User:SQL/How to close a BRFA

How to close a BRFA as Approved
Once you are satisfied that whatever today's policies are have been met and are ready to close the bot request as approved, here's how it's done:

Steps 3 and 4 should be done automatically by .


 * 1) Edit the nomination page, making the following changes:
 * 2) Add Approved to the top of the nomination
 * 3) Make any last relevant comments and place BotApproved by your comments, adding your user signature afterwords
 * 4) Add to the bottom of the BRFA.
 * 5) Notify the bot owner with SubpageName~ (if a botflag is still needed), or SubpageName~ (otherwise) on the operator's talkpage.
 * 6) Remove the BRFA template for the BRFA from [ WP:BRFA] (CTRL+X it, so you have it in your clipboard for the next step)
 * 7) Does the bot need a flag?
 * 8) Yes -- Open [ Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Approved] and paste the BRFA template in (not subst!) like so:
 * 9) No -- Open the same page, add NameOfBot instead (note, in both cases, we are referring to the top of the /Approved page, and, those are 5 tildes.
 * 10) Bot to run without a flag -- Open the same page, add NameOfBot instead.