Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 23


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BattyBot 23
Operator:

Time filed: 23:26, Sunday April 28, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Fix citation templates to add http:// to start of www URL when missing

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Bot requests/Archive 54

Edit period(s): Once in a while

Estimated number of pages affected: hundreds

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: Go through Category:Pages with URL errors and use AWB's general fixes to add http:// to the start of www URL when missing. GoingBatty (talk) 23:26, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Discussion

 * I would support this as believe this is already one of the general fixes in AWB. Apart from urls, there is nothing likely to populate the field url except for wrongly filled in urls or text incorrectly identified as such, the error rate is close to zero. --  Ohconfucius  ping / poke 04:24, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 *  ·Add§hore·  Talk To Me! 09:55, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * - diffs available here. GoingBatty (talk) 00:38, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
 * No problems that I can see  ·Add§hore·  Talk To Me! 14:17, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
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