Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Xenobot Mk V 2


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Xenobot Mk V 2
Operator: –xenotalk contribs

Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: On request

Function overview: Add WikiProjectBannerShell when four or more banners are present

Links to relevant discussions: Prior approval of same task

Edit period(s): Occasionally

Estimated number of pages affected: Many

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

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

Function details:

The bot will look for talk pages that have at least one ==header== along with four or more WikiProject banners without a shell, add WikiProjectBannerShell (with the requisite activepol or blp=yes where required).

Note that the bot is already doing this en passent during WikiProject tagging.

Here are some sample edits using the latest codebase.

Discussion
Is this genfixes? If so, are you planning to disable changes like this (due to the lack of human review)? --MZMcBride (talk) 02:30, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The gen fixes that occur on talk pages are quite innocuous. They are noted automatically in the edit summary, so human review is possible if there was an issue with any of them. – xeno talk 02:43, 12 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Support the task. But I think adding yes to WikiProjectBannerShell is neater than using WikiProjectBanners. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:57, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Either way is fine with me. To be honest, I don't think I'll come across many that have 8 banners without a shell... – xeno talk 16:45, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I see the 1= missing this will cause blp banner not to appear and probably Plugin++ to crash while processing pages. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:13, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I will add the 1=, but the blp=yes seems to work all the same? (Plugin++ does hang, but that seems to be more related to this)  – xeno talk  16:45, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I support the task. I suggest that you change in "Wikiproject..." most (or all) of the wikiproject banners. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:55, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, not quite sure what you mean -- did you mean to bypass the redirects to the standard WikiProject Foo form? – xeno talk 16:58, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. For example WPE to WikiProject England, etc. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:00, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes yes yes yes!! And do it on all pages, not only those with headers. No need to hold back. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 16:38, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Cool  Tim  1357  talk  03:50, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 60 edits. Note this was operator error. – xeno talk  16:56, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

It appears all is in order. Josh Parris 07:25, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
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