Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot 3

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Operator: Smith609 Talk

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

(s): PHP

Function Summary: Replace hyphens with en-dashes in page number ranges

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): yes

Function Details: There has been some confusion as to whether "correct[ing] common mistakes", specified as a bot task in

is unambiguous in stating that an endash is the correct format to use, and the bot's edits in its trial period for task 2 dominantly included edits of this nature, and as far as I can tell the edit does no harm, it seems that explicit approval would be helpful.

Discussion

This isn't really in the BAG's purview, I'd try to gain consensus at a

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Is en-dash instead of hyphen a mistake? Is it common? If so, the task is approved. ~~ ~~

en-dashes instead of hyphens in page ranges is grammatically correct. I would support the bot making such edits. Kaldari (talk) 15:23, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Denied. If there is consensus for changing it your bot is already approved to do so.

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