… 34], we develop a taxonomy of bot roles in English Wikipedia using machine learning … bots
with their functions. We proceed by identifying the bots’ roles with respect to their functions; …

… to which bots undid each other’s edits over the period 2001–2010, model how pairs of bots
… We find that, although Wikipedia bots are intended to support the encyclopedia, they often …

… My goal in this chapter is to describe the complex social and technical environment in which
bots exist in Wikipedia, emphasizing not only how bots produce order and enforce rules, but …

… We conclude that in order to keep Wikipedia as free as possible from disinformation, it’s …
with the usage of social bots. In this context we define social bots as software agents that …

… 2.3 Bot governance As bots play a substantial role in Wikipedia, they have been extensively
… about the extent to which bot-bot reverts in Wikipedia constitute bot-bot conflict. However, in …

… an in-depth interview with Wikipedia user Ram-Man, an early bot operator on the site … bot.
Topics discussed include the social and technical climate of early Wikipedia, the creation of bot …

… Wikipedia bots are computer programs with the purpose of automatically editing Wikipedia.
After occasional smallerscale tests, the first large-scale bot operation was started in October …

… , where one human has access to Wikipedia, and the conversation becomes more … play the
role of wizard and produce more factual sentences too. In some rounds, humans treat the bot …

… roles people play in the online community of Wikipedia. We start from qualitative comments
posted on community oriented pages, wiki … who represent four key roles: substantive experts, …

… Wikipedia. This study expands on previous work on Twitter bots by investigating the
motivations and experiences of the developers who created bots that monitor Wikipedia for edits …