Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DaedanBot 2


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DaedanBot 2
Operator:

Time filed: 08:18, Sunday, August 9, 2020 (UTC)

Function overview: Article fix bot

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: AWB, regex

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): 1 to 2 times per week

Estimated number of pages affected: About 100 weekly articles(problematic articles), focusing on the newly-written anicles.

Namespace(s): main space only

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): yes

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

Function details: Use AWB's Apply general fixes function.
 * -> To reposition misused templates, arrange wrapping, etc.

&#32;&mdash; Gomdoli4696 (토론) 08:23, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Comment: How would this bot avoid violating WP:COSMETICBOT? – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:21, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Fails WP:AWBRULES #4 and the general prohibition on bots making rapid cosmetic edits. You are welcome to manually use AWB to fix these articles, but a bot is not an acceptable tool to do so. Primefac (talk) 14:02, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
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