Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DeprecatedFixerBot 4


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DeprecatedFixerBot 4
Operator:

Time filed: 03:54, Friday, March 23, 2018 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: https://github.com/TheSandDoctor/DTS-Template-Repair/tree/master

Function overview: Bot analyzes pages in Category:Dts templates with deprecated parameters looking for link, which it then removes per the instructions at Template:Dts.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template:Dts

Edit period(s): One time run

Estimated number of pages affected: 1,222

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Namespace(s): Mainspace only. All namespaces in which the template is present

Function details: Bot analyzes pages in Category:Dts templates with deprecated parameters looking for link inside of ts, which it then removes per the instructions at Template:Dts. As stated on the template page, "linking of dates is no longer supported." The parameter is deprecated and no longer used by the template nor was it replaced with anything.

Discussion

 * Comment I would do these manually, but 1,222 pages is a decent chunk. Would be a one time only task. -- The SandDoctor Talk 04:04, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
 * -- The SandDoctor Talk 08:03, 30 March 2018 (UTC)


 * — xaosflux  Talk 15:59, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * , sorry about the two edits to the User namespace. They were accidental and caused by me getting the math wrong for offsets in a limited category run (complicated by the fact that user and talk namespaces are spotted throughout the category listing). With that said, the bot did, however, work correctly in every edit, including the two accidental user space edits. -- The SandDoctor Talk 23:06, 30 March 2018 (UTC)


 * task approved. — xaosflux  Talk 15:35, 31 March 2018 (UTC)


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