Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Thehelpfulbot 12


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Thehelpfulbot 12
Operator:

Time filed: 22:08, Friday March 30, 2012 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB or pywikipedia addtext.py

Source code available: AWB / Standard pywikipedia

Function overview: Tagging templates that are up for discussion at WP:TFD when requested, such as for this task on BOTREQ.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Whenever required

Estimated number of pages affected: 237 for this first run, future runs will vary.

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

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

Function details: This BRFA is for the ability to tag templates that are up for discussion at TFD. It will run when a request for such a task is made, as has currently been made. The Helpful  One  22:08, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Discussion
Technical trial, non-controversial previously approved task, clarified intent beforehand. — HELL KNOWZ  ▎TALK 22:09, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The first couple of edits were manually fixed caused because of the slightly different header on TFD so I prepended instead.  The  Helpful  One  22:21, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I really can't see anything objectionable about the task. - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 23:18, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 50 edits in total have now been made by the bot for this task. The  Helpful  One  23:32, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Usprimary1996CA-ai&diff=next&oldid=484771313 ? Josh Parris 03:49, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * A good question! The bot went off the list provided at the TfD nomination which is the same as Special:PrefixIndex/Template:Usprimary. It appears that Template:Usprimary1996CA-aip redirects to Template:Usprimary1996CA-ai, and AWB was set to follow the redirect. I've disabled follow redirects in my settings file for this task, and as such, the problem should not occur. Thanks for spotting this. The  Helpful  One  09:43, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

for one-off, requested tasks. Trusted botop, non-controversial previously approved task. — HELL KNOWZ  ▎TALK 09:50, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


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