Welcome bot
Shane or anyone else who might know: Is there a bot that can welcome new users? That way people are instantly given the information they need to begin editing the wiki properly. Just curious. -- Joe Beaudoin 19:34, 22 March 2006 (CST)
Question: can we have some, er, examples of the kinds of things this bot will be doing?--The Merovingian (C - E) 20:02, 22 March 2006 (CST)
- Sure. Basically bots can fix common spelling errors, convert HTML to Wiki code -- some can even fix double redirects, if I can recall correctly. Essentially, bots are good at menial tasks so that editors can focus on more important matters. Wikipedia uses many of them (which is where Shane got the idea). -- Joe Beaudoin 20:07, 22 March 2006 (CST)
- I would be remiss in my duties if I did not point out that the actions of bots can also be reverted, as bots are seen the same way regular users are seen. -- Joe Beaudoin 20:20, 22 March 2006 (CST)
- I am uneasy about AI reliance, for obvious reasons :) --->How do we manually find double redirects?--The Merovingian (C - E) 20:09, 22 March 2006 (CST)
- Special:DoubleRedirects lists any that the software detects itself. Obviously, we don't need a bot for that issue, but for others it'll come in handy. -- Joe Beaudoin 20:20, 22 March 2006 (CST)