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This user account is a bot without a bot flag. The bot is operated by Example. |
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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. |

This template can be used to mark a user as a Bot. You should place it on the userpage of your bot.
Usage[edit]
In the easiest case, you only have to 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 set the parameter |flag=yes
.
Use |hoster=labs
to indicate your bot runs on Toolforge.
Parameters[edit]
Name | Description |
---|---|
(first, no name) | Operator username |
info | Bot information (not shown) |
task | Bot current task |
flag | (optional) set: without, with, no (default: with) |
hoster | Hoster location; default: labs |
source | Bot sources location |
license | Bot source code license |
site | Contact URL (default: discussion page) |
See also[edit]
- Template:Bot/text — translatable text for this template.
- Template:User with Bot — for the reverse
- Template:User bot master — another template for the reverse
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Bot/doc (edit | history). Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) page. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |