Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/H3llBot 5


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H3llBot
Operator:

Time filed: 10:27, Monday October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic

Programming language(s): C#

Source code available: No

Function overview: Replace outdated urls with new ones for sites that have been moved to a new location.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): User_talk:H3llBot

Edit period(s): One-time, together with main task

Estimated number of pages affected: Around 1200

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

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

Function details:

Task is run on request and for known sites, by manually specifying the urls to be replaced.

Current candidate: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/* → http://www.scottish-places.info/*. The whole sub-domain is set to automatically redirect.

Discussion

 * This task is already approved so I think its safe to trial.
 * . Tim  1357  talk  01:35, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. edits here. — HELL KNOWZ  ▎TALK 13:38, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Bag assistance needed. — HELL KNOWZ  ▎TALK 12:03, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Seems to work fine. Anomie⚔ 23:25, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
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