User:SuggestBot

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:
  • 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.