I see there are many php (and other) frameworks for writing wikipedia bots, but isn't captcha a problem? Or bots don't have to solve it (but that sounds like there's no point to having captcha in the first place...)? Or maybe i can make my prog stop and let me fill captcha in?
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I wasn't aware that Wikipedia had any sort of captcha... captcha for what? Editing articles? I'm pretty sure they encourage maintenance bots:
emddudley
2009-09-25 01:44:48
Captchas are occasionally shown if you're adding links to a lot of pages. (They can also be shown for account creation and if you have too many login attempts with the wrong password, but neither should affect a bot.)
Wooble
2009-09-25 02:44:27
ah, so it's to prevent brute-force pass cracking rather than to stop bots?
Phil
2009-09-25 12:44:09
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Properly-registered bots do not have to complete the captcha forms on Wikipedia. The user group rights page says that bots can, among other things:
Perform captcha triggering actions without having to go through the captcha (skipcaptcha)
You will need to get your bot account added to the bot group by a bureaucrat, and this usually takes place after acceptance by the Bot Approvals Group.
Good luck!
Tim
2009-10-14 22:07:51