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This is a page for requesting tasks to be done by bots in accordance with the bot policy. This is an appropriate place to put ideas for uncontroversial bot tasks, to get early feedback on ideas for bot tasks (controversial or not), and to seek bot operators for bot tasks. Consensus-building discussions requiring large community input (such as request for comments) should normally be held at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) or other relevant pages, such as a WikiProject's talk page.
You can check the "Commonly Requested Bots" box above to see if a suitable bot already exists for the task you have in mind. If you have a question about a particular bot, contact the bot operator directly via their talk page or the bot's talk page. If a bot is acting improperly, follow the guidance outlined in WP:BOTISSUE. For broader issues and general discussion about bots, see the bot noticeboard.
Before making a request, please see the list of frequently denied bots, either because they are too complicated to program, or do not have consensus from the Wikipedia community. If you are requesting that a template (such as a WikiProject banner) is added to all pages in a particular category, please be careful to check the category tree for any unwanted subcategories. It is best to give a complete list of categories that should be worked through individually, rather than one category to be analyzed recursively (see example difference).
Alternatives to bot requests:
- Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks, for simple tasks that involve a handful of articles and/or only needs to be done once (e.g. adding a category to a few articles).
- Wikipedia:Link rot/URL change requests, for tasks involving changing or updating URLs to prevent link rot (specialized bots deal with this).
- Wikipedia:Link rot/Usurpations, for reporting a domain be usurped eg.
|url-status=usurped - Wikipedia:Request a query, for tasks which might be solved with an SQL query (e.g. compiling a list of articles according to certain criteria).
- Wikipedia:Requested templates, to request a new template written in wiki code or Lua.
- Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests, to request a new user script. Many useful scripts already exist, see Wikipedia:User scripts/List.
- User talk:Citation bot, to request a new feature for WP:Citation bot, a user-initiated bot that fixes citations.
Note to bot operators: The {{BOTREQ}} template can be used to give common responses, and make it easier to keep track of the task's current status. If you complete a request, note that you did with {{BOTREQ|done}}, and archive the request after a few days (WP:1CA is useful here).
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