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Non-admins: If the bot is malfunctioning, send me a message on my talk page at User talk:Thehelpfulone, contact me on IRC with the nick Thehelpfulone and the cloak @wikimedia/Thehelpfulone. In serious cases, report to WP:AN and the bot will be reviewed by admins and blocked if necessary. You can also ask any admin to block the bot if it is malfunctioning, but if I am around, I would prefer if you would notify me first - then I can just stop it! :) The Helpful One
| This user is a bot | |
|---|---|
| (talk · contribs) | |
| Operator | The Helpful One |
| Approved? | Yes |
| Flagged? | Yes |
| Task | See relevant section below |
| Edit rate | Periodically |
| Programming language | AWB / Python - Pywikipediabot |
| Exclusion compliant? | No |
| Source code published? | No |
| Emergency shutoff-compliant? | Yes (Block) |
Task(s)
Automated
- Adding reference sections and tags to articles from this cat where needed. BRFA
- Simple and regex find/replace tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic outline and any other articles that need it. BRFA
- Fixing double redirects BRFA
- Renaming subcategories in Category:Wikipedia bots from an old name to a new one. BRFA
Manual
- Newsletter delivery when requested. BRFA
Bot Requests for Approvals
| Bot Task | Status | Description | Closing Edit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task 1 |  Approved. |
Adding {{reflist}} if missing and if <ref> tag is present, checks for pages on Category:Pages with missing references list. | 19:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC) |
| Task 2 | Approved. |
Sending out the WikiCup newsletter to users. | 17:47, 23 February 2009 (UTC) |
| Task 3 | Approved. |
Simple and regex find/replace tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic outline and any other articles that need it. | 11:20, 20 February 2009 (UTC) |
| Task 4 |  Speedily Approved. |
Fixing double redirects | 13:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC) |
| Task 5 |  Withdrawn by operator. |
Deleting broken redirects (will replace User:RedirectCleanupBot) - this list is more accurate than the category. | 17:39, 18 May 2009 |
| Task 6 | Withdrawn by operator. |
Delete files that are also present on Wikimedia Commons on a local wiki (in this case en.wikipedia). | 22:09, 19 February 2009 (UTC) |
| Task 7 | Speedily Approved. |
Move pages in the Category:Wikipedia bots's subcategories from an old category to a new one (i.e. renaming the category) | 20:49, 26 February 2009 (UTC) |
| Task 8 | Approved. |
Tag pages as directed by projects from lists that they give me. This will include adding and substituting templates and adding notices to pages (including talk page messages). | 17:00, 2 June 2009 (UTC) |
| Task 9 |  Status Unknown. |
Move categories on pages (i.e. Rename the category on every page) and add categories to pages where requested. | 22:37, 22 June 2009 (UTC) |
| Task 10 | Approved. |
Typical interwiki bot, run using the parameters python interwiki.py -start:! -autonomous -async -family:wikipedia -lang:en -nolog | 20:29, 4 March 2012 (UTC) |
| Task 11 | Approved. |
To send newsletters or other talk page messages to the User talk: and Talk: when requested by users, or WikiProjects. | 21:51, 12 March 2012 (UTC) |
| Task 12 | Approved. |
Tagging templates that are up for discussion at WP:TFD when requested | 09:50, 31 March 2012 (UTC) |
| Task 13 | Approved. |
General tagging (and untagging) of categories as requested, typically after CfD closures. | 18:16, 7 April 2012 (UTC) |
Awards
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The Original Barnstar | |
| Your bot adding {{Reflist}}s to those articles that need them has made plenty of articles look that bit better. J Milburn (talk) 14:19, 20 February 2009 (UTC) |