You&#39;d have to ask Shadow1, I&#39;m not privvy to the inner workings of the bot, but ever since that limit was put in place the bot&#39;s been repeatedly stalling.<br><br>Peter M Dodge aka Wizardry Dragon<br>Wikipedia Editor, CheckUser Clerk,
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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 01/03/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gregory Maxwell</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:gmaxwell@gmail.com">gmaxwell@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 3/1/07, Peter M Dodge &lt;<a href="mailto:twicescorned@gmail.com">twicescorned@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; The connection limit is really killing Shadow1&#39;s Shadowbot that is an<br>&gt; essential spamfighting tool on the English wikipedia.&nbsp;&nbsp;Is there no better
<br>&gt; way we can limit traffic?&nbsp;&nbsp;Can it not be throttled to a certain throughput,<br>&gt; for example?<br><br>Why does a bot need many simultaneous connections?<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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