**Responsible Use of Infrastructure**
This session will give an overview on the impact of high volume bot traffic on Wikimedia’s infrastructure and the work that is underway to establish sustainable pathways for content reuse.
Related links:
* Blog post on the [[ https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/how-crawlers-impact-the-operations-of-the-wikimedia-projects/ | impact of scraping on our infrastructure ]]
* Draft [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2025-2026/Product_%26_Technology_OKRs#Responsible_Use_of_Infrastructure_(WE5) | objective WE5 ]] in the Foundation's upcoming annual plan
For everyone who wants to discuss more, we’ll have a workshop right after this session!
* Session duration (up to 90min): 45 minutes
* Session type (presentation, workshop, discussion, etc.): Presentation
* Language of session (English, Arabic, etc.): English
* Prerequisites (some Python, etc.): None
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