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Automation

Bot tasks

Task	Bot	BRFA	Function overview	Source code	Status
Manage nominations page	MusikBot	Task 8	Automatically archives dated nominations at WP:AFINOM, sorted by year/month. Approved entries are also added to the list of articles for improvement. Rotates nomination page sections. Adds {{Empty section}} template to empty sections.  Working – Archive nominations as unapproved that have had no discussion in over 21 days.	GitHub	Running
Handling new selections	MusikBot	Task 7	Adding the new scheduled article to WT:AFI and removing the selection from WP:AFIL, then setting up the schedule pages, except adding an image and caption.	GitHub	Running
Article banner and talk page banner	MusikBot	Task 7	Automatically adds and removes {{AFI}} from articles selected as one of the articles for improvement; additionally adds {{Former AFI}} to talk pages of former AFIs.	GitHub	Running
Notifications	MusikBot	Task 7	Notifies WikiProjects when articles in their projects' scopes are selected for Articles for improvement, and notifies project members of the new weekly selections	GitHub	Running

Former bot tasks

Task Bot BRFA Function overview Source code Status Manage nominations page ClueBot III Automatically archives dated nominations at WP:AFINOM. Archives to a single archive page for both approved and unapproved nominations. User:ClueBot III/Source Approved nominations were manually added to the Holding area Manage nominations page Theo's Little Bot Task 10 Automatically archives old nominations at WP:AFINOM, either moving them to an archive page (if unsuccessful) or to the TAFI holding area (if successful). on github Disabled as of Sept 16, 2014 Rotate nomination page sections Theo's Little Bot Shuffle the order of the nomination page categories. Per request at Wikipedia talk:Articles for improvement/Archive 7#Rotating_sections on github Disabled as of Sept 16, 2014 Manage TAFI's schedule Theo's Little Bot Task 14 Automatically manages and updates the schedule by selecting nominations from the holding area. on github Disabled as of Sept 16, 2014

Templates

Current templates

The following are templates used by the Articles for improvement WikiProject:

Template	Where to use	Example output
{{AFI}}	Placed at the top of articles (directly below hatnotes if they're present) during the time frame in which they are AFI articles, per this project's Schedule
{{Former AFI}}	Placed on article talk pages after the week's collaboration
{{subst:AFI scheduled selection}}	Placed on WT:AFI every week. Serves to select and announce future articles.	The AFI article for Week 42 of year 2099 The selection for week 42 (starting 10 August 2099) is Berry. Discussion Please any comments or concerns about the selection here. If three net members elect to reselect the article, then the article will be reselected and the former one removed from the list of articles.
{{subst:AFI weekly selection notice}}	Sent weekly to users on the mailing list WP:AFI/Notify (usually using the Mass Message feature)	== This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2015) == A farmhouse (bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland Hello, Articles for improvement. The following is WikiProject Articles for improvement's weekly selection: Farmhouse Previous selections: Igloo • Dessert Get involved with the AFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: North America1000 23:51, 4 August 2015 (UTC) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •
{{AFI/Collaborations of the day}}	Project advertising on the Community portal, user pages, or elsewhere. Borderless version: {{AFI/Collaborations of the day (no border)}}
{{subst:AFI project notice}}	Place on a WikiProject's talk page when the current TAFI article is within their scope	One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement! Hello, Please note that Stationery, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning Monday 11 November 2024. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by ~~~~ on behalf of the AFI team
{{Articles for improvement}}	Used on the List of articles page	This week's article for improvement is: Stationery Previous selections: Slow living · Space Age · Image
{{Articles for improvement short width}}	Short-width box that can be used on user pages	This week's article for improvement is: – Stationery –
{{AFI/Picture box}}	Used within other templates
{{User WikiProject AFI}} {{User WikiProject AFI 1}}	After joining the project, feel free to place one of the project's user boxes on your user page.	This user is a participant in WikiProject Articles for improvement. This user is a participant in WikiProject Articles for improvement.
{{subst:AFI barnstar|Message}}	To award a barnstar to editors who contribute to AFI articles and to this WikiProject. Copy and paste the code to a new section of their user talk page, adding in your message and signature (~~~~)	A barnstar for you! The AFI Barnstar Message
{{AFI nom}}	Used on the AFI nominations page (see instructions there)	Article – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)
{{subst:Choose random AFI}}	Used for scheduling, to choose a random article from the project's List of articles

Current notification templates

Template	Where to use	Example output
{{subst:AFII}}	Used on user talk pages to invite people to join AFI	Invitation to WikiProject TAFI Hello, {{subst:BASEPAGENAME}}. You're invited to join WikiProject Articles for improvement, a project dedicated to significantly improving articles with collaborative editing in a week's time. Feel free to nominate an article for improvement at the project's Article nomination board. If interested in joining, please add your name to the list of members. Thanks for your consideration. {{subst:4~}}
{{subst:AFI ping}}	Used on user talk pages to notify project members about discussions on the project's talk page. It is recommended to link directly to the new discussion section on the project's talk page.	Hello {{SUBST:BASEPAGENAME}}: A (link discussion here) is occurring at the AFI talk page regarding _____. Your input is welcome at the discussion.
{{subst:AFI ping list}}	Used on the project's talk page to notify project members about discussions

Former templates

The following are former templates used by the Today's articles for improvement WikiProject:

Template	Where to use	Example output
{{subst:TAFI five weekly selections notice}}	No longer used Sent weekly to users on the mailing list WP:TAFI/Notify (usually using the Mass Message feature)	== This week's articles for improvement (week 32, 2015) == A farmhouse (bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland Hello, Today's articles for improvement. The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections: Farmhouse Music venue Social change Information Age Parable Previous selections: Igloo • Dessert • Kayaking Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: North America1000 23:53, 4 August 2015 (UTC) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •
{{TAFI editor notice}}	No longer used {{TAFI editor notice|Article=Article|Sign=~~~~}} was placed on a user's talk page	Hello, The article, Article has been selected within the scope of our project to become one of Today's Articles for Improvement. The article is currently in the TAFI Holding Area, where comments are welcome about ideas to improve it. After the article is moved from the holding area to the TAFI schedule, it will be collaborated on for one week. Everyone is invited to participate in the discussion and encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thank you, ~~~~ (From the TAFI team)
{{TAFI vote five choices}}	No longer used TAFI talk page, weekly voting section for five weekly choices
{{TAFI vote}}	No longer used TAFI talk page, weekly voting section for three weekly choices
{{TAFI weekly voting}}	No longer used This template may be used to coordinate the weekly voting for Today's articles for improvement on the project's talk page.	(Extended content) Choose the TAFI article for Week (add #) of (year) 10 randomly-chosen numbers, generated using this page from Random.org. ~~~~ Articles Per the random numbers above, relative to numerically-listed entries at the Holding area [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] Notifications Pinging – {{TAFI ping list|1}} ~~~~ {{TAFI ping list|2}} ~~~~ Messaging – Users on the Notifications list have been messaged about this week's vote. ~~~~ Votes and comments