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This bot has been officially approved. It is run by TheEpTic and the code was started by Chillum, but has been significantly improved by others (see the source code history).
This bot is running version 2.0.25.
Confirmed, I am run/operated by TheEpTic. HBC AIV helperbot12 (Contribs)
- Source code.
- Feature requests.
- Legend for types of blocks detected when clearing.
- Special IP ranges that I should make comments to when I see them.
- Instructions for WP:AIV that I replace if modified.
- Other HBC AIV helperbot instances:
- HBC AIV helperbot (inactive, operated by Chillum)
- HBC AIV helperbot2 (inactive, operated by Alphachimp)
- HBC AIV helperbot3 (inactive, operated by Krellis)
- HBC AIV helperbot4 (inactive, operated by ST47)
- HBC AIV helperbot5 (inactive, operated by JamesR)
- HBC AIV helperbot7 (inactive, operated by Wimt)
- HBC AIV helperbot 8 (inactive, operated by Monobi)
- HBC AIV helperbot11 (inactive, operated by Darkwind)
- HBC AIV helperbot14 (operated by Mdann52)
Purpose
editThe purpose of this bot is to monitor WP:AIV, WP:UAA and associated subpages, and check if reported users are blocked. If the user is blocked the bot will remove the entry with an edit summary explaining why, for how long, what type of block, and how many remaining reports are left. The bot also has several other, related tasks:
- Combine multiple entries for the same user/IP address
- Add and remove the {{adminbacklog}} template as needed
- Mark IP addresses in special IP ranges with descriptive comments
- Reset the instruction block as necessary when it is changed
Monitoring
editThis specific instance of this bot is being monitored by a Nagios system. The following things are being monitored:
- The time since my last edit is checked every 5 minutes. If I have not edited in 6 hours my owner will be sent an e-mail.