Original: Bots Editors who operate bots (programs that edit automatically or semi-automatically) are encouraged to create separate accounts (and request they be marked as bot accounts via Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval), so that the automated edits can be filtered out of recent changes.
Simplified: Bots Editors who operate bots have to create separate accounts (and request they be marked as bot accounts via Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval), so the automated edits can be filtered out of recent changes.