Template:Bot

	This user account is a bot without a bot flag. The bot is operated by Example. Block this bot if it is malfunctioning. Check its work. Contact the operator about mistakes. See all Requests for Permissions related to this bot: None at the moment Source: https://git.example.com/my-bot
	This bot runs on Wikimedia Toolforge. Administrators: If this bot needs to be blocked due to a malfunction, please remember to disable autoblocks so that other WMF Toolforge bots are not affected.

Template documentation

This template can be used to mark a user as a bot, and should be placed on the userpage of bot accounts.

Usage

In the simplest case, you need only add your username to the template: {{Bot|Username}}.

To provide more information, you should also use the |task= parameter and add the task your bot is working on. You can also add some more information with |info=. If your bot has got a bot flag, you should also set the parameter |flag=yes.

Use |hoster=labs to indicate that your bot runs on Toolforge, if applicable.

Parameters

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Bot

Template to be placed on the User page of a bot to document the bot

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Operator username	1	The username of the operator of the bot without the User: prefix. Example Username	Line	required
Description	info	Description of the bot (not displayed)	String	optional
Tasks	task	Description of the current task of the bot (is displayed)	Content	optional
Bot flag	flag	Can be set to 'no' or 'without' to indicate that the bot does not have the bot-flag. Otherwise the bot is assumed to have the bot-flag. Suggested values no without yes Example yes	Line	optional
Hosted at	hoster	Can be set to 'labs' or 'toolforge' to indicate that the bot is hosted on toolforge.org. Other values aren't displayed. Suggested values toolforge labs Example toolforge	Line	optional
Source code link	source source code	URL to the source code of the bot Example https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/…	URL	suggested
License	license licence	Name of the license the bot's source code is subject to, SPDX License identifiers preferred Suggested values MIT ISC Unlicense BSD-3-Clause BSD-2-Clause GPL-2.0-only GPL-2.0-or-later GPL-3.0-only GPL-3.0-or-later BSD-2-Clause-Views LGPL-2.0-only LGPL-2.0-or-later LGPL-2.1-only LGPL-2.1-or-later LGPL-3.0-only LGPL-3.0-or-later AGPL-3.0-only AGPL-3.0-or-later Apache-1.1 Apache-2.0 CC-BY-4.0 CC-BY-SA-4.0 PDDL-1.0 CC0-1.0 MPL-2.0 Example MPL-2.0	Line	suggested
site	site	Interwiki prefix where the author may be contacted.	Line	optional
Second operator username	2	The username of the second operator of the bot without the User: prefix.	Line	optional
Third operator username	3	The username of the third operator of the bot without the User: prefix.	Line	optional
Source code language	language	The coding language the bot was coded in Suggested values python php Example python	Line	optional
Framework used	framework	The framework the bot is using (e.g. pywikibot) Suggested values pwb pwb-rewrite Example pwb	Line	optional
Execution schedule	typerun type of execution	How often the bot runs Suggested values continuous ondemand periodically Example continuous	Line	suggested
Bot account username	Name	The username of the bot. Defaults to the base name of the current page. Default {{BASEPAGENAME}}	Line	optional
operator (deprecated)	operator	Name of the bot's operator. **NOT FUNCTIONAL, DO NOT USE**	String	deprecated

See also

• {{Bot/text}} — translatable text for this template
• {{User with Bot}} — for users responsible for bot accounts
• {{User bot master}} — as above