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Would you like the ninja usergroup for when you do mass category binges? Lets you bot yourself.

Blue (is useful)21:03, 25 September 2011

I've seen others do that, but i don't know how to run bots. I'm very old school. (old dog, no new tricks and all that).

Pink mowse.pngGodotThe Peyote God awaits21:04, 25 September 2011

I don't run a bot, I'm just that OCD.

TyTy21:05, 25 September 2011

I'm a librarian wanna be. I like things in nice groups, good classification systems, so I can find them, compare them, and say "shit, we have two genesis, but no one knew it". :-)

Pink mowse.pngGodotThe Peyote God awaits21:07, 25 September 2011

I once found two Isaiahs, with different content, and spirit/spirits, which were word for word identical.

TyTy21:09, 25 September 2011
 
 

Editing as a bot changes absolutely nothing except your edits don't show up in the default Recent Changes setting.

Blue (is useful)21:06, 25 September 2011

The problem is remembering to turn it off.

TyTy21:07, 25 September 2011
 

Ohhhh. editing AS a bot, not actually writing a bot.

sure, i'd love that. then i'd not clutter everyone's wall with minor changes.

Pink mowse.pngGodotThe Peyote God awaits21:07, 25 September 2011

You now have it. Like Ty said, just remember to de-bot yourself when you're done.

Blue (is useful)21:10, 25 September 2011

Ok, walk me through this (stupid as it is), i go in to change my user rights?

Pink mowse.pngGodotThe Peyote God awaits21:14, 25 September 2011

Go to Special:UserRights, type in your username, check the box next to "bot." When you're done, uncheck it.

Blue (is useful)21:15, 25 September 2011

last question, (and thanks), can i still talk on pages, or do i need to turn it off before?

Pink mowse.pngGodotThe Peyote God awaits21:16, 25 September 2011

Nope, talk page edits will still appear as bot edits. There's a handy gadget you can enable in your preferences called BotWarn, that throws up a big warning if you try to edit a talk page while a bot.

Blue (is useful)21:18, 25 September 2011

Thanks, and done. :-)

Pink mowse.pngGodotThe Peyote God awaits21:19, 25 September 2011

If you are botted, you will still show up normally on LQT for the recipient and new massages.

TyTy21:20, 25 September 2011
 

by the way, what does "ninja" mean/do?

Pink mowse.pngGodotThe Peyote God awaits21:19, 25 September 2011

That's what it is called in MediaWiki's tutorial for user rights.

TyTy21:21, 25 September 2011
 
 

Whoops, never mind, that's not a gadget.

Blue (is useful)21:19, 25 September 2011

Oh, good. cause i was looking, and looking...

Pink mowse.pngGodotThe Peyote God awaits21:23, 25 September 2011