Flow/Bots

rough notes

OlEnglish asked, "Is there a list of, or discussion somewhere on what will become of Cluebot III tasks or any other bot tasks and/or templates that will become deprecated once WP:Flow is fully rolled out?

We will be discussing API for bots at Zürich_Hackathon in May 2014

Further notes at Talk:Flow/Architecture/API/Archive 2014#enwiki bots that edit talk pages

Enwiki Talkpage bots

Bot	Operator(s)	Task(s)	Usertalk tasks	library (or languages)
w:User:ClueBot NG	w:User:Cobi w:User:Crispy1989 w:User:methecooldude	Reverting vandalism		C, C++, PHP, Python, Bash, and Java
w:User:HasteurBot	w:User:Hasteur	(AFC only)	--	pywikibot (?)
w:User:Lowercase sigmabot III	w:User:Σ	Archive talkpages	--	python (ceterach)
w:User:SineBot	w:User:Slakr	Signing comments	--	php
w:User:AnomieBOT	w:User:Anomie	Articletalk: Adding {old AfD multi} for prior AfDs, Usertalk: Substing templates	usertalk: edit existing content	perl
w:User:BracketBot	w:User:A930913	informs editors of potentially broken markup	new topic	python
w:User:DPL bot	w:User:JaGa	Notifies editors of disambiguation links they have added to articles	new topic	php
w:User:EdwardsBot	w:User:MZMcBride	deliver messages and newsletters	new topic	python
w:User:MediaWiki message delivery	Extension:MassMessage	deliver messages and newsletters	new topic	Extension:MassMessage
w:User:Theo's Little Bot	w:User:Theopolisme	Usertalk: Notifying uploaders about file issues/changes	new topic	python
w:User:Legobot	w:User:Legoktm	Article and Usertalk: Adding RFC ID, Notify users of GA status	new topic	pywikibot
w:User:HostBot	w:User:Jtmorgan	invites new editors to the Teahouse and TWA	new topic	python-wikitools
w:User:AvicBot	w:User:Avicennasis	Articletalk: Fixing double redirect	--	pywikibot, AutoWikiBrowser
w:User:ClueBot III	w:User:Cobi	Talk page archival, including link fixing to archived sections	--	php
w:User:LaraBot	w:User:MZMcBride	Warning editors who create unreferenced biographies of living people.	new topic	python-wikitools
w:User:DYKUpdateBot	w:User:Shubinator	Giving DYK credit	new topic	java
w:User:ReferenceBot	w:User:A930913	Notice of potential reference breaking	new topic	python
w:User:MenoBot and w:User:MenoBot II	w:User:Meno25	Wikiproject tagging of talk pages		AutoWikiBrowser
w:User:SuggestBot	w:User:Nettrom	Usertalk: Suggest tasks for editors	new topic	python
w:User:ImageTaggingBot	w:User:Carnildo	ImageTaggingBot notifies the uploader of any problems it encounters	new topic	perl
w:User:Citation bot	w:User:Smith609	Fixes citation templates	edit existing content	php
w:User:Xqbot	w:User:Xqt	Fixing double redirects, Adding missing <references /> tags	Fixing double redirects	pywikibot
w:User:Cyberbot II	w:User:Cyberpower678	Notification of blacklisted links on article talkpages	new topic	php
w:User:Scsbot	w:User:scs	archiving of the Wikipedia Reference Desks and the Help desk	--	sh
w:User:MadmanBot	w:User:Madman	Notifying user of possible copyvio	new topic	perl, php
w:User:SporkBot	w:User:Plastikspork	?		perlwikipedia
w:User:RMCD bot	w:User:Wbm1058	Notifying talk pages that are named in multi-move requests.		php
w:User:UcuchaBot	w:User:Ucucha	Notify nominators of upcoming TFAs, Tag articletalkpages of upcoming TFAs		php
w:User:MediationBot	w:User:Anomie	Inform editors about requests for Mediation in which they're involved		perl
w:User:VoxelBot	w:User:Fox Wilson and w:User:Vacation9	Notify users whose articles were tagged with {Notability}.		python
w:User:Cyberbot I	w:User:Cyberpower678	Issuing warning about removing AfD template		php
w:User:EarwigBot	w:User:The Earwig	Notifying user regarding dispute resolution noticeboard case		python
w:User:DumbBOT	w:User:Tizio	removing a protection template from a non-protected page		bash script using sed, awk, grep, and curl
w:User:PeerReviewBot	w:User:CBM	Archiving peer review		Mediawiki::API
w:User:ImageRemovalBot	w:User:Carnildo	Ignores talk namespaces		perl
w:User:Lowercase sigmabot	w:User:Σ	adding/Removing protection templates		python (ceterach)
w:User:RscprinterBot	w:User:Rcsprinter123	reverting vandalism and test edits from articles, and removing article categories from userspace		AutoWikiBrowser, php
w:User:DYKHousekeepingBot	w:User:Shubinator	Notify editors of Untranscluded DYK nomination		java
w:User:BattyBot	w:User:GoingBatty	?		AutoWikiBrowser
w:User:RussBot	w:User:R'n'B	(AFC only)		pywikibot
w:User:AnkitAWB	w:User:Ankit Maity	Adding project banner to article talkpage		AutoWikiBrowser
w:User:ProteinBoxBot	w:User:Andrew Su, w:User:Pleiotrope, and w:User:x0xMaximus	Adding project banner to article talkpages		python
w:User:OgreBot	w:User:Magog the Ogre	replacing image or file with commons equivalent		Peachy (php)
w:User:Hazard-Bot	w:User:Hazard-SJ	Wikipedia talk:Sandbox ‎ (Robot: Automatically cleaned)		AutoWikiBrowser, python
w:User:Commons fair use upload bot	w:User:Dcoetzee	article talkpage: Bot notice: Fair use candidate from Commons		python, mwclient
w:User:CommonsDelinker	c:User:Siebrand	removes links to files deleted on Wikimedia Commons		php
w:User:Citation bot 2	w:User:Smith609	article talkpage: Misc citation tidying		php
w:User:Cydebot	w:User:Cyde Weys	Category talk		pywikibot
w:User:Mathbot	w:User:Oleg Alexandrov	?		MediaWiki::Bot
w:User:VeblenBot	w:User:CBM	?		perl, Mediawiki::Bot
w:User:JackieBot	w:User:Jackie	?		python
w:User:JL-Bot	w:User:JLaTondre	Portal talk: updating recognized content		MediaWiki::Bot
w:User:Bot1058	w:User:Wbm1058	?		AutoWikiBrowser
w:User:Monkbot	w:User:Trappist the monk	?		AutoWikiBrowser
w:User:MuZebot	w:User:MuZemike	Usertalk: notify whole memberships of WikiProjects (or task forces) on their user talk pages about various announcements and/or dispatches or to help in delivering project newsletters.		AutoWikiBrowser
w:User:Yobot	w:User:Magioladitis	fixes categories and templates (incl talkpages)		AutoWikiBrowser
w:User:VIAFbot (inactive 29 months)	w:User:Maximilianklein	rare talkpage edits - a template fixer		python
w:User:Addbot (inactive 13 months)	w:User:Addshore	Subst talk page templates that should be substed		php
w:User:WelcomerBot (inactive 24 months)	w:User:stwalkerster	ACC welcome bot		Peachy (php)

Commons Talkpage bots

Bot	Operator(s)	Task(s)	Usertalk tasks	library (or languages)
c:User:FPCBot	c:User:Daniel78	various Featured Picture Candidate tasks	new topic	pywikibot

See also

• Flow/Architecture/API