Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/NihlusBOT 8

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NihlusBOT 8

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Operator: Nihlus (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 20:50, Monday, October 30, 2017 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Remove templates Template:Marvel Comics characters (A) through Template:Marvel Comics characters (Z) (0-9 has already been done) per a recent TfD

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2017_October_19#Marvel_characters_by_alphabet

Edit period(s): One time run

Estimated number of pages affected: ~700

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: Looking for a speedy if possible as this is straightforward. I would do this with my own AWB, but there are quite a few transclusions. See this edit for an example. It's basically removing all instances of {{Marvel Comics characters \([A-Z]\)}}. Nihlus 20:50, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Discussion

Approved for trial (40 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Do a quick trial to make sure your ducks are in a row. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:10, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Trial complete. @Xaosflux: See here. Only issue was the AWB edit summary limitation at the beginning. Nihlus 01:43, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Speedily Approved. Single-run, simple task. — xaosflux ^Talk 04:10, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

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