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MartinBot
Information
MartinBot is a Wikipediholic - it can't write articles, nor can it converse intelligently with users, but what it is good at is fighting vandalism. The bot is running a copy of the AVB code, originally developed by Tawker and Joshbuddy, which I've spent some time fixing to work with the new interface updates to Wikipedia. You can find more info about the AVB bots here.
You can see various logs and cool searches of the bot's database here.
Problems
The bot goes through various checks before reverting an edit, checking the size difference and the addition of bad words (among other things). Sometimes, you'll make an edit which the bot may mistake as vandalism (for example, if you create a redirect incorrectly, or if you blank the page). In this case, please don't report this to me, as it happens all the time. If you can see a clear reason for the bot's revert, again, please don't report it to me (though if you'd like guidance, I'd be happy to help). If, however, you can see a clear problem with the bot, please either leave a message on my talk page or get in contact with me on IRC (in ##martinp23 on Freenode).
To find the reason for the bot's revert, go to [1] and enter your username where required. If the search fails to run, please do not retry!
Praise
Wow, it's magic! Great job on a recent Algeria vandalism incident ([2]). Keep up the good work! Dtrebbien 17:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Great job reverting all the vandalism! > Kamope < 01:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Good job. No wiki needs vandals.
--24.13.19.193 01:28, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Keep up the good work! TheOne00 19:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for this bot! --Znx 16:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
A very good bot; quick, accurate and finds just about everything! GDon4t0 (talk to me...) 20:47, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
MartinBot is doing a great job at reverting vandalism. It's very efficient at its job. I definitely forgive it for reverting me when I was an anon. Keep up the great work! --LuigiManiac | Talk 12:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing Afanasy Grigoriev within a second NVO 19:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC)Great bot; I love coming along after it and checking up on the users its reverted. I often find they've tried to trick the bot, and I can catch them. -- {Zaf} 06:19, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Wonderful job on catching vandalism. Keep up the good work. KingLopezContribs 03:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank god for this bot! He's saved the DF article plenty of times! ^^ RyuuTaichou 01:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Verry creepy. But cool. Ventifax 23:01, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
The bot is great! its beaten me to vandalism numerous times DarkMessiah AKA Necris 17:15, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
yeah I was about to make corrections to vandalism in my colleges wiki page by the time I had clicked on the edit button the vandalism was removed thanks ... its happened more than once now ... you rock 1:50, 2nd April 2007 (UTC)
I hereby deem you...da vandal tuhminatuh!
Awesome job. You're so much faster than us humans! I fear your future self-awareness and enslaving us all... But until then, keep up the good work.--Valley2city₪‽ 06:40, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Vandal enemy #1. God bless. Sephiroth BCR 01:42, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
It's bots like this that help make Wikipedia reputable and help fight Criticisms Daviticus82 16:32, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
The vandalized page was restored at the very minute the edit occurred - nice! :)--Pip25 07:46, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey, WOW! You've beaten me to reverting vandalism for like, the BILLIONTH time! :) Great Job! --Trumpetband 20:47, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
- I wish there were more of you. This is exausting. You get to it faster than I do, well MOST of the time. I wish I had a bot of my own, just like you. Jeeny 21:13, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Bot, you are perhaps the most seen contributor (at least to an old style RC patroller) on wikipedia, may your robotic vandalfighting last a thousand years. I now propose a toast to MartinBot :).
