Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Theo's Little Bot 12


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Theo's Little Bot 12
Operator:

Time filed: 11:29, Friday May 10, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python + mwclient

Source code available: on github

Function overview: Removes links to 'playerhistory.com' and 'soccerdatabase.eu' per request and community discussion

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): ANI thread, resulting BOTREQ

Edit period(s): One time run

Estimated number of pages affected: ?

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

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

Function details: Uses exturlusage in API to get a list of pages to process, then uses regex to remove...
 * references including a link to the given site
 * lines in an external link list including solely that link
 * other random uses of that link (i.e., run of the mill [ghdjd.daa fjd])

Discussion
 ·Add§hore·  Talk To Me! 13:24, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 *  Theopolisme ( talk )  21:28, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Some specific examples: removing an entire reference, removing an external link in a list  Theopolisme ( talk )  16:02, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
 *  MBisanz  talk 04:18, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
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