Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 72


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BattyBot 72
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Time filed: 05:14, Friday, March 3, 2023 (UTC)

Function overview: Replace Empty section with No plot

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available: AWB

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Templates for discussion/Log/2023 March 2

Edit period(s): Monthly

Estimated number of pages affected: 500

Namespace(s): Mainspace

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Using the database dump, find sections titled "Plot" with Empty section, and replace the template with No plot, along with AWB's general fixes. This will change the categorization to Category:Wikipedia articles without plot summaries, and hopefully will result in another editor adding a plot. Thank you for your consideration. GoingBatty (talk) 05:14, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Discussion
Just to clarify, this is not a replacement of the template because of the TFD, but because it is replacing a less-specific template with a more-specific template. Please correct me if I am wrong. Primefac (talk) 10:24, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


 * @Primefac:  See these edits.  You are correct that, regardless of the TfD (in which I did not express an opinion for or against), this is replacing a less-specific template with a more-specific template, with the goal of encouraging another editor to add a plot.  This is consistent with the goal of many of my other bot tasks.  Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 02:31, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * BAG assistance needed GoingBatty (talk) 21:45, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 13:38, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
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