User:Shadowbot

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This user account is a bot operated by Shadow1 (talk). It is not a sock puppet, but rather an automated or semi-automated account for making repetitive edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually. Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please block it.

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Administrators: Use this button if the bot is malfunctioning. Non-administrators can report misbehaving bots to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

Shadowbot is a Perl bot that reverts spam links inserted into Wikipedia. It is developed and operated by Shadow1 with the help of Eagle 101 and the rest of the users in the #wikipedia-spam channel on freenode. For more information on Shadowbot, see Shadowbot/FAQ.

[edit] Blacklist Requests

If you require a link to be added to Shadowbot's blacklist, please add an entry to User:Shadowbot/Blacklist requests.

[edit] Awards

		The Spamstar of Glory
		Presented to Shadowbot for his/her/its diligence in fighting spam on Wikipedia. --A. B. (talk) 13:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

		The Technology Barnstar
		This Barnstar is awarded to Shadowbot for reverting Spam vandalism On Wikipedia! --Hu12 01:41, 16 February 2007 (UTC)