A bot (a common nickname for software robot) is an automated tool that carries out repetitive and mundane tasks to maintain the 66,003,411 pages of the...

done by bots per the bot policy. This is an appropriate place to put ideas for uncontroversial bot tasks, to get early feedback on ideas for bot tasks (controversial...

The bot policy covers the operation of all bots and automated scripts used to provide automation of Wikipedia edits, whether completely automated, higher...

Bots noticeboard Shortcuts WP:BOTNWP:BOTN WP:BONWP:BON Here we coordinate and discuss Wikipedia issues related to bots and other programs interacting with...

New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval process – How these discussions work Overview/Policy – What bots are/What they can (or can't) do...

Shortcut WP:BAGWP:BAG The Bot Approvals Group (BAG) oversees most areas and processes dealing with bots on Wikipedia. Individual BAG members are tasked...

Shortcuts WP:UAA/BOTWP:UAA/BOT WP:UFAA/BOTWP:UFAA/BOT WP:UFA/BOTWP:UFA/BOT WP:AIVU/BOTWP:AIVU/BOT WP:UAA/BWP:UAA/B Tornado warning watch dangerous dangerous...

WP:FDBWP:FDB Certain bot tasks routinely get denied as either poorly thought out, lacking consensus, or violating some aspect of the bot policy. Here are...

as bot accounts. Please fill in your bot's information when approved. Please use the template below to add your bot to this page {{BotS|BOT NAME|BOT...

Shortcuts WP:SUSPSOCK/BOTWP:SUSPSOCK/BOT WP:SSP/BOTWP:SSP/BOT Bot controls: HBC NameWatcherBot: Control panel - Whitelist - Blacklist...

Welcome to the Bot Newsletter (formerly BAG Newsletter). This newsletter is sent infrequently to subscribers, and is also posted on WP:BOTN and on the...

Sometimes articles are created by a bot. The issue has been controversial, this page discusses some arguments for and against it and the current guidance...

accents/diacritics Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests#Automating new redirect patrolling for uncontroversial redirects...

bots currently are. 1562 bots listed in Category:All Wikipedia bots 1360 bots listed at Wikipedia:Bots/Status 728 bots in the bot group here 533 bots...

(Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Extending Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 45 to cover ʻ as well...

automated login by a bot, so a bot passwords or OAuth is normally used to allow the bot to authenticate. adminbot / admin bot A bot that has access to administrator...

Most Bot Requests for Approval are thoroughly investigated before being approved or declined. However, in certain circumstances they are closed early...

language(s): Javascript Source code available: https://github.com/DannyS712/bot/blob/master/redirect-patroller.js Function overview: Automatically patrol...

project namespaces only) Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): N/a Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No, but only the pending change reviewer flag is needed (there...

(Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: The recent rfc was snow closed with consensus to have a bot automatically patrol redirects...

Manually Assisted: Automatic Programming Language(s): PHP w/ Snoopy & BasicBot Function Summary: Adds DOIs to citations provided using {{cite journal}}...

Note: This bot was previously known as AtyndallBot but was renamed to FlBot. The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent...

17#Tagging bot Edit period(s): As needed Estimated number of pages affected: Varies, I'd guess ~50 per run Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag...

of individual pages where applicable Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Yes Function Details: This bot originated as a tool to add DOIs to citations. I later...

to' on the Userpage; In addition, the bot will be stopped either by activation of a panic button on the bot's user page, or by posting any comment on...

Shortcuts WP:BRFAAWP:BRFAA WP:RFBOT/AWP:RFBOT/A Bots that have been approved for operations after a successful BRFA will be listed here for informational...

Shortcut WP:BAMWP:BAM The Bot Activity Monitor (BAM) is a tool for monitoring activity of bots based on preset configurations of the bot tasks, and for operators...

(Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: Most functionality takes over what User:ListManBot did (bot operator is aware). The only...

compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: A bot that automatically updates tables. The bot would take input from the sites...

Similar to the bot that dates maintenance tags, I'd like to suggest a bot that dates maintenance merge tags. This will help by 1) Making it possible to...

Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard/2008-3-21/Bot owner s essay (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard/2008-3-21/Bot roles...

automated or semi-automated tools called bots which can perform these tasks. WikiProject Films can file bot requests to complete tasks such as infobox...

once by the bot while performing this task. If an edit is reverted the article will not be retreated by the bot. The bot will follow normal bot exclusion...

possible useful Wikipedia bots. None of these possibilities are necessarily recommended or implemented. Examples of actual bots used on Wikipedia can be...

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): yes Function Details: There has been some confusion as to whether "correct[ing] common mistakes", specified as a bot task in...

satisfied, bot tasks can be approved. If a new bot requires a bot flag, a bureaucrat will apply the flag after the BRFA is added to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests...

Follow up to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 38 and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 45 Edit period(s): As...

User:RonBot/6/Source1) Function overview: A replacement for Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot 6, given Ronhjones' absence and subsequent bot block...

(UTC) intgr I stopped. A bot, BattyBot already is doing something similar and I am still waiting for some stats to ask whether a bot can do it for me. My...

Auto Programming language(s): AWB Source code available: User:Ohconfucius/Bot modules/dmy Function overview: The aim is to make dates displayed within...

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 74#Bot for category history merges Edit period(s): One time run, but...

normally works fine, but I periodically make errors, and it would help if a bot could check all 2200 of these pages for errors. In some cases, I've added...

contribs count SUL logs page moves block log rights log flag) Please note, the bot has been renamed. (BRFA Approved BRFAs talk contribs count SUL logs page...

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: This bot will be used only debug the pywikipediabot framework. I do not request a bot flag (as there...

06:29, Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (UTC) Function overview: User:Xinbenlv_bot#Task 1: Notify (on Talk page) cross language inconsistency for birthdays...

not/Archive index. The bot's user account is presently not flagged as a bot account. In the approval decision, Mets501 remarked that the bot did not need a flag...

relevant discussions (where appropriate): WP:BOTREQ#Categories for Discussion bot (permalink) Edit period(s): Hourly Estimated number of pages affected: Millions...

Configure bots and bot tasks for tracking. Use the template /task (its documentation will be shown as an editnotice when you edit this page). Please keep...

are assessed by categorizing their talk pages by quality and importance. A bot visits those categories every three days and collects the articles present...

knows how to kick start the bot. I recall the bot has been stopped before: Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard/Archive 7#RM bot inactive – Wbm1058 (talk)...

following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful request for Bot Approvals Group membership. Please do not modify it. Primefac (talk · contribs ·...

So from time to time we have an issue with a bot running out of control, unapproved bots being run, etc. In a recent matter (actually its still going...

To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. (BRFA Approved BRFAs...

accept 'nobots' Already has a bot flag (Y/N):No , this is my first attempt. Function details: The main aim of this Bot is to create the villages under...

User_talk:VP-bot#Bot_flag), as the bot has been editing quite a while since last expired BRFA (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/VP-bot). —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK...

User:DemonDays64 Bot/JWB-settings.js for the bot's current settings. The {{bots}} exclusion functionality was tested on User:DemonDays64/Bot/Exclusion test...

new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by operator., see the new BRFA. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these...

No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: This is a follow up to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 38, which first...

been Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 38, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 45, and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for...

