Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MDanielsBot


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MDanielsBot
Operator:

Time filed: 18:43, Friday, May 1, 2020 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Standard Pywikibot

Function overview: Find-and-replace templates where there is a consensus to do so.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): None that I'm aware of, although I'm sure others have done something similar in the past.

Edit period(s): As needed

Estimated number of pages affected: About 2000 at first

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: This bot would find-and-replace templates. For example, currently needs to be replaced with  per a TfD outcome. This bot would do so. Right now, I have Templates_for_discussion/Log/2020_February_23 in mind, which would be no more than 2000-ish pages. Substing the templates would be inadequate, as many of these are in references, where substing does not work.

Discussion
As mentioned, there are a plethora of bots that are capable of handling this sort of task, from the mundane substitution to the more complex replacements. Primefac (talk) 19:53, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * There are already a ton of other bots approved to do this: (task 24),  (task 1),  (task 47) and  (task 78) are some examples, although I've certainly missed some. Is there some reason that yet another bot task is necessary? Also, I believe AnomieBOT is smart enough to subst templates inside references, contrary to the claim in this nomination. * Pppery * it has begun...  19:36, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , Is it? If so, that'd be wonderful (although I would then probably want to get Template Editor permissions so I can actually edit the page). I'll conduct a test, and will withdraw the nomination if AnomieBOT can actually do this. Thanks, Mdaniels5757 (talk) 19:50, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I already conducted a test, the bot can handle ref tags * Pppery * it has begun... 19:52, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
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