Usage

edit

Enter {{Automatically generated}} on a page. Enter {{Automatically generated|silent}} to omit the hatnote. Enter {{Automatically generated|stale=yes}} to indicate that the page isn't receiving updates anymore. To specifically allow/deny some bot or other tool, use allow/deny parameters: {{Automatically generated|allow=luckyrename}}, similar to {{bots}}. This depends on the bot/tool to read this information.

This template can be used to inform users about the nature of automatically generated pages (like lists created by bots) through the hatnote. It can also be used by bots and other tools as a hint to determine if they should edit the page. It will also categorize the page in either Category:Wikipedia automatically generated pages or Category:Wikipedia stale automatically generated pages.

The following tools/bots use this template: