Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BU RoBOT 17


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BU RoBOT 17
Operator:

Time filed: 05:18, Friday, June 3, 2016 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Automatically tag articles for WP:WikiProject National Football League as requested by the project (using the typical rules).

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Football_League

Edit period(s): One-time run initially, possibly more if there's a need

Estimated number of pages affected: Initially, approximately 8,083

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: Places WikiProject National Football League on the talk pages of articles within categories defined by the WikiProject. Currently, the need is within the category tree of Category:National Football League players by team (which I've already checked - no inaccurate sub-sub-categories or such). Automatically assesses class if available via another WikiProject template (using the rules discussed at User:BU RoBOT/autoassess, which has seen past use).

Discussion

 * Would you be able to execute your AWB task with manual supervision for a few edits and link to them here, for examination? → Σ σ  ς . (Sigma) 08:31, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I could, but you'll find a much more complete trial in the edits associated with Bots/Requests for approval/BU RoBOT 10 and Bots/Requests for approval/BU RoBOT 13. From a technical standpoint, this task differs only in that I replace "Women/Volleyball" with "National Football League" in the code. There were no technical issues in those trials or the actual runs. If you'd still like to see NFL-specific diffs, ping me. ~ RobTalk 01:36, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * If that is the case, I see no problem with this. → Σ σ  ς . (Sigma) 12:12, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Well we do like "trials" to ensure that no unforseen glitches are introduced. I expect this to be speedy though. —  xaosflux  Talk 13:51, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Of course, I just meant for the pre-trial trial that Σ was looking for. ~ RobTalk 14:26, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Contribs here. I looked through the first half and found zero errors. ~ RobTalk 19:57, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * D You appear to be adding a redlinked category to pages, is this expected? — xaosflux  Talk 15:24, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
 * That is intended behavior by the bot in the sense that the category should be added, but it also shouldn't be redlinked. That category was deleted years ago at a CfD due to being empty, apparently, although it was a tracking category and should have been tagged as empty category. I've recreated the category since it's no longer empty, so this is fixed. ~ RobTalk 15:30, 9 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Task approved. — xaosflux  Talk 17:42, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
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