earwigbot

A Python robot that edits Wikipedia and interacts with people over IRC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EarwigBot

Ben Kurtovic 36801bda6a alphabetically sort list of files when loading command modules		13 lat temu
config	adding channel operation functions (voice, devoice, op, deop)	13 lat temu
core	redoing irc command management: rewriting triggers and creating a BaseCommand class, also some changes to Data and Connection	13 lat temu
irc	alphabetically sort list of files when loading command modules	13 lat temu
wiki	restructuring core bot components	13 lat temu
.gitignore	adding secure_config back in to gitignore	13 lat temu
LICENSE	+readme, license file, .gitignore	13 lat temu
README	capitalization arghalgh	13 lat temu
earwigbot.py	restructuring core bot components	13 lat temu

README

EarwigBot[1] is a Python[2] robot that edits Wikipedia.

Development began, based on the Pywikipedia framework[3], in early 2009.
Approval for its fist task, a copyright violation detector[4], was carried out
in May, and the bot has been running consistently ever since (with the
exception of Jan/Feb 2011). It currently handles several ongoing tasks[5],
ranging from statistics generation to category cleanup, and on-demand tasks
such as WikiProject template tagging. Since it started running, the bot has
made over 45,000 edits.

A project to rewrite it from scratch began in early April 2011, thus moving
away from the Pywikipedia framework and allowing for less overall code, better
integration between bot parts, and easier maintenance.

Links:
[1] http://toolserver.org/~earwig/earwigbot/
[2] http://python.org/
[3] http://pywikipediabot.sourceforge.net/
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/EarwigBot_1
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EarwigBot#Tasks