Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot 8


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RonBot 8
Operator:

Time filed: 00:05, Thursday, August 23, 2018 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: User:RonBot/8/Source1

Function overview: Removes unused dates in the eight help pages with level 1 date headings

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Bot_requests

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: 8 pages

Namespace(s): Wikipedia

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Bot will examine the pages in Category:Wikpedia Help pages with dated sections in turn. If it find a level 1 heading date with no text added (i.e next entry is the next level 1 heading date), then that first date is removed, along with the blank line preceding it (i.e. the data added by Scsbot)
 * Userspace test at Special:Diff/856112391

Discussion
. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:39, 23 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Ping so this gets noticed quicker. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:40, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * One run and one page edited OK Special:Diff/856190264 (I did have to revert a keen editor, to get the page as it was!) Ron h jones (Talk) 13:54, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Good enough for me. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 13:57, 23 August 2018 (UTC)


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