Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ButlerBlogBot 4


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ButlerBlogBot 4
Operator:

Time filed: 17:24, Thursday, April 25, 2024 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: supervised

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available:

Function overview: Apply the correct formatting of Film date to the released parameter in Infobox film

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): one time run (to start with - possibly daily run after that for ongoing maintenance)

Estimated number of pages affected: 37,732

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: This bot task uses existing date formatting regular expressions from ButlerBlogBot Task 2 modified to check the Infobox film template for released Film date. In its present iteration, it focuses only on unformatted single dates. Depending on the status of the maintenance category after a complete run through, it may be modified for additional values (such as date ranges or multiple dates), depending on what is left.

Discussion
Note: Category:Pages using infobox film with nonstandard dates is based on FILMRELEASE. --Gonnym (talk) 19:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 11:55, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Initial trial run complete. See list of trial run edits here.   Butler Blog   (talk) 13:55, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 11:31, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
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