Category talk:Bot accounts

we have a system generated list for this. why do we need this page? &mdash;♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 20:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Special:Listusers will only show accounts that have the bot flag. I assume this was meant as a way to list all accounts that perform bot-like activities, including those that are not flagged.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 21:19, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

See Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Bot_block. Why duplicate the effort? mendel 22:21, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Most people wouldn't think to check 'whatlinkshere' for a specific, obscure template to find the bot accounts; a category is much more visible and intuitive. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 01:16, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Aha, idea! Move this to  and change the description to, "This is a list of all user accounts that are used to perform bot-like activities, but are not flagged as members of the 'bots' usergroup.  For a list of flagged bot accounts, see Special:Listusers."  Thoughts?  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 01:23, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Bad idea. Since the category link is on the Bot Block template, most of the bot accounts are probably going to be in that category, including those that are not unflagged. mendel 01:35, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Bah, didn't realize it was in that template. -_- &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 02:05, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

prefer to discourage botting on a separate account for non flagged bots. If you want to run 10 edits on auto (as a bot) you can use your own account. &mdash;♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 01:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Then make sure that gets into Bots. I think it currently says that bots should always run under their own account.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 02:05, 30 May 2008 (UTC)