User blog:JoshuaJSlone/Bot: Robo Kiss

I've barely scratched the surface of what the program is capable of, but I've just used a program called AutoWikiBrowser to aid in the renaming of a category. This was done under separately-created bot account User:Robo Kiss. It's possible to set up such an account with a bot flag, which other than making its bot nature more obvious, can allow its changes to be hidden by default in the lists of recent changes. I'm sure you can imagine how full of minor edits the lists could get otherwise--even just the renaming of a category on a dozen pages creates quite a little chunk to scroll through. HOWEVER, wiki administrators themselves can't set this bot flag. Quoting the Wikia rules on this: "On Wikia, a user who wishes to use a bot should set up a separate account for it, then talk with other users on the wiki about whether the types of edits the bot makes should be hidden. After discussing it with the community, the bot owner or admin can request the bot be flagged." So here I am, to discuss it with the community. Maybe more good uses will become clear after investigating the program (or others) more, but for now I mostly plan for Robo Kiss to be used for category renaming.