User:OAbot
 | Thisuser accountis abotoperated byNemo_bis(talk).It is used to make repetitiveautomatedorsemi-automatededits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with thebot policy.The bot is approved and currently active – the relevantrequest for approvalcan be seenhere. Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, pleaseblock it. |
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Overview
[edit]This bot adds links to citation templates, providingalternative open access versionstoreferences in Wikipedia articles.See also:
You can also simulate the bot on any page for additional references via its web interface: https://tools.wmflabs.org/oabot/
Update 2020:we've started the large-scale addition and maintenance of more identifier-related citation parameters, seeWikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/OAbot 3.
Scope
[edit]- The bot only edits in main space. It is compliant with thebot exclusion templates:to prevent OAbot from editing a particular page, you can use{{bots|deny=OAbot}}(for instance). There is no way to prevent OAbot from changing a particular template in a page.
- The bot only edits cite templates (based onCS1/2), excluding{{cite web}},{{cite news}},{{cite arxiv}}and{{cite book}}.
- The bot does not make changes to citations where at least one parameter is known to link to a freely available full text (such as
|arxiv=or|pmc=). - After running the bot, the operator manually fixes the very rare cases of ambiguity, which show up atCategory:CS1 errors: URL–wikilink conflictand used to show up atCategory:Pages with citations having redundant parameters.
Shutoff
[edit]Emergency bot shutoff button
Administrators:Use this button if the bot is malfunctioning. (direct link)
Non-administrators cana malfunctioning bot toWikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.