User:GreenC bot/Job 17/bot/doc

tagbot modifies template to include hasaref if it detects the template might no longer be needed i.e. an article has references. Templates with hasaref are added to tracking.

This page triggers a bot to search for and tag up to 20 candidate articles per request.

Usage

 * 1) To run, change   to   where "#" is how many articles to tag. Default: 5 Max: 20
 * Example:  will tag 2 pages


 * 1) The bot monitors this page every 2 minutes.
 * 2) When a   is detected the bot begins searching and tagging.
 * 3) When finished, the bot resets this page back to
 * 4) Tagged pages are listed in tracking category
 * 5) After an article has been added to the tracking category, editors inspect the article and remove  if it is determined it is no longer needed. Or replace with other tags such as . If the bot made a mistake, change hasref to nobot and the bot will in the future leave the article alone.

System info

 * The tracking category must have 5 or less before the bot will.
 * The requester's username is included in edit summaries.
 * Once the bot is running it can not stop by setting.
 * If it seems like the bot is stuck in  contact User:GreenC
 * If the page is edited to anything other than  or   (vandalism or mistake) the bot resets the page back to.