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semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with the
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| This user is a bot | |
|---|---|
| ( talk · contribs) | |
 A laptop like the one this bot runs on! | |
| Operator | Reaper Eternal ( talk · contribs) |
| Approved? | No |
| Flagged? | No |
| Task(s) | Abusive page creation detection Open proxy detection Long-term abuse detection |
| Automatic or manual? | Automatic |
| Programming language(s) | Java |
| Exclusion compliant? | No |
| Source code published? | Nowhere to host it, but I will email it to users in good standing who ask. |
| Emergency shutoff-compliant? | Yes |
- ReaperBot ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Reaper Eternal ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Click to stop the bot
- Use the maxlag parameter with a maximum lag of 5 seconds. This will enable the bot to run quickly when server load is low, and throttle the bot when server load is high. (Currently set at 10 seconds.)
- Make use of the Assert Edit extension, an extension explicitly designed for bots to check certain conditions, which is enabled on Wikipedia.
Bot tasks
I need to implement the red ones.
Open proxy detection
- Scans IPs for open ports to find proxies.
- Determines the exit IPs and XFF information for given proxies.
Abusive page creation detection
- Detects the introduction of attack, vandalism, or nonsense pages.
- Detects the introduction of spam pages.
- Detects the creation of abusive userpages.
- Detects the creation of talkpages without corresponding article pages.
Long term abuse detection
- Reports users or IPs reported to AIV on IRC if they are editing rapidly (i.e. a vandalbot).
- Detects abuse on often-abused user talk pages like User talk:NawlinWiki. Revert / block / protect / revdel as needed.
- Detects the introduction of malicious HTML or CSS code to templates. Revert / block / protect / revdel as needed.