Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FrescoBot 11


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FrescoBot 11
Operator:

Time filed: 10:52, Sunday February 17, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: supervised

Programming language(s): python

Source code available: standard pywikipedia

Function overview: typo fixing and standardization of standard sections headers

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): User talk:Basilicofresco

Edit period(s): montly

Estimated number of pages affected: <10000

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): yes

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

Function details: the script is going to fix some obvious misspelling in some easy to identify standard sections headers. I wish to stress that the section has to start in the "wight way" in order to be identified and checked. For example:


 * External links: the section has to start with "*" or "{{Commons".
 * "== External link ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== External Links ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== external links ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== Externals links ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== External linkes ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== Esternal links ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== Extenal links ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== External weblinks ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== Links external ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== Weblinks ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== Collegamenti esterni ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== Enlaces externos ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== Liens externes ==" --> "== External links =="
 * "== Externa länkar ==" --> "== External links =="
 * etc.


 * See also: the section has to start with "*" or "{{Commons".
 * "== See Also ==" --> "== See also =="
 * "== see also ==" --> "== See also =="
 * "== Also see ==" --> "== See also =="
 * "== Also See ==" --> "== See also =="
 * etc.


 * Further reading: the section has to start with "*".
 * "== Further readings ==" --> "== Further reading =="
 * "== further reading ==" --> "== Further reading =="
 * "== Further Reading ==" --> "== Further reading =="
 * "== Furter reading ==" --> "== Further reading =="
 * "== Furthers reading ==" --> "== Further reading =="
 * "== Futher reading ==" --> "== Further reading =="
 * "== Further reding ==" --> "== Further reading =="
 * etc.


 * References: the section has to start with " " or "{{Reflist" or "*".
 * "== Reference ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== references ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Refèrences ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Renferences ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Refences ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Referências ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Referencing ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Referencrs ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Refernences ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Renferences ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Rereferences ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Réferences ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== REferences ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Reverences ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Reflist ==" --> "== References =="
 * "== Refs ==" --> "== References =="
 * etc.


 * Notes: the section has to start with " " or "{{Reflist" or "*".
 * "== notes ==" --> "== Notes =="
 * "== Note ==" --> "== Notes =="
 * "== note ==" --> "== Notes =="
 * "== NOtes ==" --> "== Notes =="
 * "== NOTES ==" --> "== Notes =="


 * Footnotes: the section has to start with " " or "{{Reflist" or "*".
 * "== footnotes ==" --> "== Footnotes =="
 * "== Foot notes ==" --> "== Footnotes =="
 * "== Footnote ==" --> "== Footnotes =="
 * etc.


 * Notes and references: the section has to start with " " or "<LF>{{Reflist" or "<LF>*".
 * "== Notes and reference ==" --> "== Notes and references =="
 * "== notes and references ==" --> "== Notes and references =="
 * "== Notes And Rreferences ==" --> "== Notes and references =="
 * "== Notes and rereferences ==" --> "== Notes and references =="
 * "== Notes and referencrs ==" --> "== Notes and references =="
 * etc.

Discussion

 * These could be considered cosmetic changes and would be disallowed per BOTPOL unless it made other edits with it. I may be in the wrong here though.— cyberpower <sup style="color:olive;font-family:arnprior">Chat<sub style="margin-left:-4.4ex;color:olive;font-family:arnprior">Online 18:41, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, fixing a typo was never considered a cosmetic change. -- Basilicofresco  (msg) 20:13, 17 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I know (and love enforcing) the cosmetic changes restrictions, but I'm not sure it applies here Cyber. Specifically, none of these edits are only changing whitespace and some of them are fairly major looking changes like "== Externa länkar ==" --> "== External links ==". Particularly the ones that fix language or gross spelling errors look fine to me.  MBisanz  talk 00:49, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I was just throwing it out there. I have no objection to the task itself.— cyberpower <sup style="color:olive;font-family:arnprior">Chat<sub style="margin-left:-4.4ex;color:olive;font-family:arnprior">Online 01:09, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Okey, I'm trialing because it seems ok, but leaving it open for someone to show why cosmetic applies.  MBisanz  talk 02:34, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * This task is one of the things I asked from Basilicofresco to do. I've been doing it manually for the last 2-3 years based on database scans. This task is covered by External_links and more in the Manual of Style. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:33, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

trial edits -- Basilicofresco  (msg) 12:56, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

 MBisanz  talk 14:40, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
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