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=Approved Bot List=
When completed, mark the discussion on [[WP:BRFA]] as archived.

Please begin to document all bot flag approvals here, including

* Username of the bot and operator (denote as needed)
* Purpose of the bot ''for which the flag was approved''
* Date of the approval
* Name of the user who approved the flag

You can use [[Template:Approved Bot]] to add another entry to the list.

{{Approved Bot|operator=T-rex|bot=DinoBot|purpose=Replacing html with wiki-syntax|endorse=-- [[User:Ram-Man|RM]] 01:53, 11 September 2006 (UTC)}}
{{Approved Bot|operator=Malafaya|bot=MalafayaBot|purpose=interwiki links|endorse=[[User:Betacommand|Betacommand]] <sup>([[User talk:Betacommand|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Betacommand|contribs]] • [[User:BetacommandBot|Bot]])</sup> 13:58, 10 September 2006 (UTC)}}
{{Approved Bot|operator=Ram-Man|bot=rambot|purpose=U.S. city and county article management. '''Does not require a bot flag as it already has one.'''|endorse=Request approved by [[User:Tawker|Tawker]]. -- [[User:Ram-Man|RM]] 02:45, 10 September 2006 (UTC)}}
{{Approved Bot|operator=Andypandy.UK|bot=AP.BOT|purpose=Userbox and templates that should be subst'd replacement|endorse=— [[User:Xaosflux|<span style="color:#FF9933; font-weight:bold; font-family:monotype; font-size:larger;">xaosflux</span>]] [[User_talk:Xaosflux|<sup style="color:#00FF00;">Talk</sup>]] 01:24, 1 September 2006 (UTC)}}

== Drinibot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Drinibot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Drini}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Image replacements <br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Xaosflux|<span style="color:#FF9933; font-weight:bold; font-family:monotype; font-size:larger;">xaosflux</span>]] [[User_talk:Xaosflux|<sup style="color:#00FF00;">Talk</sup>]] 07:45, 6 August 2006

== CrazynasBot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|CrazynasBot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Crazynas}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Fixing mistaken images in subst:'d templates. <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 07:48, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

== EssjayBot II ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|EssjayBot II}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Essjay}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Automatic "discussion" archiving (No bot flag)<br />
'''Endorsement:''' --[[User:Pgk|pgk]]<sup>([[User_talk:Pgk|<span style="color:mediumseagreen;">talk</span>]])</sup> 10:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

== RebelRobot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|RebelRobot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Rebel2}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Romanian interwiki <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 00:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

== Wikipedia_Signpost ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Wikipedia_Signpost}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Flcelloguy}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Wikipedia Signpost <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 03:50, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

== EssjayBot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|EssjayBot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Essjay}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Replacing Sandbot while it's down<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Tawker|Tawker]] 07:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

== Grafikbot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Grafikbot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Grafikm_fr}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history]] services <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 02:39, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

== DumbBOT ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|DumbBOT}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Paolo Liberatore}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Corrects misfiled AFD's <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 15:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

== RobotG ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|RobotG}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|RobertG}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' CFD result enforcement <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 15:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

== WinBot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|WinBot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Winhunter}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Unicodification & subst: <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 10:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

== Alaibot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Alaibot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Alai}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' [[WP:WSS]] <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 09:47, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

== Scepbot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Scepbot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Sceptre}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Redirect bypass. <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 09:47, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

== WdefconBot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|WdefconBot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Misza13}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Updating of Wdefcon template <br />
'''Endorsement:''' Tawker 02:02, 13 July 2006 (UTC) , <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 09:31, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

== Fritzbot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Fritzbot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Fritz Saalfeld}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Orphaned fair use tagging. <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 09:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

== MiszaBot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|MiszaBot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Misza13}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Newsletter delivery, talk page archival <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 19:23, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

== KonstableBot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|KonstableBot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Konstable}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Unicodification <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>[[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">Talk</font>]] • [[User:Essjay/Contact|<font color="#7b68ee">Connect</font>]]</small>)</font></span> 08:22, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

== BetacommandBot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|BetacommandBot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Betacommand}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' [[WP:CFD/W]] & [[WP:SUBST]] tasks <br />
'''Endorsement:''' <small>Jul. 1, '06</small><tt> '''[17:24] <<u class=plainlinks>[{{fullurl:user:freakofnurture}} freak]&#124;[{{fullurl:user talk:freakofnurture|action=edit&section=new}} talk]</u>>'''</tt>

== FFBot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|FFBot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|FireFox}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Template subst: <br />
'''Endorsement:''' '''<span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>[[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">Talk</font>]] • [[User:Essjay/Contact|<font color="#7b68ee">Connect</font>]]</small>)</font></span> 15:26, 9 July 2006 (UTC)'''

== TuvicBot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|TuvicBot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Tuvic}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Interwiki linking<br />
'''Endorsement:''' '''<span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>[[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">Talk</font>]] • [[User:Essjay/Contact|<font color="#7b68ee">Connect</font>]]</small>)</font></span> 09:49, 9 July 2006 (UTC)'''

== Keiteibot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Keiteibot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Keitei}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Case management for the Mediation Cabal. '''Does not require a bot flag.'''<br />
'''Endorsement:''' '''<span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>[[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">Talk</font>]] • [[User:Essjay/Contact|<font color="#7b68ee">Connect</font>]]</small>)</font></span> 08:12, 8 July 2006 (UTC)'''

