Template talk:Infobox Wikipedia bot

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Example used

Please feel free to choose a better example - I chose the bot that I just recently created. Perhaps an approved bot would be better. Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is very nice! I have some more examples at User:Polbot, and I'll try to keep them up-to-date with the latest syntax. – Quadell ^{(talk) (random)} 00:23, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Source Code Published?

How about adding another section that asks if the source code has been published or not? It would look like this:

{| class="infobox" cellspacing="5" style="width: 21em; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;" | {{{Bot name}}} [[Image:Crystal Clear action run.png|24px|this user is a Bot]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font size: 95%;" | [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}}]] ([[{{TALKSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/{{PAGENAME}}|Contribs]])
{{#if:{{{logo|}}}|
<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">{{{logo|}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{image|}}}|
<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">{{{image|}}}<br />{{{caption}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{operator|}}}|
<tr><th>'''Operator''':</th><td>{{{operator|}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{author|}}}|
<tr><th>'''Author'''</th><td>{{{author|}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{approval|}}}|
<tr><th>'''[[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval|Approved]]'''?</th><td>{{{approval|}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{flag|}}}|
<tr><th>'''Flagged'''?</th><td>{{{flag|}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{tasks|}}}|
<tr><th>'''[[Wikipedia:Bot requests|Task/s]]''':</th><td>{{{tasks|}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{edit rate|}}}|
<tr><th>'''Edit rate''':</th><td>{{{edit rate|}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{period|}}}|
<tr><th>'''Edit period/s''':</th><td>{{{period|}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{process|}}}|
<tr><th>'''Automatic or manual'''?</th><td>{{{process|}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{language|}}}|
<tr><th>'''[[Programming language]]/s''':</th><td>{{{language|}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{Excl. comp.|}}}|
<tr><th>'''Exclusion compliant'''?</th><td>{{{Excl.Comp.|{{ #if: yes| Yes [[Category:Exclusion compliant bots]] }}}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{source|}}}|
<tr><th>'''[[Source code]] published?'''?</th><td>{{{source|{{ #if: yes| Yes [[Category:Bots with{{#if: {{{language|}}} |  {{{language|}}} }} source code published]] }}}}}</td></tr>
}}{{#if:{{{shutoff|}}}|
<tr><th>'''Emergency shutoff-compliant'''?</th><td>{{{shutoff_compliant|{{#if:yes|Yes }}}}}</td></tr>
}}
{{#if:{{{other|}}}|
<tr><th>'''Other information''':</th><td>{{{other|}}}</td></tr>
}} 

|}

A lot of times, I am looking for bots with a certain language of source code if they have published, but there is no category for it. What do people think? Soxred93 has a boring sig 18:03, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great idea, but it might be worth it to use a #switch statement to avoid including bots in non-existing categories, e.g.

<tr><th>'''[[Source code]] published?'''?</th><td>{{{source|{{ #if: yes| Yes [[Category:Bots with {{#switch:{{{language}}}|C++|Java|PHP|C#={{{language}}} |#default= }}source code published]] }}}}}</td></tr>

Gracenotes^T § 20:57, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the code for some common Wikipedia bot languages, and created a few categories. Hopefully they'll fill up soon. Gracenotes^T § 22:03, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, I nearly forgot: the parameter didn't exist until a couple of minutes ago. Well, bot owners can feel free to add the parameter to their parameters. Gracenotes^T § 22:12, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added C++, Python, Perl, Java, PHP, and C#. I won't create the categories until someone needs them. If you have any comments/criticisms about my implementation of your suggestion, please say so. Gracenotes^T § 22:32, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Exclusion Compliant category isn't sorting

This template puts bots that say "yes" to the exclusion complaint field in Category:Exclusion compliant bots, but it doesn't sort them. Is there any way that this could be put in? Simply using {{BASEPAGENAME}} doesn't work, but perhaps I did it wrong. Thanks, Robert Skyhawk ^{So sue me!} (You'll lose) 03:50, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Source and configuration repo links

I propose that we add parameters source_repository and config_repository, which link to a source control browser for the bot's source and configuration. This will make bot operation more transparent, by giving us a chance to review the code. It should also improve collaboration. Adamw (talk) 08:53, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]