ClueBot II, ClueBot III, ClueBot IV, ClueBot VI, DASHBot, DottyQuoteBot, Jotterbot, LivingBot, MichaelkourlasBot, MystBot, Numbo3-bot, SineBot, Thehelpfulbot...

images for deletion per Wikipedia:CSD#F4 Edit period(s): Daily Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: Gets a list of images that aren't in any...

kinda new to this bot thing, but I have an idea for a new task, and it might or might not be good. The reason I'm not asking at Bot Requests is because...

please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval...

possible otherwise blank|listas=}}. Similar to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Dreamy Jazz Bot 4, but will run over year of birth type categories and...

MahdiBot MalarzBOT MastiBot Merge_bot NaggoBot NasirkhanBot NirvanaBot Obaid-bot PatruBOT PBot Phe-bot Rezabot RMCD_bot Shuaib-bot SineBot SteinsplitterBot...

"Cosmetic Bot Day", following an RFC on the matter. The exact date for the trial is yet to be determined, but will likely be in early 2021. Each bot will have...

To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Denied. (BRFA Approved BRFAs...

pages the bot has not looked at before. Estimated number of pages affected: Initially ~17,000 Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No):...

I am programming PHP bot for adding new settlement in slovenian wikipedia (some basic data). Is there any working PHP bot, I am interested about part which...

(talk) 06:25, 17 January 2012 (UTC) Bots that edit on a scheduled basis throughout the day (possibly read-only bots too, but it depends on implementation)...

affected: 1/day Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No, will need bot+sysop Function details: Gets the TFA for the next day with...

language(s): Javascript Source code available: https://github.com/DannyS712/bot Function overview: Allows users to schedule reminders for themselves in a...

Note: This bot was renamed from ThehelpfuloneBot to Thehelpfulbot shortly after approval. --Deskana (talk) 21:08, 5 February 2009 (UTC) The following...

daily, one time run): Whenever called upon Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: This bot, upon being given a command by a project coordinator...

please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Denied. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval...

I'm building a research (ie, no edit) bot in C++... since I'm not really that experienced in programing I was wondering if someone would be willing to...

reports; see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 28, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 30, and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712...

please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Request Expired. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval...

following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful request for Bot Approvals Group membership. Please do not modify it. H3llkn0wz (talk · contribs)...

max 1 edit per min (expected to be much slower) 6 per minute Already has a bot flag (Y): Function Details: On disambiguation pages with a cleanup template...

bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Implement stub sorting, similar to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 37 and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests...

relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT 45, User talk:AnomieBOT Edit period(s): As needed Estimated number of...

include Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 22, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 23, and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712...

affected: 300, full list here Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): no Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): yes Function details: Due to a recent change in {{permissionOTRS}}...

into a shipindex page once the RV Belgica (A962) has been created. Could a bot alter all the en:iwls on the foreign language articles to point back to the...

available: In the bot's JWB settings Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DemonDays64 Bot Edit period(s):...

a bot will subst all the uses. Primefac (talk) 01:08, 30 June 2019 (UTC) Thank you. —⁠andrybak (talk) 01:10, 30 June 2019 (UTC) Y Done by AnomieBOT. —⁠andrybak...

following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful request for Bot Approvals Group membership. Please do not modify it. Having received unopposed...

maintenance or other bot activities) its edits should not be marked as bot. Does this match what you would expect from this type of bot? — Trevor Bolliger...

class articles. Preview of output is shown on PockBot user page. Does this bot use the same code as PockBot? If so, I move for a speedy approve. — madman...

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Extensive documentation can be found at {{Rotten Tomatoes score}}. Basically, the bot just uses the...

the first post on the bot board! I have come across quite few user pages of bots that give little to no description of what the bot does. I'm guessing not...

would use the bot account to aid with Wikipedia:ACC, as non-administrators cannot create more than 6 accounts in 24 hours, however a bot account can. Edit...

Group/nominations/Addshore Bot Approvals Group/nominations/Anomie Bot Approvals Group/nominations/Archive Bot Approvals Group/nominations/BU Rob13 Bot Approvals...

next release (as of September 2011) is called Version 0.9. The User:WP 1.0 bot collects information about quality and importance of articles for these WikiProjects...

parameter Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests#Bot to fix gazillions of formatting errors in "Cite news" templates Edit...

"bot" and/or "task" missing Documentationviewedithistorypurge Bot task configuration parameters: bot: Name of the bot account task: Name of the bot task...

time run): Continuous Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Has a bot flag, but no admin flag. Function Details: This bot will first do a search for all images...

consensus at TfD Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests#Complete merge of Template:WikiProject Patna (was caried out using...

approximately 70% of vandalized pages. Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No. Function details: Cluebot-NG is an attempt to revolutionize...

York City}}. Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): WP:BOTREQ#Bot to tag article talk pages for WikiProject New York City & User talk:Epicgenius#Broadway...

mover doesn't do this themselves, usually no one does it. The idea behind a bot here would be to identify page moves w/o redirects, whether those pages include...

Beatles/Archive 17#Project temphttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bot_requests&action=edit&section=21late I've never heard of it before, so I'm...

unsupervised Programming language(s): Perl Source code available: User:AnomieBOT/source/tasks/TFATitleSubpageCreator.pm Function overview: Create daily subpages...

User:EarwigBot III/Logs). Estimated number of pages affected: Per above, approximately 1,440 edits per month (to two distinctive pages). Already has a bot flag...

SyntaxBot, or MarkupBot, maybe BracketBot not be more appropriate? ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 13:09, 1 April 2013 (UTC) I'm not going to deny BracketBot is more...

start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by operator. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers...

WPCleaner provides a few Bot tools: Update of existing disambiguation warning messages on talk pages to inform contributors on the presence of links to...

Shortcut WP:AttribBot-PWP:AttribBot-P This is a proposal for an Attribution bot or other automatic or semi-automatic procedure to accompany the discussion...

(Moved from Wikipedia talk:Bots) Kevin Rector 14:42, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC) I'm thinking that it would be a good idea to run a bot that attempts to clean up...

Source code available: Yes (GitHub) Function overview: FA RotBot is a bot-triggering-bot. FA RotBot will tell IABot to run on a list of Featured Articles every...

used by OrphanBot or STBotI. Suggested templates are User:OrphanBot/nfcc10c, User:OrphanBot/nosource, User:OrphanBot/norat, and User:OrphanBot/nocopyright...

one year Exclusion compliant (Y/N): No Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No Function details: This bot is meant for the operator as account for rapid editing...

interested in making a bot that made redirects to articles that contain capital letters (other than the first letter) or punctuation. The bot would see Xena:...

XLinkBot -- by Versageek and Beetstra -- warns many, many folks who add external links that are inappropriate in some way. In fact, it leaves more first...

million. Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: The bot will crawl its way through articles on Wikipedia and...

queue at the moment already. Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: There are currently 250,000+ article...

date on a periodic basis seems like a task better suited to a bot than a human. Plus bots have the higher query limit, and shouldn't mind waiting a bit...

is often not present in cases where it could usefully be supplied. This bot will add the parameter, where the correct value can be determined from the...

discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Bot proposal Edit period(s): One time run, then as needed Estimated number of...

be quite large at times, so in addition to running with AWB's automode, a bot flag may be useful to reduce overhead on recent change patrollers. — xaosflux...

compliant (Yes/No): no Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): yes Function details: After a bot request with no opposition, the bot will go through and replace all...

