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 # kickbot
 
+# this plugin is now deprecated, and its functionality (and improvements!) have been moved into
+[communitybot](https://github.com/williamkray/maubot-communitybot)
+
 a maubot plugin that attempts to assist administrators of communities on matrix, based on the concept of matrix spaces.
 
 # features