Xeno Series Wiki:Bots

Bots are "users" that can do certain things far more efficiently than humans, typically edits of the form "move all pages from category X to category Y" or "change this template's parameter from Q to R in all uses". The wiki's resident bot is known as PyRikiBot.

Bot rights
Bot accounts:
 * Don't show up in RecentChanges by default
 * Are autoconfirmed even if they normally wouldn't be
 * Patrol themselves
 * Can move pages without leaving redirects behind
 * Can edit user talk pages without triggering the "you have new messages" notice
 * Have higher rate limits when they use the API