User:SuggestBot

This user account is a bot operated by Nettrom (talk). It is used to make repetitive automated or semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with the bot policy. The bot is approved and currently active – the relevant request for approval can be seen here. Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please block it.

SuggestBot is a computer program that tries to help Wikipedia contributors find articles to edit. If you want to get some suggestions from the bot, here's how:

• To get a single set of suggestions:
  • …based on articles you've edited, please follow the instructions at User:SuggestBot/Requests.
  • …using WikiProjects you are interested in, go to the Teahouse's SuggestBot page, click on Get suggestions, and follow the instructions.
  • …based on a specific set of articles or categories of articles, see our instructions for that.
• You can also get suggestions posted periodically to your talk page (or another page of your choosing). How to do that is described here.

SuggestBot uses a variety of algorithms, including standard information retrieval and collaborative filtering techniques, to make suggestions. Most of it runs on Wikimedia Cloud Services' Cloud VPS, with parts also running on Toolforge. The recommendations are usually done based on downloading a list of a user's contributions (to avoid recommending articles they've recently edited), but it can also make recommendations based on a set of articles, categories, or WikiProjects. The bot was originally developed by ForteTuba and is now maintained by Nettrom. Seven Wikipedias have SuggestBot running: English, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese, Persian, Russian, and French.

If you have questions or concerns about SuggestBot, for instance if it made personalized recommendations for you, please get in touch on our talk page. Feedback is welcome and valuable, as it helps us improve SuggestBot so it does a better job of helping Wikipedia. Please note that due to the ongoing global pandemic, time and energy are somewhat scarce resources and responses are likely to be delayed.