Wikinews:Global bots

This is an official policy on English Wikinews. It has wide acceptance and is considered a standard for all users to follow. Changes to this page must reflect consensus. If in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

Shortcut: WN:GB

Policies and Guidelines

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Ignore all rules

Administrators

For Wikipedians

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Etiquette

Global bots are bots that are automatically approved for all Wikimedia projects. They may be used on Wikinews as long as they have been approved at meta:Steward requests/Bot status and, per Meta policy, the bot can only

• Fix double redirects
• Maintain interlanguage links

The global bot must also have worked successfully on several other Wikimedia wikis prior to becoming a global bot.

See also

• Meta policy on Global bots, which defines how they may be approved
• Page for requesting global bot status
• Projects that allowed Global bots
• List of all global bots