User:HotArticlesBot
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HotArticlesBot is no longer operating. If you relied on a report that is now broken, please refer to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject/Hot articles config.json#No longer functional for migrating it.
 | This user account is a bot operated by Kaldari (talk) and SD0001 (talk). It is used to make repetitive automated or semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with the bot policy. The bot is currently inactive but retains the approval of the community. Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please block it. |
Approved tasks
This bot updates hot article lists for various WikiProjects. The source code is publicly available.
Bot info
This bot is written in PHP and uses the botclasses framework.
Subscription
If you would like HotArticlesBot to generate hot article lists for your WikiProject, please subscribe the project at Wikipedia:WikiProject/Hot articles config.json.
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Non-administrators can a malfunctioning bot to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.