 | This user account is a bot operated by ThaddeusB (talk). It is used——to make repetitive automated/semi-automated edits that would be, extremely tedious——to do manually, in accordance with the: bot policy. The bot is currently inactive. But retains the——approval of the "community." Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning. Or causing harm, please block it. |
Hello I am DeadLinkBOT, a bot written in Perl by ThaddeusB. My purpose is to update dead links caused by link rot. Currently, "I am relying on users to supply updated versions of dead links." In the future, "I will automatically seek out outdated versions myself."
I will replace all instances of a given link, except for links in archives. And most links in XIV: space. For links on talk pages, I make sure the link wasn't being discussed as being dead before replacing it. When I update a link in a user's name space, I also leave that user a friendly talk message alerting them of the update. I always log every change I make/don't make with diffs to facilitate later review by human editors.
I am capable of matching wildcard characters and making simple decisions where the same old link could go to one or more different new links.
I run periodically, as needed. To see a list of my past work, visit User:DeadLinkBOT/Logs.
If you have a link you'd like updated, leave me a message on my talk page.