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Entire pages can be excluded using {{[[Template:bots|bots]]}} allow/deny tags. This is useful if you don't want the bot signing comments to your talk page. However, '''be sure''' to establish [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] on article talk pages before denying the bot from signing comments made to them. |
Entire pages can be excluded using {{[[Template:bots|bots]]}} allow/deny tags. This is useful if you don't want the bot signing comments to your talk page. However, '''be sure''' to establish [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] on article talk pages before denying the bot from signing comments made to them. |
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Do note that even when {{tl|bots}} is used to prevent SineBot operating on your user talk page, the bot will still issue reminders when it signs posts on your behalf at other pages (as signing your posts is required by the [[Wikipedia:Signatures]] guideline). |
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==What it looks for== |
==What it looks for== |
Revision as of 18:29, 20 January 2011
This user account is a bot operated by Slakr (talk). It is used to make repetitive automated or semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with the bot policy. The bot is approved and currently active – the relevant request for approval can be seen here. Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please block it. |
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SineBot
SineBot is a bot that is designed to replace HagermanBot, which added {{Unsigned}} and {{UnsignedIP}} tags to unsigned edits made to talk pages as well as a handful of non-talk pages. The bot derives its name from a happy coincidence: "signing" on Wikipedia involves typing four tildes in a row (~~~~). Each tilde resembles the graphical representation of a sine function, and, of course, the very word "sine" is a homophone of "sign." Moreover, the word "sine" means "without" in the Latin language.
Maintainer
If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, compliments, or complaints, please contact slakr, this bot's developer.
What SineBot does
- SineBot is a recent changes patrolling bot that uses api.php to spot edits made on certain pages the moment they happen.
- It will automatically add {{Unsigned}}, {{UnsignedIP}}, and {{Undated}} templates to comments left by registered and anonymous users, respectively.
- Except on pages that are frequently modified, the bot will normally give editors a grace period (a minute or so) to sign and date unsigned/undated comments before assuming that a particular editor forgot to sign.
- It runs continuously (except, obviously, for maintenance).
- If a particular person makes three or more unsigned comments in a 24 hour period, the bot will place a single {{Tilde}} advice message on his/her talk page.
- Reports obvious vandalism and suspected personal attacks to various anti-vandalism IRC channels.
Where SineBot does it
- All "talk:" pages are monitored by default.
- Single non-talk pages can be added using [[Category:Non-talk pages that are automatically signed]]
- Child pages of any non-talk page can be automatically included as they're created/edited using [[Category:Non-talk pages with subpages that are automatically signed]] on the parent page.
- Example: the category is on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion because all of the AfD discussions are autosigned, but not Wikipedia:Articles for deletion itself.
- All users are monitored by default, but anyone can opt out of having the bot sign his/her unsigned comments (see below).
- Most edits to qualifying pages are monitored by default.
- However, whenever the bot isn't sure about whether or not to sign a specific edit, it prefers NOT to sign it.
Opting out
Single person
- Opt out - the bot will ignore your unsigned comments.
- Add [[Category:Wikipedians who have opted out of automatic signing]] to your user page and allow up to 5 minutes for it to take effect.
- OR Add {{NoAutosign}} to your user page or your user talk page and allow up to 5 minutes for it to take effect.
- Opt in - the bot will resume signing your unsigned comments.
- Remove [[Category:Wikipedians who have opted out of automatic signing]] from your user page and allow up to 5 minutes for it to take effect.
- OR Remove {{NoAutosign}} from your user page or your user talk page and allow up to 5 minutes for it to take effect.
Single edit
To explicitly disable autosigning on a single specific edit, place !nosign! or !nosine! anywhere in the edit summary.
Entire talk page
Entire pages can be excluded using {{bots}} allow/deny tags. This is useful if you don't want the bot signing comments to your talk page. However, be sure to establish consensus on article talk pages before denying the bot from signing comments made to them.
Do note that even when {{bots}} is used to prevent SineBot operating on your user talk page, the bot will still issue reminders when it signs posts on your behalf at other pages (as signing your posts is required by the Wikipedia:Signatures guideline).
What it looks for
- The bot looks for signatures that are auto-generated by the most widely-used form of signing, tilde-based signatures.
- It should have a link to your user page (like "slakr")
- It should have a timestamp in UTC (like "01:58, 18 August 2007 (UTC)")
- The easiest way to combine the two and to avoid the bot complaining is to stick four tildes ("~~~~") at the end of your talk page contributions.
- There are exceptions to account for many strange/bizarre signatures, but if you keep having trouble with the bot not recognizing your signature, consider using the opt out methods listed above.
- It ignores unsigned comments from people with lots of edits (>800), as it assumes that they should know better by that point. To re-enable autosigning of your unsigned comments, you can place
{{YesAutosign}}
on your User: or User talk: page and wait a few minutes for it to take effect. See the corresponding template page for more info.
Playing with it
To see SineBot in action, try leaving an unsigned comment in its sandbox just as you would leave a comment anywhere else.
Siblings
This bot has a twin on the English WikiNews.
Nerdy details
- SineBot is written from scratch in PHP and runs as a background process using phpcli. It makes use of native libcurl and xdiff libraries for faster processing of changes made to pages. All network transfer is compressed using zlib to save bandwidth (i.e. maximize user throughput to wikipedia's servers).
- Its version history is available here.
- The source code is not public at this point.
Status
- Fully approved.
- Current version: 1.6.0
- The bot has made lots of edits (current count).