Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 67


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BattyBot 67
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Time filed: 04:14, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 (UTC)

Function overview: Fix citations in Category:CS1 maint: unrecognized language

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available: AWB

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Category:CS1 maint: unrecognized language

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: 100+

Namespace(s): Mainspace, Drafts

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Fix citations in Category:CS1 maint: unrecognized language by changing the language parameter, such as: This bot will not be able to fix all issues with the language parameter, but fixing the easy issues should make it easier for humans to identify those that need manual fixing. Also run AWB's general fixes when fixing the language parameter. GoingBatty (talk) 04:14, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Change foreign languages to English (e.g. ingles → English, français → French)
 * Fix abbreviations (e.g. eng/engl → en)
 * Use commas when more than one language (e.g. English/German → English, German)
 * Remove wikilinks (e.g. Tagalog → Tagalog)

Discussion
Seems reasonable. While I'd like to see a few of each type of hit, I realise that this isn't a huge maintenance category and so there might not be specific fixes to be fixed. Primefac (talk) 08:22, 24 May 2022 (UTC)


 * @Primefac See these 50 edits.  I fixed all the pages with the patterns above, plus a few more patterns I found analyzing the pages in the category starting with A-R. GoingBatty (talk) 19:33, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * BAG assistance needed GoingBatty (talk) 14:45, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

As per usual, if amendments to - or clarifications regarding - this approval are needed, please start a discussion on the talk page and ping. -- The SandDoctor Talk 15:26, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
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