User:Shadow1/BRFA

Shadowbot
Operator: Shadow1

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): Perl

Function Summary: Shadowbot will perform the automated reversion of spam links inserted into Wikipedia articles.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Continuous

Edit rate requested: 10 per hour

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N

Function Details: Shadowbot will be reverting edits containing links that have been marked as spam by an IRC bot written by Eagle 101, which is running at #wikipedia-spam. This blacklist, while user-contributed, is mirrored across both bots and I have to approve any links that are to be inserted into Shadowbot's blacklist. Once Shadowbot has reverted an edit (unless someone else has already edited or if Shadowbot already reverted the user, in which case it won't revert), it leaves a message on the talkpage of the user who added the link, advising them that the edit they made was reverted, and an explanation of what to do if the bot made a mistake.