Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DeprecatedFixerBot 8


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DeprecatedFixerBot 8
Operator:

Time filed: 17:48, Monday, December 28, 2020 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: TBA

Function overview: Go through removing the "format" parameter where present as it is no longer supported. Code not yet written, but it is functionally identical to Bots/Requests for approval/DeprecatedFixerBot 4, with the only difference being the parameter and category to search through.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template_talk:Infobox_song/Archive_8, Template:Infobox_song

Edit period(s): One-time run

Estimated number of pages affected: <46, 600

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

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

Function details:
 * 1) Load page text
 * 2) Locate infobox song (or its redirects)
 * 3) Locate (if present) the format parameter
 * 4) If present, remove the format parameter
 * 5) Save page and move on

Discussion
This task reads very similar to User:PrimeBOT/30. Also, is format the only major param that needs removal? Primefac (talk) 17:53, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I wasn't aware of PrimeBOT 30. If you would like to take that on, that is fine and I can withdraw (you can consider this a withdraw statement in that case). Format is the only listed param that has been removed that used to work and would now "pollute" the category. -- The SandDoctor Talk 18:04, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * For the record, I wouldn't have had any issue with letting this bot handle the task, but I was already mid-run for a similar removal so it seemed appropriate to just tack it on to the end. Primefac (talk) 20:56, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
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