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The Wiki bot is a Telegram bot for accessing wiki entries directly in the messenger. | The Wiki bot is a Telegram bot for accessing wiki entries directly in the messenger. | ||
Its username is @chwikibot and it's used inline in other chats. | Its username is @chwikibot and it's used inline in other chats. | ||
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| + | It works by fetching all text until the first non-text item (for example a header) and displaying it in a Telegram message. Articles should be formatted so that the most important information is within this first paragraph for convenient usage in the messenger. | ||
| + | The bot also has a caching function, so changes in articles might not be seen in the bot message immediately. | ||
=Trivia= | =Trivia= | ||
It was made in one evening for shits and giggles by @Stumblinbear. | It was made in one evening for shits and giggles by @Stumblinbear. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:01, 24 April 2018
The Wiki bot is a Telegram bot for accessing wiki entries directly in the messenger. Its username is @chwikibot and it's used inline in other chats.
It works by fetching all text until the first non-text item (for example a header) and displaying it in a Telegram message. Articles should be formatted so that the most important information is within this first paragraph for convenient usage in the messenger. The bot also has a caching function, so changes in articles might not be seen in the bot message immediately.
Trivia
It was made in one evening for shits and giggles by @Stumblinbear.
