Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ZackBot 2


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ZackBot 2
Operator:

Time filed: 17:54, Monday, November 21, 2016 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Ruby

Source code available: User:ZackBot/nfl cleanup

Function overview: Remove deprecated and unused parameters from Infobox NFL player occurrences per Category:Infobox NFL player with debut/final parameters

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): One time run.

Estimated number of pages affected: All pages in Category:Infobox NFL player with debut/final parameters which currently is 6,388.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No. There is no reason for pages to continue to have these parameters.

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Currently has another bot RFA in progress but at the moment it has not been approved. Bots/Requests for approval/ZackBot

Function details: Goes through and removes the listed deprecated parameters from all occurrences of Infobox NFL player. These params are no longer supported by the template.


 * debutteam=
 * debutyear=
 * finalteam=
 * finalyear=
 * coachdebutteam=
 * coachdebutyear=
 * coachfinalteam=
 * coachfinalyear=

-- Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 17:54, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Discussion

 * This bot appears to have edited since this BRFA was filed. Bots may not edit outside their own or their operator's userspace unless approved or approved for trial. AnomieBOT ⚡ 19:54, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * This bot is currently blocked, may be unblocked if this moves to trial or upon operator assurance that the bot policy will be followed. — xaosflux  Talk 22:02, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Response: Please read my full discussion with on my talk page HERE. In short, I made a really dumb and rookie mistake... Since I was not used to working with 2 accounts, I forgot to switch back to my regular account  before making edits to articles. All the edits on November 20 (see: Special:Contributions/ZackBot) were made via the browser without the use of a script... I was just logged in on the wrong account. This was the reason for the block. It was 100% unintentional and I do appologize for the mistake. I hope that it will not negatively affect the BRFA and am looking to take steps to fix the mistake. -- Zackmann08  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 22:47, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Unblocked. — xaosflux  Talk 23:28, 21 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Please post your results here after the trial. — xaosflux  Talk 14:44, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Trial ran, see the results: Special:Contributions/ZackBot
 * Bug was found with . Need to account for the cases where the template doesn't have new lines after each param.
 * Will work on a solution for said bug and will post when I have a solution.-- Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 17:19, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I am now seeing that there are multiple deprecated params in the NFL template. Rather than making 5 separate bots, I'm going to attack this all at once. -- Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 21:13, 23 November 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA.