{{nobots}}                Ban all compliant bots (shortcut){{bots}}                  Allow all bots (shortcut)

{{bots|allow=<botlist>}}  Ban all compliant bots not in the list{{bots|deny=<botlist>}}   Ban all compliant bots in the list

Where <botlist> is a comma-delimited string of bot usernames (AWB can be used for all AWB-based bots):  {{bots|allow=HagermanBot,Werdnabot}}  {{bots|deny=AWB}}

<botlist> can also be "none" or "all" as in the following examples:  {{bots|allow=all}}      Allow all bots  {{bots|allow=none}}     Ban all compliant bots

  {{bots|deny=all}}       Ban all compliant bots  {{bots|deny=none}}      Allow all bots

Bots are not bound to observe the nobots tag, it will depend on their functionality, their owners and their terms of approval. The bots which currently support exclusion are listed at exclusion compliant bots.