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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Activity_requirements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2</span> <span>Activity requirements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Activity_requirements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bots_directed_to_edit_by_other_users" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bots_directed_to_edit_by_other_users"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.3</span> <span>Bots directed to edit by other users</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bots_directed_to_edit_by_other_users-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bot_requirements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bot_requirements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Bot requirements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bot_requirements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Performance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Performance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>Performance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Performance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Good_communication" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Good_communication"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Good communication</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Good_communication-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Configuration_tips" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Configuration_tips"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Configuration tips</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Configuration_tips-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Restrictions on specific tasks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Categorization_of_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Categorization_of_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.1</span> <span>Categorization of people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Categorization_of_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Context-sensitive_changes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Context-sensitive_changes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.2</span> <span>Context-sensitive changes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Context-sensitive_changes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cosmetic_changes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cosmetic_changes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.3</span> <span>Cosmetic changes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cosmetic_changes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Interwiki_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interwiki_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.4</span> <span>Interwiki links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interwiki_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mass_page_creation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mass_page_creation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.5</span> <span>Mass page creation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mass_page_creation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Approval_process" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Approval_process"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Approval process</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Approval_process-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Approval process subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Approval_process-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Requests_for_approval" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Requests_for_approval"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Requests for approval</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Requests_for_approval-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Valid_operations_without_approval" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Valid_operations_without_approval"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Valid operations without approval</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Valid_operations_without_approval-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bots_with_administrative_rights" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bots_with_administrative_rights"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Bots with administrative rights</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bots_with_administrative_rights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Appeals_and_reexamination_of_approvals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Appeals_and_reexamination_of_approvals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Appeals and reexamination of approvals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Appeals_and_reexamination_of_approvals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dealing_with_issues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dealing_with_issues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Dealing with issues</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Dealing_with_issues-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Dealing with issues subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Dealing_with_issues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Minor_malfunctions,_complaints,_and_improvements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Minor_malfunctions,_complaints,_and_improvements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Minor malfunctions, complaints, and improvements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minor_malfunctions,_complaints,_and_improvements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_malfunctions_and_complaints" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_malfunctions_and_complaints"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Major malfunctions and complaints</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_malfunctions_and_complaints-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bot-like_editing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bot-like_editing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Bot-like editing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bot-like_editing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Blocking_a_bot" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Blocking_a_bot"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Blocking a bot</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Blocking_a_bot-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_bot-related_matters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_bot-related_matters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Other bot-related matters</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_bot-related_matters-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other bot-related matters subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_bot-related_matters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bot_Approvals_Group" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bot_Approvals_Group"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Bot Approvals Group</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bot_Approvals_Group-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Assisted_editing_guidelines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Assisted_editing_guidelines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Assisted editing guidelines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Assisted_editing_guidelines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-User_scripts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#User_scripts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>User scripts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-User_scripts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only 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Available in 43 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-43" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">43 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbd mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8D:Bot_policy" title="Уикипедиэ:Bot policy – Kabardian" lang="kbd" hreflang="kbd" data-title="Уикипедиэ:Bot policy" data-language-autonym="Адыгэбзэ" data-language-local-name="Kabardian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгэбзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:سياسة البوت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:سياسة البوت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:বট নীতি – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:বট নীতি" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%92%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:روْبات سیاستی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:روْبات سیاستی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:বট নীতিমালা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:বট নীতিমালা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_ch%C3%A8ng-chhek" title="Wikipedia:Bot chèng-chhek – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Wikipedia:Bot chèng-chhek" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%9E" title="Вікіпедыя:Правілы выкарыстання ботаў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вікіпедыя:Правілы выкарыстання ботаў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%9E" title="Вікіпэдыя:Правіла пра робатаў – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вікіпэдыя:Правіла пра робатаў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपीडिया:बॉट नीति – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:बॉट नीति" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيپيديا:لحكام د لبوتات – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ويكيپيديا:لحكام د لبوتات" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Bot_policy" title="Vikipeedia:Bot policy – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Bot policy" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pol%C3%ADtica_de_bots" title="Wikipedia:Política de bots – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Política de bots" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Roboto/Etiko_de_robotisto" title="Vikipedio:Roboto/Etiko de robotisto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio:Roboto/Etiko de robotisto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاست ربات‌رانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاست ربات‌رانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Robotyn" title="Wikipedia:Robotyn – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Wikipedia:Robotyn" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:Robotanchem_dhoronn" title="विकिपीडिया:Robotanchem dhoronn – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="विकिपीडिया:Robotanchem dhoronn" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EB%B4%87_%EC%A0%95%EC%B1%85" title="위키백과:봇 정책 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:봇 정책" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gor mw-list-item"><a href="https://gor.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tinepo_bot" title="Wikipedia:Tinepo bot – Gorontalo" lang="gor" hreflang="gor" data-title="Wikipedia:Tinepo bot" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Hulontalo" data-language-local-name="Gorontalo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Hulontalo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Wikipedia:Bots" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Wikipedia:Bot policy" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot/Etica_del_manovratore" title="Wikipedia:Bot/Etica del manovratore – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Bot/Etica del manovratore" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%90%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%96%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%96%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%B9_%D8%AD%D9%90%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%8E%D8%AA%DB%81%D9%90_%D8%B9%D9%8E%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C" title="وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:باٹ حِکمَتہِ عَملی – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:باٹ حِکمَتہِ عَملی" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D2%9B%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83_%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96" title="Уикипедия:Боттарды қолдану ережелері – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уикипедия:Боттарды қолдану ережелері" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:Bot_policy" title="Википедия:Bot policy – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Википедия:Bot policy" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपिडिया:बोट नीति – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="विकिपिडिया:बोट नीति" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3" title="विकिपीडिया:सांगकाम्या/धोरण – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="विकिपीडिया:सांगकाम्या/धोरण" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86:%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%9F_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80" title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਬੋਟ ਪਾਲਸੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਬੋਟ ਪਾਲਸੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%BE%DB%90%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%BC_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8D" title="ويکيپېډيا:د