Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/NoomBot 4


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NoomBot 4
Operator:

Time filed: 01:25, Saturday April 2, 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manually assisted: Auto

Programming language(s): PHP

Source code available: On request

Function overview: Moves stock ticker templates from fields within Infobox company to the new | traded_as field.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Bot request and field implementation

Edit period(s): One time run, perhaps a few rare runs afterwards

Estimated number of pages affected: Not sure on amount of pages using stock ticker templates, but the bot is set to cycle through approximately 35k articles using the infobox template.

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): N

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

Function details: The bot will scan the pages using Infobox company for any usages of a stock ticker template. If the bot finds one or more (not in the traded_as field already), then it will create a new field (traded_as), remove it from the old field and update the infobox.

Discussion
See for an example of the bots function. Noom talk contribs 11:39, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

 MBisanz  talk 01:03, 4 April 2011 (UTC)


 * A couple of stock ticker templates weren't being tracked, but are now. Also improved the bots ability to remove unnecessary formatting that was wrapped around the stock ticker templates. Noom  talk contribs 12:48, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * BAG assistance needed
 *  MBisanz  talk 14:22, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
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