:User:InternetArchiveBot
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{{Bot|Cyberpower678|Harej|status=active|codebase=PHP|brfa=Cyberbot II 5}}
{{mbox|text=Cyberpower678 and Harej are compensated by the Internet Archive for their work on InternetArchiveBot.}}
InternetArchiveBot, also known as IABot, combats link rot and makes other improvements to references on Wikipedia. Originally developed by Cyberpower678 as a volunteer, this bot is now funded by the Internet Archive. The bot was originally approved as Task 5 of Cyberbot II.
[https://iabot.wmcloud.org/index.php?page=runbotsingle Run InternetArchiveBot on a specific Wikipedia article]
Source code is available [https://github.com/internetarchive/internetarchivebot on GitHub].
Bot tasks
- Looks for tagged dead links and adds an archive link to the tagged references. {{BotApproved}} Approval request
- Looks for non-tagged dead links and adds an archive link to the reference. {{BotApproved}} Approval request
- Looks for book references and adds a link to the reference to a readable copy of the book. {{BotApproved}} Approval request