Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/GreenC bot 9

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Approved.

GreenC bot 9[edit]

Operator: GreenC (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 14:51, Thursday, January 17, 2019 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): GNU awk and BotWikiAwk on Toolforge

Source code available: User:GreenC bot/Job 9/source

Function overview: Convert {{SHORTDESC:<xyz>}} to {{Short description|<xyz>}}

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Short_descriptions#Automatic_conversion_to_Template:Short_description

Edit period(s): Continuous. Weekly or Monthly

Estimated number of pages affected: 300 initially less after

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: Convert {{SHORTDESC:<xyz>}} to {{Short description|<xyz>}}. Linked discussion has more info on rationale.

Discussion[edit]

Approved for trial (10 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:42, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Trial complete. 10 edits at Special:Contributions/GreenC_bot for January 18. It was requested in the discussion the template be moved to the top of the page ie. not converted in-place. Further info there. -- GreenC 03:39, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I take it this is resolved? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 06:06, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah that was the bot's first edit, due to a typo. It resolved in the next edit. -- GreenC 14:09, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 23:33, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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