magnusmanske / magnusmanske/quickstatements
Always set bot flag on API edits
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- Dominant language
- PHP
- Stars
- 58
- Forks
- 21
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
QuickStatements should always use the bot flag whenever possible. The MediaWiki API will only make the request a bot request if the account has a bot flag, so it can't be abused by normal users.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by locating the MediaWiki API edit-request handling in QuickStatements and inspect how bot requests are currently selected; done means supported accounts send the bot flag on API edits while normal users cannot abuse it.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100