I second it.Shindo9Hikaru 02:26, 25 April 2007 (UTC)I enjoy racing this bot to see who reverts the vandals first. Dang it, the bot always wins! Thank you, MartinBot!Invisible Noise 05:21, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, MartinBot! You do a heck of a great job around here! Gravitan 00:21, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Great job! I had a page that was totally elimated and MartinBot swept in with a quick and decisive revert. Otto1970 15:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
A wonderful addition to Wikipedia. Has helped to keep the vandalism level lower and helped those of us on vandalism and recent changes patrol keep out minds. Thanks! Jmlk17 09:23, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
- Haha, it even reverts edits instantaneously on its own userpage! I love this bot! Jmlk17 23:27, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
- It reverts vandalism simultaneously (1-10 seconds). Yay!--PrestonH(Review Me!) • (Sign Here!) 02:31, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Well Played, Sir - Most Impressive. ZZ 03:31, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
This bot is amazing. I'm always seeing it reverting before I can, or even adding warnings before I can (even though I made the revert)! --Temporarily Insane (talk) 15:13, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Keep up the good anti-vandal work! You've beaten me to many page reverts today, so all I can say is keep it up. - Io Katai 13:38, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Good friggin' work on Surfing... Fastest bot in the Wild Wild Wiki! Goldfritter 14:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Good job on fixing tornado one of the fastest bots I've seen! Puppy441 13:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much for fixing the vandalism for me when I tried. The credit goes to you, not to me or anyone else. Al Gand 05:17, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Great Bot. The number of times I end up in an edit conflict or finding that it's already done the job when I go to revert vandalism is unreal. If I had a dollar pound for every time... ;-) Angus Lepper(T, C, D) 21:16, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Its quicker on the draw then I, I admit defeat. Croat Canuck Go Leafs Go 18:05, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
You and me got some competition...just joking! Go MartinBot! Cheers, JetLover -- Talk to me! 02:48, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Great Job!!! I Wish I Was As Good As You The Tech Geek 19:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Good god, it's fast! If it develops intelligence and decides to take over the world we'll never be able to stand against it! The Last Melon 02:57, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
heh=heh-heh, beat me on the draw there partner. Cheers, JetLover (Talk) (Sandbox) 23:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
This page has been vandalised a vast number of times, when will people realize it's just a bot??? I mean, are they just jealous that this is one of the best vandalism reverters on Wikipedia? MartinBot, you're awesome. Calmsavior 09:00, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
The sheer AMOUNT of times this Bot has beaten me on VandalPatrol is unbelievable! You just can't win! Well done MartinBot! Lradrama 10:46, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
- In agreement with the above, I actually find it frustrating when Martinbot reverts before I can get in! One of wikipedias best bots I think. Let no vandal stand against him! -- Anonymous DissidentTalk -- (dated 13:03, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Well done MartinBot! Thanks for fixing the Roger Federer article in no time! Saved me having to do it. Thanks :)stefanc1982 14:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
- You are a fast reverter! You can instantly revert things. Good Job! Killer Donut!? 01:07, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Give me time to revert too! --Hirohisat Talk 07:57, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Two minutes flat on the Notable Alpha Phi Omega members article! Well done.Naraht 12:15, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
At least give me some stuff to revert (just kidding, excellent job and keep up the good work!) :) --Hasek is the best 02:48, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
A fantastic bot! I'm almost dreading when it comes online again, and seeing that Twinkle 'This page has already been reverted' message. Hope it's up and running soon ^_^ RedZionX 19:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Barnstars
 | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Given to MartinBot, for reverting the page on taoist writer Mr. Ben Hoff Thanks, Rbpolsen (talk) 20:44, 30 December 2007 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Given to MartinBot, for tireless, immediate and perfectly done reverting. Congratulations to Tawker and Joshbuddy for the wonderful coding, which makes all of our 'jobs' easier! —Vanderdecken∴∫ξφ 19:10, 24 April 2006 (UTC) |
 | The Original Barnstar Here's an award for you, a barnstar awarded to you for your reversion of vandalism to the Intro page. Jared W 16:20, 5 May 2006 (UTC) |
