HBC AIV helperbot2

Leave comments regarding the HBC AIV helperbot2 here, or,
alternatively contact the operator (Alphachimp) or the author (HighInBC) of the bot.

Administrators - if the bot is malfunctioning, please try turning it off before you block it.

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Bot Disconnection - ISP problems

This bot may disconnect between the hours of 8pm and 7am (AEST +10) due to my ISP problems. I apologise for any inconvenience and are currently working on fixing this - I will have a final answer on whether my ISP has fixed this by next Sunday. --Extranet ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 10:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I have since withdrawn the running of the bot due to the ISP dropouts and problems. Thanks to all that helped, its been a great experience. I'm sure HighInBC will fill this spot in soon. Extranet ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 08:16, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

This is a automated to all bot operators

Please take a few moments and fill in the data for your bot on Wikipedia:Bots/Status Thank you Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 19:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Automated message to bot owners

As a result of discussion on the village pump and mailing list, bots are now allowed to edit up to 15 times per minute. The following is the new text regarding bot edit rates from Wikipedia:Bot Policy:

Until new bots are accepted they should wait 30-60 seconds between edits, so as to not clog the recent changes list and user watchlists. After being accepted and a bureaucrat has marked them as a bot, they can edit at a much faster pace. Bots doing non-urgent tasks should edit approximately once every ten seconds, while bots who would benefit from faster editing may edit approximately once every every four seconds.

Also, to eliminate the need to spam the bot talk pages, please add Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard to your watchlist. Future messages which affect bot owners will be posted there. Thank you. --Mets501 02:58, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Odd report removal

[1]. It removed a report on an IP I blocked, but also removed a user report below it as a 'comment'. The user report was using {{vandal}}. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 22:06, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Another odd report removal

[2] This time, it was adding a comment to an IP report, and removed the new IP report I had added below it. Maybe a race condition? i.e. HelperBot loaded the page before I added my report, then saved it after? --Jaysweet (talk) 13:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

AIV

I'm not familiar with the criteria for adding the backlog tag, but see here. Shouldn't the tag have been automatically added? I added the tag myself because the list had grown to 14 or 15 reports at one point. Enigma ^message 19:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Query

I need help renaming about 200 articles. Doing this by hand would take me all day.

Can your bot rename articles, or be adapted to do so?

If so, please contact me.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist 22:40, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

This bot removes blocked users from a page. Bots are not very good at going outside their design. Chillum 12:48, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

The bot accidentally removed my report

Have a look at the bottom of this diff. -Lilac Soul ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 10:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

That is not a bug with the bot, but rather a bug with the mediawiki software. In some cases it fails to detect and warn of an edit conflict, the same thing happens to humans sometimes as well. Chillum 12:47, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Bot malfunctioning

The bot is involved with repeatedly resetting the AIV instruction bot, which is being changed back by helperbot7. I've shutdown both bots till this is resolved. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 07:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

The bug seems to be caused by the bot not checking the latest version of the instruction page before enforcing it. I will look into the bug this weekend if nobody else does. Chillum 12:45, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

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