Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Mdann52 bot 5


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Mdann52 bot 5
Operator:

Time filed: 07:40, Wednesday July 2, 2014 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Auto

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: standard AWB

Function overview: Mass-replacement of URL's due to changes in URL without permalinks

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): BOTREQ

Edit period(s):When required

Estimated number of pages affected: 500 in first run, but variable depending on number of links that need updating

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): no

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

Function details: After a bot request with no opposition, the bot will go through and replace all dead URL's with updated versions. For example, it will go through and replace [news.com.com news.com.com] to [news.cnet.com news.cnet.com]. This will allow pages to be quickly updated, and ensure a the number of links that are accidently removed are minimised. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  07:40, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Discussion
Thank you for your willingness to take on this task. Instead of changing

could you please have your bot change

so it doesn't accidentally change a valid archive url? (e.g. Rubylith) Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:35, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I was planning to do this; I may use regex to just catch the original URL's of changing the titles/publishers would be needed. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  05:56, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Great - thank you! GoingBatty (talk) 11:37, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Let's see if we are missing something. please do two bunches of 20 edits. If everything goes fine in the first 20 edits, then do 20 more and provide us the diffs. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:45, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll aim to get this done ASAP - I am currently using AWB for other purposes, but should be able to run this by this time next week. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  12:04, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * FYI, I only see 50 results for "news.com.com". GoingBatty (talk) 13:30, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * GoingBatty why not do them manually then? It is safer and faster. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:48, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

I fixed everything I found via google search. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:02, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * There are a little under 400 articles with news.com.com links left. Ill paste the list below. Werieth (talk) 14:23, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Werieth thanks. I fixed most of them. I'll fix the rest soon. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:11, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Werieth I think I fixed all. Can you please check if there are any leftovers? -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:17, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * over 500 left still -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  16:23, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * OK if there is consensus to fix non-mainspace pages then the bot can do them. But better let's ask first. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:25, 3 July 2014 (UTC)


 * 7 more Werieth (talk) 16:29, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia in culture
 * October 2006
 * Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident
 * July 2007
 * May 2005
 * December 2006
 * February 2005
 * Ok, condiser this ✅, so therefore -- Mdann  52   talk to me!  16:32, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

{{ping|Werieth} I did them (hopefully). thanks! -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:33, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
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