Hello there. If you are here, you have probably been referred by me to this page, because you asked me a commonly asked question. Rather than repeat myself, it is simpler for the both of us to direct you to these thoroughly thought out answers to your questions. If you still have questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. :-)— CYBERPOWER ( Chat)
Q: I edited, or did something I shouldn't have done, and I should explain myself.
Q: I edited, or did something I shouldn't have done, and I should explain myself.
Q: How can I run the bot on a set of pages?
Q: Why is the bot reformatting citation templates? The link already has a working url.
Q: How do I stop the bot from persistently messing with a citation?
Q: The bot is making many bad edits and I don't think it's worth having it run on this specific page. How do I stop the bot from editing the page completely?
{{
nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}}
on the article, or use {{
cbignore}}
on an individual citation. This will keep the bot away from that page or citation, but also means it will be more vulnerable to link rot until the tag is removed. If possible, please help the bot become more reliable by fixing bad data with
this tool and
this tool.Q: Cyberbot tagged a source as dead, but the source isn't dead. What happened?
Q: The bot mangled the page.
{{
cbignore}}
or {{
nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}}
. If the page is accessible to the bot, it can be used to replicate the bug and make the bot more useful for this page and others like it.Q: What does it mean to rescue a source, as described in the edit summary?
Q: The number of links rescued is different from actual links rescued.
Q: The bot left a message on the talk page saying the revised links need to be "checked". What does this mean?
{{{needhelp}}}
parameter on the talk page. As a courtesy, please set the "checked" parameter in the bot's message to true so other users know you have reviewed the edit.
Hello there. If you are here, you have probably been referred by me to this page, because you asked me a commonly asked question. Rather than repeat myself, it is simpler for the both of us to direct you to these thoroughly thought out answers to your questions. If you still have questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. :-)— CYBERPOWER ( Chat)
Q: I edited, or did something I shouldn't have done, and I should explain myself.
Q: I edited, or did something I shouldn't have done, and I should explain myself.
Q: How can I run the bot on a set of pages?
Q: Why is the bot reformatting citation templates? The link already has a working url.
Q: How do I stop the bot from persistently messing with a citation?
Q: The bot is making many bad edits and I don't think it's worth having it run on this specific page. How do I stop the bot from editing the page completely?
{{
nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}}
on the article, or use {{
cbignore}}
on an individual citation. This will keep the bot away from that page or citation, but also means it will be more vulnerable to link rot until the tag is removed. If possible, please help the bot become more reliable by fixing bad data with
this tool and
this tool.Q: Cyberbot tagged a source as dead, but the source isn't dead. What happened?
Q: The bot mangled the page.
{{
cbignore}}
or {{
nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}}
. If the page is accessible to the bot, it can be used to replicate the bug and make the bot more useful for this page and others like it.Q: What does it mean to rescue a source, as described in the edit summary?
Q: The number of links rescued is different from actual links rescued.
Q: The bot left a message on the talk page saying the revised links need to be "checked". What does this mean?
{{{needhelp}}}
parameter on the talk page. As a courtesy, please set the "checked" parameter in the bot's message to true so other users know you have reviewed the edit.