Editing Boilerplate (robot) (section)

{{short description|Fictional robot from the 19th century}}
{{Infobox comics character
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| image          = Boilerplate robot.jpg
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| caption        = Boilerplate and Teddy Roosevelt
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| debut          = Boilerplate website, July 2000
| creators       = [[Paul Guinan]]
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| species        = Robot
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| partners       = Professor Archibald Campion
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'''Boilerplate''' is a fictional [[robot]] which would have existed in the [[Victorian era]] and early 20th century. It was created in 2000 by [[Portland, Oregon]] USA artist Paul Guinan.<ref name="PW">{{cite news
 |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6280093.html 
 |title=The Inadvertent Plagiarist: Chris Elliott Meets Boilerplate 
 |last=MacDonald 
 |first=Heidi 
 |date=November 1, 2005 
 |work=Publishers Weekly 
 |publisher=Reed Business Information 
 |access-date=2009-01-21 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413025415/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6280093.html 
 |archive-date=2015-04-13 
}}</ref> Originally intended for comics, the character became known via a faux-historical website created by Guinan, and has since appeared in other media.