User:ReletBot

This is an instance of a python-wikimedia-bot. It will be used by relet to automate some things such as page creation, categorization, replacements and what not.

If you think that it misbehaves:

• write a message on its talk page. That should pause the bot (to be verified).
• alert User:relet, who will almost certainly hang out on irc://foonetic.net/#geohashing while the bot is running
• don't refrain from banning the bot if you are sysop enough.

Its edits are hidden from the Recent Changes, as it is flagged as a bot. Click on "Show Bots" in the Recent Changes to display its activity.

Currently supported functions

• Create missing graticule pages based on the information found on All Graticules.
• Insert neighbor graticules into the map template on existing pages based on the information found on All Graticules.

  For an example, see any graticule page using Template:Graticule.

  Bot has just finished its first run. If you find any errors in your home graticule page or elsewhere, drop me a note. That does not apply to lazy Canberrans who don't add their neigbour graticules to the All Graticules page.

• Generate names for unnamed graticules based on the GeoNames population data.

Planned functions

• Visit geohashes that relet is unable to attend.

Documentation

• User:ReletBot/Graticule format - Discussion on the bestest, most universal way to format the graticule templates' content.
• User:ReletBot/Country codes - A list of suggested country (and US and Canadian state) names and their shorthand replacements. Might be read automatically by the bot in the future.