روبوټ پالیسۍ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ويکيپېډيا:د روبوټ پالیسۍ" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pol%C3%ADtica_de_rob%C3%B4s" title="Wikipédia:Política de robôs – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Política de robôs" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Википедия:Правила применения ботов – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Правила применения ботов" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="Wikipedia:Bot policy" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%9D_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA" title="විකිපීඩියා:රොබෝ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:රොබෝ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%BD_%D8%AD%DA%AA%D9%85%D8%AA_%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A" title="وڪيپيڊيا:روباٽ حڪمت عملي – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا:روباٽ حڪمت عملي" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Смернице за рад ботова – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Смернице за рад ботова" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88" title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:தானியங்கி கொள்கை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:தானியங்கி கொள்கை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2:%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%95" title="วิกิพีเดีย:นโยบายบอต – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="วิกิพีเดีย:นโยบายบอต" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0:%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%91%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D2%B3%D0%BE" title="Википедиа:Сиёсат оиди ботҳо – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Википедиа:Сиёсат оиди ботҳо" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" 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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots">Overview</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary">Dictionary</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bot policy</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group">Bot Approvals Group</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group/Guide" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/Guide">Guide</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard">Noticeboard</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/News" title="Wikipedia:Bots/News">Newsletter</a></b></li></ul> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_requests" title="Wikipedia:Bot requests">Bot Requests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval">Requests for Approval</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Adminbots" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Adminbots">Adminbots</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:BAG_Tools" title="Template:BAG Tools">BAG Tools</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Creating_a_bot" title="Help:Creating a bot">Creating a Bot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers/bot" title="Special:ListUsers/bot">List of bots</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_activity_monitor" title="Wikipedia:Bot activity monitor">Activity monitor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:MajavahBot/Bot_status_report" title="User:MajavahBot/Bot status report">Status report</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:History_of_Wikipedia_bots" title="Wikipedia:History of Wikipedia bots">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Types_of_bots" title="Wikipedia:Types of bots">Types</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Crystal_Clear_action_run.svg/35px-Crystal_Clear_action_run.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Crystal_Clear_action_run.svg/53px-Crystal_Clear_action_run.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Crystal_Clear_action_run.svg/70px-Crystal_Clear_action_run.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="140" data-file-height="127"/></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page documents a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Procedural" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">procedural policy</a> of Wikipedia.</b><br/><div style="font-size: 90%;">It documents various processes by which the English Wikipedia operates.</div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTP"></span><span id="WP:BOTPOL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTP&redirect=no">WP:BOTP</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTPOL&redirect=no">WP:BOTPOL</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> Automated editing processes, known as "bots", must be harmless and useful, have approval, use separate user accounts, and be operated responsibly. This wiki also allows <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/bot_policy#Global_bots" class="extiw" title="m:bot policy">global bots</a> to be run, subject to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_rights_policy#Global_bots" title="Wikipedia:Global rights policy">local requirements</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>bot policy</b> covers the operation of all <a href="/wiki/Internet_bot" title="Internet bot">bots</a> and automated scripts used to provide automation of Wikipedia edits, whether completely automated, higher speed, or simply assisting human editors in their own work. It also covers the work of the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BAG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BAG">Bot Approvals Group</a></b> (BAG), which supervises and approves all bot-related activity from a technical and quality-control perspective on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a> community. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias" title="List of Wikipedias">Other languages</a> may have their own bot policies which differ from this one. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Definitions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Definitions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Definitions"></span>Definitions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Definitions"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary">Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTDEF"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTDEF&redirect=no">WP:BOTDEF</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li><b>Bots</b> (short for "<a href="/wiki/Robot" title="Robot">robots</a>") generally make automated changes or actions. After launching the bot, an assumption can be made that there is <i>no further need</i> for human decision-making.</li> <li><b>Assisted</b> or <b>semi-automated editing</b> covers specifically lower-speed tools and scripts that can assist users to make decisions but leave the actual decision up to the user (see <a href="#Assisted_editing_guidelines">Assisted editing guidelines</a> below).</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Scripting_language" title="Scripting language">Scripts</a></b> are personalized scripts (typically, but not always, written in JavaScript) that may automate processes, or may merely enhance the existing MediaWiki interface.</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group">Bot Approvals Group</a> (BAG)</b> is a group of users with appropriate technical skills and wiki-experience, whose members are approved by the community to oversee and make decisions on bot activity and on-wiki operation for the community. The BAG also determine the classification as bot or assisted editing, in ambiguous cases. Formal work by MediaWiki <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developers" class="extiw" title="mw:Developers">developers</a> is outside the scope of this policy.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Bot_usage" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bot_usage"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bot_usage"></span>Bot usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bot_usage"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTUSE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTUSE&redirect=no">WP:BOTUSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Because bots: </p> <ul><li>are potentially capable of editing far faster than humans can; and</li> <li>have a lower level of scrutiny on each edit than a human editor; and</li> <li>may cause severe disruption if they malfunction or are misused;</li></ul> <p>the community expects bots to meet high standards before they are approved for use on designated tasks. The operation of unapproved bots, or use of approved bots in ways outside their approved conditions of operation, is prohibited and may in some cases lead to blocking of the user account and possible sanctions for the operator. Note that high-speed semi-automated editing may effectively be considered bots in some cases (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MEATBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MEATBOT">WP:MEATBOT</a>), even if performed by a human editor. If in doubt, check. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bot_accounts" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bot_accounts-Bot_usage"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bot_accounts-Bot_usage"></span>Bot accounts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bot_accounts-Bot_usage"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTACC"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTACC&redirect=no">WP:BOTACC</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Wikipedia:Username policy</a></div> <p>Contributors should create a separate <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ACCOUNT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ACCOUNT">account</a> in order to operate a bot. The account's name should identify the bot function (e.g. <i><Task>Bot</i>), or the operator's main account (e.g. <i><Username>Bot</i>). In all cases, it should be immediately clear that the edits are made by an automated account, which is usually achieved by including <i>Bot</i> at the end of the account name. Bots must edit only while logged into their account. Tools not considered to be bots do not require a separate account, but some users do <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VALIDALT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VALIDALT">choose to make separate accounts</a> for non-bot but high-speed editing. </p><p>The contributions of a bot account remain the responsibility of its operator, whose account must be prominently identifiable on its user page. In particular, the bot operator is responsible for the repair of any damage caused by a bot which operates incorrectly. All <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">policies</a> apply to a bot account in the same way as to any other user account. Bot accounts are considered <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry#Legitimate_uses" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry">alternative accounts</a> of their operator. To ensure compliance with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTCOMM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTCOMM">WP:BOTCOMM</a>, IP editors wishing to operate a bot must first <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ACCOUNT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ACCOUNT">register an account</a> before operating a bot. </p><p>Bot accounts should not be used for contributions that do not fall within the scope of the bot's designated tasks. In particular, bot operators should not use a bot account to respond to messages related to the bot. Bot operators may wish to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REDIRECT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REDIRECT">redirect</a> a bot account's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TP">discussion page</a> to their own. