DASHBot periodically scans Wikipedia's most important articles (
Featured articles for example) for
dead external links. When external links become dead, they are useless to the reader and detract from the credibility of articles. DASHBot is part of an effort to combat "
link rot". The bot finds dead external links, and finds suitable archived copies from various internet archiving services (Such as the
Internet Archive).
DASHBot is coded in python by Tim1357, using the pywikipedia framework.
|access-date=
in a {{
cite web}} would suffice, or some sting along the lines of "Retrieved on _________" or "Accessed ____________" .|archive-url=
parameter (such as {{
Cite web}}), those parameters will be filled. (If there are already items filling those parameters, the bot skips the reference). Otherwise, the bot appends a {{
Wayback}} template to the end of the reference.Note: General fixes are applied, where applicable.
Keeping DASHBot from editing an article is easy. Simply put the following template anywhere on the page:
{{Bots|deny=DASHBot}}
If there is already a {{ Bots}} template on the page, you may edit it to display the following:
{{Bots|deny=<other_bot_name>,DASHBot}}
To turn off the bot, change "YES" to anything but "YES".
FIX DEAD LINKS = YES
AFTER SHUTTING THE BOT OFF: Promptly leave a message on Tim1357's talk page. Thanks
DASHBot periodically scans Wikipedia's most important articles (
Featured articles for example) for
dead external links. When external links become dead, they are useless to the reader and detract from the credibility of articles. DASHBot is part of an effort to combat "
link rot". The bot finds dead external links, and finds suitable archived copies from various internet archiving services (Such as the
Internet Archive).
DASHBot is coded in python by Tim1357, using the pywikipedia framework.
|access-date=
in a {{
cite web}} would suffice, or some sting along the lines of "Retrieved on _________" or "Accessed ____________" .|archive-url=
parameter (such as {{
Cite web}}), those parameters will be filled. (If there are already items filling those parameters, the bot skips the reference). Otherwise, the bot appends a {{
Wayback}} template to the end of the reference.Note: General fixes are applied, where applicable.
Keeping DASHBot from editing an article is easy. Simply put the following template anywhere on the page:
{{Bots|deny=DASHBot}}
If there is already a {{ Bots}} template on the page, you may edit it to display the following:
{{Bots|deny=<other_bot_name>,DASHBot}}
To turn off the bot, change "YES" to anything but "YES".
FIX DEAD LINKS = YES
AFTER SHUTTING THE BOT OFF: Promptly leave a message on Tim1357's talk page. Thanks