User:HBC AIV helperbot

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Notice This bot is inactive because its owner has left Wikipedia. The other bots, HBC AIV helperbot2, HBC AIV helperbot3, HBC AIV helperbot5, HBC AIV helperbot7 and HBC AIV helperbot 8 are running the same code and handle the same task.
This user account is a bot operated by H (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.
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This is HBC AIV helperbot running in Victoria, BC.

Please leave all urgent messages, inquiries, complaints, bot block notices, etc. on H's talk page. Suggestions can be posted to the feature request page for the main bot, as linked below.

This bot has been officially approved. It is run by H and the code was created by H, but has been significantly improved by others (see the source code history). 

This bot is running version 2.0.3.

Confirmed, I am run/operated by H. HBC AIV helperbot (Contribs)
  • Other HBC AIV helperbot instances:

[edit] Purpose

The purpose of this bot is to monitor WP:AIV and check if reported users are blocked. If the user is blocked the bot will remove the entry with an edit summary explaining why, for how long, what type of block, and how many remaining reports are left. The bot also has several other, related tasks:

  • Combine multiple entries for the same user/IP address
  • Add and remove the {{adminbacklog}} template as needed
  • Mark IP addresses in special IP ranges with descriptive comments
  • Reset the instruction block as necessary when it is changed

Multiple redundant bots are used to ensure that WP:AIV is always properly serviced. The bots are designed such that they will not duplicate work, and can all run simultaneously without problems or significant added load to the Wikipedia servers.