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="The_"copyviobot"_flag"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_"bot"_flag" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_"bot"_flag-Bot_accounts"><span id="The_.22bot.22_flag"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_"bot"_flag-Bot_accounts"></span>The "bot" flag<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_"bot"_flag-Bot_accounts"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTFLAG"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTFLAG&redirect=no">WP:BOTFLAG</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Bot accounts will be marked by a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CRAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CRAT">bureaucrat</a> as being in the <a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers/bot" title="Special:ListUsers/bot">"bot" user group</a> upon BAG request. This flag reduces some of the technical limits imposed by the MediaWiki software. Edits by such accounts are hidden by default within <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_Changes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Recent Changes">recent changes</a>. Bot accounts may also be added to the <a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers/copyviobot" title="Special:ListUsers/copyviobot">"copyviobot" user group</a> upon BAG request; this flag allows use of the API to add metadata to edits for use in the <a href="/wiki/Special:NewPagesFeed" title="Special:NewPagesFeed">new pages feed</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Activity_requirements" data-mw-thread-id="h-Activity_requirements-Bot_accounts"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Activity_requirements-Bot_accounts"></span>Activity requirements<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Activity_requirements-Bot_accounts"></span></h4></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="activity"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"></p><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTINACTIVE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTINACTIVE&redirect=no">WP:BOTINACTIVE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Bot accounts that have had no logged actions or edits for two years, where the listed operator has also had no logged actions or edits for two years, will be deauthorized. Following a one-week notification period on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard">bots noticeboard</a>, and the operator's talk page, prior task approvals will be considered expired and bot flags will be removed. Should the operator return and wish to reactivate the bot, a new <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval">request for approval</a> (BRFA) must be completed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bots_directed_to_edit_by_other_users" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bots_directed_to_edit_by_other_users-Bot_accounts"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bots_directed_to_edit_by_other_users-Bot_accounts"></span>Bots directed to edit by other users<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bots_directed_to_edit_by_other_users-Bot_accounts"></span></h4></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Bots_operated_by_multiple_users"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTMULTIOP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTMULTIOP&redirect=no">WP:BOTMULTIOP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Some bots allow other editors to direct the bot to make an edit or other action. It is recommended and preferable to use <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OAuth/For_Developers" class="extiw" title="mw:OAuth/For Developers">OAuth</a> to make the edit on the user's account directly. However, it can be permissible to instead make these edits via a bot account (particularly if necessary due to the actions being privileged), provided the following conditions are met: </p> <ol><li>Disclosure: The identity of the Wikipedia user directing the edit/action must be publicly disclosed, typically by linking the username in the edit summary.</li> <li>Verification: The identity of the Wikipedia user must be reliably verified to the bot in a manner not easily faked, bypassed or avoided. Suitable methods include a non-trivial password, IP restrictions, wiki login or IRC hostname. If the bot is used to make sensitive actions, stronger methods of verification may be required.</li> <li>Competence: All users directing a bot must have the required skill and knowledge to ensure their actions are within community consensus.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bot_requirements" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bot_requirements-Bot_usage"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bot_requirements-Bot_usage"></span>Bot requirements<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bot_requirements-Bot_usage"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTREQUIRE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTREQUIRE&redirect=no">WP:BOTREQUIRE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>In order for a bot to be approved, its operator should demonstrate that it: </p> <ol><li>is harmless</li> <li>is useful</li> <li>does not consume resources unnecessarily</li> <li>performs only tasks for which there is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a></li> <li>carefully adheres to relevant <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a></li> <li>uses appropriate, informative wording in all edit summaries and messages left for users</li></ol> <p>The bot account's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User page">user page</a> should identify the bot using the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Bot" title="Template:Bot">bot</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> tag. On both the bot account's userpage and in the approval request, the following information should be provided: </p> <ul><li>Details of the bot's task(s)</li> <li>Whether the bot is manually assisted or runs automatically</li> <li>Whether it runs continuously, intermittently, or at specified intervals, and at what rate</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Performance" data-mw-thread-id="h-Performance-Bot_requirements"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Performance-Bot_requirements"></span>Performance<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Performance-Bot_requirements"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTPERF"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTPERF&redirect=no">WP:BOTPERF</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>While performance is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_worry_about_performance" title="Wikipedia:Don't worry about performance">not generally an issue</a>, bot operators should recognize that a bot making many requests or editing at a high speed has a much greater effect than the average contributor. Operators should be careful not to make unnecessary Web requests, and be conservative in their editing speed. <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sysadmins" class="extiw" title="m:Sysadmins">Sysadmins</a> will inform the community if performance issues of any significance do arise, and in such situations, their directives must be followed. </p> <ul><li>Bots in trial periods, and approved bots performing all but the most urgent tasks, should be run at a rate that permits review of their edits when necessary.</li> <li>Unflagged bots should edit more slowly than flagged bots, as their edits are visible in user watchlists.</li> <li>The urgency of a task should always be considered; tasks that do not need to be completed quickly (for example, renaming <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">categories</a>) can and should be accomplished at a slower rate than those that do (for example, reverting <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a>).</li> <li>Bots' editing speed should be regulated in some way. The generally-accepted norm has been that a bot's maximum edit rate should not exceed twenty edits per minute without explicit approval.</li> <li>Bots' editing speed may also be adjusted based on replica database server lag; this allows bots to edit more quickly during quiet periods while slowing down considerably when server load is high. This can be achieved by appending an extra parameter to the query string of each requested URL; see <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Maxlag_parameter" class="extiw" title="mw:Manual:Maxlag parameter">mw:Manual:Maxlag parameter</a> for more details.</li></ul> <p>Bots that download substantial portions of Wikipedia's content by requesting many individual pages are not permitted. When such content is required, download <a href="https://releases.wikimedia.org/" class="extiw" title="download:">database dumps</a> instead. Bots that require access to run queries on Wikipedia databases may be run on <a href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Toolforge" class="extiw" title="wikitech:Portal:Toolforge">Wikimedia Toolforge</a>; such processes are outside the scope of this policy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Good_communication" data-mw-thread-id="h-Good_communication-Bot_usage"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Good_communication-Bot_usage"></span>Good communication<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Good_communication-Bot_usage"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTCOMM"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTCOMM&redirect=no">WP:BOTCOMM</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_6#General_notice_to_bot_owners_about_edit_summaries" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 6">General notice to bot owners about edit summaries</a></div> <p>Users who read messages or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_summary" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Edit summary">edit summaries</a> from bots will generally expect a high standard of cordiality and information, backed up by prompt and civil help from the bot's operator if queries arise. Bot operators should take care in the design of communications, and ensure that they will be able to meet any enquiries resulting from the bot's operation cordially, promptly, and appropriately. Issues and enquiries are typically expected to be handled on the English Wikipedia. Pages reachable via <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SUL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SUL">unified login</a>, like a talk page at <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="commons:Main Page">Commons</a> or at <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="it:Main Page">Italian Wikipedia</a> could also be acceptable, so long at it is clear on both the bot page and the bot's talk page that this is where comments should be directed, and that the landing page is not confusing to an English speaker. External sites like <a href="/wiki/Phabricator" title="Phabricator">Phabricator</a> or <a href="/wiki/GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a> (which require separate registration or do not allow for IP comments) and email (which can compromise <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Outing" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Outing">anonymity</a>) can supplement on-wiki communication, but do not replace it. At a minimum, the operator should ensure that other users will be willing and able to address any messages left in this way if they cannot be sure to do so themselves. This is a condition of operation for all bots. </p><p>Note that you can enable email notifications of <a href="/wiki/Help:Notifications" title="Help:Notifications">pings</a> and talk page messages in <a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo" title="Special:Preferences">the notification section</a> of your bot account's <a href="/wiki/Help:Preferences" title="Help:Preferences">preferences</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Configuration_tips" data-mw-thread-id="h-Configuration_tips-Bot_usage"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Configuration_tips-Bot_usage"></span>Configuration tips<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Configuration_tips-Bot_usage"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTCONFIG"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTCONFIG&redirect=no">WP:BOTCONFIG</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Bot operators may wish to implement the following features, depending on the nature of the bot's tasks: </p> <ul><li>Bots which deliver notices and newsletters are encouraged to provide a method of opting out of non-critical messages, especially when posting on user talk pages. Instructions for opting out can then be advertised both on the bot user page (<a href="/wiki/User:DPL_bot#Opting_out" title="User:DPL bot">example</a>) and on the message delivered (<a href="/wiki/User:Patrick0Moran/Archive1#Disambiguation_link_notification" title="User:Patrick0Moran/Archive1">example</a>).</li> <li>Bots which edit many pages, but may need to be prevented from editing particular pages, can do so by interpreting <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Bots" title="Template:Bots">Bots</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>; see the template page for an explanation of how this works.</li> <li>Bots which "clean up" in response to non-vandalism user edits may honor <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:In_use" title="Template:In use">in use</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> to help avoid edit conflicts, either by checking for the presence of that template (and <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Inuse&hidelinks=1&hidetrans=1">redirects</a></span>) or the category <a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_actively_undergoing_a_major_edit" title="Category:Pages actively undergoing a major edit">Category:Pages actively undergoing a major edit</a>. The template's <a href="/wiki/Template:Inuse/doc" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Inuse/doc">documentation</a> states that a bot that honors <span class="nowrap">{{in use}}</span> may ignore the template if it has been more than 2 hours since the last edit.</li> <li>Providing some mechanism which allows contributors other than the bot's operator to control the bot's operation is useful in some circumstances – the bot can be enabled or disabled without resorting to blocks, and could also be configured in other ways. For example, the bot could check the contents of a particular page and act upon the value it finds there. If desired, such a page could then be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protected" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Protected">protected or semi-protected</a> to prevent abuse. Bot operators doing this should bear in mind that they retain all responsibility for their bot account's edits.</li> <li>To avoid unnecessary blocks, the bot may use <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Assert" class="extiw" title="mw:API:Assert">assertion</a> to prevent editing if it is logged out. New bots, and bots which have previously edited while logged out, are required to use assertion.