User:Tom.Bot
Wikipedia editing bot run by Tom.Reding
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 | This user account is a bot that uses C# & AWB and AutoWikiBrowser, operated by Tom.Reding (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 approved and currently active – the relevant request for approval can be seen here. To stop this bot until restarted by the bot's owner, edit its talk page. If that page is a redirect, edit that original redirecting page, not the target of the redirect. Administrators: if this bot continues causing harm after receiving a message, please block it or remove from the approved accounts. |  |
| This user is a bot | |
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| (talk · contribs) | |
 Tom.Bot posing for fans | |
| Operator | Tom.Reding |
| Approved? | Yes |
| Flagged? | Yes |
| Edit rate | 0~30 epm |
| Edit period(s) | Spurts; as RAM chips are provided |
| Automatic or manual? | Automatic mostly |
| Programming language | C# (sources) |
| Exclusion compliant? | Yes |
| Source code published? | Yes |
| Emergency shutoff-compliant? | Yes |
| Other information | May give snarky comments periodically by pointing out the obvious |
Current tasks
Completed tasks
Task 1: Tag WP:NYC pages.- Task 3: Add
{{Taxonbar|from=Q#}}to all pages with a taxonomic infobox and an acceptable taxon ID. - Task 4: Fix low hanging fruit in Category:Pages using deprecated image syntax (since deleted) where infobox syntax is the cause.
- Task 5: Tag WP:Olympics pages.
- Task 6: Add {{Authority control}} to all biographical articles with an identifier on Wikidata. (possible small-scale follow-ups)
Proposed tasks
Unapproved tasks
Denied (no consensus reached): Add {{Redirect category shell}}to single-redirect-template #REDIRECT pages (test worst-case example here, and actual example here).- Withdrawn (is being/will be performed by another bot): Replace obsolete HTML tag
<font>...</font>in my previously unfixed signature with<span>...</span>(lint errors). - Withdrawn (no longer needed): Add Wikidata entity (aka Wikidata item/QID) via
|from=to {{Taxonbar}}. - Withdrawn (unsuitable for bot): replace non-standard non-keyboard apostrophes with the WP:MOS#Apostrophes-preferred keyboard apostrophe
'. - Withdrawn (needed consensus despite another, albeit slower, bot already performing the same task): process ~900k pages in Category:Pages using WikiProject banner shell with unknown parameters (0).
