| This user is a bot | |
|---|---|
| (talk · contribs) | |
| Status | Active |
| Operator | User:GreenC bot |
| Author | User:GreenC |
| Approved? | GreenC bot 9 |
| Flagged? | Yes |
| Edit rate | Periodic |
| Edit period(s) | Weekly |
| Automatic or manual? | Automatic |
| Programming language(s) | GNU Awk |
| Exclusion compliant? | Yes |
| Source code published? | Yes |
| Emergency shutoff-compliant? | Yes |
 | You can stop the bot by pushing the stop button. The bot sees and immediately stops running. Unless it is an emergency please consider reporting problems first to the talk page. |
shorty is a bot to convert {{SHORTDESC:<xyz>}} to {{Short description|<xyz>}} and move it to the top of the page.
The bot will run continuous on a set schedule.
The bot was disabled April 29, 2021 for lack of need. The last conversion was in July 2020. In total it converted 468 templates.
FAQ edit
- Where was the bot discussed?
- What if the bot made a mistake?
- Report errors to User_talk:GreenC bot
- How do I keep it off a page?
- Add
{{bots}}somewhere in the page ie.{{bots|deny=shortybot}}
- Add
- Source code
- Where does it run?
- On Toolforge in /data/project/botwikiawk/shorty see also /data/project/botwikiawk/crontab