Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PotatoBot

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Approved.

PotatoBot

Operator: Anypodetos (talk · contribs)

Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic, unsupervised

Programming language(s): Python, using PyWikipediabot

Source code available: User:PotatoBot/Code

Function overview: Create redirects to asteroid articles (which have titles like

Agnesraab

).

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomical objects#Names of asteroid articles

Edit period(s): One time run

Estimated number of pages affected: Creation of not more than 14,500 redirects (total number of pages in Category:Asteroid stubs plus sub-categories), probably much less; no existing pages affected

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): No, since no existing pages will be edited

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): (No)

Function details: Iterates through the articles in

(115485) 2003 UR19. If a page with the title already exists (e. g. Toutatis for 4179 Toutatis), it is not affected. Instead, an entry in the list User:PotatoBot/Lists/Asteroids without redirects

[currently containing test output] is created for later – manual or bot-assisted – inspection.

Discussion

Would it be appropriate to tag these redirects with {{R from incorrect name}}? Josh Parris 04:32, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The present code uses {{R from short name}}. The name is not actually incorrect, it just omits the running number. --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 07:35, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~What about pages like~~

~~UAO-DLR Asteroid Survey? Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 00:46, 14 April 2010 (UTC)~~ Nvm. Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 00:48, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply

]

Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. — The Earwig ^(talk) 21:38, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Trial complete. Contributions: Special:Contributions/PotatoBot. Looks fine. --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 12:49, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. I agree. Good luck! Tim1357 (talk) 01:46, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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