HagermanBot has been superseded by SineBot.
It is not a sock puppet, but rather an automated or semi-automated account for making repetitive edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually.
Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please .
If you'd like to test the behaviour of the bot, you may use the HagermanBot sandbox.
If the bot leaves an unsigned template on an edit you made when it shouldn't have done so, please notify making sure to include the page. Feel free to remove the unsigned template, it won't put it back in the same spot twice.
The bot is enabled by default for all pages under the talk namespaces. If you want the bot to monitor a talk page, you don't need to do anything. However, if you want it to monitor a non-talk page, place the page in the appropriate category and the bot will begin marking unsigned comments. It may take up to 5 minutes for the bot to begin signing comments after the category is applied.
If you want to turn it off, this bot supports three functions for disabling the engine:
The bot intentionally acts as quickly as possible to sign an unsigned comment, with most getting signed after a few seconds. It does this to avoid giving an edit conflict to a user replying to your comment. If you accidentally leave an unsigned comment and the bot beats you to signing it, feel free to go back and remove the unsigned template and replace it with your signature.
In order for the bot to classify an edit as a new unsigned comment, the following conditions must be met: