases it had worked in the past I've found it now having issues editing pages which are protected. I've been fine so far because I just left the templates unprotected, but I've now run into the issue of the standards that are going to be kept by another botscript. There are certain messages in the MediaWiki namespace which I'm wanting to have another bot keep standard across the wiki. One being part of the sidebar. The Wikia Anime Project has a small section in the sidebar of all it's wikia which currently just has linking to the animepedia (the whole main goal of the project was to have all the anime sites in the project link back to the main wiki, and then it's lising of anime also link to the individual wikia about the anime) but that is something that when changed, needs to be changed on all the wikia in the project, but when the project grows that's something only a bot can do efficiently.

I've talked to some other people on the #pywikipedia channel, and it's got something to do with an issue of the framework not knowing what to do with the sysop account. So basicly it's having issues switching over to a sysop account to do sysop work. If it can't be fixed, then I may have only 2 options to make my system work. Use a different bot framework, or use a single bot account with sysop and bot status, even though I've agreed with the staff and users arround wikia that a bot with sysop status dosen't need bot status cause it's a little more dangerous than when the bot is using a normal useraccount.

Has anyone else on wikia had experiences with the bot framework, has an idea of another bot framework which I could start to get used to, or has some other idea? Dantman (Talk) 17:06, 18 February 2007 (UTC)