Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RileyBot 15


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RileyBot 15
Operator:

Time filed: 19:00, Monday April 22, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Source has not been written yet

Function overview: Run through a list (list created via db scan) that contains only section redirects and adds Template:R to section to the page if the template (and any of its redirects) is not already on the page. As a safety, the bot will ignore the section redirect if "  " and "   " tags are around it. '''-- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Riley_Huntley/You_missed! Cheers, ] Ri l ey   ''' 19:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Bot_requests

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: 10,000+ Possibly 500,000+

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: Run through a list (list created via db scan) that contains only section redirects and adds Template:R to section to the page if the template (and any of its redirects) is not already on the page. As a safety, the bot will ignore the section redirect if "  " and "   " tags are around it. '''-- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Riley_Huntley/You_missed! Cheers, ] Ri l ey   ''' 19:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Discussion
Seems rather simple.  ·Add§hore·  Talk To Me! 19:38, 22 April 2013 (UTC) Bot operator has retired. '''-- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Riley_Huntley/You_missed! Cheers, ] Ri l ey   ''' 23:14, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Suggestion - You may want to exclude pages that are in Category:Redirects to sections and its subcategories, to ensure you're not duplicating . GoingBatty (talk) 22:57, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Seems bot appropriate, useful task, community requested –166.137.116.18 (talk) 23:01, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
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Now that I have returned, can we try this again? '''-- Cheers,   Ri l ey  ''' 07:00, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay, feel free to undo this edit and re-add it to WP:BRFA. —  Earwig   talk 03:01, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Never mind; I just saw you created a new BRFA. Carry on. —  Earwig   talk 03:09, 6 February 2016 (UTC)