Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Snotbot 5
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Operator:
Time filed: 23:52, Wednesday March 23, 2011 (
Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: Pywikipedia
Function overview: Ensure that section headings are properly nested.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): See
Edit period(s): One time run, and then again infrequently (likely no more than once per week) if the backlog grows.
Estimated number of pages affected: 30,000+, see database reports here, here, and here.
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Yes
Function details: The bot will identify articles whose subsection headings are not sequential (per
Discussion
LivingBot was approved to do this in May 2009. You may want to ask Jarry1250 why that bot is no longer doing that task. Anomie⚔ 01:46, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I do not recall if it was in relation to LivingBot, but there was an enormous stink created when something spent its time "fixing" header levels. My recollection (vague, I'm afraid) is that consensus was against such automated changes, despite the gloss of "accessibility requires it". Johnuniq (talk) 01:54, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Perhaps we should reword babble 05:19, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I contacted Jarry1250, and he indicated that his bot is no longer running that task. Since this task was already approved in the past, does that speed up the approval process for an identical bot? chatter 21:54, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I contacted Jarry1250, and he indicated that his bot is no longer running that task. Since this task was already approved in the past, does that speed up the approval process for an identical bot?
- Perhaps we should reword
(It seems this request has stalled...) {{
Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. I know it's not controversial, but could you still drop a note at
WT:ACCESS or anywhere else people look just to cover our bases? MBisanz talk 16:46, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Trial complete. and note dropped.
- Informative. — TALK 10:10, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Could the bot skip pages with {{
- No. If
{{TOC limit}}
can't deal with properly-nested headings then it, not the headings, is broken. Cosmetic considerations should not override accessibility considerations. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 10:19, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply] - {{TOC limit}} doesn't work that way. In the TOC, MediaWiki outputs an H2 followed by an H6 the same as an H2 followed by an H3. This is explained in more detail at Template:TOC limit#TOC levels versus wikitext header levels. Anomie⚔ 10:27, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- (TALK 10:29, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- (
A trial woopsie: headings skipped —
- Hmm good catch. Not exactly sure why that's happening, but I have a feeling it's related to having a bunch of headings in a row with no content in between. I'll run some tests on that page. spill the beans 15:39, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Approved. MoS change, only false positives deliberate formatting issues that ought not override accessibility. No objections. LivingBot's issue clarified by operator. —
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