Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RileyBot 16

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Approved.

RileyBot 16

Operator:

talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search

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Time filed: 04:18, Tuesday, January 26, 2016 (

UTC

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Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Manual

Programming language(s): AWB, unless requested otherwise.

Source code available: Standard AWB

Function overview: Fix section headings like "External Links", "See Also" or any other section heading deemed improper.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

MOS:SECTIONCAPS

- Consensus as per MOS

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: Open ended, 500 pages per day estimate.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes

Function details:

Using simple regex, replace predefined [and common] title case section headers with sentence case section headers. In accordance with

WP:SPELLBOT

, this will be manually operated. Perform any other AWB general fixes at the same time.

For example: See Also -> See also (e.g.)

-- Cheers,

ey 04:18, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply

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Requesting to expand this bot task to include improper headings and typos in common section headings. For example: External link > External links, Further reading > Further readings and some of the common and undisputed typos of

ey 06:07, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply

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Discussion

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feature request. GoingBatty (talk) 05:42, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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  ey 06:34, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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    Riley Huntley: No objection to you targeting these pages. Wondering if header changes that are already part of AWB general fixes could be done automatically to save you some time. GoingBatty (talk) 17:42, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
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Approved for trial (40 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. By the by: if you were planning on using [1]'s edit summary, 'capitalization' is misspelled... — Earwig ^talk 06:54, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Trial complete. See edits For future cases, I'd add general fixes to the edit summary like so: (

ey 08:29, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply

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Approved. A few things, though. Generalize the summary so edits like this one aren't as confusing. (Try "Correcting

standardizing section headings".) Also, remember to not edit as your bot by accident! — Earwig ^talk 08:10, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply

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