User:VWBot

VWBot
(talk · contribs)
Operator	VernoWhitney (talk)
Approved?	See chart
Flagged?	Yes (verify)
Task(s)	See chart
Programming language(s)	Python, Perl, Bash script
Exclusion compliant?	No
Source code published?	No

This user account is a bot operated by VernoWhitney (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. The bot is currently inactive but retains the approval of the community.
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Tasks[edit]

Task	Status	BRFA	Description
1	Ongoing	Approved	Transclude daily pages created by CorenSearchBot to WP:SCV.
2	Inactive	Approved	Add/remove {{adminbacklog}} and {{backlog}} tags to WP:COPYCLEAN pages.
3	Ongoing	Approved	Act as a backup for DumbBOT and Zorglbot for their tasks at WP:CP if/when they are down.
4	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	Notify authors that their pages have been blanked (by {{subst:copyvio}}) if they haven't been notified by the tagger.
5	Ongoing	Approved	Add pages newly tagged with {{close paraphrasing}} to the appropriate daily page at WP:CP.
6	Pending	—	List users whose new articles have been repeatedly flagged by CorenSearchBot for further review.
7	Ongoing	Approved	Relist articles from daily WP:CP pages when their day is cleared but they have been inadvertently missed.
8	Ongoing	Approved	Act as a backup for CorenSearchBot.
9	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	Mass rollback of a user's contributions for use at WP:CCI.
10	Ongoing	Approved	Add pages newly tagged with {{copypaste}} to the appropriate daily page at WP:CP.
11	Pending	—	Notify taggers that they have added a possible copyvio tag to a page apparently without indicating a source.