Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4682764-20151005061014

Greetings fellow wikians...

This forum thread is here to discuss the possible bot addition to the wiki. We already have Yogsbot, and may I add it has been very helpful, but with the advancement of time, this wiki is getting even larger with more automated tasks  required    every day. This is why I propose the addition of this new bot run by myself. In order for this to happen, the community is required to approve this step.

Since this new account will be very similar to that of Yogsbot, I have included the same information provided then below for easy reference.

What’s the bot allowed to do?
If there is a large amount of edits to be done, a consensus will be made with the community to make sure everyone's fine with the changes.Spelling and Grammar will also be checked with this bot. Converting between templates, etc. Anything the community required.

What does 'flagging' the bot mean?
It means that the bot's edits will not appear in Special:RecentChanges or Special:WikiActivity. Because of this, I'll make sure that all edits are documented (just in case of conflicts that might occur).

How does the bot work?
AutoWikiBrowser and through custom scripts I (Shuffler)  have created.

What if it goes crazy?
An administrator can switch off the bot by blocking Helperbot5000. If you're not an administrator, you can contact the VSTF to have it blocked.

Please leave a message of approval (or any questions) regarding the bot!  