Forum:Robots

How can I have a robot on my wiki to speedy delete categories that do not exist? AJona1992 03:20, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

I think you're looking for this one; http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central:AutoWikiBrowser -- Light Daxter |  Talk  03:38, April 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * AWB can't automatically delete categories - technically, it could make the pages load so that you would press delete quite a few times, but that's not a very fast method and is no better than actually loading the pages in your browser. ;) If you need a bot to delete a category, something like Pywikipediabot may be suitable for you. You could also ask for someone with knowledge of how to use bots to help you out.
 * I'm not sure, though, what you mean by deleting categories that don't exist - if they don't exist, why do they need to be deleted...? Perhaps you mean the red link categories that appear at the bottom of a page if someone adds a category that doesn't exist to the page. To remove those, just edit the page and remove the categories; you won't need to delete them, as they aren't created yet. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  14:03, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

AWB sure can delete categories y'know, I did it a few times. -- Light Daxter |  Talk  15:11, April 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Extract "AWB can't automatically delete categories" --Lcawte 17:08, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

What?
Yea I'm loss, ok but how can I get a bot on my wiki anyways? AJona1992 18:44, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

The link I gave you links to this; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser -- Light Daxter |  Talk  20:40, April 29, 2010 (UTC)