Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT 43


 * The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA. The result of the discussion was Symbol keep vote.svg Approved.

AnomieBOT 43
Operator: Anomie⚔

Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic, unsupervised

Programming language(s): Perl

Source code available: User:AnomieBOT/source/tasks/AccidentalLangLinkFixer.pm

Function overview: Apply the Colon trick when someone forgot it.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: Any pages added to Category:Pages automatically checked for accidental language links

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes

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

Function details: The bot will monitor the language links and categories for pages added to Category:Pages automatically checked for accidental language links. When either list changes, the bot will apply the "Colon trick" to any category or interlanguage links that seem accidental. See User:AnomieBOT/docs/AccidentalLangLinkFixer for much more detail (that page will also be linked from all edit summaries).

Discussion
See for an example edit in my userspace. Anomie⚔ 23:22, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I have advertised this at WP:VPR. Anomie⚔ 23:36, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Mr.Z-man 04:09, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd approve this for trial, but I'm the one that suggested it, so I'd better recuse. =) – xeno talk 18:12, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Trial started. Not sure how long it will take, it depends on population of Category:Pages automatically checked for accidental language links and people making the errors that need fixing. As mentioned above, edit summaries for this task will contain links to User:AnomieBOT/docs/AccidentalLangLinkFixer and so should be easily detectable. The bot will automatically post at User talk:AnomieBOT when the trial edits are complete, and I will update this BRFA. Anomie⚔ 19:46, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Only 2 edits so far: . I think I'll post on the village pumps to see if anyone has other pages this might be useful on. And add the village pumps, too. Anomie⚔ 00:59, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 5 more edits: . Anomie⚔ 04:02, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * OperatorAssistanceNeeded what is the current status of this request? ΔT The only constant 15:06, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * One more edit since the last update, unfortunately in reaction to some vandalism: Seven to go, unless someone decides to approve it before all 15 trial edits are done. Anomie⚔ 18:24, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * +1: Anomie⚔ 02:07, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Two more: Only 4 to go... Anomie⚔ 19:21, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Two more: Only 2 to go... Anomie⚔ 19:29, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Close enough, no objections. Mr.Z-man 04:37, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
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