Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 53


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Yobot 53
Operator:

Time filed: 11:38, Friday, March 17, 2017 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available:

Function overview: Template and category updates

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 21

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected:

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: Using AWB, Yobot will run to:


 * Substitute/add/remove/replace templates
 * Add/remove/replace categories
 * Add/remove/update parameters to templates

Following closed TfDs, CfDs an MfDs

AWB's general fixes will be done in addition to the main task.

Discussion
There is not really enough detail in this request for me to know what will be done. Moreover, there are already bots that handle CFD and TFD, so it isn't clear why Yobot in particular needs to be doing this as well. I would prefer to allow the current bots that handle TFD and CFD to continue doing so.

Secondarily, it isn't clear why general fixes should be run at the same time. General fixes were designed for manual review, and when applied to numerous pages automatically they have a history of causing problems. &mdash; Carl (CBM · talk) 12:18, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

The bot will follow the instructions of the xFd. It can do rename/upmerge etc. It's better than Cydebot because it won't create duplicate categories. It will also run many tasks that there is consensus to be run as secondary tasks (i.e. general fixes). -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:12, 22 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Is there any possibility of this bot conflicting with the current bot? SQL Query me!  19:14, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * ((OperatorAssistanceNeeded|D)) SQL Query me!  03:52, 22 May 2017 (UTC)


 * No. It's not. I 've been doing it for years with no problems at all. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:50, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

-- Magioladitis (talk) 17:06, 22 August 2017 (UTC)


 * — xaosflux  Talk 18:56, 12 December 2017 (UTC)


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