User:SQL/How to close a BRFA

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[edit] How to close a BRFA as Approved

Once you are satisfied that whatever today's policies are, are met and are ready to close the Bot as approved, here's how it's done.

  1. Add {{subst:BT|Approved|Botname}} to the top of the nomination
  2. Make any last relevant comments, and, place {{BotApproved}} by your comments, signing afterwords.
  3. Add {{subst:BB}} to the bottom of the BRFA.
  4. Notify the bot owner with {{subst:Bot Talk|Subpage Name|approved|Botname}} ~~~~ on their talkpage.
  5. Remove the {{BRFA}} template for the BRFA from WP:BRFA (I control-x it, so I have it in my clipboard for the next step)
  6. Does the bot need a flag?
    1. Yes -- Open Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Approved and paste the BRFA template in (not subst!), like so: {{BRFA|Botname|Tasknum or blank|Approved|~~~~~}}
    2. No -- Open the same page, add {{subst:BRFAA|NameOfBot|tasknum or nothing|Flagged|~~~~~}} instead (note, in both cases, we are referring to the top of the /Approved page, and, those are 5 tildes.

[edit] Notes

  • You can also replace Approved with other statuses in most of these. Anything other than approved, shouldn't be added to the /Approved subpage, but, instead added to the relevant sections of WP:BRFA.
  • Please use {{BT}}, and, don't leave out parameters. It's nice to have neat, organized categories, which makes it easier for everyone else to find BRFAs. It's also a pain to clean up the 20 other archive templates, that don't add the BRFA to the right categories.