User:BracketBot
 | This user account is a bot operated by A930913 (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 This bot does not yet have the approval of the community, or approval has been withdrawn or expired, and therefore shouldn't be making edits that appear to be unassisted except in the operator's or its own user and user talk space. Administrators: if this bot is making edits that appear to be unassisted to pages not in the operator's or its own userspace, please block it. |
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| This user is a bot | |
|---|---|
| (talk · contribs) | |
| Operator | A930913 |
| Author | A930913 |
| Approved? | Yes, BRFA |
| Flagged? | Yes |
| Task(s) | Inform editors that they may have broken the matching brackets on a page |
| Edit rate | ~10/hour |
| Edit period(s) | Continually |
| Automatic or manual? | Automatic |
| Programming language(s) | Python |
| Exclusion compliant? | Yes |
| Source code published? | If someone wants it, bug me to release it. |
| Emergency shutoff-compliant? | Yes |
| Other information | BracketBot is run from the Wikimedia Laboratories. |
What the Bot Does
BracketBot checks all edits to see if all open brackets ({[< have matching close brackets >]}), and informs the editor that their edit may have broken some markup if there is a mismatch. In order to reduce false positives, it will not message the editor if one of these conditions is met:
- It is not in the main namespace.
- It is fixed within ten minutes.
- There are no unmatched brackets for the whole article.
- It finds the unorthodox numbering system of 1), 2), … or a), b), …
- The edit summary contains "rv", "revert" or "!nobot!".
- The edit hash matches a hash in the previous 50 edits (the edit was a revert).
- The user has opted out of BracketBot messages.
If it has to create a talk page for the user, it will {{welcome}} them.
Opting out
Single person
Opt out – the bot will ignore your edits.
- Add [[Category:Wikipedians who opt out of BracketBot messages]] to your talk page or your user page.
- OR Add {{NoBracketBot}} to your user page or your user talk page.
Opt in – the bot will resume watching your edits.
- Remove [[Category:Wikipedians who opt out of BracketBot messages]] from your user page.
- OR Remove {{NoBracketBot}} from your user page or your user talk page.
Show opt out list – view a list of user pages of users whom the bot will ignore.
Single edit
To explicitly disable notification on a single specific edit, place "!nobot!" anywhere in the edit summary.
Entire pages
Add {{NoBracketBot}} <!-- This page contains deliberate unpaired brackets. BracketBot should ignore. --> to the page.
Daily Instead of Monthly Headers
- Add {{DailyBracketBot}} to your user page or your talk page.
- Remove {{DailyBracketBot}} from your user page or your talk page.
Template
The current template used is {{User:BracketBot/inform}}.
Live Feed
Currently, the live feed can be viewed at ##930913-ub connect. If it is not running, ping a930913.
In Case of Malfunction
Emergency bot shutoff button
Administrators: Use this button if the bot is malfunctioning. (direct link)
Non-administrators can a malfunctioning bot to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.