</li></ul> <p>Authors of bot processes are encouraged, but not required, to publish the source code of their bot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restrictions_on_specific_tasks" data-mw-thread-id="h-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks-Bot_usage"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks-Bot_usage"></span>Restrictions on specific tasks<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks-Bot_usage"></span></h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Categorization_of_people" data-mw-thread-id="h-Categorization_of_people-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Categorization_of_people-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"></span>Categorization of people<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Categorization_of_people-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTPCAT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTPCAT&redirect=no">WP:BOTPCAT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Assignment of person categories should not be made using a bot. Before adding sensitive categories to articles using a bot, a human should manually check the list of potentially affected articles (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization_of_people#General_considerations" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Categorization of people">Wikipedia:Categorization of people</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Context-sensitive_changes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Context-sensitive_changes-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Context-sensitive_changes-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"></span>Context-sensitive changes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Context-sensitive_changes-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SPELLBOT"></span><span id="WP:CONTEXTBOT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SPELLBOT&redirect=no">WP:SPELLBOT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CONTEXTBOT&redirect=no">WP:CONTEXTBOT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Unsupervised bot processes should not make <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTDICT#context-sensitive_edit" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTDICT">context-sensitive changes</a> that would normally require human attention, as accounting for all possible false positives is generally unfeasible. Exceptionally, such tasks may be allowed if – in addition to having consensus – the operator can demonstrate that no false positives will arise (for example, a one-time run with a complete list of changes from a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DUMP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DUMP">database dump</a>), or there is community consensus to run the task without supervision (for example, vandalism reversion with a community-accepted false positive rate). </p><p>Examples of context-sensitive changes include, but are not limited to: </p> <ul><li>Correcting spelling, grammar, or punctuation mistakes.</li> <li>Converting words from one regional variation of English to another.</li> <li>Applying context-sensitive templates, such as <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Weasel_word" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Weasel word">weasel word</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>.</li> <li>Changing <a href="/wiki/Character_entity_reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Character entity reference">HTML entities</a> to Unicode characters whenever the Unicode character might be difficult to identify visually in edit-mode, per the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Keep_markup_simple" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cosmetic_changes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Cosmetic_changes-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Cosmetic_changes-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"></span>Cosmetic changes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Cosmetic_changes-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COSMETICBOT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COSMETICBOT&redirect=no">WP:COSMETICBOT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Cosmetic changes to the <a href="/wiki/Wikitext" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikitext">wikitext</a> are <a href="/wiki/Law_of_triviality" title="Law of triviality">sometimes the most controversial</a>, either in themselves or because they clutter page histories, watchlists, and/or the recent changes feed with edits that are not worth the time spent reviewing them. Such changes should not usually be done on their own, but may be allowed in an edit that <i>also</i> includes a substantive change. </p><p>Changes that are typically considered <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTDICT#Substantive_edit" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTDICT">substantive</a></i> affect something visible to readers and consumers of Wikipedia, such as </p> <ul><li>the output text or HTML in ways that <em>make a difference</em> to the audio or visual rendering of a page in <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browsers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Screen_reader" title="Screen reader">screen readers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Help:Printing" title="Help:Printing">when printed</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Help:Download_as_PDF" title="Help:Download as PDF">PDFs</a>, or when accessed through other forms of <a href="/wiki/Augmentative_and_alternative_communication" title="Augmentative and alternative communication">assistive technology</a> (e.g. removing a deleted category, updating a template parameter, removing blank lines from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility#Vertical_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">lists formatted in wikicode</a>);</li> <li>the "user-facing interfaces" of Wikipedia, such as category listing or <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" title="Special:Search">on-wiki</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_search_engines" title="List of search engines">external</a> search engine results (e.g. changing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SORTKEY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SORTKEY">category sort keys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Controlling_search_engine_indexing" title="Wikipedia:Controlling search engine indexing">noindexing</a>, search engine summaries/snippets, or <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageImages" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:PageImages">page images</a>);</li> <li>the "administration of the encyclopedia", such as the maintenance of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HIDDENCAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HIDDENCAT">hidden categories</a> used to track <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BACKLOG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BACKLOG">maintenance backlogs</a> (e.g. changing <span class="nowrap"><code>{{citation needed}}</code></span> to <span class="nowrap"><code>{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}</code></span>); or</li> <li>egregiously invalid HTML such as unclosed tags, even if it does not affect browsers' display or is fixed before output by <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RemexHtml" class="extiw" title="mw:RemexHtml">RemexHtml</a> (e.g. changing <span class="nowrap"><code><sup>...</sub></code></span> to <span class="nowrap"><code><sup>...</sup></code></span>)</li></ul> <p>while changes that do not are typically considered <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary#Cosmetic_edit" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary">cosmetic</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Help:Minor_edit" title="Help:Minor edit">Minor edits</a> are not usually considered cosmetic but still need consensus to be done by bots. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a> can, as always, create exceptions for particular cosmetic edits. For example, the community frequently determines that a particular template should be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">substituted</a> so it can be deleted, even though the substitution does not change the output of the page. Consensus for a bot to make any particular cosmetic change must be formalized in an approved <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval">request for approval</a>. </p> <p><span class="anchor" id="Cosmetic_revert"></span><span class="anchor" id="Cosmetic_reverts"></span><span class="anchor" id="COSMETICREVERT"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"></p><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COSMETICREVERT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COSMETICREVERT&redirect=no">WP:COSMETICREVERT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Keep in mind that reverting a cosmetic edit is also a cosmetic edit. If the changes made in a cosmetic edit would otherwise be acceptable as part of a substantive edit, there is no reason to revert them. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTISSUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTISSUE">Report the issue</a> to the bot operator instead. </p><p>While this policy applies only to bots, human editors should also follow this guidance if making such changes in a <a href="#Bot-like_editing">bot-like manner</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interwiki_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-Interwiki_links-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Interwiki_links-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"></span>Interwiki links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Interwiki_links-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:INTERWIKIBOT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:INTERWIKIBOT&redirect=no">WP:INTERWIKIBOT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Help:Interlanguage_links" title="Help:Interlanguage links">Help:Interlanguage links</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata" title="Wikipedia:Wikidata">Wikipedia:Wikidata</a>, and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_bot" class="extiw" title="m:Interwiki bot">m:Interwiki bot</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Help:Interwiki" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Interwiki">Interwiki</a> bots should add interwiki links on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata" title="Wikipedia:Wikidata">Wikidata</a>, rather than on the English Wikipedia, unless the task cannot be performed on Wikidata (such as linking to a section). Interwiki bots may remove interwiki links from English Wikipedia articles only if already present on Wikidata. <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/bot_policy#Global_bots" class="extiw" title="m:bot policy">Globally-approved</a> interwiki bots are permitted to operate on English Wikipedia, subject to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_rights_usage#Global_bots" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Global rights usage">local requirements</a>. Interwiki bots running in the Template namespace must ensure links are not transcluded on all pages using the template by placing them in the appropriate documentation subpage section, or non-included portion of the template if no documentation subpage exists. (Bots running on Wikidata need to comply with <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/WD:Bots" class="extiw" title="d:WD:Bots">Wikidata's bot policy</a>.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mass_page_creation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Mass_page_creation-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Mass_page_creation-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"></span><span id="Mass_article_creation"></span>Mass page creation<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Mass_page_creation-Restrictions_on_specific_tasks"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy#Mass_page_creation" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Wikipedia:Editing policy § Mass page creation</a></div> <p>Mass page creation may require approval by the community, in addition to a BRFA if the method of that creation falls under this Bot policy. BAG may require that community approval for any mass content creation exists before considering bot approval. </p><p>Approval of a bot for mass creation does not override the need for community consensus for the creation itself, nor does community consensus for a creation override the need for approval of the bot itself. Bot operators must ensure that all creations are strictly within the terms of their approvals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Approval_process" data-mw-thread-id="h-Approval_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Approval_process"></span><span id="Approval"></span>Approval process<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Approval_process"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTAPPROVAL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTAPPROVAL&redirect=no">WP:BOTAPPROVAL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Requests_for_approval" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requests_for_approval-Approval_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requests_for_approval-Approval_process"></span>Requests for approval<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requests_for_approval-Approval_process"></span></h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1023981488">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .rquote{width:auto!important;float:none!important}}</style> <table class="rquote pullquote