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Wikipedia:Bots/Anti-vandal bot requirements

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Anti-vandalism bots are automated processes that revert vandalism and warn appropriately. Programming an effective anti-vandalism bot takes a lot of time and is expected to follow the guidelines below:

Rationale

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Need to play nice, avoid undoing each other's work, etc.

Reverting

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  • Must not revert an edit marked as a bot edit
  • Must not revert an edit from an admin
  • Must not revert an edit from editor on the ((not yet specified)) global whitelist
  • Must not revert an edit from an AV bot
  • Must not revert to an edit from an AV bot less than a day old
  • Must respect bot opt-out tags
  • Must understand "AVBot", as well as its own name, as a synonym for its name in bot opt-in/out tags.

Warnings

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  • Must not warn if revert not completed (regardless of why)
  • Must reset warning "level" to 1 if no AV bot warning in ((1 week?))
  • Must not warn if last AV bot warning is less than ((120 secs?)) old
  • Must use the {{uw-avb1}} template (and up)
  • The edit summary must contain the warning level.

Reporting

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  • Must only report if level 4 AV bot warning present and more than ((120 secs?)) old