Who is /u/BotWatchman?

BotWatchman is a bot that bans other bots and removes their comments. Check out this handy bookmarklet to report a bot with one click.

###What bots are banned?

If there's a link to that bots profile in this subreddit with a flair of BANNED! then that bot is on the Watchmans banlist. This isn't a witch-hunt but a tool for mods to eliminate worthless bots from across all their subreddits without having to ban them in each.

Bots that are eligible to be banned:

• Comments or posts uninvited.
• Provides no value to the community.
• Or just don't work correctly.

###Who decides?

The moderators of this subreddit. If you think we've made a huge mistake, please message the mods or make a self-post stating why you think a bot should be [un]banned.

###Can this be used to ban regular users?

It could but it won't. The code that runs the bot has no idea if it's banning a user or a bot, but /u/BotWatchman will only ever be used to exclusively target bots. The banning of users should be left up to the mods that run that subreddit, not any sort of shared list.

If you're interested in running your own copy of the bot to maintain your own banlist across your own subreddits, message u/radd_it. The bot is written in PHP and doesn't require any external resources (like a database.) Here's the source and here's the modified PHP reddit SDK that it uses. (Yes, I totally did upload the bots password to pastebin. Yes, it's been changed.)

###I found a bot that should be banned. What do I do?

Make a post in this subreddit linking to its user profile. The mods will review it.

Note: Spammers are not bots. Report those in r/spam. The admins can handle those accounts more swiftly than any bot.

###I want u/BotWatchman watching my sub!

Add it as a moderator (only 'access' and 'posts' permissions is suggested) and the bot will accept the invite the next time it goes on patrol.

###How long does it take for the bot to work?

Up to 5 minutes. Some comments may occasionally slip through as the Watchman is following a lot of bots.

###Where is u/BotWatchman currently being used?

In over 80 subs. Please see its profile for a full list.

Who watches the watchmen?