Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Aidan9382-Bot 2


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Aidan9382-Bot 2
Operator:

Time filed: 17:31, Wednesday, June 8, 2022 (UTC)

Function overview: Fix the  location for the   template which is used by Lowercase Sigmabot III for archiving.

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: GitHub

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Continuous (Every 15 minutes or so)

Estimated number of pages affected: Few initially, as I have been manually clearing the category for some time. Around 0 to 5 per day on average.

Namespace(s): All talk namespaces, as these are where archiving takes place

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: This bot is designed to automatically fix any wrong inputs put into the  parameter of , which Lowercase Sigmabot III relies on for archiving talk pages. These archives normally become incorrect after a page move which an editor has forgotten to clear up. Broken articles are findable via the associated category.

Discussion
While this is listed as task number 2, the previous task was actually withdrawn by operator. I'm assuming the correct move here is to just consider this the second task, but please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks. Aidan9382 (talk) 17:31, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
 * This is the correct numbering for a bot task. What do you think an appropriate number of edits would be for a trial run? The standard is 50, but can be modified and seems a bit high for this unless I'm mistaken. -- The SandDoctor Talk 15:54, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I'd say its high for this, as this case doesnt happen too often. If you want a lower count, maybe 20 or 25? I'm concerned any lower might be too low to cover any potential weird cases. Aidan9382 (talk) 15:58, 19 June 2022 (UTC)


 * You've got it. -- The SandDoctor  Talk 16:01, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The 25 are here (excluding 3 development edits). Other than an issue with encoding (Special:Diff/1094354270) and another with my template parsing (Seen testing here) which have both since been fixed, the edits have worked as intended. Aidan9382 (talk) 15:32, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Under normal circumstances, I would prefer to leave the close for someone else. However, given the backlog, lack of recent BAG activity (myself included), and the fact that this task is uncontroversial and based on how well the trial went, I am inclined to make an exception for this. As per usual, if amendments to - or clarifications regarding - this approval are needed, please start a discussion on the talk page and ping. Please be sure to monitor this task and address any further edge cases that arise. -- The SandDoctor Talk 18:23, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
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