Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Addbot 18


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Addbot Task 18
Operator:  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e !

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): PHP

Function Overview: Removing orphan tags from articles that now have incoming links.

Edit period(s): Continuous (run 3 times a day)

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

Function Details:
 * Gets a list of pages that include an orphan tag but now have incoming links
 * Find  and replace with nothing
 * Save page and be done

Discussion

 * I remember reading somewhere that an orphan constituted an article with one or less incoming links. How will the bot operate upon finding these? Also, will the bot distinguish between the namespaces - ie if it is only made unorphaned by a link from within userspace or projectspace, will the bot leave the orphan tag alone? — neuro  (talk)  12:01, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppsy forgot to add the link. The bot will read from this page The page will show any article that has 3 or more incoming links from the article space (not disambiguations). This may change over time.  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 12:02, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That's just peaches. Cheers. — neuro  (talk)  12:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks simple enough.  Richard 0612  13:41, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * All edits went well, Diffs include    all of which had incommign links   ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 13:54, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Everything looks OK, and this task will certainly be useful. One tiny thing: the edit summary is . You might want to fix that spacing!  Richard  0612  14:06, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


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