User:Headbomb/Bots

Bots are programs that do tedious repetitive things on large scales!

Examples

• AAlertBot (talk · contribs)
  • WP:AALERTS
• JL-Bot (talk · contribs)
  • WP:RECOG

Common tasks

• WikiProject tagging - Add WikiProject Banners to articles
• Updating links
  • http://washingtonpost.com/articles/article-name.html
  • http://washingtonpost.com/archives/article-name.html

Relevant links

• WP:BOTS - Overview of bots
• WP:BOTDICT - Dictionary of bots-related terms
• WP:BOTREQ - Request work to be done by bots
• WP:BOTN - Bot noticeboard
• WP:BOTPOL - Policy concerning bot usage
  • WP:BRFA - Bots Requests for Approvals
  • WP:BAG - Bots Approval Groups
• WP:AWB - Good framework for simple tasks / easy to use, lots of built-in common fixes, easy to add your own fixes. Not en-wiki centric!