 | The Barnstar of Diligence Awarded to MartinBot for Wikipedian community service. Thanks for making our lives easier! EvocativeIntrigue 17:11, 10 May 2006 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Almost never wrong, your bot is just like a human. In fact, too much like a human... Master of Puppets That's hot. 05:19, 23 May 2006 (UTC) |
 | The Tireless Contributor Barnstar For just rolling and rolling and rolling back vandalism, I award MartinBot this barnstar.--digital_me(t/c) 22:15, 31 May 2006 (UTC) |
 | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar (old version for variety!) For always beating me to reverts, I curse you forever! (But give you a shiny star for being so darned useful.)Goldom (t) (Review) 04:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC) |
 | The Optimistic's Star For reverting endlessly even when vandals are coming at all directions. And for always beating me at revertion. 11:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC) |
| | The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thanks for your over 100000 Edits! USADude 13:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC) |
| | An award of some sort! For cleaning up vandalism. It actually beat me to some pages, which I'm quite suprised at! Keep up the good work, Now, if we can give a chamber pot award to the vandals... --AAA! 11:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC) |
| | The Mojtaba Saminejad Vandal thanks for your attention to Mojtaba Saminejad's page and keeping away vandalists! |
| | The George Washington Vandal thanks |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar I know you're a bot, but even bots deserve barnstars. This one is for your helping to stop the AOL Vandal. TehKewl1 07:20, 27 June 2006 (UTC) |
| | The Barnstar of Tireless, Robotic Reversion For beating me to the punch countless times, I award MartinBot this fancy barnstar. --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 20:09, 11 July 2006 (UTC) |
| | Peace Medal Barnstar For protecting really important articles like Civilian casualties, despite only being only a bot and not yet understanding that war is wrong, I award MartinBot this internationally recognised peace medal. Addhoc 10:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC) |
| | The Protecting-Your-Own Barnstar Awarded for your lightning-fast defense of AWK (programming language), even if you weren't written in it. May all your edits be true, and your code never falter. — ghoti 05:08, 11 September 2006 (UTC) |
| | The Really Cool barnstar Wow, you've beaten me to the punch so many times... For consistently defending Wikipedia's articles from the claws of annoying page-blanking vandals, and signifigantly lowering my edit count in the process, I award you this really cool thing. Daniel_123 ► ► 01:57, 18 September 2006 (UTC) |
| | The Lovestar This is for being loved by many. I want to eat your children, and I think your uterus is on fire. TehKewl1 15:20, 09 October 2006 (UTC) |
| | The VandalKiller Award With your honor and value, no vandal can be left unpunished! Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.239.117.119 (talk • contribs) |
 | : 1.1em;" | The Working |
| For keeping vandals away, huzzar! While you can never have too many anti-vandalism barnstars, I thought something different may be in order. --h2g2bob 17:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC) |
 | The Games Barnstar |
| A great bot,it's so good programated,it help us so much, best bot ever =D . --Samuelgames |
 | WikiChevrons On behalf of the Military History Wikiproject, I herby present the Military History WikiProject Distinguished Service Award to MartinBot for its outstanding efforts to keep our USS George H. W. Bush article vandal free. Congradulations! TomStar81 (Talk) 07:10, 11 November 2006 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| For beating me to the rollback button every single time. Keep up the good work! Bushcarrot 15:46, 19 November 2006 (UTC) |
 | A Tasty Treat | |
| A refreshing award for my robot friend, a nice glass of motor oil. Enjoy!KeNNy 14:14, 20 November 2006 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| You are beating me at a farily quickly rate catching vandalism. In this Defcon 2 state we need al the hepl we can get, and this bot works wonders. It's improving every day on catchign vandalism too, so I award you this barnstar. Wizardman 18:24, 28 November 2006 (UTC) |
| | The Averrossian Barnstar (Okay, just a regular one) | |
| You've done a great job at keeping the peace in Wikipedia. But, when you were passing through my farm and spent the night, did you sleep with my daughters? --Averross 14:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)}} |
| A Barnstar! | The You-Have-A-Lot-of-Barnstars Barnstar For acquiring 25 barnstars, I award you this barnstar. Although technically, this makes it 26. Sketch-The-Fox 21:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC) |
| | The RickK anti-vandalism barnstar | |
| Wikipedian of the year, 2006. -- Jeandré, 2006-12-19t21:56z |
 | The Purple Star | |
| Given in recognition for having one of the most vandalised user pages. Timrollpickering 03:31, 7 January 2007 (UTC) |
 | The Technology Barnstar | |
| This Barnstar is awarded to MartinBot for reverting vandalism to the Blu-ray page in under 10 seconds. I don't know what Tawker did to make this bot, but it ROCKS!!!! J.delanoy 17:03, 31 January 2007 (UTC) |
