User talk:MelancholieBot
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Before trying to run a bot, please abide by our bot policy, which is different from Wikipedia's.—msh210℠ 18:27, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Please, could you discuss with Robert Ullmann before using your bot? It changes links added by Interwicket. Your solution might be a good one, but edit wars should be avoided... Lmaltier 09:37, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
- Hello Lmaltier, I accidentally included enwikt into my user-config.py for one edit, sorry. My bot is not going to be active here. --- Kind regards, Melancholie 09:52, 12 June 2009 (UTC)