Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MetsBot 5


 * The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Symbol keep vote.svg Approved.

User:MetsBot
Operator: Mets501

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): AWB

Function Summary: Replacing dates like January 2nd with January 2, and decades like 1980's with 1980s as per the MOS.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Sporadically

Edit rate requested: 6 edits per minute

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

Function Details: MetsBot will replace dates like January 2nd or 2nd January with January 2 and 2 January, respectively. It will also replace decades written like 1980's with 1980s. The three regexes to be used are:
 * \b([12])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])'s\b
 * $1$2$3$4s
 * \b(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December) ([0-9])([0-9]|)(st|nd|rd|th)\b
 * $1 $2$3
 * \b([0-9])([0-9]|)(st|nd|rd|th) (January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\b
 * $1$2 $4

Discussion

 * Symbol keep vote.svg Task approved. Fair enough.  Voice -of- All  18:12, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. — Mets501 (talk) 20:22, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


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