floatright" role="presentation" style="display:table; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; float:right; margin:0.5em 0.75em; width:33%;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">“ </td> <td style="padding:0 10px;">You can more or less think of a BRFA as being a driving license. If you drive without one, you can get in trouble even if your driving skills are fine. And if you have a license, it still doesn't give you the right to run over people or drive 200 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BAG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BAG">BAG</a> gives out these driving licenses. If they are abused, they can be (and are) revoked, and bots are blocked accordingly. </td> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">” </td></tr> <tr> <td class="rquotecite" colspan="3" style="padding-top:10px; font-size:smaller; line-height:normal; text-align:right;"><cite>— <a href="/wiki/User:Headbomb" title="User:Headbomb">Headbomb</a></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>All</i> bots that make any logged actions (such as editing pages, uploading files or creating accounts) must be approved for each of these tasks before they may operate. Bot approval requests should be made at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval</a> (BRFA). Requests should state <i>precisely</i> what the bot will do, as well as any other information that may be relevant to its operation, including links to any community discussions sufficient to demonstrate consensus for the proposed task(s). In addition, prospective bot operators should be editors in good standing, and with demonstrable experience with the kind of tasks the bot proposes to do. </p><p>During the request for approval, a member of the <a href="#Bot_Approvals_Group">Bot Approvals Group</a> (BAG) will typically approve a short trial during which the bot is monitored to ensure that it operates correctly. The terms and extent of such a trial period may be determined by the BAG. Bots should be supervised during trial periods so that any problems may be addressed quickly. The bot operator is responsible for reviewing the edits and repairing any mistakes caused by the bot. The BAG may also approve extended trials should problems arise with the initial trial and until community is confident the bot will function correctly. </p><p>The request will generally be open for some time during which the community and BAG members may comment or ask questions, and give feedback on the trial. The decision to approve or decline a request should take into account the <a href="#Bot_requirements">requirements</a> above, relevant policies and guidelines, and discussions of the request. Consensus formed by a small group on a low-traffic talk page has frequently resulted in controversy when it comes to the attention of the wider community. Bot operators are encouraged and often asked to notify the relevant noticeboards whose areas may be affected or whose expertise in the area could provide useful comments and insight into the proposed task. </p><p>Once the request has demonstrated its conformance with the community standards and correct technical implementation, the BAG may approve the task. The BAG may also decline a request which fails to demonstrate community consensus to perform the task. Occasionally, the operator may wish to withdraw the task or the BAG may mark a stale request as expired. Closed requests are archived and preserved for future reference. Should the task be approved, the "bot" <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">user group</a> flag will be assigned by any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats">bureaucrat</a> and the operator may run the bot as intended. </p><p>The BAG may also occasionally speedily approve or decline BRFAs without having a trial period. Non-controversial, technically-simple tasks or duplicates of existing tasks, especially if performed by trusted bot operators, can be speedily approved. Similarly, controversial or commonly declined tasks, especially by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTNOTNOW" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTNOTNOW">new editors</a>, may be speedily declined. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Valid_operations_without_approval" data-mw-thread-id="h-Valid_operations_without_approval-Requests_for_approval"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Valid_operations_without_approval-Requests_for_approval"></span>Valid operations without approval<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Valid_operations_without_approval-Requests_for_approval"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTUSERSPACE"></span><span id="WP:EXEMPTBOT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTUSERSPACE&redirect=no">WP:BOTUSERSPACE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:EXEMPTBOT&redirect=no">WP:EXEMPTBOT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Operators may carry out limited testing of bot processes without approval, provided that test edits are very low in number and frequency, and are restricted to test pages such as the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox" title="Wikipedia:Sandbox">sandbox</a>. Such test edits may be made from any user account. In addition, any bot or automated editing process that affects only the operator's or their own <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userspace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Userspace">userspace</a> (user pages, user talk pages, user's <a href="/wiki/Module:Sandbox" title="Module:Sandbox">module sandbox pages</a> and subpages thereof), and which are not otherwise disruptive, may be run without prior approval. </p><p>Should bot operators wish to modify or extend the operation of their bots, they should ensure that they do so in compliance with this policy. Small changes, for example to fix problems or improve the operation of a particular task, are unlikely to be an issue, but larger changes should not be implemented without some discussion. Completely new tasks usually require a separate approval request. Bot operators may wish to create a separate bot account for each task. </p><p>Accounts performing automated tasks without prior approval may be summarily blocked by any administrator. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bots_with_administrative_rights" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bots_with_administrative_rights-Requests_for_approval"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bots_with_administrative_rights-Requests_for_approval"></span>Bots with administrative rights<span id="Adminbots"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bots_with_administrative_rights-Requests_for_approval"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ADMINBOT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ADMINBOT&redirect=no">WP:ADMINBOT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Bots with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Administrator" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">administrator rights</a> (a.k.a. "adminbots") are also approved through <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BRFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BRFA">the general process</a>. The bot operator must already be an administrator. As with any bot, the approval discussion is conducted on two levels: </p> <ol><li>Community approval for the bot's task. This discussion should take place at an appropriate forum, such as the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AN">Administrators' noticeboard</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_Pump" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Village Pump">Village Pump</a>, prior to the BRFA. Without a demonstrated need/want for such an adminbot, the BRFA will either be put on hold until this is demonstrated, or the bot will be denied approval.</li> <li>The technical assessment of the bot's implementation. It is recommended that the source code for adminbots be open, but should the operator elect to keep all or part of the code not publicly visible, they must present such code for review upon request from any BAG member or administrator.</li></ol> <p>To demonstrate the implementation, adminbots should either be run "dry" <em>without</em> a <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">'sysop'</span> bit (if practical), or be run on the operator's main account, with its edits clearly marked as such. When BAG is satisfied that the bot is technically sound, they will approve the bot and recommend that it be given both <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">'bot'</span> and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">'sysop'</span> rights. The bureaucrat who responds to the flag request acts as a final arbiter of the process and will ensure that an adequate level of community consensus (including publicity of approval discussion) underlies the approval. </p><p>As adminbots have much more destructive potential than regular bots, their operators are expected to monitor them closely during development and trials, including after code updates. Adminbots should be immediately shut down at the first sign of incorrect behavior. Administrators are allowed to run semi-automated admin tools on their own accounts but will be held responsible if those tools go awry. Neglect while running adminbots and tools constitutes <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TOOLMISUSE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TOOLMISUSE">tool misuse</a>. </p><p>If an administrator responsible for one or more adminbots is desysopped, their bots should be immediately desysopped at the same time (except if the administrator <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators#Voluntary_removal" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">voluntarily stepped down</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/MZMcBride_2#Return_of_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/MZMcBride 2">uncontroversial circumstances</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appeals_and_reexamination_of_approvals" data-mw-thread-id="h-Appeals_and_reexamination_of_approvals-Approval_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Appeals_and_reexamination_of_approvals-Approval_process"></span>Appeals and reexamination of approvals<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Appeals_and_reexamination_of_approvals-Approval_process"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTAPPEAL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTAPPEAL&redirect=no">WP:BOTAPPEAL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Requests for reexamination should be discussed at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard">Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard</a>. This may include either appeal of denied bot requests, or reexamination of approved bots. In some cases, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment">requests for comment</a> may be warranted. </p><p>Such an examination can result in: </p> <ul><li>Granting or revoking approval for a bot task;</li> <li>Removing or placing the account into the bot user group;</li> <li>Imposing further operational conditions on the bot to maintain approval status.</li></ul> <p>BAG has no authority on <i>operator</i> behavior, or on the operators themselves. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DR">Dispute resolution</a> is the proper venue for that. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Dealing_with_issues" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dealing_with_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dealing_with_issues"></span>Dealing with issues<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dealing_with_issues"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTISSUE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTISSUE&redirect=no">WP:BOTISSUE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor_malfunctions,_complaints,_and_improvements" data-mw-thread-id="h-Minor_malfunctions,_complaints,_and_improvements-Dealing_with_issues"><span id="Minor_malfunctions.2C_complaints.2C_and_improvements"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Minor_malfunctions,_complaints,_and_improvements-Dealing_with_issues"></span>Minor malfunctions, complaints, and improvements<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Minor_malfunctions,_complaints,_and_improvements-Dealing_with_issues"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots#How_to_hide_a_specific_bot_from_your_watchlist" title="Wikipedia:Bots">Wikipedia:Bots § How to hide a specific bot from your watchlist</a></div> <p>If you have noticed a problem with a bot, have a complaint, or have a suggestion to make, you should contact the bot operator directly via their user talk page (or via the bot account's talk page). Bot operators <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTCOMM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTCOMM">are expected to be responsive</a> to the community's concerns and suggestions, but please <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AGF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AGF">assume good faith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DONTPANIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DONTPANIC">don't panic</a>. Bugs and mistakes happen, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HERE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HERE">we're all here to build an encyclopedia</a>. </p><p>Minor changes and tweaks to the bot behavior usually do not need to be reviewed by the community at large, so long as they do not exceed a reasonable interpretation of the bot's original mandate/BRFA and have consensus. For instance, a bot approved to archive