Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/JJMC89 bot 17


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JJMC89 bot 17
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Time filed: 06:29, Sunday, June 9, 2019 (UTC)

Function overview: Bypass double (or more) category redirects

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: category_redirect_fixer.py

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): N/A

Edit period(s): Weekly

Estimated number of pages affected: Max: ; Est. ~10% on the first run: ~9,000

Namespace(s): Category

Exclusion compliant: Yes

Function details: The bot will run over the subcategories of Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories and update category redirect when there is a double (or more) redirect.

Example edit: Comedy-horror films: Comedy horror films → Horror comedy films

Notifications: WT:CAT, WT:CATP, WT:CFD

Discussion
I don't expect that this should be controversial, but I'll start a discussion at WP:VPR if necessary. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 06:29, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Indeed, seems like a no-brainer.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:44, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * If possible, please also post how many pages were skipped, just for my own edification as far as how many pages we can expect to have edited on a full run. If not that's fine. Primefac (talk) 17:24, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * [ 50 edits] with 705 pages skipped. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 19:33, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 20:53, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
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