User:DPL bot
 | This user account is a bot operated by JaGa (talk), R'n'B (talk), and Dispenser (talk). It is used to make repetitive automated or semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with the bot policy. The bot is approved and currently active – the relevant request for approval can be seen here. Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please block it. |
| This user is a bot | |
|---|---|
| (talk · contribs) | |
| Operator | JaGa |
| Author | JaGa |
| Flagged? | Yes |
| Task(s) | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Edit period(s) | Twice daily |
| Automatic or manual? | Automatic |
| Programming language(s) | PHP |
| Exclusion compliant? | Yes |
Tasks
[edit]| Task | Status | Approved? | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Active | Yes | Adds and removes the {{dablinks}} template. If the article has more than 15 dablinks, it adds a tag. If the article has fewer than 10 dablinks, it removes the tag. |
| #2 | Active | Yes | Notifies editors of disambiguation links they have added to articles. It does not notify unregistered and new (< 100 edits) users. |
| #3 | Active | Yes | Update the {{dablinks}} task to use new thresholds: add the template for 8 or more dablinks, remove for 5 or fewer. Also permitted to lower the addition threshold to 5 as the backlog allows. |
| #4 | Active | Yes | Adds and removes the {{incoming links}} template. If the disambig has more than 30 incoming links, it adds a tag. If the disambig has fewer than 25 dablinks, it removes the tag. |
Opting out
[edit]To stop receiving messages from DPL bot, use the {{bots}} template anywhere on your talk page. Here is the syntax:
{{bots|deny=DPL bot}}
This will only block DPL bot. No other bots will be blocked.
Another way to detect disambiguation links
[edit]Anomie's Link Classifier adds a tab next to "watch" that color-codes wikilinks by type (redirect, up for deletion, disambig, etc.) It's an easy way to review an article for dablinks after you've worked on it.
Yet another way to detect disambiguation links
[edit]Click Preferences → Gadgets → Display links to disambiguation pages in orange. It does what it says on the tin. If you follow the orange link, and copy/paste the exact intended article title into the WL brackets you just created, the bot will never bother you again.