User talk:Thegeneralbot/spambotflagging
Questions
Will this be bot driven? If so, how often will bot be ran? If once or twice a day, I could see it as being very useful. If less frequently, it would likely be only marginally helpful. ~
23:16, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
- Ideally, it would be run as an extension but I doubt that we'd be able to persuade Kevan to do that. So I reckon it would have to be done with a bot, which could be set up to run at intervals throughout the day.--The General T Sys U! P! F! 19:04, 8 May 2012 (BST)
Suggestions
Use bot to replace spam content with {{BP}}. Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Spam Page could be helpful. Place {{bot}} nextto flagged spambots. I guess the main goal would be to make spambot removal and blocking take fewer clicks for everyone. ~ 23:16, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
- This is doable. I'm thinking of having it check each page Special:Newpages for external links, replacing pages that do with {{BP}} and then reporting them.--The General T Sys U! P! F! 19:04, 8 May 2012 (BST)
I'm not sure if I should post here or talk (just move if I picked wrong, k thx), but I've noticed bots tend to make a page with their username in the mainspace and make an identical page in their userspace. Perhaps, picking up duplicate previews from either newbies or newpages? Also, flagging non-English pages and new pages with large text size by new users would help cut the list. --Kirsty Org XIII Alts 23:10, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
