GuildWiki:Bot tasks

Bots are used to perform automated tasks on the wiki. This page is for users to post tasks that would be well-suited for our in-house bots. It is also so that the bot owners can keep the community advised of upcoming and current bot actions.

Bot edits should have a link to the task article in the edit summary.

The bot task article should be very specific as to the purpose of task, examples of what articles may be effected, and how the task will be performed. Any programming information should be listed. The parameters of the generated list of articles created from AWB should be described.

Bot tasks should not be undertaken without at least one week's warning except in special circumstances. Longer may be required. No bot task should begin until at least one sysop (different from the bot's owner) has signed off on it. This is to give the community a chance to review the bot task and decide if its worth performing or if there is a better alternative.

Current bots
for a list of all bots, see Special:Listusers/bot
 * User:Bot ishmael &mdash; edits &mdash; owned by User:Dr ishmael
 * User:RT bot &mdash; edits &mdash; owned by User:Randomtime
 * User:MayBot &mdash; edits &mdash; owned by User:Warwick
 * User:JediBot &mdash; edits &mdash; owned by User:JediRogue

Proposed tasks
list tasks that haven't been decided on here
 * Bot_tasks/Add link to all GuildWars.com news articles

To do list
list tasks that have been decided on but are not yet ready to be run here'
 * Bot_tasks/Template substitution
 * Bot_tasks/Category renaming
 * Bot_tasks/Redcat removal (assigned to MayBot)

Currently active tasks

 * Bot tasks/Builds redlinks rewrite (running)
 * Bot tasks/Relinking userpages (suspended until further notice)

Completed Tasks

 * Add a category to all Guild Wars news articles. RT bot

Related links

 * Wikipedia:Bot policy