Adminbot statistics | |
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Action | Count |
Edits | 36662 |
Edits+Deleted | 37405 |
Pages deleted | 181757 |
Users blocked | 200 |
Users unblocked | 19914 |
Documentation
Technical details
AnomieBOT is written in Perl, using a custom API class to access the MediaWiki Action API. It uses SQLite or MySQL for persistent data storage.
In addition to the standard "bot" mode which will only run approved tasks, individual tasks may also be run in a "test" mode that logs proposed edits to the local filesystem instead of actually editing Wikipedia or in an "RFBA trial" mode that will automatically stop after a certain number of edits.
Source code is available at User:AnomieBOT/source. The source may be reused under the same terms as Perl, which is currently available under the GPL and/or the Artistic License; the text of the files posted here on-wiki may also be reused per Wikipedia's licensing for text contributions.
Emergency shutoff
Individual tasks may be stopped by writing any non-whitespace content to various pages under User:AnomieBOT III/shutoff/; see the task list below for the specific page corresponding to each task. Many tasks also link the appropriate page from their edit summaries.
Exclusion compliance
This bot is an exclusion compliant bot; see {{bots}} for details.
Bot accounts
AnomieBOT uses multiple accounts for its various tasks:
- AnomieBOT (tasks | contribs) is a general-purpose bot account handling the majority of tasks.
- AnomieBOT II (tasks | contribs) has the template editor flag, and will only run tasks that require rights granted by that group.
- AnomieBOT III (tasks | contribs) is an adminbot.
- MediationBot (tasks | contribs) formerly ran tasks for the now-defunct WP:Mediation Committee.
- MedcabBot (tasks | contribs) formerly ran tasks for the now-defunct WP:Mediation Cabal.
Tasks
- The full list of tasks for all AnomieBOT bots is at User:AnomieBOT/TaskList.
Current
Task | Disable | {{bots}} |
Approval | Description |
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BrokenRedirectDeleter | Approved 2014-02-26
Supplemental: |
Cleans up broken redirects:
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POTDPageDeleter | Approved 2019-03-17 |
Delete Template:POTD protected/YYYY-MM-DD (per WP:CSD#G6) 30 days after the listed date, and remove the "See also" link from the corresponding Template:POTD/YYYY-MM-DD. |
On demand
Task | Disable | {{bots}} |
Approval | Description |
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MassDeleter | Approved 2016-04-13 |
Performs mass deletions after consensus at XfD or other processes. Can also CSD associated talkpages and their subpages. |
In development
Task | Disable | {{bots}} |
Status | Description |
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DatedCategoryDeleterTest | N/A, only edits bot's/owner's userspace. On hold |
Investigation for whether a bot to G6 emptied dated maintenance categories would be useful. It will log to a subpage and we'll see how often it actually finds anything. |
Awaiting approval
None at this time.
Past
Task | Disable | {{bots}} |
Status | Description |
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SpamBlacklistBlocker | Inactive 2023-07-17 |
Block IPs that hit certain URLs on the spam blacklist too frequently.
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OldIPUnblocker | Completed 2019-05-20 |
Unblock non-range IPs blocked in 2008 or earlier, per Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Proposal about some indefinite IP blocks.
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TFAProtector | Inactive 2021-05-31 |
Apply pending changes protection to Today's Featured Article while it's on the main page. Currently won't do anything pending an RFC to determine whether the community wants this to continue past the trial that ended 2021-05-31. |