User:DefconBot

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This user account is a bot operated by A930913 (talk). It is used to make repetitive automated or semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with the bot policy. This bot does not yet have the approval of the community, or approval has been withdrawn or expired, and therefore shouldn't be making edits that appear to be unassisted except in the operator's or its own user and user talk space. Administrators: if this bot is making edits that appear to be unassisted to pages not in the operator's or its own userspace, please block it.

DefconBot

This user is a bot
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DefconBot spying on those vandals...
Operator	A930913
Author	A930913
Approved?	Yes
Flagged?	Yes
Task(s)	Updates WP:Defcon
Edit rate	Max once every half hour. Effective rate: once per hour and a half.
Edit period(s)	Continuous
Automatic or manual?	Automatic
Programming language(s)	Python
Exclusion compliant?	No
Source code published?	If someone wants it, bug me to release it.
Emergency shutoff-compliant?	Yes
Other information	DefconBot is run from the Wikimedia Laboratories.

What the Bot Does

DefconBot updates the template WP:Defcon (Template:Vandalism information)

It uses ClueBot NG to estimate how much vandalism is being performed, and sets the defcon level based on thresholds calculated to give specified percentages of time at each defcon level. The percentages are shown in the following table.

Defcon Level	Percentage of time
1	1%
2	10%
3	20%
4	60%
5	9%

In Case of Malfunction

Emergency bot shutoff button

Administrators: Use this button if the bot is malfunctioning. (direct link)
Non-administrators can report a malfunctioning bot to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.