discussions on a specific WikiProject's page does not need another BRFA to change the details of the archiving (e.g. thread age or activity requirements). However, to begin archiving another projects' page the operator should probably submit another BRFA, which might be speedily approved. As another example, a bot originally approved to remove deleted <i>categories</i> from articles would need approval to expand its scope to remove deleted <i>files</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_malfunctions_and_complaints" data-mw-thread-id="h-Major_malfunctions_and_complaints-Dealing_with_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Major_malfunctions_and_complaints-Dealing_with_issues"></span>Major malfunctions and complaints<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Major_malfunctions_and_complaints-Dealing_with_issues"></span></h3></div> <p>If the bot is causing a significant problem, or the bot operator has not responded and the bot is still causing issues, several mechanisms are available to prevent further disruption. Many bots provide a <a href="/wiki/Kill_switch" title="Kill switch">stop button</a> or means to disable the problematic task on their bot user page. This should be tried first, followed by a discussion of the issue with the bot operator. If no such mechanism is available (or if urgent action is needed), leave a message at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AN">administrators' noticeboard</a> requesting a block for a malfunctioning bot. Per the noticeboard's guideline, you are required to notify the bot operator of the discussion taking place at the noticeboard. </p><p>If you are concerned that a bot is operating <i>outside the established consensus</i> for its task, discuss the issue with the bot operator first, or try <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DR">other forms of dispute resolution</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BAG#Member_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BAG">BAG members</a> can act as neutral mediators on such matters). If you are concerned that a bot <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CCC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CCC">no longer has consensus</a></i> for its task, you may <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTAPPEAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTAPPEAL">formally appeal or ask for re-examination</a> of a bot's approval. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bot-like_editing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bot-like_editing-Dealing_with_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bot-like_editing-Dealing_with_issues"></span>Bot-like editing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bot-like_editing-Dealing_with_issues"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MEATBOT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MEATBOT&redirect=no">WP:MEATBOT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Human editors are expected to pay attention to the edits they make, and ensure that they do not sacrifice quality in the pursuit of speed or quantity. For the purpose of dispute resolution, it is irrelevant whether high-speed or large-scale edits that a) are contrary to consensus or b) cause errors an attentive human would not make are actually being performed by a bot, by a human assisted by a script, or even by a human without any programmatic assistance. No matter the method, the disruptive editing must stop or the user may end up blocked. However, merely editing quickly, particularly for a short time, is not by itself disruptive. </p><p>Editors who choose to use semi-automated tools to assist their editing should be aware that processes which operate at higher speeds, with a higher volume of edits, or with less human involvement are more likely to be treated as bots. If there is any doubt, you should make a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BRFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BRFA">bot approval request</a>. In such cases, the Bot Approvals Group will determine whether the full approval process and a separate bot account are necessary. </p><p><a href="#Cosmetic_changes">Purely cosmetic changes</a> performed by a human editor in a bot-like fashion may also be considered disruptive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blocking_a_bot" data-mw-thread-id="h-Blocking_a_bot-Dealing_with_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Blocking_a_bot-Dealing_with_issues"></span>Blocking a bot<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Blocking_a_bot-Dealing_with_issues"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTBLOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTBLOCK&redirect=no">WP:BOTBLOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a> may <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">block</a> bot accounts that operate without approval, operate in a manner not specified in their approval request, or operate counter to the terms of their approval or the bot policy. A block may also be issued if a bot operates without being logged in to an account, or is logged in to an account other than its own. Bots which are known to edit while logged out should have assertion, or a similar function, added to them. Operators can be notified with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Bot_block_message" title="Template:Bot block message">Bot block message</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> (for approved bots that are broken) or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-botblock" title="Template:Uw-botblock">Uw-botblock</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> (after blocking unapproved bots). </p><p>Administrators blocking a user account suspected of operating an unapproved bot or an approved bot in unapproved ways should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SOFTBLOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SOFTBLOCK">soft-block</a> indefinitely. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Other_bot-related_matters" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_bot-related_matters"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_bot-related_matters"></span>Other bot-related matters<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_bot-related_matters"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bot_Approvals_Group" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bot_Approvals_Group-Other_bot-related_matters"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bot_Approvals_Group-Other_bot-related_matters"></span>Bot Approvals Group<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bot_Approvals_Group-Other_bot-related_matters"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group">Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BAGREQ"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BAGREQ&redirect=no">WP:BAGREQ</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Members of the group are experienced in writing and running bots, have programming experience, understand the role of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) in the BRFA process, and understand Wikipedia's bot policy. Those interested in joining the group should make a post at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:BAG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia talk:BAG">WT:BAG</a> explaining why they would be a good member of the team and outlining past experience, and then should advertise the discussion at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AN">WP:AN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VPM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VPM">WP:VPM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:BOTPOL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia talk:BOTPOL">WT:BOTPOL</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTN">WP:BOTN</a>. After seven days, an uninvolved bureaucrat will close the discussion. </p><p>After two years without any bot-related activity (such as posting on <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_bots" title="Category:Wikipedia bots">bot-related pages</a>, posting on a bot's talk page, or operating a bot), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice. Retired members can re-apply for BAG membership as normal if they wish to rejoin the BAG. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assisted_editing_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Assisted_editing_guidelines-Other_bot-related_matters"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Assisted_editing_guidelines-Other_bot-related_matters"></span>Assisted editing guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Assisted_editing_guidelines-Other_bot-related_matters"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ASSISTED"></span><span id="WP:SEMIAUTOMATED"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ASSISTED&redirect=no">WP:ASSISTED</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SEMIAUTOMATED&redirect=no">WP:SEMIAUTOMATED</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><i>Assisted editing</i>, also known as <i>semi-automated editing</i>, covers the use of tools which assist with repetitive tasks, but do not alter Wikipedia's content without some human interaction. Examples of this include correcting <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Typo_Team" title="Wikipedia:Typo Team">typographical errors</a>, fixing links to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation_pages_with_links" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links">disambiguation</a> pages, cleaning up <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleaning_up_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism">vandalism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub_sorting" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Stub sorting">stub sorting</a>. </p><p>Contributors intending to make a large number of assisted edits are advised to first ensure that there is a clear consensus that such edits are desired. Editors may wish to indicate consensus for the task, if it is not already clear, in <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summaries</a> and/or on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User page">user</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Talk page">talk</a> page of the account making the contributions. Contributors may wish to create a separate user account in order to do so; such accounts should adhere to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MULTIPLE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MULTIPLE">policy on multiple accounts</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOTACC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOTACC">bot account</a> should not be used for assisted editing, unless the task has been through a BRFA. </p><p>While such contributions are not usually considered to constitute use of a bot, semi-automated processes that operate at higher speeds, with a higher volume of edits, or with less human involvement are more likely to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MEATBOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MEATBOT">be treated as bots</a>. If there is any doubt, you should make an <a href="#Approval">approval request</a>. In such cases, the Bot Approvals Group will determine whether the full approval process and a separate bot account are necessary. Note that any <a href="#Mass_article_creation">large-scale semi-automated content page creation</a> requires a BRFA. </p><p>Authors of assisted editing tools are permitted to create their own approval mechanism for that tool; if bot approval is required for use of the tool, this is <i>in addition to</i>, not <i>instead of</i>, the normal approval request process. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser">AutoWikiBrowser</a> is an example of a tool with such a mechanism. Release of the source code for assisted editing tools is, as with bots, encouraged but not required. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="User_scripts" data-mw-thread-id="h-User_scripts-Other_bot-related_matters"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-User_scripts-Other_bot-related_matters"></span>User scripts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-User_scripts-Other_bot-related_matters"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BOTSCRIPT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTSCRIPT&redirect=no">WP:BOTSCRIPT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The majority of user scripts are intended to merely improve or personalize the existing MediaWiki interface, or to simplify access to commonly used functions for editors. Scripts of this kind do not normally require BAG approval. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_bots_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Global bots policy">Wikipedia:Global bots policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy" class="extiw" title="meta:User-Agent policy">meta:User-Agent policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group">Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_requests" title="Wikipedia:Bot requests">Wikipedia:Bot requests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Adminbots" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Adminbots">Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Adminbots</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Creating_a_bot" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Creating a bot">Wikipedia:Creating a bot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:History_of_Wikipedia_bots" title="Wikipedia:History of Wikipedia bots">Wikipedia:History of Wikipedia bots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Large_language_models" title="Wikipedia:Large language models">Wikipedia:Large language models</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Types_of_bots" title="Wikipedia:Types of bots">Wikipedia:Types of bots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Wikipedia:User access levels</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bot_policy" class="extiw" title="meta:Bot policy">meta:Bot policy</a> (not in effect here)</li></ul> <div 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title="Help:Editing">Editing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:CharInsert" title="Help:CharInsert">CharInsert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_conflict" title="Help:Edit conflict">Edit conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_toolbar" title="Help:Edit toolbar">Edit toolbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">Reverting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_create_a_page" title="Wikipedia:How to create a page">How to create a page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC" title="Wikipedia:IRC">IRC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial" title="Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial">Tutorial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Mobile_access" title="Help:Mobile access">Mobile access</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Multilingual_support" title="Help:Multilingual support">Multilingual support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">Page history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Page_information" 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center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Help:Link" title="Help:Link">Links</a> and <a href="/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">diffs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Link" title="Help:Link">Links</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Interlanguage_links" title="Help:Interlanguage links">Interlanguage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Interwiki_linking" title="Help:Interwiki linking">Interwiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Permanent_link" title="Help:Permanent link">Permanent</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">Diffs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplest_diff_guide" title="Wikipedia:Simplest diff guide">Simplest diff guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple_diff_and_link_guide" title="Wikipedia:Simple diff and link guide">Simple diff and link guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Complete_diff_and_link_guide" title="Wikipedia:Complete diff and link guide">Complete diff and link guide</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Colon_trick" title="Help:Colon trick">Colon trick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Link_color" title="Help:Link color">Link color</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Pipe_trick" title="Help:Pipe trick">Pipe trick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:URL" title="Help:URL">URLs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Media" class="mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:Media">Media</a> files: images,<br/>videos and sounds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">Media help</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Files" title="Help:Files">Files</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Creation_and_usage_of_media_files" title="Help:Creation and usage of media files">Creation and usage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Moving_files_to_Commons" title="Wikipedia:Moving files to Commons">Moving files to Commons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Images" title="Wikipedia:Images">Images</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_images_with_Wiki_Markup/1" title="Help:Introduction to images with Wiki Markup/1">Introduction to images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Pictures" title="Help:Pictures">Picture tutorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Preparing_images_for_upload" title="Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload">Preparing images for upload</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Uploading_images" title="Wikipedia:Uploading images">Uploading images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Options_to_hide_an_image" title="Help:Options to hide an image">Options to hide an image</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax" title="Wikipedia:Extended image syntax">Extended image syntax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SVG_help" title="Wikipedia:SVG help">SVG help</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Gallery_tag" title="Help:Gallery tag">Gallery tag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_tutorials" title="Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials">Graphics tutorials</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_bitmap_image_editing" title="Wikipedia:Basic bitmap image editing">Basic bitmap image editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_improve_image_quality" title="Wikipedia:How to improve image quality">How to improve image quality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Resources" title="Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Resources">Graphics Lab resources</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Sound_file_markup" title="Help:Sound file markup">Sound file markup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Visual_file_markup" title="Help:Visual file markup">Visual file markup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Other graphics</th><td 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href="/wiki/Help:Musical_symbols" title="Help:Musical symbols">Musical symbols</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Timeline" title="Wikipedia:Timeline">Timeline</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:EasyTimeline_syntax" title="Help:EasyTimeline syntax">EasyTimeline syntax</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:WikiHiero_syntax" title="Help:WikiHiero syntax">WikiHiero syntax</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Help:A_quick_guide_to_templates" title="Help:A quick guide to templates">Templates</a> and<br/><a href="/wiki/Lua_(programming_language)" title="Lua (programming language)">Lua</a> modules</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Template" title="Help:Template">Templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advanced_template_coding" title="Wikipedia:Advanced template coding">Advanced template coding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_documentation" title="Wikipedia:Template documentation">Template documentation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index" title="Wikipedia:Template index">Template index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Template_limits" title="Help:Template limits">Template limits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_sandbox_and_test_cases" title="Wikipedia:Template sandbox and test cases">Template sandbox and test cases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">Citation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Lua" title="Help:Lua">Lua help</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lua" title="Wikipedia:Lua">Lua project</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lua/Resources" title="Wikipedia:Lua/Resources">Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lua/To_do" title="Wikipedia:Lua/To do">To do</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Substitution" title="Help:Substitution">Substitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Purge" title="Help:Purge">Purge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Job_queue" title="Help:Job queue">Job queue</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">Transclusion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Labeled_section_transclusion" title="Help:Labeled section transclusion">Labeled section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion_costs_and_benefits" title="Wikipedia:Transclusion costs and benefits">Costs and benefits</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_Scribbling" title="Wikipedia:Guide to Scribbling">Guide to Scribbling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration#Data_structure_and_development" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Data structure</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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href="/wiki/Help:Special_page" title="Help:Special page">Special</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a> and <a href="/wiki/CSS" title="CSS">CSS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Cascading_Style_Sheets" title="Help:Cascading Style Sheets">Cascading Style Sheets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext" title="Help:HTML in wikitext">HTML in wikitext</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Catalogue_of_CSS_classes" title="Wikipedia:Catalogue of CSS classes">Catalogue of CSS classes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Common.js_and_common.css" title="Wikipedia:Common.js and common.css">Common.js and common.css</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Mxt/User_CSS_for_a_monospaced_coding_font" title="Template:Mxt/User CSS for a monospaced coding font">User CSS for monospaced coding font</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Microformats/classes" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats/classes">Classes in microformats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Markup_validation" title="Help:Markup validation">Markup validation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Span_tags" title="Wikipedia:Span tags">Span tags</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Useful_styles" title="Help:Useful styles">Useful styles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Customisation" title="Wikipedia:Customisation">Customisation</a><br/>and tools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Preferences" title="Help:Preferences">Preferences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gadget" title="Wikipedia:Gadget">Gadgets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin" title="Wikipedia:Skin">Skins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_tools" title="Help:Citation tools">Citation tools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleaning_up_vandalism/Tools" title="Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism/Tools">Cleaning up vandalism tools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Customizing_watchlists" title="Wikipedia:Customizing watchlists">Customizing watchlists</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Hide_Pages_in_Watchlist" title="Help:Hide Pages in Watchlist">Hide pages</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Scripts" title="Wikipedia:Scripts">IRC Scripts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_scripts" title="Wikipedia:User scripts">User scripts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_scripts/Guide" title="Wikipedia:User scripts/Guide">Guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_scripts/List" title="Wikipedia:User scripts/List">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_scripts/Techniques" title="Wikipedia:User scripts/Techniques">Techniques</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:User_style" title="Help:User style">User style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools" title="Wikipedia:Tools">Tools</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Alternative_browsing" title="Wikipedia:Tools/Alternative browsing">Alternative browsing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Browser_tools" title="Wikipedia:Tools/Browser tools">Browser tools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_tools" title="Wikipedia:Tools/Editing tools">Editing tools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_shortcuts" title="Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation shortcuts">Navigation shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Optimum_tool_set" title="Wikipedia:Tools/Optimum tool set">Optimum tool set</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Cloud_Services" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia Cloud Services">Wikimedia Cloud Services</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features" class="extiw" title="mw:Beta Features">Beta Features at MediaWiki</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Automated editing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Helper_script" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Helper script">AfC helper script</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AntiVandal" title="Wikipedia:AntiVandal">AntiVandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser">AutoWikiBrowser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots">Bots</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Creating_a_bot" title="Help:Creating a bot">Creating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:History_of_Wikipedia_bots" title="Wikipedia:History of Wikipedia bots">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HotCat" title="Wikipedia:HotCat">HotCat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Huggle" title="Wikipedia:Huggle">Huggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups" title="Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups">Navigation