From: Peter Marsh Date: 2007-05-25T23:45:31+09:00 Subject: Re: Wikipedia Bot Kristoffer Lund辿n wrote: > On 5/22/07, Peter Marsh wrote: >> >> Pywikipedia looks pretty promising - since I'm learning Ruby I may as >> well learn Python! >> > > Last I looked at Pywikipedia the design was horribly broken - don't > recall details exactly, but it was really really painful to try and > extend or enhance it in any way. Putting up a simple Ruby-bot that did > a better job was a matter of hours. Using some of the high-level HTTP > automation libs that exist it should be even faster, and very > maintainable if you put some thought into it. > > Duplicating effort is the right way to go at times. :) > > -- K Well, from what I've seen so far it doesn't actually seem that bad - however I'm really new to Pywikipedia/Ruby/Python so you probally know better than me :). The biggest pain in the arse at the moment is actually getting permission to run a bot! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.