Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Erik9bot 8


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Erik9bot 8
Operator: Erik9 (talk)

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually started, performs edits automatically.

Programming Language(s): Uses AWB with autosave function

Function Overview: The tagging of uncategorized articles with template:uncategorized. Though bots have previously been approved for this task, it appears that they are no longer operational; the activation of a new bot has been requested at WP:BOTREQ

Edit period(s): continuous, as needed

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y

The "Untagged Uncategorized Articles" list generated by a toolserver script would be queried, and processed using AWB. After loading each article included in the list, and confirming that it meets the following requirements:
 * 1) Does not contain any categories whatsoever.
 * 2) Does not transclude Template:Uncategorized, or any redirect thereto.
 * 3) Does not transclude Template:Wi, or any redirect thereto, which would indicate that the page is a non-article referring the reader to Wiktionary, and that no additional categorization is available.
 * 4) Is not a redirect.
 * 5) Does not transclude Template:Inuse, or any redirect thereto.

template:uncategorized would be added to the top bottom of the article, with the date of addition indicated by using " uncategorized " Erik9 (talk) 21:56, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Discussion
Would be nice indeed to have a bot again for this job. One point, Uncategorized should be placed at the bottom of the page, not the top of the page. See also the template instructions. Garion96 (talk) 22:12, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You're right; I've modified the function details accordingly. Erik9 (talk) 22:17, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it makes categorising much easier. Garion96 (talk) 22:26, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Task previously approved, experienced bot-op. – Quadell (talk) 13:42, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


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