Extension:MakeBot
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 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Special page, User rights |
| Description | Adds a special page which allows bureaucrats to grant and revoke bot status from user accounts. |
| Author(s) | Rob Church |
| Download | SVN |
| Added rights | makebot |
MakeBot is an extension which allows bureaucrats to grant and revoke bot status from user accounts. It was written by Rob Church for use on Wikimedia wikis, and was taken live on 22nd April 2006.
[edit] Use
- Select User
- Enter a username in the field indicated and click Go
- Grant Bot Status
- Enter a comment and click the Grant button
- Revoke Bot Status
- Enter a comment and click the Revoke button
[edit] Restrictions
Bot status cannot be granted to accounts with sysop or bureaucrat rights.
[edit] Logs
A log of all bot status changes is maintained at Special:Log/makebot.
[edit] Licensing and downloads
The extension is available under the GNU General Public License 2.0 or later, and can be downloaded from Subversion, or accessed via the web-based viewer.
The software is provided as-is. Updates will be made according to the needs of Wikimedia wikis; or where critical vulnerabilities are discovered.
[edit] Alternative way
An alternative way for 1.11 and after is described at Help:User rights management#MakeBot.
This extension is being used on one or more of Wikimedia's wikis. It means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high traffic websites. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki is produced by Special:Version on that wiki.
