Ask wikibot!

https://www.reddit.com/r/autowikibot/comments/1ux484/ask_wikibot/

created by acini on 10/01/2014 at 23:15 UTC*

164 upvotes, 303 top-level comments (showing 25)

Autowikibot is now summonable, and is actively following commands. They can be triggered like this:

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Summon: Note: Bot won't reply to a **comment made as reply to its other comment** to prevent spammy threads and abuse.

┌────────────────────┬────────────────────┬───────────────────┬────────────────┐
│      keyword       │    Description     │ Where to command? │ Authorization  │
╞════════════════════╪════════════════════╪═══════════════════╪════════════════╡
│ `wikibot what is   │ Summary from       │ anywhere          │ *any redditor* │
│ something`         │ Wikipedia article. │                   │                │
├────────────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┤
│ `wikibot tell me   │ Summary from       │ anywhere          │ *any redditor* │
│ about something`   │ Wikipedia article. │                   │                │
├────────────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┤
│ `?- something -?`  │ Summary from       │ anywhere inside   │ *any redditor* │
│                    │ Wikipedia article. │ your comment      │                │
└────────────────────┴────────────────────┴───────────────────┴────────────────┘

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Direct commands:

┌───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬──────────────────┐
│      command      │    Description    │ Where to command? │  Authorization   │
╞═══════════════════╪═══════════════════╪═══════════════════╪══════════════════╡
│ `leave me alone`  │ Adds commenter to │ as reply to any   │ *any redditor*   │
│                   │ blacklist.        │ wikibot comment   │                  │
├───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ `follow me again` │ Removes commenter │ as reply to any   │ blacklisted      │
│                   │ from blacklist.   │ wikibot comment   │ redditor         │
└───────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴──────────────────┘

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Examples:

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Note that if you summon the bot in banned subs[1], it cannot reply. Also, there is limit of 5 replies/submission.

1: http://www.reddit.com/r/autowikibot/wiki/excludedsubs

You can test in this thread[2].

2: http://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/2anknx/wikibot_test_thread/

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Message me[3] if you have summon ideas.

3: http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=acini&subject=command%20idea

Comments

Comment by blaziecat1103 at 14/01/2014 at 03:00 UTC

150 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Wikibot, tell me about yourself.

Comment by [deleted] at 11/01/2014 at 04:07 UTC

151 upvotes, 4 direct replies

wikibot, what is love?

Comment by flanintheface at 11/01/2014 at 17:47 UTC

117 upvotes, 3 direct replies

wikibot, tell me about Robert'); DROP TABLE wikipedia --

Comment by jilele at 24/01/2014 at 07:22 UTC

36 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot what is reddit

Comment by dziban303 at 11/01/2014 at 14:21 UTC

18 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot, make me a sandwich

Comment by old_english_chivo at 18/01/2014 at 00:23 UTC

17 upvotes, 0 direct replies

wikibot, what is wikibot?

Comment by FBIthrowaway2346 at 31/01/2014 at 20:03 UTC

12 upvotes, 1 direct replies

?- amoeba -?

Comment by mxwjg at 12/01/2014 at 05:56 UTC

20 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot, tell me about cleveland steamer

Comment by hapsteria at 11/01/2014 at 18:37 UTC

13 upvotes, 3 direct replies

One thing I would like to see is multiple calls in one comment. Example: wikibot, please define apples;oranges

OR

wikibot, define apples. Wikibot, define oranges.

Or just something like that.

Comment by BridgetteBane at 12/01/2014 at 20:39 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

wikibot what is going on in my pants?

Comment by Krutonium at 30/01/2014 at 07:30 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Wikibot, what is Wikibot

Comment by FBIthrowaway2346 at 31/01/2014 at 20:04 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

try adding some ?- liverwurst -?.

Comment by fingin at 01/02/2014 at 18:26 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot what is the meaning of life

Comment by [deleted] at 03/03/2014 at 03:04 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

[deleted]

Comment by Punsire at 12/01/2014 at 00:53 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot, what is clockwork?

Comment by [deleted] at 12/01/2014 at 07:36 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

[deleted]

Comment by lopegbg at 11/06/2014 at 11:52 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot, do you have any disabilities?

Comment by drzowie at 28/01/2014 at 18:33 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot, leave me alone.

Comment by hexaguin at 01/02/2014 at 18:04 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Tell me all about ?- cat food -?.

Comment by ik3wer at 03/02/2014 at 09:55 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

OP, try adding some ?- liverwurst -? to the recipe.

Comment by subconcussive at 05/02/2014 at 04:22 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot, what is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?

Comment by PootyforNicky at 11/01/2014 at 14:10 UTC

2 upvotes, 2 direct replies

wikibot, what is a dikdik?

Comment by MonadicAdjunction at 11/01/2014 at 18:40 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot, what is kan extension?

Comment by Uehm at 11/01/2014 at 21:19 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot, tell me about pie

Comment by Punsire at 12/01/2014 at 00:55 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wikibot what is clockwork?