Rick <rickm(a)golden.net> writes:
Is there some kind of command-line operation
that I can issue that would be equivalent
to clicking "Save page" during an edit operation?
... etc
I just had an idea about how to do Save-page from command-lines
(and, ultimately, within Emacs).
Aren't there various bots doing updates to Wikipedia?
I know there are server-side bots but aren't there also
some client-side bots (including bots used by trolls :-|)?
Just how do the client-side bots work?
I'm starting to go through
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots
but I'm not too clear on what code a bot actually uses.
If there are easy/preferred/clean approaches,
I'd appreciate some URLs (or search keywords).
Or am I mistaken on what bots do and how they do their work?
Do bots bypass the browser and, essentially, operate on the command-line?
I've never used a bot before so I'm pretty clueless about them.
By the way, I am not interested in creating a bot.
I just want to promote my edits from within Emacs.
That is, I want to give Emacs users the same abilities
that, apparently, bots have.