HersfoldCiteBot

HersfoldCiteBot
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Operator:	Hersfold (t/a/c)
Approved?	Pending
Flagged?	No
Task/s:	Correcting common errors in {{cite web}} templates
Edit rate:	Max. 12 edits/min
Edit period/s:	When Hersfold is online
Programming language/s:	Java, using MER-C's Java library
Exclusion compliant?	Yes
Source code published?	/Source
Emergency shutoff-compliant?	Yes
Other information:	Version control

This user account is a bot operated by Hersfold (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. This bot has been approved for a limited trial run by a member of the Bot Approvals Group.
Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please block it.

Current status: Running trials. Currently running a trial for up to 75 edits. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 22:08, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

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-administrators may also shut off the bot by posting a new comment to the bot's talk page.

Function

HersfoldCiteBot is a bot that goes through Category:Articles with broken citations and corrects common errors in {{cite web}} templates. Specifically, it attempts to correct these problems:

{{cite web}} missing a |title= parameter
{{cite web}} with an |archiveurl= parameter, but no |archivedate= parameter
~~{{cite web}} missing an |accessdate= parameter~~ - disabled on recommendations at BRFA pending more accurate code and consensus to do so

Future updates

To suggest an update to the bot, please contact Hersfold. Suggestions for updates should relate to the bot's current task; if you would like a bot to perform a totally different task, please make your request at WP:BOTREQ.

None currently

Completed updates

None currently

Subpages

/Citation errors needing manual review - /Trial run logs