They must be to a CfD page or a category. The bot will not process the rest of the section if any other wikilink is found.
If a CfD link does not contain a section, the bot will attempt figure it out based on the linked CfD page.
Configured templates can be used to link categories. All other templates are ignored.
The prefix is the plain text at the beginning of the line.
The prefix on a line with a CfD link applies to all lines until the next CfD link.
If the prefix contains "NO BOT" (case sensitive), the bot will not queue it. (These should be placed on WP:CFD/W/M instead.)
The suffix is the plain text at the end of the line.
The suffix on a line with a CfD link applies to all lines until the next CfD link unless that line has a suffix.
If a CfD link was found and there is at least one category link is on the line, the bot will queue the request.
After queueing the entire page, the bot will remove any conflicting requests and requests involving disambiguation categories from the queue and then check and process the remaining requests.
Bot work
If the category needs to be split among multiple destination categories, requires template editing, or requires editing the documentation subpage of templates, or any other special circumstances that require manual review, list it at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working/Manual rather than here.
The bot merges the category to one or more target categories and deletes the empty category.
If the prefix contains "REDIRECT" (case sensitive) and there is a single merge target, then the bot will redirect the category to the target using {{category redirect}} instead of deleting it and add {{old CfD}} to the talk page.
Checks:
The current category cannot be a merge target.
There must be one or more merge targets on the line.
All merge targets must exist and not be a redirect.
None currently
Empty then delete
Bot information
The bot removes the category from all pages and deletes the empty category.
Checks:
There must be one category on the line.
None currently
Retain
Bot information
The bot removes the {{cfx full}} template and adds {{old CfD}} to the talk page.
If the suffix does not contain the discussion action and result for {{old CfD}}, the bot will attempt figure them out based on the linked CfD page.
On the working page, the action/result must be one of the following.
no consensus (for|to) action
not action
keep (The action is assumed to be delete.)
Checks:
There must be one category on the line.
There must be an action and result (on the line or bot detected).
None currently
Old by month categories with entries
This section lists old maintenance categories that should be empty but are not. This can result from reversions of pages, incomplete nominations, bot errors, backlogs or pending manual work.