No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: This is a follow up to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 60. If successful...

Source code available: https://github.com/TheSandDoctor/TweetBot Function overview: This bot converts tweet references from either bare links (so <ref>URL</ref>)...

noticeboard/Archive 31#Bot proposal Edit period(s): Periodically Estimated number of pages affected: 1 Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No):...

period(s): One time run Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: This bot is in response to this bot request, brought up because of the recent...

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Daily. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function Details: I want to add interwikis, mostly in categories...

but currently I'm busy with the above task (maybe), Qwerfjkl (bot) 10, and Qwerfjkl (bot) 8. Still, given the time BRFAs take I'll probably be done with...

This is a (rather incomplete) history of Wikipedia bots that have contributed substantial amounts of encyclopedic material in an automated fashion. Several...

Proposal: Bot to automatically add project assessment templates to article talk pages Submitted by: User:Aymatth2 Assessments of article quality and importance...

titled WP:Files for deletion instead of WP:Files for discussion. Should a bot be created to move them to the newer title just like how WP:Votes for deletion...

bold in their edits, or even to ignore all rules. For serialized or "semi-bot" edits, however, extra precaution is advised, and a broad consensus for the...

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function Details: This bot was conceived after a discussion between myself and User:MSGJ (Martin) concerning a bot to follow-up...

Python Source code available: source on github Function overview:: This bot submits newly added text to the iThenticate API which determines if other...

available: User:RonBot/Source1. Code made by User:DatGuy who is unable to request as this bot needs an admin flag. Function overview: The bot will revision...

requested: One edit every five minutes Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: Whenever the bot runs, it evaluates what pages have {{wider attention}}...

I'm looking for a bot that can replace a link for me. About 200 MBTA articles have this old link: http://members.aol.com/eddanamta/busfiles/contents.pdf...

relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:Did you know#RFC: A bot to review objective criteria Edit period(s): Fixed intervals (~once per hour)...

posting reports) Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No Function details: The bot will serve as a replacement to WolterBot. It will post to WikiProjects that...

rate requested: 5 epm, maximum Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N, flag not requested. Function Details: This bot maintains a list of pages (usually BLPs) tagged...

This Bot has since been renamed to JamietwBot. Jamietw (talk) 06:44, 4 June 2011 (UTC) The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify...

your intended bot per our bot policy? krimpet✽ 06:10, 16 May 2008 (UTC) Sorry for confusion, Numbo3 is the operator, Numbo3-bot the bot. --- Best regards...

Are there any existing bots that convert manually typed data to use {{Convert}}, like distance, temperature, among others? -- DaxServer (talk) 11:46, 20...

will be available once it is cleaned up for sharing Function overview: The bot posts comments to article talk pages on behalf of an identified Wikipedia...

pages affected: Approximately 400 pages, per User:EarwigBot I/Source#Pages_list. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function details: A while back, a user approached...

was Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval process – How this discussion works Overview/Policy – What bots are/What they can (or...

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents Resolved  – Actions have stopped, bot is unblocked. Categories can take a while to update, which is likely the...

website.com |title=Website title <!-- added by bot ---> |accessdate={{subst:DATE}} <!-- added by bot --> }}. —bender235 (talk) 18:56, 29 October 2010...

To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. (BRFA Approved BRFAs...

instructions, it appears that it should be possible to run the standard py bot under our own name. I've been checking stuff by hand (orphaning templates)...

(Y/N): Yes Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No Function details: The bot is similar to inactive bots User:AmeliorationBot and User:SoxBot III, where it simply...

probably need to move that out somewhere? Not sure since this if my first bot request Function overview: Tag pages with only one reference to the National...

the bot has been fixed manually and the bot handles more edge cases. Estimated number of pages affected: The template has 1868 transclusions. The bot will...

Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. I would like to use this bot manually with AutoWikiBrowser, in English, to perform tedious/repetitive...

WT:STiki#Warning for registered users only the idea came up of having a bot to remove old warnings from IP talk pages. The rationale being that: Admins...

True, we have ClueBot III and MiszaBot, but they're not user-friendly. We should have a more user-friendly archive bot that does not overwhelm users with...

authorizes open proxies to be blocked, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ProcseeBot demonstrates that a bot may be used for this task. Edit period(s): Continuously...

WP:SPI/BOTWP:SPI/BOT BOT MAINTAINED "Bot reported cases" PAGE This page contains the bot maintained content and settings for the "Bot reported cases" section...

I was wondering if it would be possible for a bot to create / populate the WP:FAR archive each month? The latest example is Wikipedia:Featured article...

Automatic Programming language(s): Python (utilising the MediaWiki API and PyWikiBot) Source code available: -- Function overview: Will add the {{pp}} template...

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function details: Every day at midnight UTC, the bot will create the daily AfC category page...

let the reader find (and use) it in the way that is easiest for them. The bot looks for CS1 citation templates, and for each of them: parses the citation...

an FYI since it was briefly mentioned at ANI, but I blocked User:KolbertBot today at Jon Kolbert's request via IRC because there was an issue with HTTP...

bot deal with removing images from articles? Circeus 01:03, 25 June 2006 (UTC) Crossposted to Wikipedia_talk:Bots#Bot_for_researchers_needed. A bot (or...

Bot_integration? and Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Requests#Feedback_requested_on_proposed_bot Edit period(s): Hourly...

In relation to my earlier idea for an archiveurl bot, what about this: a bot that looks for dead link-tagged references, looks in the wayback machine...

part (cloning DumbBOT should DumbBOT go online is part of MadmanBot 4) that DumbBOT handles this adequately; there's no work for your bot to do. You will...

bot account, or a rename of the existing bot account (such as TheSandDoctor's Bot / TheSandDoctorBot or similar). This also applies to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests...

automatically put into Category:Non-standard Extra tracklisting templates. I need a bot to go through that category and just simply add the type field. An example...

of DYK pages, and archive DYK sets. The bot will also tag files that appear at DYK, unlike DYKadminBot. The bot will require the admin bit since it'll...

ARSBot ArthurBot ArticleAlertbot AsgardBot AstaBOTh15 AstRoBot AswnBot AutocracyBot AvicBot AvicBot2 AvocatoBot AWeenieBot AwOcBot AzaBot AZatBot~enwiki BAGBot...

open-ended Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function details: AvocatoBot has the Bot flag in Arabic Wikipedia Make sure you read WP:INTERWIKIBOT...

template that needs to be edited. Sorry that I started running the bot, I misunderstood the bot procedures, thankfully I had 20 people on the IRC room trying...

already a ton of other bots approved to do this: PrimeBOT (task 24), SporkBot (task 1), DannyS712 bot (task 47) and AnomieBOT (task 78) are some examples...

Update on EranBot, our new copyright violation detection bot: Help wanted! ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 24 April 2016 Special report Contribute  —  ...

from place names and personal names, but they can't generally be fixed by a bot because it's not possible to distinguish automatically when diacritics should...

module for e-mailing users. Should be simple enough to write and I think bots are (or should be) excluded from the usual rate limits. Or the rate limits...

