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information page. It is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect differing levels of
consensus and
vetting. |
This page in a nutshell: A bot password is the preferred way to log into some tools like Huggle or AWB. |
So you've been awesome and enabled WP:2FA for your account on the English Wikipedia and now you can't log into AWB/ Huggle/your much cooler indie tool.
Bot passwords allow access to a user account via the API without using the account's main login credentials. The user rights available when logged in with a bot password may be restricted.
Sounds a bit scary, right? It's not, so let's get you set up:
Bob@AWB
@
which is followed by bot name that we created in step 2..The new password to log in with Bob@AWB is <randomly generated password>. Please record this for future reference.
Even though this password can not be used to login using web interface, the password can be used for logging in the softwares as AWB, and Huggle — so as usual make a note of this password, but keep it secret.
You will now be able to log into AWB with the username and password supplied
If you change your real (account/username) password, your AWB/Bot password will not work until it has been reset.
This is an
information page. It is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect differing levels of
consensus and
vetting. |
This page in a nutshell: A bot password is the preferred way to log into some tools like Huggle or AWB. |
So you've been awesome and enabled WP:2FA for your account on the English Wikipedia and now you can't log into AWB/ Huggle/your much cooler indie tool.
Bot passwords allow access to a user account via the API without using the account's main login credentials. The user rights available when logged in with a bot password may be restricted.
Sounds a bit scary, right? It's not, so let's get you set up:
Bob@AWB
@
which is followed by bot name that we created in step 2..The new password to log in with Bob@AWB is <randomly generated password>. Please record this for future reference.
Even though this password can not be used to login using web interface, the password can be used for logging in the softwares as AWB, and Huggle — so as usual make a note of this password, but keep it secret.
You will now be able to log into AWB with the username and password supplied
If you change your real (account/username) password, your AWB/Bot password will not work until it has been reset.