Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 27


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BattyBot 27
Operator:

Time filed: 21:53, Monday December 30, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Fix links to http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Bot requests/Archive 58 and Wikipedia talk:FOOTY

Edit period(s): One time tun

Estimated number of pages affected: 1,000+

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: For all the instances of urls referencing Neil Brown's site to be changed from .htm to .html. The urls to be changed are of the form  followed by a variable part and then .htm, e.g.  .  To make these changes, I would use the following regex:
 * Find
 * Replace

Discussion
Is there any reason not to convert external links to use the NeilBrownPlayers template? I can foresee a time when the subdomain moves to its own domain, requiring another 1000 article changes; if the links were changed to use the template, that would require changing one template. Josh Parris 01:40, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I asked the same question at BOTREQ. The consensus at Wikipedia talk:FOOTY was that the template is not ready, and the links should be changed as is.  Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 02:03, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Fine, I guess multiple edits will only annoy the people who decided they want it fixed immediately. Josh Parris 22:31, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
 * - see these edits. GoingBatty (talk) 00:57, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

That went well. Josh Parris 02:10, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
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