What about more ideas:

Dictionarybot - a member puts in a word, the bot gives out a definition

Spellingbot - similar to above

Thesaurusbot - similar to above

Triviabot - ask a question about anything, and the bot answers out of an encyclopedia database

SearchEngineBot - ask a question, and the bot searches Google and posts a URL or a list of URLs.

GOSSIPBOT - Knows all the members on your board and combines two in a gossip that will shake the whole community.

LOVEBOT - Knows all the members and knows the difference between the genders. Combines them random and displays a comprehensive statusrapport about their relationship on your board.

CALENDARBOT - Knows all the calendar additions and put the actual note in a "Don't forget" reply.

QUOTEBOT - Displays random quotes

JUKEBOT - Can play music if you type the name of a band. Goes with the flash swf streaming method (tested and it works)

How about a WelcomeBot, which will post a welcome message in a specified forum each time a new member registers, and then send a PM telling the member a link to their Welcome Thread.

And in the thread it would include some of the register info so other users can start replying to him and stuff.

And stuff. Erwin's idea of CongratulateBot is also quite good, could work when reaching a post count, birthday, etc.

Wow Erwin.. i have alot of uses for these ones.. can I say PLEASE Filburt? ;)

1. Can't reliably be done (that I know of)
2. Ditto
3. Ditto
4. Can be done, might do if I have the time
5. Can't be done without Java support in PHP (which isn't there by default) or reliably the other way.

Well, there's always hope ;)

Ii probably would require too much queries anyway :(

- djr

Not necessarily, it should be very similar to, of all things, HelperBot and how he works.

I have made something similar to a combination of censorbot/flamingbot. :cool:

Threads that lock themselves ;)

I tell you, one day moderators will be obsolete :p

The calendar events thing sounds cool.