In the past there was a bot that was taking care of tagging these images Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused non-free files‎ as orphaned. I've been trying...

daily, one time run): continuously (template update: hourly) Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function Details: Updates Template:Popular_articles hourly...

manually, but could a bot be programmed to find out the assessment of these articles and add the appropriate icon? For example, the bot should check Talk:Train...

compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: Using wikitech:EventStreams, the bot will listen to changes on the false positive...

compliant (Y/N): No, as bots should be all WP:AFC subpages, as EarwigBot also checks for copyright vios on those pages. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function...

be found on lots of pages. So updating the links may require a bot. If someone's bot has free capacity to do this, please perform the following operation:...

created articles that could be of interest to your project, see InceptionBot. Article Alerts is an automated subscription-based news delivery system designed...

relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yet Another Redirect Cleanup Bot, WP:BOTREQ#Deletion of broken redirects Edit...

current. Could this be done easily by a bot? Salad Days 23:20, 24 January 2007 (UTC) This would be trivial for a bot to do, and take very little time. I had...

list of user scripts, programs, and bots used in the regular maintenance and updating of DYK. These scripts and bots assist with creating, reviewing, and...

Edit rate requested: 3 edits per Minute (likely to be slower) Already has a bot flag (Y/N):Y Function Details: As above. Very simple. Standard AWB functionality...

User:AnomieBOT/source/tasks/TFDTemplateSubster.pm Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): User talk:AnomieBOT#Custom edit summary for User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster...

continuous when prompted Edit rate requested: 10 edits per minute Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function Details: Use the interwiki script, m:Interwiki.py...

Is there a bot that can scan all Wikipedia articles and make a report of all cases, where links to Wikipedia articles exist between ref-tags? See for...

User:DottyQuoteBot's approval Edit period(s): daily Estimated number of pages affected: 2 Exclusion compliant (Y/N): N Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N...

https://github.com/supertassu/MajavahBot/blob/master/majavahbot/tasks/task_3_bot_status.py Function overview: Maintain a list of bots running on enwiki Links to...

Python, Pywikipedia Source code available: User:EarwigBot I/Source#Task 6 Function overview: The bot puts time and reviewer information in the {{WPAFC}}...

Per consensus here, can we have a bot roaming around to find all instances of the template and its associated redirects on video game articles to remove...

A bot I am planning, CoasterBot, is going to use PHP coding, that is under heavy development. I know a bit about PHP and I need some tips. And tips about...

be rather tedious, and I think a bot would be much faster and more effective; alas, I don't know anything about bot programming, so I'd like to request...

contribs • count • logs • page moves • block user • block log • flag log • flag bot Operator: Chris  G  Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic Programming...

simple task for a bot, and had hoped AWB might do it but I don't think it can. Is there anyone who could make or help a complete bot noob make one as there...

sections): Since the bot became widely established, these tables are much less used, but some maintenance is still needed. MartinBotII will be using information...

I've just got a new computer. There was a bot that you could manually update all the WikiProjects. The URL was something like: wp10.toolserver.org etc...

Citation bot: It doesn't have to be a pain in the butt! ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 1 August 2022 File:CRAIYON-REALESRGAN-Citation bot cleaning...

Namespace(s): Same as AnomieBOT 74 Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Function details: When the target of the AnomieBOT-created ASCII-hyphen redirect...

unaware of the tagging until the image is deleted. What I would propose is a bot that could add the {{deletable image-caption}} tag to the captions of any...

week. Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: The bot will replace the following templates using a list of...

C. 75 diffs here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SmackBot. Rich Farmbrough 09:12 23 August 2006 (GMT). Go for it! approved. Martin...

De Hollandsche Molen have changed their database. I'd like a bot to change urls in the following lists:- List of windmills in Gelderland List of windmills...

does not have a bot parameter, so I will be manually filling parameters to look like {{Now Commons|FILE|MULTIPLE|date = DATE|bot = BOT|reviewer = REVIEWER}}...

force as well as being re-tasked to the general topic of desserts. I need a bot to do a couple of things: The Project articles need to be re-categorized...

Continuous, daily, one time run): Daily Edit rate requested: 5 p/m Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No Function Details: See Function Summary Is there a reason why...

Template:uw-block/doc, the documentation page of the new metatemplate. Could a bot or AWBer assist the User Warnings Project by replacing {{Blocksnotice}} transclusions...

Bot task configuration parameters: bot: Name of the bot account task: Name of the bot task, used in the alerts and status table. action: (Default: "edit")...

please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval...

to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MisterWikiBot Edit period(s): Daily Estimated number of pages affected:...

Time filed: 17:31, Monday, January 20, 2020 (UTC) Function overview: The bot is going to substitute transclusions of Template:Click as per a deletion...

Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/HasteurBot, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/HasteurBot 2, and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/HasteurBot 9. Links...

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Will replace all instances of www.www. with www. Request at WP:BOTREQ. You expect this bot to only update...

bot. The bot can be stopped by any user using this page : User:RichardcavellBot/Shutoff. The bot checks this page every time it loops. Since this bot...

1 Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: The bot will retrieve the number of incoming links, page watchers...

it has already been done. Rich Farmbrough, 02:35, 1 August 2009 (UTC). A bot is needed, please, to convert existing "first broadcast", "foundation", "founded"...

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Special:PrefixIndex/user talk:212.183.128. It would be especially fine if the bot replaces all alternative templates such as {{shared IP}} or {{dynamic IP}}...

very efficiently with bots. If AWB folks want to incorporate it into AWB as well, I'm all for it, but that shouldn't prevent a bot from doing the brunt...

dominant template in all cases Edit period(s): Continuous Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function Details: Despite the two templates calling on a common...

see original BRFA Function overview: Clone of Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/HasteurBot; Origional op Has indicated they are not running it any...

Can someone make a bot to automatically update the Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of DYKs. Just like Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured...

new task for my bot at User talk:PotatoBot#PotatoBot for Glottolog codes?. Before I start coding, I'd like to ask if there is any bot around that can...

en sysop and global renamer who runs three bot accounts: TweetCiteBot (originally TweetBot) is my first bot account. It fixes instances where tweets are...

py (still in dev) Function overview: This bot will replace the original CommonsTicker bot (which has been out of action for a while) to notify...

simultaneously. Patrollers are asked to remove reports that have been declined, are bot-reported false positives or are otherwise non-blatant or stale reports. You...

archival bot for requests at Wikipedia:Abuse reports. Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Continuous Edit rate requested: The bot will...

who move to a Yahoo! Hosting plan). I was wondering if someone could do a bot that searches for <ref> tags that use references to the Geocities.com domain...

used by OrphanBot or STBotI. Suggested templates are User:OrphanBot/nfcc10c, User:OrphanBot/nosource, User:OrphanBot/norat, and User:OrphanBot/nocopyright...

under the family Salticidae, thus they should all be removed. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function details: Runs the following regex on the articles...

2012 (UTC). Hello, I would like to collaborate on a bot called "MiniotisBot" or "BookBot" or "litBot". Title to be determined by the programmer. I don't...

I need a bot to do a mass move of articles for Ontario Highways. The current articles are named Highway X (Ontario). However, according to WP:SRNC, the...

120 pages that used bare URLs that are now dead links. I am requesting a bot to look for {{cite web}} templates that link to URLs containing "//exchange...

run Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: The bot will create user page objects based on the page titles...

Additionally, RefBot allows the editor to opt-out of receiving RefBot filter-warnings. Loud-Warning-Bot. RefBot should be implemented as a bot, and eventually...

Automatic Programming language(s): Perl Source code available: User:AnomieBOT/source/tasks/OldIPUnblocker.pm Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):...

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: The code will be added to my current redirect patrolling bot rules (see User:DannyS712 bot III/rules...

discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Resurrect_RonBot_task_4, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot 4 Edit period(s): Daily Estimated...

link. GoingBatty (talk) 16:45, 2 December 2012 (UTC) Could we please have a bot that will deal with Special:LinkSearch/*.holocaustdenialontrial.org. The...

2009 (UTC) Hello. See Template talk:Year in baseball#suggestion. We need a bot that can replace the sidebar {{Year in baseball}} with: 1) {{Year in baseball...

Requesting a bot that does an "alphabetical" listing sort order of all subpages within Wikipedia:Requested articles (WP:RA). Current articles sort per...

infobox. Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests#Bot to clear Category:Journal articles needing infoboxes Edit period(s):...

please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was {{BotApproved}} New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval...

must be recolored. Recoloring seems like a good task for a bot. After major edits, the bot would Sort the table according to some column (eg 'Name' or...

for a bot for another wiki so if it isn't I would appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction. Basically, we over at CPDL would like a bot to mark...

I am requesting that a bot be assigned to fix links to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The correct link they should be using is The Lord of the Rings...

Resolved  – User:DustaBot resumed its previous role. ArakunemTalk 14:28, 8 April 2009 (UTC) Having patrolled the New User Creation log for a while, I've...

Note: this page is automatically archived using YiFeiBot_2; completed requests are archived after 24 hours. Manual archiving is normally unnecessary....

start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by operator. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers...

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Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot, Replacement request Edit period(s): Daily, maybe more Estimated...

million articles. Only a bot can find these articles. This is what the bot will do. In Wikimedia commons they have flickr Bot. This Bot will check articles...

Basicly, a bot that sends a series of pre-typed messages to a number of users. This could be used when your RFA gets an overwhelming number of support...

I might try making a bot for this. The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 18:51, 17 January 2013 (UTC)  Done I've already coded the bot, and I will file a BRFA...

User:BetacommandBot, but the bot and its master have been since blocked. User:FairuseBot, I think. I'd very much like to see this task being done by a bot. – Finnusertop...

for broken redirects; twice weekly for orphaned talk pages. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: The source code for brokenredirects.py is...

Bots noticeboard Shortcuts WP:BOTNWP:BOTN WP:BONWP:BON Here we coordinate and discuss Wikipedia issues related to bots and other programs interacting with...

successful requests for membership in the Bot Approval Group. For nominations that did not become members, see Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/Unsuccessful membership...

was Denied. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval process – How this discussion works Overview/Policy – What bots are/What they can (or...

portals. Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests#A Bot to update Portal's In the news section Edit period(s): Hourly, but...

Continuous, daily, one time run): Whenever requested or required. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function Details: Add ==References== and {{reflist}} if needed...

Edit rate requested: 5 edits per minute Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: This bot queries articles in the Candidates for speedy deletion...

I'll file a BRFA when I'm done. A nice simple one to get me started with bots on enwiki! - Mobius Clock 09:37, 2 May 2010 (UTC) BRFA filed. - Mobius Clock...

many case citations link to case citation. THis was probably done by a bot, and is completely useless as case citation itsself, says to hit back and...

of pages affected: Unknown Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Category:Wikipedians who are indefinitely...

Internet bot Wikipedia:Bots/Status (this page will need updating), with explanation of what each bot does. Wikipedia:Types of bots m:Bot m:Bot policy m:Countervandalism...

period(s): Daily Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: The source code is available here. Probably doesn't need a bot flag, though if there's a...

Time filed: 21:45, Friday, January 10, 2020 (UTC) Function overview: The bot is going to substitute the templates listed at Wikipedia:Templates_for_d...

Namespace(s): Mainspace Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Function details: The bot is going to remove italics and bold from the following parameters within...

discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 31, Special:PermaLink/954684116#More_bot_runs Edit period(s): Initially a one-time...

project}}. Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 80#Remove sister project templates with no target Edit period(s):...

the image and of all the articles that use it. It would be nice to have a bot or HTML command to cross-post a segment of text between several pages. This...

Hi. My name is Dreamafter, and I woould like a small bot made to help me with my WikiProject. I would like it to check through users contribs, back two...

process. Is it allowed for a bot to mass send Afd notices for one category or is that against policy? If it's okay is there a bot that can do this? Thanks...

Wikipedia:BOT redirects to Wikipedia:Bots, an overview of automated editing on the English Wikipedia. It may also refer to: Wikipedia:Bot policy Wikipedia:WikiProject...

has resulted in my bot not running. My plan is to have 3 instances of the bot running in 3 different locations at all time. Each bot will take the job...

day. Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: The bot will be used to fix common formatting problems related...

ways: have the job queue turn to these articles first, or have a special bot take care of such groups of articles that have been affected by some fix...

requested: 500 edits per hour (really depends on the task) Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: Find and replace task. Usage of "Category:X"'s...

To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Denied. (BRFA Approved BRFAs...

Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia: Slate reports that Tom Scott, co-creator of the emoji social network Emojli, created a Twitter bot called...

64 Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: The bot updates (to-be-created) Wikipedia:AfC sorting and its...

approval/EarwigBot 11 Bots/Requests for approval/EarwigBot 12 Bots/Requests for approval/EarwigBot 13 Bots/Requests for approval/EarwigBot 14 Bots/Requests...

Continuous, daily, one time run): on the hour Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: The bot works like so: Parses the name of today's fa from here...

was Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval process – How this discussion works Overview/Policy – What bots are/What they can (or...

use of global bots approved by the bot policy on Meta-Wiki to update interwiki links without the need to request permission from the Bot Approvals Group...

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 80#Harvard Bot Edit period(s): Continuous Estimated number of pages affected:...

Time filed: 14:12, Saturday June 8, 2013 (UTC) Note: SoupBot was orginally named BennieBot, but I've forgotten the password of that account and the Wikipedia...

Anti-vandalism bots are automated processes that revert vandalism and warn appropriately. Programming an effective anti-vandalism bot takes a lot of time...

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No Function details: On Wikipedia:Full-date unlinking bot, a consensus was achieved that full dates...

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(where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 6, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 7 Edit period(s): Periodic Estimated...

Speedily Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval process – How this discussion works Overview/Policy – What bots are/What they can (or...

which I nor this bot are. Steven Crossin Help resolve disputes! 00:02, 13 September 2019 (UTC) You know, is AWB essential for a bot to mass-move articles...

(Moved from Wikipedia talk:Bots) Kevin Rector 14:42, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC) Hi. I've noticed that a lot of pages are misusing HTML entities by not using the...

Special:PermaLink/690468498#Bot automation Edit period(s): Weekly Estimated number of pages affected: 7 Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No):...

