Editing User:Bot994

This is an account for automated edits run by [[User:Josh994|Josh994]]. The bot is programmed in Python and retrieves data through API requests to Geometry Dash's servers. Edits made by this bot may contain mistakes due to oversights in scripting; if a serious issue is found, you may revert it and notify Josh on his main account's [[User talk:Josh994|talk page]].
== Current Abilities ==
* Update Josh994's statistics for his user page on command.
* Update level pages to accurately update the following information:
** Download count
** Like count
** Object count
** Assigned difficulty (including stars/moons) if rated
** Copy type
* Create ready-made sandbox pages for user levels.
* Update pages for lists/series to depict accurate counts for the list's download and like counts, and dynamically remember which levels are in a list or series.
* Keeps track of "full prestige", a term coined to denote that a player has a Standard rate, a Featured level, an Epic level, a Legendary level, and a Mythic level.
** Also keeps track of "diminished full prestige"; identical to full prestige, but excludes the requirement of a Standard rate.
* Store and push edits to the Wiki [[Glossary|Glossary]].
* Update the following information for the [[Demonlist (Pointercrate)|Demonlist]]:
** Main List, Extended List, and Legacy List.
** Top 20 players and Top 10 nations on the Stats Leaderboard.
* Update the following information for the [[All Rated Extreme Demons List|All Rated Extreme Demons List]]:
** Top 75 hardest Classic and Platformer levels.
** Top 20 players, Top 10 clans, and Top 10 nations by points.
*** Also includes a count of completed extremes and hardest completions!
* Rank and update a list of creators with the most rated levels.
* Adds levels from the Safe to the list of [[List of 2026 Daily Levels|2026 Dailies]] and [[List of 2026-28 Weekly Demons|2026-28 Weeklies]].
* Activate an "Emergency button" function that can undo all of the bot's changes within a specified time period.
** Includes an option to label all edits from 7 September 2026 onward, then only undo changes within the specified time period that contain a specified label.
== Upcoming Abilities ==
* Detect promotions and demotions of [[Moderators|Moderators]] and all associated staff roles.
* Find-and-replace tool, primarily to be used for hyperlink changes or difficulty face updates.
== Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ==
''Answers written from Josh's point of view.''
* '''Q:''' What's the purpose of this bot?
* '''A:''' See above; the goal is to have some more automation for the wiki so that pages don't get horribly outdated.
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* '''Q:''' Where does the bot get its information?
* '''A:''' Directly from Geometry Dash's servers. If Geometry Dash itself is reporting something incorrectly, there's a good chance the bot will report it incorrectly too.
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* '''Q:''' What happens if a level or page is deleted?
* '''A:''' The bot stops updating it. Simple as that.
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* '''Q:''' Is the bot open-source?
* '''A:''' The bot is just a set of Python scripts on my desktop. The code is not necessarily user-friendly, but I am happy to explain things to anyone who requests as such.
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* '''Q:''' Why are some pages updating and others aren't?
* '''A:''' I have the ability to add pages to a whitelist. I can either manually enter a list of pages to update or have the bot go through every applicable page on the whitelist.
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* '''Q:''' What could make the bot break?
* '''A:''' Replacing the ID of a level on its page could cause problems, since the ID is how the bot identifies which Geometry Dash level the page represents. I have overrides to protect against vandalism and an Emergency button if needed, but this is not foolproof.
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* '''Q:''' How often does the bot update pages? Does it update them on reload?
* '''A:''' Currently at my own discretion; if this account is granted bot status, it will likely be very frequent. Updating on reload is not possible.
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* '''Q:''' Is the bot always running?
* '''A:''' No. The scripts are run from my own computer, so the bot only makes edits when I run them. The only exceptions are the scheduled edits to my stats every 12 hours.
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* '''Q:''' What should I do if the bot makes an incorrect edit?
* '''A:''' If you think the bot has made a mistake, you are welcome to fix it without asking. If the problem keeps happening, please let me know on my main account's talk page so I can fix the script responsible.
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* '''Q:''' Can I add or remove a page to the whitelist?
* '''A:''' No, but I'm pretty active; I'll likely just add it myself. Pages generally do not get removed from the whitelist.
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