MicroWiki:Bots
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![]() | This is an information page. It is not one of MicroWiki's policies or guidelines, but rather intends to describe some aspect(s) of MicroWiki's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect varying levels of consensus and vetting. |
Bots are accounts operated by software making automatic edits. On MicroWiki, they may only be operated by the technical admins or users with strict permission the technical admins.
Currently, the only intermittently operating bots are MicroBot, SignoBot, Janny, and WelcomeBOT.
Name | Active | Purpose | Edit count | Software | Operator | AD | RC |
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MicroBot | ![]() |
General article cleanup, mass replacement, assisting administrators. | 26,578 | AWB | User:Luxor | Yes | No |
ProtectBot | ![]() |
Add Template:Pp to protected articles and remove it from unprotected articles. | 46 | PWB | User:Luxor | Yes | No |
SandboxCleanerBot | ![]() |
Clean Sandbox daily. | 18 | MWBot | User:Luxor | No | No |
RedirectBot | ![]() |
Fix double redirects and mark broken redirects for deletion. | 4,738 | PWB | User:Luxor | No | No |
StatsBot | ![]() |
Update historical statistics for all MW-family sites. | 1,755 | MWBot + PHP | User:Luxor | No | No |
WelcomeBOT | ![]() |
Welcome new users. | 12332 | PWB | User:Luxor | No | Yes |
Mailman | ![]() |
Send project notices to project members. | 25 | PWB | User:Luxor | No | No |
Hubbardbot | ![]() |
Typo and date format correction. | 1,722 | AWB | User:Matt | No | No |
Janny | ![]() |
General article cleanup, mass replacement, assisting administrators. | 17,072 | AWB | User:MattL | No | No |
SignoBot | ![]() |
47 | MWBot | User:Luxor | No | No | |
WikiScribeBot | ![]() |
Automatically marks drafts as submitted. | 1,754 | User:Luxor |
Apart from SignoBot, most bots used on MicroWiki used AutoWikiBot to automate certain tasks and fix general mistakes.