(where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators#Bot proposal Edit period(s): Daily Estimated number of pages affected: 25,000...

run): When bot operators have the time. Edit rate requested: maxlag=5 Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: Clone of BetacommandBot's NFCC work...

this bot to be successful. Have you considered making a bot account (User:SocietyBot is available, for example) and submitting your own request for bot approval...

period(s): One time run Edit rate requested: 15 10 edits per minute Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: Tags the Wikipedia:NJSCR banner on talk pages...

Namespace(s): Main Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Function details: The bot will simply move punctuation (comma, semi-colon or colon) at the end of a...

Can someone make a bot that can 'read' through an article and decide what spelling it appears to be using? For example if it mainly uses British spellings...

Hi- Theo's Little Bot 19 used to update the adopt a user list marking inactive adopters as such but this doesn't seem to have run since June 2016. Could...

I want to operate a bot that archives old discussions every month or so. Any discussions that hasn't had any response in the last 60 days will be automatically...

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: As mentioned above, the bot will change {{WikiProject Insects|class=x|importance=y}}...

bots which, as part of their operation, count the number of articles in a category and do something with the result. Would it be possible for a bot to...

was Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval process – How this discussion works Overview/Policy – What bots are/What they can (or...

across 30,000 articles and it seems to me like a task ideally suited to a bot. Any offers? --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 10:07, 3 February 2006...

unapproved bot by east718 Edit period(s): Checks hourly. Estimated number of pages affected: 1-2 per day Exclusion compliant (Y/N): N Already has a bot flag...

1 Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: This bot will update Wikipedia:User scripts/Most imported scripts...

compliant (Yes/No): No, will only run on specific pages Function details: The bot downloads the daily data set updates from the git repo. Using a combination...

actions: Grant or remove the administrator user right Grant or remove the bot flag Grant or remove the interface administrator right Grant the bureaucrat...

backlog, it could be easily replicated by a bot. Esquivalience t 00:03, 21 June 2015 (UTC) Note that AnomieBOT already does this for WP:TFD, WP:FFD, and...

available: User:AnomieBOT/source/tasks/DeletionSortingCleaner.pm Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): User talk:AnomieBOT/Archive 11#Remote...

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but, I am willing to take over SoxBot's Anti-Vandal Bot task. However, I had to completely overhaul the main bot script and program it again in PHP....

appropriate): Requested at User_talk:Citation_bot Edit period(s): Continuous: addition to existing bot code Estimated number of pages affected: A few...

was Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval process – How this discussion works Overview/Policy – What bots are/What they can (or...

number of pages affected: 400 Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: For articles that have multiple stub...

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Challenge_bot Edit period(s): Daily until the challenge has completed, then...

139#Redirect_talk_pages_with_only_banners, I'm requesting a bot with the following logic If nothing but banners is found on Talk:Barfoo and...

make a bot that checks to see if links are dead? The Placebo Effect 01:38, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Yes, but it would be quite complicated. The bot would...

py Function overview: An extension of WP:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 3, this task moves categories and their associated subpages...

one pattern i see a lot more often and which inho may warrant a bot fix is a citation template followed by a language icon template. such language template...

such shenanigans. (0.0001° is <11 m, 1″ is <31 m) Is it possible to built a bot that would list (not change) all articles with coordinates that are, say...

Bots that have not edited since 2010 as of 26 November 2016 (UTC). [edit]...

any near the number Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: AWB automated functions I hereby request a bot flag. -- Cat chi? 21:42, 25 May 2007...

by a bot and is provided to assist in managing GAN backlogs. Note that any changes made to this page will be overwritten the next time the bot runs....

User:GalaxyBot/Task2.py Function overview: This bot will help with admin activity updates. Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Bot...

until they are removed, so I was wondering if there was a way to program a bot to remove these sorts of things, as I suspect a sizable chunk of merge request...

I would appreciate if someone could run a bot that would create a redirect for Files for discussion/date to Files for deletion/date, where no page or...

No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Functionally identical to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 6, just acting on...

2. Current work gets documented at Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized crime/Bot tagging categories/documentation. Select [►] to view subcategories Organized...

revisited the bot's approval, and consensus there was in favor of the bot continuing to run. Therefore, I am speedily re-approving this bot to continue...

Speedily Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval process – How this discussion works Overview/Policy – What bots are/What they can (or...

number for enclose but fewer Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Per phab:T237267, using "source" instead...

pages affected: 200,000+ Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: As discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject...

User:MilHistBot/AutoReport.cs Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators#Bot assessments...

(Y/N): Since it is creating pages, parameter doesn't apply. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function details: Approximately hourly check the progress boxes...

pump (proposals)/Archive 188#Bot proposal (AFC submission templates), Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AssumptionBot Edit period(s): Continuous Estimated...

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Lots of Bots: Admin bots, approved bots, bots on trial, lots and lots of bots ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 31 May 2019 Technology report Contribute...

Could someone program a bot that scans through articles, and tags articles which have had a significant reduction in content since the last edit as articles...

has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function details: Idem, options are -confirm -array:300 -namespace:0 -autonomous -continue -force -pt:48 NOTE: The bot was renamed...

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: Simple task. As per discussion linked above, the use of "(retired)" is unnecessary. This bot will use...

Namespace(s): Main Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Function details: The bot will group links that have been split into several links (like [[Test|To]][[Test|to]]...

along with pageviews. To report bugs, please write on the Community tech bot talk page on Meta. Period: 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-30 Total views: 14,279,382...

(Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: When the bot checks a link it runs that value against the bot's DB, and assigns it a value...

applied automatically; pages with more complex issues are listed on User:FuBot/Potential atrocities for human review. Programming Language(s): Python (custom...

pages are: User:JL-Bot/Project content/Trial 5.1 User:JL-Bot/Project content/Trial 5.2 User:JL-Bot/Project content/Trial 5.3 User:JL-Bot/Project content/Trial...

BRFAs Generate code for bot Run trial once authorised Post results Switch on task once authorised As Femto Bot doesn't have a bot flag yet I will be using...

Function overview: This bot-task will try to remove all instances of the use of MiszaBot, MiszaBot I, MiszaBot II, MiszaBot III from the parameters of...

Hello and thanks in advance for your time. Is it possible for a bot to take a list of list-articles, with articles such as List of House episodes, go...

period(s): Continuous Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function Details: Suggestion copied from User_talk:Citation_bot#Cite arXiv to Cite journal convertion...

bot inactive, Wikipedia talk:Requested moves/Archive 23#What's the deal?, Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 101#RM bot inactive, Wikipedia:Wikipedia...

over the bot account, the bot should go through a trial period just like a normal bot approval request. This bot is NOT a direct clone of my bot, because...

discussion at Wikipedia talk:Bots/Requests for approval/Archive 4#Request for deflagging and blocking of Anybot, this bot approval has been revoked. User:Smith609...

To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. (BRFA Approved BRFAs...

minutes) for new pages If bot is cold started, fetch newpagelist with the last X (Idea: 500-1000) pages. (See: Note 1) If the bot is running, only fetch...

FBI to track down bot herder or hackers...". That strikes me as bad grammar. Maybe "to track down bot herders" or "to track down a bot herder"? Or is it...

special page, and other news: Welcoming English Wikipedia's newest admin (bot) ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 30 April 2019 Technology report Contribute...

