Wiktionary:Bots
Bots are automated scripts or processes which perform jobs on Wikipedia. Usually, they do jobs which would take a long time to do without the bot.
Bots perform their jobs under a different user name than the owner, so that it is easy to tell them apart. Also, bot edits are hidden from pages like Special:Recentchanges to keep them from flooding the list. To see the bot edits, manually add hidebots=0 to your query string, or click "show bot edits" at the top of Newest changes.
The most popular type of bot is called the Python Wikipedia Robot Framework or "pywikipediabot" for short.
[change] Current bots
These users have been given a "bot flag" and are approved to perform tasks. See Special:Listusers/bot for a current list of fully approved bots. (table updated on 6 March 2012)
| Bot Name | Owner | Function | Last edit |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArthurBot (edits) | Mercy | interwiki links | 18 November 2011 |
| BOTijo (edits) | Emijrp | Updating of Wiktionary:List of Wiktionarians by number of changes | 21 November 2011 |
| CarsracBot (edits) | Carsrac | interwiki links | 11 November 2012 |
| ChuispastonBot (edits) | Grimlock | interwiki links | 09 June 2011 |
| DerbethBot (edits) | Derbeth | Adds audio files to articles | 18 September 2011 |
| HydrizBot (edits) | Hydriz | interwiki links |  Active |
| Luckas-bot (edits) | Luckas Blade | interwiki links | Active |
| VolkovBot (edits) | Volkov | interwiki links | 29 January 2012 |
- See an automatically updated list here.
[change] Bot approvals
Requests for the bot flag should be made on Wiktionary:Simple talk. This wiki uses the standard bot policy, and allows global bots and automatic approval of certain types of bots. Otherwise, there is no formal bot approval process here; place your request on Wiktionary:Simple talk and a bureaucrat will flag your bot.
