Last modified: 2014-01-12 19:56:06 UTC
Bot edits are triggering mention notifications. Some bots are prolific and could possibly cause hundreds of notifications to be fired from one "event" (via the bot's perspective). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Notifications&oldid=561448686">This edit</a> can give context. Possible solutions include: 1) Ignore all bot activity (bot flag = true, then no notification) 2) Create a bot "blacklist" (bot in blacklist, then no notification) Aside from EdwardsBot, I can think that SineBot may have the same problem.
(In reply to comment #1) > Bot edits are triggering mention notifications. Some bots are prolific and > could possibly cause hundreds of notifications to be fired from one "event" > (via the bot's perspective). > > <a > href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk: > Notifications&oldid=561448686">This > edit</a> can give context. > > Possible solutions include: > > 1) Ignore all bot activity (bot flag = true, then no notification) Bug 47910 > 2) Create a bot "blacklist" (bot in blacklist, then no notification) Bug 47946 > > Aside from EdwardsBot, I can think that SineBot may have the same problem. SineBot is already on [[en:MediaWiki:Echo-blacklist]] FWIW
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 47946 ***