Thread:CakeBuu/@comment-27996636-20161203075912/@comment-30177895-20161205101628

Dis is good information : "It is often far simpler to request a bot job from an existing bot. If you have only periodic requests or are uncomfortable with programming, this is usually the best solution. These requests can be made at Wikipedia:Bot requests. In addition, there are a number of semi-bots available to anyone. Most of these take the form of enhanced web browsers with Mediawiki-specific functionality. The most popular of these is AutoWikiBrowser (AWB), a browser specifically designed to assist with editing on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. A complete list of semi-bots can be found at Wikipedia:Tools/Editing tools. Semi-bots, such as AWB, can often be operated with little or no understanding of programming.

If you decide you need a bot of your own due to the frequency or novelty of your requirements, you don't need to write one from scratch. There are already a number of bots running on Wikipedia and many of these bots publish their source code, which can sometimes be reused with little additional development time. There are also a number of standard bot frameworks available. Modifying an existing bot or using a framework greatly speeds development time. Also, because these code bases are in common usage and are maintained community projects, it is far easier to get bots based on these frameworks approved for use. The most popular and common of these frameworks is Pywikibot (PWB), a bot framework written in Python. It is thoroughly documented and tested and many standardized Pywikibot scripts (bot instructions) are already available. For some of these bot frameworks, such as PWB, a general familiarity with scripts is all that is necessary to run the bot successfully (it is important to update these frameworks regularly)" Don't Hate that's Wikipedia too much, it was the easiest to find If you want the Url, Tell me