How to close a BRFA as Approved
Once you are satisfied that whatever today's policies are have been met and are ready to close the bot request as approved, here's how it's done:
Steps 3 and 4 should be done automatically by AnomieBOT.
- Edit the nomination page, making the following changes:
- Add {{subst:BT|Approved|Botname}} to the top of the nomination
- Make any last relevant comments and place {{BotApproved}} by your comments, adding your user signature afterwords
- Add {{subst:BB}} to the bottom of the BRFA.
- Notify the bot owner with {{subst:Bot Talk|SubpageName|approved|Botname}}~~~~ (if a botflag is still needed), or {{subst:Bot Talk|SubpageName|approved}}~~~~ (otherwise) on the operator's talkpage.
- Remove the {{BRFA}} template for the BRFA from (CTRL+X it, so you have it in your clipboard for the next step)
- Does the bot need a flag?
- Yes -- Open and paste the BRFA template in (not subst!) like so:
{{BRFA|Botname|Tasknum or blank|Approved|~~~~~}}
- No -- Open the same page, add {{subst:BRFAA|NameOfBot|tasknum or nothing|Flagged|~~~~~}} instead (note, in both cases, we are referring to the top of the /Approved page, and, those are 5 tildes.
- Bot to run without a flag -- Open the same page, add {{subst:BRFAA|NameOfBot|tasknum or nothing|Unflagged|~~~~~}} instead.
- Yes -- Open and paste the BRFA template in (not subst!) like so:
Notes
- You can also replace Approved with other statuses in most of these. Anything other than approved shouldn't be added to the /Approved subpage but instead added to the relevant sections of WP:BRFA.
- Please use {{BT}} and don't leave out parameters. It's nice to have neat, organized categories, which make it easier for everyone else to find BRFAs. It's also a pain to clean up the 20 other archive templates that don't add the BRFA to the right categories.
- Many of these tasks are currently automated by AnomieBOT