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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This is a complete list of all Wikipedia bots listed by name, regardless of status, purpose or method.
An IRC bot performing a simple task. An IRC bot is a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to Internet Relay Chat as a client, and so appears to other IRC users as another user. An IRC bot differs from a regular client in that instead of providing interactive access to IRC for a human user, it performs automated functions.
Some bots can be excluded from leaving these messages by using the {} tags. There are 214 exclusion-compliant bots, which are listed in this category. There are 298 bots flagged with the "bot" flag right now (and over 400 former bots). There is also a range of tools that allow semi-automated editing of large numbers of articles.
Pie chart of all edits to the English Wikipedia (including bots), with a slice for each thousand of the 10,000 most active Wikipedians, and everyone else in light orange (as of 8 January 2014). Pie chart that only shows edits for the 10,000 most active Wikipedians (with bots), one slice per thousand editors (as of 8 January 2014).
WikiProject tagging bots add WikiProject banner templates to talk pages on behalf of WikiProjects based on a set of instructions (for example, a list of categories). Automatic assessment bots also tag specific project banners with the appropriate class where possible (i.e. stub, FA, FL, etc.).
A hacker purchases or builds a Trojan and/or exploit kit and uses it to start infecting users' computers, whose payload is a malicious application—the bot. The bot instructs the infected PC to connect to a particular command-and-control (C&C) server. (This allows the botmaster to keep logs of how many bots are active and online.)
This Wikipedia page has been superseded by User:MajavahBot/Bot status report or WP:BAM#Current status report and is retained primarily for historical reference. Overview Dictionary