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	'''Bots''' are programs which make automated edits to a wiki. ~~They can be written in~~ a ~~language like Java, Perl~~, ~~Python, or Ruby. OniGalore has never made use of~~ bots up to ~~this point~~, ~~preferring~~ to ~~rely on overly-motivated~~ human ~~editors instead~~. ~~Wikipedia~~ has a ~~nice article on bots~~ [[~~wp:Wikipedia~~:~~Bots~~\|~~here~~]].		'''Bots''' are programs which make automated edits to a wiki. As a user group, bots are not subject to the API rate limit imposed on regular users, but they are run with a throttle to prevent them from flooding the server with edits or running out of control before a human operator can stop them. Bot edits are marked in [[Special:RecentChanges\|Recent Changes]] by a "b" and are also typically marked as "minor edits". OniGalore currently has a single bot, [[User:ValBot\|ValBot]].

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