Lifetime of the bot limited by finite number of countries requiring indexing Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: The bot will use a website...

red links for 2+ years, but are potentially quite amenable to creation by bot and would allow human editors to concentrate on the more demanding categories...

This bot approval request system required me to give a name for a bot, while this is not actually a bot approval request, there is no real bot involved...

if the bot has the bot flag, it is now possible for the bot to not flag its individual edits as bot. Even when not applied to edits, the bot flag still...

Perhaps someone's running a bot that already does this, but I thought I'd bring it up anyway, in case nobody was. When text precedes a header, the header...

language(s): PHP Source code available: User:RFC bot/afdrelists.php, User:RFC bot/mfdarchiver.php, User:One bot/openbrfa.php Function overview: Miscellaneous...

User_talk:Primefac/Archive_26#Bot_request, User_talk:Primefac/Archive_26#Bot_request_(continued), User_talk:Primefac#Bot_request_for_number_signs_(again)...

month. Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N, but on de:wikipedia my bot has a bot flag Function details: Interwikilinks with pywikipedia...

being deleted (not due to a bot error). Advertised on WP:AN: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive317#Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/QEDKbot...

Bot writes about theatre plays; "Renaissance editors" create better content: A paper presented at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition...

WP:PFCOTMWP:PFCOTM Do not manually edit this page - it is automatically updated when a bot changes the current article. Watch that page for updates. When the article...

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Upon request the bot will remove external link template parameters...

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Feedback_request_-_bot_to_maintain_CAT:UAA_and_similar_categories Edit period(s):...

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: See Here Chris G, could you post to this page, please, to confirm that you are indeed this bot's operator...

well as Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/PrimeBOT_13 Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CitationCleanerBot 2 Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Yobot_54...

consensus is needed. A sampling of how the bot will work is available at Commons. Note: This bot was formerly VshBot. So this is on talk-page requests only...

Bot census; discussions differ on Spanish and English Wikipedia; how nature's seasons affect pageviews: And other new research publications. ← Back to...

No more than 10 edits per minute Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Function Details: This is an interwiki bot, it will only work on interwiki links. It will...

Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work: Citation bot and mapframe enhancements; new licenses for Data space; possible hiccup on...

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Sometimes Citation bot is not enough ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 31 August 2022 Tips and tricks Contribute   —   Share this  PDF download  E-mail...

Namespace(s): Main Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Function details: The bot will simply remove empty list items (like *, :...). If the line is followed...

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per second during operation. 1 edit request per instance. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Function Details: For a given category to produce a list of all...

along with pageviews. To report bugs, please write on the Community tech bot talk page on Meta. Period: 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-30 Total views: 747,000...

To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. (BRFA Approved BRFAs...

Example bot (talk · contribs · logs) Example bot owner (talk · contribs · logs) This is a summary written by users who are concerned by this bot's operation...

frequent editor of video game-related articles. I'm not really familiar with bots, so if this is a stupid question, my apologies. In the {{Infobox video game}}...

please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval...

Could a bot sort out the drafts at Category:Userspace drafts by adding a "date=" parameter with the date of creation? If not, at the least, could someone...

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Operator: Verisimilus T Automatic Programming Language(s): PHP with BasicBot framework Function Summary: Counts the number of times a page has been viewed...

DRN case status template, so no exclusion is appropriate. Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: Additionally, the task will save statistics...

the Wales–Heilman emails Special report Update on EranBot, our new copyright violation detection bot Traffic report Two for the price of one Featured content...

the automatic stuff as possible to bot accounts. (Same reason as Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ST47ProxyBot.) Since this is primarily a matter...

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language}} Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 47#add ref section to language stubs Edit period(s): Continuous...

Bot-created Wikipedia articles covered in the Wall Street Journal, push Cebuano over one million articles: The Swedish Wikipedia's prolific Lsjbot, which...

~1000 Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: The bot would do edits like this [1] and [2] This would change...

the discussion was Denied. New bot — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gedimon (talk • contribs) You cannot request a bot for your main account. You did...

to hundreds down the road Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: The maintenance category Category:Pages...

Every 15 minutes Estimated number of pages affected: WP:GAN (or a bot sandbox until the bot has approval to run on WP:GAN itself), the eleven topic lists...

don't think the bot needs to say whether there is a quorum or not. I realize that this slightly deviates from the purpose of the bot, but is probably...

(Y/N): No, although it will ignore images with {{hangon}} Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function details: gets all the images in the relevant sub cat...

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: Currently, it merely counts the number of Featured Articles and places them on User:Jmax-bot/FACounter,...

manual#More...) This is my first attempt at a bot. It would also require getting approval to use AWB for the bot --DannyS712 (talk) 17:46, 6 January 2019 (UTC)...

For question about the WP 1.0 bot, please see User:WP 1.0 bot/Web/FAQ The goal of Wikipedia is to make knowledge freely available to the world. That knowledge...

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this bot is able to undo itself if needed. All you have to do is post a message to me, and I can undo the work of this bot. Posting to the bot's talk...

compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Using category intersection, the bot refines geographic stub tags (*-geo-stub)...

word. Needless to say this reduces legibility. It would be appreciated if a bot were available that stripped font/color tags from an article. Radiant_* 09:35...

(WebCitation.org) Edit period(s): Continuous Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: This BOT has not actually been coded yet. I am submitting this...

Edit rate requested: 3 edits per Minute (likely to be slower) Already has a bot flag (Y/N):Y Function Details: As above. Very simple. Per a user request...

tagged for this. Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: DASHBot previously handled this (see request), but the bot was blocked a month or so...

(UTC) Just one question, can the bot be stopped by other admins if it starts malfunctioning? (since blocking the bot would not prevent it to block others)...

wikipedia Function Summary: A clone of status bot, that may turn into a back up status bot if status bot starts running again. Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous...

To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. (BRFA Approved BRFAs...

As of 15 April 2007, BetacommandBot is flagged and approved for the following tasks: Generating "spam stats" and lists Substing templates per Wikipedia:SUBST...

parameter value is retained (it was wrong before the bot fix and will likely be wrong after the bot fix). The bot will only change known good parameter values...

pages affected: A few per day Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Yes Function details: The Citation Bbot acts to create the back-end...

have made statements about Wikipedia:Bot policy. This essay attempts to clarify the ways in which Wikipedia:Bot policy applies to AI agents. Technically...

reports from ListeriaBot don't seem to be in watchlists as the bot has the bot flag, so perhaps this may be a good indication that the bot flag is useful in...

details: The bot creates redirects from User:(insert user)/Archives(YYYY)/(Month) to User:(insert user) for me in my userspace and the bot's (and anyone...

User:AlexNewArtBot/LiteratureSearchResult for recent literature-related articles (including novels) found by bot. You can put the bot-assisted feed anywhere...

variable intervals Edit rate requested: Keep current rate of the bot. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function Details: Update images such as removing duplicates...

Memorial Building. Is a maintenance bot already doing this kind of repair, and if not, could it be added to an existing bot? Nyttend (talk) 13:39, 21 June...

