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  1. The Commands page must always be protected. We don't want to give just anyone the power to control the bot.
  5. Put one command per line.

Controlling the category rename botEdit


{{move cat|Foo|Bar|reason=reason of renaming|user=JohnDoe}}
Rename Category:Foo to Category:Bar (21 entries moved, 0 to go) (Requested by JohnDoe) give reason here

The parameter reason can be omitted, the parameter user is mandatory.

If the destination category does not exist, it is created first with a copy of the source category. If the destination category does exist, only the items belonging to the source category are moved. Be careful if the destination is a redirect because cross redirects are not yet detected automatically during the cat move.

Controlling CommonsDelinker (Universal image replacements)Edit


Thus, to replace File:Foo.jpg with File:Bar.jpg because it is a duplicate, we place in /commands:



  • The parameter reason is mandatory. If it is missing, the command will not be executed (although it stays listed) without further notice.