Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 39


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BattyBot 39
Operator:

Time filed: 01:21, Sunday, February 8, 2015 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Fix incorrect piped wikilinks

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Bot requests/Archive 63

Edit period(s): Monthly

Estimated number of pages affected: Hundreds in first run, less going forward

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No):

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

Function details: The pipe trick doesn't work in some places (such as within and  tags), which leaves code such as   visible to the readers. This bot would change these to  so the intended wikilinks will be displayed properly. (e.g. ) As usual, AWB's general fixes will also be done with every edit. GoingBatty (talk) 01:21, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Discussion
I requested this bot task. Thanks a lot! Nyttend (talk) 01:58, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

-- Magioladitis (talk) 07:32, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * without issues - please see . However, I will change the edit summary so it says "Fixed piped link(s)" instead of showing the exact replacement, since the edit summaries look like they were changed from   to   unless you hover over them.  GoingBatty (talk) 17:56, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

-- Magioladitis (talk) 18:00, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
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