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 | This user account is a bot operated by Shadow1 (talk). It is used to make repetitive automated or semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with the bot policy. This bot does not yet have the approval of the community, or approval has been withdrawn or expired, and therefore shouldn't be making edits that appear to be unassisted except in the operator's or its own user and user talk space. Administrators: if this bot is making edits that appear to be unassisted to pages not in the operator's or its own userspace, please block it. |
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 AntiSpamBot engaging spammers off the coast of Wikipedia | |
| Operator | Shadow1 |
| Approved? | Yes |
| Flagged? | No |
| Task(s) | Removing spam |
| Programming language(s) | Perl |
| Exclusion compliant? | No |
| Emergency shutoff-compliant? | Yes |
AntiSpamBot was a Perl bot that reverts spam links inserted into Wikipedia. It is developed and operated by Shadow1 with the help of Eagle 101 and the rest of the users in the #wikipedia-spam channel on freenode. For more information on AntiSpamBot, see AntiSpamBot/FAQ.