User:Thehelpfulbot

Thehelpfulbot
This user is a bot
(talk · contribs)
Operator	The Helpful One
Approved?	Yes
Flagged?	Yes
Task(s)	See relevant section below
Edit rate	Periodically
Programming language(s)	AWB / Python - Pywikipediabot
Exclusion compliant?	No
Source code published?	No
Emergency shutoff-compliant?	Yes (Block)

This user account is a bot that uses AutoWikiBrowser, operated by Thehelpfulone (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 currently inactive but retains the approval of the community.
To stop this bot until restarted by the bot's owner, edit its talk page. If that page is a redirect, edit that original redirecting page, not the target of the redirect. Administrators: if this bot continues causing harm after receiving a message, please block it or remove from the approved accounts.

Emergency bot shutoff button

Administrators: Use this button if the bot is malfunctioning. (direct link)
Non-administrators can report a malfunctioning bot to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

Non-admins: If the bot is malfunctioning, send me a message on my talk page at User talk:Thehelpfulone, contact me on IRC with the nick Thehelpfulone and the cloak @wikimedia/Thehelpfulone. In serious cases, report to WP:AN and the bot will be reviewed by admins and blocked if necessary. You can also ask any admin to block the bot if it is malfunctioning, but if I am around, I would prefer if you would notify me first - then I can just stop it! :) The Helpful One

Task(s)[edit]

Automated[edit]

Adding reference sections and tags to articles from this cat where needed. BRFA
Simple and regex find/replace tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic outline and any other articles that need it. BRFA
Fixing double redirects BRFA
Renaming subcategories in Category:Wikipedia bots from an old name to a new one. BRFA

Manual[edit]

Newsletter delivery when requested. BRFA

Bot Requests for Approvals[edit]

Bot Task	Status	Description	Closing Edit
Task 1	Approved.	Adding {{reflist}} if missing and if <ref> tag is present, checks for pages on Category:Pages with missing references list.	19:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 2	Approved.	Sending out the WikiCup newsletter to users.	17:47, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 3	Approved.	Simple and regex find/replace tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic outline and any other articles that need it.	11:20, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 4	Speedily Approved.	Fixing double redirects	13:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 5	Withdrawn by operator.	Deleting broken redirects (will replace User:RedirectCleanupBot) - this list is more accurate than the category.	17:39, 18 May 2009
Task 6	Withdrawn by operator.	Delete files that are also present on Wikimedia Commons on a local wiki (in this case en.wikipedia).	22:09, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 7	Speedily Approved.	Move pages in the Category:Wikipedia bots's subcategories from an old category to a new one (i.e. renaming the category)	20:49, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 8	Approved.	Tag pages as directed by projects from lists that they give me. This will include adding and substituting templates and adding notices to pages (including talk page messages).	17:00, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
Task 9	Status Unknown.	Move categories on pages (i.e. Rename the category on every page) and add categories to pages where requested.	22:37, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Task 10	Approved.	Typical interwiki bot, run using the parameters python interwiki.py -start:! -autonomous -async -family:wikipedia -lang:en -nolog	20:29, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
Task 11	Approved.	To send newsletters or other talk page messages to the User talk: and Talk: when requested by users, or WikiProjects.	21:51, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Task 12	Approved.	Tagging templates that are up for discussion at WP:TFD when requested	09:50, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Task 13	Approved.	General tagging (and untagging) of categories as requested, typically after CfD closures.	18:16, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Awards[edit]

		The Original Barnstar
		Your bot adding {{Reflist}}s to those articles that need them has made plenty of articles look that bit better. J Milburn (talk) 14:19, 20 February 2009 (UTC)