Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Josvebot 9


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Josvebot 9
Operator:

Time filed: 12:50, Monday December 9, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): WPCleaner

Source code available: Yes at Sourceforge.net

Function overview: Fix CHECKWIKI-error #88 (DEFAULTSORT with a blank at first position like .)

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: 1-50 per day

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): See prev. requests

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

Function details: The bot will change DEFAULTSORT with a blank at first position like  to   using WPCleaners automated bot-function. I will do random test-samles from time to to time to make sure that the bot is functioning properly. For even mor information please read prev. request for this bot and WP:WPCleaner's Wikipedia-page for how the program remeves and fixes these kinds of errors.

Discussion
WP:DEFAULTSORT doesn't advise against whitespace before the name. What error does this cause? Josh Parris 08:08, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * It does not cause an error anymore (of what I can see) but standarizing is good and a space might "break" some mirror sites or tools that someone is using. Plus since this is a CHECKWIKI-error, someone will have to change thiese and I rather see a bot with bot-status doing it than a normal user. - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  20:17, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Please see this. - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  20:19, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a very minor issue. We load lists once per 2 or 3 months and we usually do them manually. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:22, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I suggest you get CHECKWIKI-error #88 removed then. This is not an error, and does not need 'fixing'. Per WP:COSMETICBOT,  Josh Parris 20:25, 11 December 2013 (UTC)


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