This user account is a bot operated by Smith609 (talk). It is used to make repetitive automated or semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with the bot policy. The bot is currently inactive but retains the approval of the community.
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Function summary

This bot is intended to perform maintenance work to the templates associated with Template:Automatic taxobox.

Requests for approval

WP:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Taxobot_2 – Create taxonomy pages
WP:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Taxobot_3 – Assist manual conversion of taxoboxes to automatic taxoboxes
WP:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Taxobot_5 – Update templates to new syntax (one-time run)
WP:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Taxobot_6 – Add missing authority information
WP:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Taxobot_7 – Maintain lists of child taxa