popups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RedWarn" title="Wikipedia:RedWarn">RedWarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Twinkle" title="Wikipedia:Twinkle">Twinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ultraviolet" title="Wikipedia:Ultraviolet">Ultraviolet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WPCleaner" title="Wikipedia:WPCleaner">WPCleaner</a></li> <li>Inactive <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Igloo" title="Wikipedia:Igloo">igloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:STiki" title="Wikipedia:STiki">STiki</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li>See also: <b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_how-to" title="Category:Wikipedia how-to">Category:Wikipedia how-to</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_information_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia information pages">Category:Wikipedia information pages</a></b><br/>Further navigation at: <a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_help_pages" title="Template:Wikipedia help pages">Help pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Administrators%27_guide" title="Template:Administrators' guide">Administrators</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Accessibility/Navigation_menu" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility/Navigation menu">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_accounts" title="Template:Wikipedia accounts">Accounts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Botnav" title="Template:Botnav">Bots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_referencing" title="Template:Wikipedia referencing">Referencing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation_metadata_navbox" title="Template:Citation metadata navbox">Citation metadata</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_templates" title="Template:Wikipedia templates">Templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_scripts/Navbox" title="Wikipedia:User scripts/Navbox">User scripts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_accounts_and_governance" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_accounts" title="Template:Wikipedia accounts"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_accounts" title="Template talk:Wikipedia accounts"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_accounts" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia accounts"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_accounts_and_governance" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">accounts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration#Human_and_legal_administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">governance</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Unregistered_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Unregistered (IP) users</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">Why create an account?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:CreateAccount" title="Special:CreateAccount">Create an account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account" title="Wikipedia:Request an account">Request an account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_editors_are_human_too" title="Wikipedia:IP editors are human too">IPs are human too</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_addresses_are_not_people" title="Wikipedia:IP addresses are not people">IP addresses are not people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_hopper" title="Wikipedia:IP hopper">IP hopper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Registered users</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_account" title="Wikipedia:New account">New account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Logging_in" title="Help:Logging in">Logging in</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Reset_password" title="Help:Reset password">Reset passwords</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Username policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username" title="Wikipedia:Changing username">Changing username</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention">Usernames for administrator attention</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unified_login" title="Wikipedia:Unified login">Unified login or SUL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Legit" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Alternate account</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Account security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Password_strength_requirements" title="Wikipedia:Password strength requirements">Password strength requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_account_security" title="Wikipedia:User account security">User account security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Personal_security_practices" title="Wikipedia:Personal security practices">Personal security practices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Two-factor_authentication" title="Help:Two-factor authentication">Two-factor authentication</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Using_AWB_with_2FA" title="Wikipedia:Using AWB with 2FA">2FA for AWB</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Committed_identity" title="Template:Committed identity">Committed identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:On_privacy,_confidentiality_and_discretion" title="Wikipedia:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion">On privacy, confidentiality and discretion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Compromised_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Compromised accounts">Compromised accounts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_not_get_outed_on_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:How to not get outed on Wikipedia">How to not get outed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Blocks, bans, sanctions,<br/>global actions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Blocks" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Blocks">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Blocking" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Blocking">Admin's guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Blocking/Tools" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Blocking/Tools">Tools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoblock" title="Wikipedia:Autoblock">Autoblock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block" title="Wikipedia:Appealing a block">Appealing a block</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_appealing_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks">Guide to appealing blocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System" title="Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System">UTRS Unblock Ticket Request System</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_IP_addresses" title="Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses">Blocking IP addresses</a> <ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks">Range blocks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks/IPv6" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks/IPv6">IPv6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Open_proxies" title="Wikipedia:Open proxies">Open proxies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Ban_appeals" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Ban appeals">ArbCom appeals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions">Sanctions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Personal sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:General sanctions">General sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics" title="Wikipedia:Contentious topics">Contentious topics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_enforcement_log" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log">Log</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions_(essay)" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions (essay)">Essay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Indefinite_is_not_infinite" title="Wikipedia:Indefinite is not infinite">Indef ≠ infinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long-term abuse">Long-term abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Standard_offer" title="Wikipedia:Standard offer">Standard offer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_actions" title="Wikipedia:Global actions">Global actions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related to accounts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Single-purpose_account" title="Wikipedia:Single-purpose account">Single-purpose account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sleeper_account" title="Wikipedia:Sleeper account">Sleeper account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism-only_account" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism-only account">Vandalism-only account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikibreak" title="Wikipedia:Wikibreak">Wikibreak</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts/WikiBreak_Enforcer" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/WikiBreak Enforcer">Enforcer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Retiring" title="Wikipedia:Retiring">Retiring</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Clean_start" title="Wikipedia:Clean start">Clean start</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Worm_That_Turned/Quiet_return" title="User:Worm That Turned/Quiet return">Quiet return</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">User groups</a><br/> and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_groups#Global_user_groups" class="extiw" title="m:User groups">global user groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions">Requests for permissions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Administrator instructions">Admin instructions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Granting_and_revoking_user_rights" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Granting and revoking user rights">Admin guide</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator" title="Wikipedia:Account creator">Account creator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Account_creator" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Account creator">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Confirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">(Auto) confirmed</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Confirmed" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Confirmed">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autopatrolled" title="Wikipedia:Autopatrolled">Autopatrolled</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Autopatrolled" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser">AutoWikiBrowser</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/AutoWikiBrowser">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bot</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_helper" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter helper">Edit filter helper</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Event_coordinator" title="Wikipedia:Event coordinator">Event coordinator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Event_coordinator" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Event coordinator">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Extendedconfirmed" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Extended confirmed</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Extended_confirmed" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Extended confirmed">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_mover" title="Wikipedia:File mover">File mover</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/File_mover" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/File mover">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption" title="Wikipedia:IP block exemption">IP block exempt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System" title="Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mass_message_senders" title="Wikipedia:Mass message senders">Mass message sender</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Mass_message_sender" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Mass message sender">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers">New page reviewer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/New_page_reviewer" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/New page reviewer">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_mover" title="Wikipedia:Page mover">Page mover</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Page_mover" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Page mover">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes">Pending changes reviewer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Pending_changes_reviewer" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Pending changes reviewer">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Rollback">Rollback</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:Template editor">Template editor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Template editor">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_rights_policy" title="Wikipedia:Global rights policy">Global rights policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Volunteer_Response_Team" title="Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team">Volunteer Response Team</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Advanced user groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">RfA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats">Bureaucrat</a> <ul><li><a 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