User:TheSandBot

There are shutdown links below, avoid blocking at all costs. See User:TheSandBot/faq for frequently asked questions.

This bot runs on Wikimedia Toolforge. Administrators: If this bot needs to be blocked due to a malfunction, please remember to disable autoblocks so that other Toolforge bots are not affected.

This user account is a bot operated by TheSandDoctor (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.

TheSandBot (TSB) is a bot account which, in contrast to DFB, is generalist in nature.

1. TheSandBot will be taking over the Good Article "clerk" duties from Legobot at some point in the near future per the request of Legobot's operator.

Shutdown instructions in a nutshell: Please note that the old instructions for disabling the bot will no longer work (new instructions below will though). In a nutshell: keep content on User:TheSandBot/status JSON legal/safe and only change true/false values (corresponding to tasks to disable) and note the values are case-sensitive. Contact TheSandDoctor by email or poking if you shut down a task or have any questions.

Administrators (or extended-confirmed editors), please see User:TheSandBot/status if you wish to shut down the bot. In the event that the bot runs wild on a task (which it shouldn't) or otherwise needs to be shut down, change the text on the page's corresponding key value pair from "true" to "false" (is case sensitive; only one value can exist in the pair at a given time). Other than the true/false values, please do not change any other values, insert/remove commas etc (all the page content must stay JSON safe/legal in order for the bot to understand it). Once changed to false, that will stop the bot when it attempts to save the edit as it checks/"calls home" to that page before saving. In the event that the corresponding key/value pair contains the text "false", the script will show an error in my console and terminate. This will necessitate a restart by TSD (poke TheSandDoctor for that or send them an email), even if set back to "true".

In the event that you do shut down the bot, please send a message to TheSandDoctor (either through talk page or email) notifying them of this and the reason for shutting the bot down. Thank you!