MicroWiki:Bots

Bots are accounts operated by software making automatic edits. On MicroWiki, they may only be operated by the technical admins or users with strict permission the technical admins.

Currently, the only intermittently operating bots are MicroBot, SignoBot, Janny, and WelcomeBOT.

Name	Active	Purpose	Edit count	Software	Operator	AD	RC
MicroBot	Intermittently	General article cleanup, mass replacement, assisting administrators.	33,332	AWB	User:Luxor	Yes	No
ProtectBot	No	Add Template:Pp to protected articles and remove it from unprotected articles.	46	PWB	User:Luxor	Yes	No
SandboxCleanerBot	Yes	Clean Sandbox daily.	1	MWBot	User:Luxor	No	No
RedirectBot	Yes	Fix double redirects and mark broken redirects for deletion.	2,629	PWB	User:Luxor	No	No
StatsBot	Yes	Update historical statistics for all MW-family sites.	75	MWBot + PHP	User:Luxor	No	No
WelcomeBOT	Yes	Welcome new users.	8,186	PWB	User:Luxor	No	Yes
Mailman	Yes	Send project notices to project members.	25	PWB	User:Luxor	No	No
Hubbardbot	Unknown	Typo and date format correction.	834	AWB	User:Matt	No	No
Janny	Intermittently	General article cleanup, mass replacement, assisting administrators.	10,523	AWB	User:MattL	No	No
SignoBot	No		47	MWBot	User:Luxor	No	No

Apart from SignoBot, most bots used on MicroWiki used AutoWikiBot to automate certain tasks and fix general mistakes.

See also

• MicroWiki:List of bots by edit count