Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5754239-20190111005238

Hi everyone!

I am planning on creating a bot for this wiki called User:Joke-Explainer 7000, after SiIvaGunner's The Joke-Explainer™ 7000!

This bot will perform the following tasks:
 * Automatically generating stubs of rip pages (by using the YouTube API to retrieve data)
 * Automatically correct input errors in our pages

I will also use it from time to time to do tedious things like:
 * Automatically update pages with their SiIvaGunner2 re-upload dates and links
 * Automatically keep track of playlists and rips
 * Move pages from one category to another
 * ...and other maintenance-related tasks.

In the future, it may also do things like:
 * Update the mainpage with information about the latest SiIvaGunner rip

The bot isn't supposed to replace editor input, but rather make it easier for editors to work without having to perform tedious tasks. For example, bots like these can move hundreds of pages from an incorrect category into the correct one.

For security purposes, such as if the bot malfunctions, it has an override page that anyone can use to stop the bot's automatic functions from working if it malfunctions. For the time being, I will use it with AutoWikiBrowser in semi-automated mode so that I can double check edits.

For more info on what a bot is, see Help:Bots. If you have any objections / questions about the bot, please reply below! I need permission before I can notify FANDOM of the bot. 