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this is just a general question about bots... what are they made/operated using? Javascript? HTML? - - - Silly Angel Speak Contribs 21:18, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Uncyc bots generally run on the blood of the non-believers. -OptyC Sucks! CUN21:20, 28 May

Thanks for the un-religion view, now how about a scientific view? - - - Silly Angel Speak Contribs 21:29, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Uncyc bots generally run on a mixture of plutonium and flopsweat. -OptyC Sucks! CUN21:32, 28 May

Silly Angel, as a rule, you never get any real answers on the dump- we just act like idiots all the time here. If you want a real answer to your question, ask an admin on their talk page. Saberwolf116 21:33, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Haha can-do. Love the dump though. - - - Silly Angel Speak Contribs 21:40, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

And the dump loves you. Talk to Spang, he's the IT guy. He can fix your printer right up for you. -OptyC Sucks! CUN21:46, 28 May

Most bots around here work with the AutoWikiBrowser. Only problem is it won't work on my computer. FUCKING SHIT! AAAAA! —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 21:48, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

See Saber you CAN get good answers here. And how would you go about setting up a bot? I just want to test the possibilities with this software.

Ahhh I see, your name has to be here: This page dictates who uses it........ does anyone here think it might be possible to create a bot that updates the Portal Pages every week? Ill ask around. - - - Silly Angel Speak Contribs 22:19, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I don't see why you'd need a bot for that, or even if you could auto-update with a bot in automatic mode. --Mnb'z 05:18, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Well-nigh impossible to create a bot that picks good articles, recreates the Featured-template, digs up some news, and invents fresh jokes. I guess. Unless God has created us for that purpose. Even so, we're dysfunctional. Are you trying to ask us to top God at bot-creating? -- Style  Guide 07:54, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

No I was asking Mordillo to do that. And it wouldnt have to pick a good article. We would enter the name of the new featured article and it would go and format the template with that article. - - - Silly Angel Speak Contribs 10:10, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

That is beyond AutoWikiBrowser's capacity. AWB is mainly using to auto-add the same material to several pages; i.e. auto-categorization, usignpost, et cetera. I'm sure its possible to create a program that could auto-find and format an article, but you'd run the risk of the program choosing a stupid image or cutting off at a weird point. But even if it did work, it would probably be easier just to manually update the portals. --Mnb'z 17:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)