Submissions/Bots and Wikipedia
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This is an accepted submission for Wikimania 2012. |
- Submission no.
- 647
- Title of the submission
- Bots and Wikipedia: It's OK to be lazy!
- Type of submission (workshop, tutorial, panel, presentation)
- Presentation
- Author of the submission
- Gaëtan Landry
- E-mail address
- gaetan.landry@gmail.com
- Username
- User:Headbomb
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.)
- Bots Approvals Group on the English Wikipedia
- Personal homepage or blog
- None worth mentioning
- Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal)
My experience in several large-scopes on-Wiki collaborations, and as a member of the English Wikipedia's Bots Approvals Group (BAG) has led me to make great use of the bot-writing community found on the English Wikipedia, and become familiar with several bot-related topics. In this talk, I would like to share this experience with others, and discuss a few bots and semi-automated tools, and their impact on Wikipedia. Particularly:
- Tagging bots in general
- AAlertBot: Article Alerts, an automated subscription-based news delivery system designed to notify WikiProjects and Taskforces of various discussions (such as deletion discussions, requests for comments, etc.).
- Bibcode Bot: Benefiting from NASA's Astrophysics Data System
- User:Citation bot: Helping editors and readers with references
- JL-Bot: Journal Cited by Wikipedia, a compilation of the most cited journals on Wikipedia
- JL-Bot: Walls of Recognized Content
- And many more
While the talk will focus on my experience with the English Wikipedia, many topics will also be relevant to other languages. The talk will not be highly-technical in nature, and no programming experience is required to enjoy it.
- Track
- Technology and Infrastructure
- Length of presentation/talk
- 25 Minutes
- Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?
- Probably, although I can't 100%-guarantee I will be there if my talks are not accepted.
- Slides or further information (optional)
- The talk will be in English, but I can answer question in French.
- Special request as to time of presentations
I have no special request
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