Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT II 2
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Approved.
Operator: Anomie (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 23:14, Saturday November 16, 2013 (
UTC
)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): Perl
Source code available: User:AnomieBOT/source/tasks/TemplateUnsubstifier.pm
Function overview: Apply
WP:AWB/DT
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
WP:BON#Publicizing e.g. {{subst:dated|clarify}}
Edit period(s): Periodic
Estimated number of pages affected: 638 to start with
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Yes
Function details: The bot will load the list of dated maintenance templates from
WP:AWB/DT and apply Module:Unsubst by wrapping the existing template code as documented on the module page. It can also recognize and upgrade the existing uses of {{unsubst
}} in these maintenance templates.
Discussion
I've updated
WP:AWB/DT before tagging any new templates to reduce the risk that someone could convince the bot to unsubstify arbitrary templates. Anomie⚔ 23:14, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
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- Operator has extensive experience developing bots for Wikipedia and has shown excellent judgement in the past. Task is well understood by op, including underlying Mediawiki considerations. Task is clearly useful for future uses of the affected templates and will reduce the number of bot edits clearing up after humans.
- Please keep editing at a rate that will not overwhelm the Mediawiki software and make editors notice what's happening. Monitor actions of the bot. If anyone notices this, I'll be upset. Do this right and no-one will know/care what happened.
Speedily Approved. Josh Parris 02:09, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
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