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 Tornado observed by the VORTEX team on May 3, 1999, in central Oklahoma | |
| Status | Active |
| Operator | Inks.LWC (talk · contribs) |
| Approved? | Yes |
| Flagged? | Yes |
| Task(s) | Link and template replacement for WikiProject Meteorolgy and its descendant projects |
| Edit rate | ≤6 per minute |
| Edit period(s) | As needed |
| Automatic or manual? | Automatic |
| Programming language(s) | AWB |
| Exclusion compliant? | Yes |
| Source code published? | No |
| Emergency shutoff-compliant? | Yes |
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About WxBot
editWhy the name "WxBot"? "Wx" is an abbreviation for "weather".
WxBot is run by Inks.LWC (talk · contribs), and is designed to perform tasks for WikiProject Meteorology and its descendants (WikiProject Non-tropical storms, WikiProject Severe weather, and WikiProject Tropical cyclones).
Currently, approved tasks for the bot include link replacement and template replacement; however, additional tasks can be requested. Click here to make a request for the bot to perform a task. If the task you would like the bot to perform is not link or template replacement, please keep in mind that it will take a few days to get approval for the new task (but that will be a one time thing for that entire type of task); in no way should this discourage you from requesting tasks that have not yet been approved—I just want you to be aware that it may take a bit of time.
Members of non-meteorological projects are welcome to make requests.
Runs
edit| Number | Task | Status | Description | Pages in Universe | Pages edited | Date |
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| 1 | HPC link replacement |  Done
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Changing hpc.ncep.noaa.gov links to wpc.ncep.noaa.gov in Article and File namespace pages, except where the link is part of an archived link | 655 | 655 | April 14, 2013[1] April 15, 2013[1] April 17, 2013 |
| 2 | HPC link replacement | Done
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Changing hpc.ncep.noaa.gov links to wpc.ncep.noaa.gov in Wikipedia talk and Talk namespace pages and subpages of Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones, except where the link is part of an archived link or discussion | 102 | 98 | April 18, 2013 |
| 3 | Hurricane button bar style changes | Done
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Changing the style of the Hurricane button bar templates in the Atlantic and EPAC basins by substituting parameters and templates | 99 | 99 | April 28, 2013 April 29, 2013 April 30, 2013 |
| 4 | Hurricane button bar name consistency | Done
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Changing tropical depressions labeled "Depression" to "Unnumbered" to be consistent with the majority of templates | 99 | 3 | April 30, 2013 |
| 5 | Hurricane button bar cleanup | Done
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Removing the now obsolete type parameter from all Hurricane button bar templates
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199 | 169 | May 18, 2013 |
Notes
editTasks
edit| Number | Task | Status | Description | Approval Date |
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| 1 | Link replacement |  Approved
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Replacing URLs in references as needed for the projects WP:Meteorology and its descendant projects (i.e. hpc.ncep.noaa.gov --> wpc.ncep.noaa.gov) | April 17, 2013 |
| Template replacement | Updating templates if the projects consolidate or substitute templates |