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[[Category:Bot user templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Bot user templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
The language inside templates is the same language as regular wiki markup, but template writers tend to use the more complex available functions such as #if: statements. See Wikipedia's Help:Template and Wikimedia's mw:Help:Template , including all of "advanced functioning" help pages listed toward the bottom of that page .
Others can use your code to build their own bots. A user new to bot writing may be able to use your code as an example or a template for their own bots. It encourages good security practices, rather than security through obscurity. If you abandon the project, it allows other users to run your bot tasks without having to write new code.
[[Category:Wikipedia bot-related templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Wikipedia bot-related templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
The bot constructs a list of disambiguation templates, set index templates or soft redirect templates. The list includes template redirects. It does this by iterating through all templates in a specific category (the -cat option). Non-templates are ignored, as are templates in the bot's exclusion list (the -exclude option). It then retrieves ...
If the bot uses a status or automatic shutoff page, you can use it to automatically categorize the bot. If the status page consists only the word "true"/"false" (or "yes"/"no"), you can use: active={{lc:{{ NAME OF STATUS PAGE }}}}
The Bots and Nobots templates tell bots and other automated editing tools and scripts that they either should or should not edit a page that has the template. The templates can be used to block most bots (all bots that have implemented this functionality) or specific bots by name or function.
If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:WikiProject invitation templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page.