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Wikipedia Vandalism Prevention Bot Loop
Wikipedia bots meant to remove vandalism clash with each other and form feedback loops of repetitve undoing of the other bot's edits.
- Date it happened
- 2017-02-24
- Organisation involved
- Wikipedia
- Product, system or model
- Wikipedia bots are intended to autonomously correct spelling, maintain links, and monitor vandalism on Wikipedia pages.
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