User:BotanyBot

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BotanyBot (Botus botanicalensis) is a Wikipedia bot account run by User:Rkitko (talk) that uses AutoWikiBrowser to perform several functions (see tasks below). It began its life in March of 2007 when it was approved to be used in WikiProject Plants assessment and banner placement. BotanyBot made quick work of that and soon became bored. In order to satiate the beast and make the whining stop, Rkitko requested other tasks be approved. And so, BotanyBot is currently working on cleaning up after Polbot, which is a good bot but was using outdated taxonomy.

BotanyBot always welcomes requests. If you find something you think BotanyBot would be good at, drop a note and we'll look into it.

Note: This bot is always supervised. If the bot makes an error, please report it immediately to Rkitko at User talk:Rkitko or User talk:BotanyBot. Thanks!

Sandboxes

/sandbox - Fiddling around with WP:PLANTS banner tagging.
/sanbox2 - Mostly manual cleanup, things to do in the future.
/Plant stubs - Organizing the stubs.
/Cleanup to do list - Making more work for myself.

Tasks

Adding {{WikiProject Plants}} to articles within Category:Plants for assessment by members of WP:PLANTS. (Function approved 7 March 2007)
Cleaning up the taxonomic categories under Category:Plants by recategorizing articles into their most specific taxonomic categories, which is typically the genus level. (Function approved 27 April 2007)
Stub sorting the Category:Plant stubs or when new stub types are created. (Function approved 20 August 2007)
Cleaning up taxonomy and formatting in plant articles, mostly focusing on articles that were auto-generated by Polbot. Requests to work on articles that reflect recent shifts in taxonomy are welcomed. Unstable or controversial taxonomy will only be worked on if consensus is reached at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Plants. (Function approved 23 September 2007)