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that bot, it would have to be continuous. Soxred93 | talk count bot 18:58, 15 January 2008 (UTC) Just for more information, there are actually two bots that...

the bot will add name=FirstauthorYear from the information in Wikipedia. (The bot already creates this information in subtemplates, per Wikipedia:Bots...

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compliant (Y/N): Y Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Function details: This is a proposal that was originally filled under Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot...

please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval...

please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval...

Manual: Automatic Programming language(s): C# using DotNetWikiBot Source code available: User:B-bot/source Function overview: Tag orphaned images used under...

along with pageviews. To report bugs, please write on the Community tech bot talk page on Meta. Period: 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-30 Total views: 2,781,671...

PkbwcgsBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 9) Approved 02:39, 28 December 2018 (UTC) (bot has flag) PkbwcgsBot (BRFA ·...

was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:04, 6 September 2005 (UTC) Just another bot on just another IRC channel. Doesn't even seem to be custom code. —Cryptic...

Edit rate requested: 1 per minute maximum Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N Function Details: The bot will compare texts of new articles with predifined lists...

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appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Wikiproject_task_force_tagging_(Reality_TV). This is a replacement of the previous request Wikipedia:Bots...

The bot would move the page to User:Dylan620 Bot/HistoricPages/Main Page. At the exact same time, the bot would create a page called User:Dylan620 Bot/HistoricPages/Main...

unsuccessful requests for membership in the Bot Approval Group. For nominations that did become members, see Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/Successful membership...

that, just differently. The code is here: User:John Bot III/Code Update: Sorry about that :p The bot will basically look at the uploaded files log and check...

discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 42#Bot to replace WikiStatsBot for WP:JCW, User:JL-Bot/Journal Testing, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject...

compliant (Yes/No): Yes, as pywikibot respects the bots template. Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes. Harej bot is older than dirt; its user page links to its...

Sunshine Man 15:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC) this bot already exists and is run by eagle 101 Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 15:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC) I cant see...

a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function Details: Due to a recent MOS change, where it now says that "Em dashes should not be spaced at Wikipedia.", this bot would...

appropriate): Wikipedia:BOTR#Bot_to_upload_main_page_images, user:MPUploadBot and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MPUploadBot Edit period(s): Continuous...

May 2008 (UTC) All bots now have the bot flag, even anti vandalism bots (media wiki now lets bots chose to flag their edits as bot or not). However we...

relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests#Revival of User:TedderBot/CurrentPruneBot Edit period(s): Hourly Estimated number of pages...

appropriate): Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation#Proposed: A Bot to traverse old AfCs and nominate for deletion Edit period(s): Initially...

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Bots are annoying. Not only bots are annoying, but also scripts and certain forms of automated editing. Currently (March 2008), Wikipedia reverts vandalism...

3833 Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: The bot will look for a very specific string ("|date=1997–2012...

compliant (Yes/No): Yes. The bot will respect the templates. Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: This bot will link the root categories...

please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Approved. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval...

an admin page in the bot's userspace Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: The bot performs exactly the...

sandbox is moved to draftspace Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No Function details: When an draft is moved from userspace...

over several sessions Edit rate requested: 3-6 edits per min Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function Details: On album articles only (but excluding any...

no more than 100 per run Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: Currently, I have been manually correcting...

relevant discussions (where appropriate): This bot has been operating under consensus via User:RFC bot since May; the original discussion is available...

please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Request Expired. New to bots on Wikipedia? Read these primers! Approval...

Wikipedia bot wars capture the imagination of the popular press – but are they real?; personality and attitudes to Wikipedia; large expert review experiment...

merrier I supposed. In addition, welcome bots are usually always denied as the point of welcoming new users with a bot basically defeats the purpose of welcoming...

15:56, 12 August 2007 (UTC) I have blanked User:DP Bot, except for {{emergency-bot-shutoff}} and {{bot}}, as a blatant GFDL violation (no attribution to...

compliant (Y/N): Yes Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Yes Function details: To quote the talk page The logic for a bot would be (ignoring whitespace): For...

(Y/N): Yes Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Yes Function details: User enters {{ref pmid|1234}} (or ref jstor, ref doi...) Bot replaces {{ref pmid|1234}}...

{ "description": "[[WP:Bots]] spam list for [[Wikipedia:Bots/News]]\n\n[[Category:Wikipedia bots]]", "targets": [ { "title": "User talk:-revi"...

instance. What about "CreamBot" or "MixwellBot" or "MixBot"? Maxim(talk) 00:39, 22 December 2008 (UTC) From Wikipedia:BOT "The account's name should identify...

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#FUR_addition_bot, brfa from 4 years ago about similar task Edit period(s): Daily...

for each thing). Function Summary: Double redirects, requests on Wikipedia:Bot requests, etc. Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Daily...

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To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by operator. (BRFA...

pages affected: 50 000 (+- 100) Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function details: Will replace deprecated parameter per WP:FOOTBALL...

may wish to look at this bot request. --S up? 12:55, 29 June 2007 (UTC) Ahh, I see... valid concerns, too... Hmm. Do I need bot flags, to test and experiment...

Bots galore!: Bots can do anything you want – well, almost. ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 28 October 2018 Technology report Contribute   —   Share...

human protein-coding genes 1 These sections include discussions about the bot itself (i.e., writing the tables using User:Seppi333Bot): WT:MCB/Archive_11#...

of which will be edited. Exclusion compliant (Y/N): No Yes. Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No. Function details: The {{Irish place name}} template is a...

discussions (where appropriate): WP:DRAFTNOCAT, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 2 Edit period(s): As needed Estimated number of pages affected:...

Yes as pywikibot does it by default Adminbot (Yes/No): No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes in here and lots of Wikis Function details: It makes a...

DemonDays64 Bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) Approved 15:52, 8 December 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag) DannyS712 bot III (BRFA ·...

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Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic Programming language(s): GNU Awk and BotWikiAwk framework Source code available: Yes (TBU) Links to relevant discussions...

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compliant (Yes/No): Yes Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: The bot control page User:GreenC bot/Job 16/bot documents how it works. The control...

from https://github.com/wikigit/Commons-fair-use-upload-bot Function overview: Cross-wiki bot. If an image currently in use at En is going to be deleted...

No Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: This is a follow-up to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 21, which suggested...

27:24 pm, Yesterday (UTC÷4) Hey guys I'd like to nominate our fellow GA bot, he has been active with us for 3 years, doing all kind of hard work, he...

filter 139 (Fixed position vandalism, details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 04:09, 8 August 2026 (UTC) Warned user. Level 2 Daniel Case (talk)...

crime/Bot tagging categories, Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized crime/Bot tagging categories/Sandbox 1, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized crime/Bot tagging...

Programming language(s): BotWikiAwk Source code available: accdate.awk Function overview: The proposal is for 'accdate bot' to remove |access-date= from...

reverted. Wiki Feed Bot (talk) 20:09, 11 January 2017 (UTC) Wiki Feed Bot, Special:Contributions/Wiki Feed Bot is what AnomieBOT is looking at. You should...

bot flag (Y/N): N Function details: Will remove the new section from bot's talk page and copy it to my talk page. Will also place a copy in the bot's...

has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function details: Replace tag with new version and copy the parameters if set if not set default Example: User:Petan-Bot/Sandbox01...