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By Bri

Photograph of Banksy's 28 October 2013 art installment of "Better Out Than In" in New York City, depicting a blocky robot spraypainting a barcode on the wall with the numbers "13274125"

We can do anything you want – well, almost. – Original image deleted.

Bot tasks

Recently approved tasks

EranBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 3) – Approved 18:51, 24 October 2018 (UTC) – bot has flag
FRadical Bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Approved 10:26, 21 October 2018 (UTC) – bot has flag
IznoBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 2) – Approved 03:46, 19 October 2018 (UTC) – bot has flag
JJMC89 bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 16) – Approved 02:07, 17 October 2018 (UTC) – bot has flag
RonBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 11) – Approved 16:04, 15 October 2018 (UTC) – bot has flag
Galobot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Approved 03:45, 14 October 2018 (UTC) – bot has flag
Texvc2LaTeXBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Approved 13:38, 9 October 2018 (UTC) – bot has flag

Current requests for approval

WOSlinkerBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Open
PkbwcgsBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Open
ZackBot 12 (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Open
ZackBot 11 (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Open
RonBot 12 (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Open
Tom.Bot 7 (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Open
TheSandBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Open
Galobot 2 (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – Open
MusikBot II 2 (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – In trial
ZackBot 11 (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – In trial
Filedelinkerbot 3 (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) – In trial: User response needed!

Latest tech news

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community: 2018 #40, #41, #42, & #43. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available on Meta.

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