== Tawbot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Tawbot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Taw}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Importing stubs for Polish members of Parliament<br />
'''Endorsement:''' '''[[User:Robchurch|robchurch]]''' | [[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]] 12:18, 30 June 2006 (UTC) / <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>[[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">Talk</font>]] • [[User:Essjay/Contact|<font color="#7b68ee">Connect</font>]]</small>)</font></span> 04:47, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

== T-850_Robotic_Assistant ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|T-850_Robotic_Assistant}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Shaun Eccles-Smith}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Tawkerbot2 clone for load-sharing<br />
'''Endorsement:''' <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>[[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">Talk</font>]] • [[User:Essjay/Contact|<font color="#7b68ee">Connect</font>]]</small>)</font></span> 07:24, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

==Alphachimpbot==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Alphachimpbot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Alphachimp}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Automation of month tagging to articles listed in <nowiki>[[Category:Wikipedia cleanup]]
[[Category:Wikipedia logs]]</nowiki>.<br />
'''Endorsement:''' '''[[User:Tawker|Tawker]] 04:49, 7 July 2006 (UTC) / <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>[[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">Talk</font>]] • [[User:Essjay/Contact|<font color="#7b68ee">Connect</font>]]</small>)</font></span> 04:51, 7 July 2006 (UTC)'''

== Fluxbot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Fluxbot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|xaosflux}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy]] updating, other tasks as needed<br />
'''Endorsement:''' '''<span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>[[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">Talk</font>]] • [[User:Essjay/Contact|<font color="#7b68ee">Connect</font>]]</small>)</font></span> 07:19, 8 July 2006 (UTC)'''

== Ganeshbot ==

'''Operator:''' [[User:Ganeshk]]<br />
'''Bot:''' [[User:Ganeshbot]]<br />
'''Purpose:''' Creates Indian town articles<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Bluemoose|Martin]], [[User:Carnildo|Carnildo]] on 25th June 2006


== MarshBot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|MarshBot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|W.marsh}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Maintenance tagging<br />
'''Endorsement:''' '''[[User:Robchurch|robchurch]]''' | [[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]] 01:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

== Vina-iwbot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Vina-iwbot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Vina}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Interwiki links, operator based on Chinese wiki<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Tawker|Tawker]] 19:15, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

== RoboServien ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|RoboServien}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Servien}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Interlanguage links<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Bluemoose|Martin]], 4 June, 2006

== Ralbot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Ralbot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Ral315}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' [[WP:POST|WP:SIGN]] activity.<br />
'''Endorsement:''' <b>[[User:Lightdarkness|<span style="color:#666666;">light</span>]][[User:Lightdarkness|<span style="color:#000000;">darkness</span>]]</b><sup> ([[User_talk:Lightdarkness|talk]])</sup> 00:43, 25 May 2006 (UTC)


== Zorglbot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Zorglbot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Schutz}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' [[WP:CP]] automated tasks.<br />
'''Endorsement:''' <b>[[User:Lightdarkness|<span style="color:#666666;">light</span>]][[User:Lightdarkness|<span style="color:#000000;">darkness</span>]]</b><sup> ([[User_talk:Lightdarkness|talk]])</sup> 14:45, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

== Pathosbot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Pathosbot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Pathoschild}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Tagging blocked proxies, template substitution, recategorisation and template conversion<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] ([[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]]) 16:48, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

== Fetofsbot2 ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Fetofsbot2}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Fetofs}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Solving disambiguations, some find-and-replace stuff, and spell checking and cleanup (at a high rate)<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] ([[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]]), [[User:Lightdarkness|Lightdarkness]]

== Cydebot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Cydebot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Cyde}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Adding missing {{[[Template:UsernameBlocked|UsernameBlocked]]}} and {{[[Template:indefblockeduser|indefblockeduser]]}} tags to appropriate talk pages<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] ([[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]]) 13:34, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== Tangobot ==
'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Tangobot}} <br/>
'''Operator:''' {{user|Tangotango}} <br/>
'''Purpose:''' Japanese interwiki bot <br/>
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] ([[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]]) 12:41, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== DFBot ==
'''Bot:''' {{vandal|DFBot}} <br/>
'''Operator:''' {{user|Dragons flight}} <br/>
'''Purpose:''' RfA and AfD summaries <br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] ([[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]]) 01:12, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

== Werdnabot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|Werdnabot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Werdna648}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Assist notification of users using the .NET bot framework<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] ([[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]]) 21:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

== MessedRobot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|MessedRobot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Messedrocker}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Replacing redundant image references<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Robchurch|Rob]] [[User_talk:Robchurch|Church]] 00:32, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

== IW-Bot-as ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|IW-Bot-as}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Laurinkus}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Interwiki links to Lithuanian wikis<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] ([[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]]) 01:39, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

== CmdrObot ==

'''Bot:''' {{vandal|CmdrObot}}<br />
'''Operator:''' {{user|Cmdrjameson}}<br />
'''Purpose:''' Supervised spelling correction, entities conversion, URL cleanup<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] ([[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]]) 01:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

== WeggeBot ==

'''Operator:''' [[User:Wegge]]<br />
'''Bot:''' [[User:WeggeBot]]<br />
'''Purpose:''' Interwiki linking<br />
'''Endorsement:''' [[User:Bluemoose|Martin]], [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] on 28th March 2006
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