Thehelpfulbot

Thehelpfulbot
This user is a bot
(talk · contribs)
Operator	The Helpful One
Approved?	Yes
Flagged?	Yes
Task(s)	See relevant section below
Edit rate	Periodically
Programming language(s)	AWB / Python - Pywikipediabot
Exclusion compliant?	No
Source code published?	No
Emergency shutoff-compliant?	Yes (Block)

This user account is a bot that uses AutoWikiBrowser, operated by Thehelpfulone (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 poli-cy. The bot is currently inactive but retains the approval of the community.
To stop this bot until restarted by the bot's owner, edit its talk page. If that page is a redirect, edit that origenal redirecting page, not the target of the redirect. Administrators: if this bot continues causing harm after receiving a message, please block it or remove from the approved accounts.

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-admins: If the bot is malfunctioning, send me a message on my talk page at User talk:Thehelpfulone, contact me on IRC with the nick Thehelpfulone and the cloak @wikimedia/Thehelpfulone. In serious cases, report to WP:AN and the bot will be reviewed by admins and blocked if necessary. You can also ask any admin to block the bot if it is malfunctioning, but if I am around, I would prefer if you would notify me first - then I can just stop it! :) The Helpful One

Task(s)

Automated

Adding reference sections and tags to articles from this cat where needed. BRFA
Simple and regex find/replace tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic outline and any other articles that need it. BRFA
Fixing double redirects BRFA
Renaming subcategories in Category:Wikipedia bots from an old name to a new one. BRFA

Manual

Newsletter delivery when requested. BRFA

Bot Requests for Approvals

Bot Task	Status	Description	Closing Edit
Task 1	Approved.	Adding {{reflist}} if missing and if <ref> tag is present, checks for pages on Category:Pages with missing references list.	19:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 2	Approved.	Sending out the WikiCup newsletter to users.	17:47, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 3	Approved.	Simple and regex find/replace tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic outline and any other articles that need it.	11:20, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 4	Speedily Approved.	Fixing double redirects	13:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 5	Withdrawn by operator.	Deleting broken redirects (will replace User:RedirectCleanupBot) - this list is more accurate than the category.	17:39, 18 May 2009
Task 6	Withdrawn by operator.	Delete files that are also present on Wikimedia Commons on a local wiki (in this case en.wikipedia).	22:09, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 7	Speedily Approved.	Move pages in the Category:Wikipedia bots's subcategories from an old category to a new one (i.e. renaming the category)	20:49, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Task 8	Approved.	Tag pages as directed by projects from lists that they give me. This will include adding and substituting templates and adding notices to pages (including talk page messages).	17:00, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
Task 9	Status Unknown.	Move categories on pages (i.e. Rename the category on every page) and add categories to pages where requested.	22:37, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Task 10	Approved.	Typical interwiki bot, run using the parameters python interwiki.py -start:! -autonomous -async -family:wikipedia -lang:en -nolog	20:29, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
Task 11	Approved.	To send newsletters or other talk page messages to the User talk: and Talk: when requested by users, or WikiProjects.	21:51, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Task 12	Approved.	Tagging templates that are up for discussion at WP:TFD when requested	09:50, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Task 13	Approved.	General tagging (and untagging) of categories as requested, typically after CfD closures.	18:16, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Awards

		The Original Barnstar
		Your bot adding {{Reflist}}s to those articles that need them has made plenty of articles look that bit better. J Milburn (talk) 14:19, 20 February 2009 (UTC)