 | Portrait of Oscar Wilde To show my appreciation for the return of the MartinBot, I hereby present the bot with a portrait of Oscar Wilde because like him, this bot has nothing to declare but its genius. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 01:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| No idea why I'm talking to a bot, but this is for beating me to the rollback button many times. I see more of you than AntiVandalBot now. Bushcarrot (Talk·Guestbook) 02:09, 18 March 2007 (UTC) |
| | WikiChevrons On behalf of the Military History Wikiproject, I herby present the Military History WikiProject Distinguished Service Award to MartinBot for its outstanding efforts to keep our USS George H. W. Bush article vandal free. Congradulations! TomStar81 (Talk) 00:56, 19 March 2007 (UTC) |
| | The Working Man's Barnstar | |
| For taking over when AntiVandalBot is overburdened, (and doing a great job at it) I post this barnstar without reverting anything :) Tawker 21:36, 20 March 2007 (UTC) |
| | The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| For constantly beating me to reverting edits AND placing warning messages on talk pages, every day without complaint (of course not, it's a computer program), I hereby award MartinBot the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Keep up the good work! Hersfold (talk/work) 01:40, 23 March 2007 (UTC) |
| | A refreshing beverage | |
| A hard working bot deserves a refreshing glass of motor oil! —dgiestc 18:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| For beating me too many times in fighting for a better wikipedia (aka counter vandalism). Happy reverting, Snowolf (talk) CON COI - 18:54, 26 March 2007 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| For beating me time and time again to the TWINKLE rollback button, I award you this flashy barnstar. Have fun! ДҖ--Huanghe63talk 02:55, 27 March 2007 (UTC) |
| | The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| For your constant reverts to blanked articles I hereby award you The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Lakers 23:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC) |
 | The Editor's Barnstar | |
| The Editor's Barnstar is hereby awarded for removal of vandalism above and beyond the call of duty. Addhoc 14:50, 3 April 2007 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| This bot constantly beats me to my popups revert button. Fantastic job! Gutworth 02:25, 12 April 2007 (UTC) |
 | An upgrade to your memory chips! | |
| Here a nice reward for reverting all that vandalism, a brand new Wiki-Chip upgrade. Without you Wikipedia would have been overrun so heres your reward. -- Hdt83 Chat 07:01, 21 April 2007 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| Hooray for the MartinBot!! vLaDsINgEr 19:45, 22 April 2007 (UTC) |
| | The Working Man's Barnstar | |
| MartinBot is simply UNBEATABLE on RC Patrol, especially when you go about the business 'old school' style like me! What a legend this thing is!' Lradrama 12:58, 23 April 2007 (UTC) |
 | The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar | |
| Simply the Best anti-vandalism measure yet on Wikipedia. Congrats. Twerbrou 13:54, 24 April 2007 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| THE reason that vandalism is usually lower than expected here. An exceedingly valuable bot! Jmlk17 09:27, 6 May 2007 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| This barnstar is awarded to MartinBot for an excellent job on reverting vandalism. Its the best bot on wikipedia. Keep up the good work. King |
| | The Working Man's Barnstar | |
| Beating us at so many reverts, surely it works way harder than industrial robots. (Is this barnstar meant for humans only??) Optakeover 13:13, 12 May 2007 (UTC) |
| An HK-416 | ||
| We could not do it without you. And that is why I present you with a fully automatic weapon for a fully automatic user. Use it wisely in your fight against the vandals. --Mschel 01:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC) |
 | The Bot's Barnstar | |
| Never Wrong, Like a Human. Simply Brilliant! Djmckee1 16:43, 22 May 2007 (UTC) |
| | The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| For constantly annihilating vandalism from the face of Wikipedia, I present you with a barnstar. Just like everyone else has said, you always revert faster than we do. :) Havocrazy 06:24, 2 May 2007 (UTC) |
| | A Tasty Beverage | |
| A hard working bot deserves a refreshing glass of motor oil! Sit back, relax, and take a break. You're always beating me to the reverts! FireSpike 02:55, 28 April 2007 (UTC) |
| | The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| Another Barnstar to add to your collection for the bot that is constantly protecting Wikipedia against blanked pages. Gaz (talk?) 18:21, 3 June 2007 (UTC) |
 | The Special Barnstar | |
| Great Job YOu Are Very Special!!!! The Tech Geek 20:02, 3 June 2007 (UTC) |
 | Ammunition! | |
| I hereby award you these 16-inch artillery shells. I have no doubt that you can put them to good use. Now get out there, and shows the vandals why honest contributors hold you in such high regards! TomStar81 (Talk) 20:48, 25 June 2007 (UTC) |
 | Mmmm...cookies... | |
| For beating me several (dozen) times, causing my editcountitis to stay in check, I award you a cookie. What? You're a bot? You can't eat cookies? Well, I suppose I could, then...mmm, delicious. =David(talk)(contribs) 02:56, 29 July 2007 (UTC) |