Template:Bot
Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]{{bot}} – An information box that indicates that the editor is not a human and actually an automatic process assigned to do menial tasks on Wikipedia.
Parameters
- 1
- The first unnamed parameter specifies the operator of the bot.
- 2, 3
- The second and third unnamed parameters can be used to specify co-operators of the bot, if required.
- site
- The two letter code for those operators that do not have an account on the English language Wikipedia (though having a local account is strongly recommended).
- status
- active (and approved), inactive (but approved), trial, unapproved, globalbot, blocked, expired (previously approved but approval has lapsed), retired (previously approved but no longer editing, see also {{retired|bot=yes}})
- awb
- yes (if this bot uses AWB), or omit (if it doesn't).
- codebase
- The name of the code (programming or scripting language) used to create the bot (e.g., Pywikibot, perlWikipedia, ...)
- brfa
- Optional if specified, overrides the name of the request for approval. If not specified, defaults to {{BASEPAGENAME}}
- by
- Optional if specified, overrides the usual display of the operator's username in the first line generated from the three unnamed parameters.
- approvalneeded
- If status indicated active/approved, or globalbot, setting no will make the template indicate that the bot is running tasks for which no approval is needed.
- overridebrfa
- If the bot has multiple requests or approval, or multiple tasks, and the default BRFA link cannot link to a page that contains all the bot's approved requests or tasks, this field allows inputting a link to any Wikipedia page. Specifying this field overrides brfa.
- more
- Any additional information to specify in the mbox. Usually not needed, since
|status=,|brfa=, and|approvalneeded=covers most cases. - alt
- Optional alternate text for the image.
Examples
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{{Bot|John Smith}}
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{{Bot|John Smith|site=en}}
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{{Bot|John Smith|site=en|awb=yes}}
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{{Bot|John Smith|site=en
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{{Bot|John Smith|site=en|status=active}}
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{{Bot|John Smith|site=en|status=trial}}
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{{Bot|John Smith|site=en|status=inactive}}
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{{Bot|John Smith|site=en|status=unapproved}}
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{{Bot|John Smith|site=en
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{{Bot|John Smith|image=Crystal Clear question bot.svg
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See also
- {{Bot2}}: An alternative visual style for {{Bot}} that makes the status more obvious and uses SVG icons
- {{User bot owner|Botname}}: Userbox for bot owner's user pages
- {{User wikipedia/Botop}}: Userbox for bot owner's user pages