User:SQL/How to close a BRFA

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 {{U|AnomieBOT}}.

1. Edit the nomination page, making the following changes:
2. Add {{subst:BT|Approved|Botname}} to the top of the nomination
3. Make any last relevant comments and place {{tl|BotApproved}} by your comments, adding your user signature afterwords
4. Add {{subst:BB}} to the bottom of the BRFA.
5. 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.
6. Remove the {{tl|BRFA}} template for the BRFA from [{{fullurl:Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval|action=edit}} WP:BRFA] (CTRL+X it, so you have it in your clipboard for the next step)
7. Does the bot need a flag?
8. Yes -- Open [{{fullurl:Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Approved|action=edit}} Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Approved] and paste the BRFA template in (not subst!) like so: {{tlx|BRFA|Botname|Tasknum or blank|Approved|~~~~~}}
9. 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.
10. Bot to run without a flag -- Open the same page, add {{subst:BRFAA|NameOfBot|tasknum or nothing|Unflagged|~~~~~}} instead.

• 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 {{tl|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