Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 70
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Operator: GoingBatty (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 19:18, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 (UTC)
Function overview: Remove WikiProject |needs-infobox=
parameters from talk pages where the article has an infobox
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser
Source code available: AWB
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Category:Wikipedia infobox backlog - articles needing infoboxes
Edit period(s): Monthly
Estimated number of pages affected: Hundreds
Namespace(s): Article talk pages
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: The goal of this bot task is to reduce the number of talk pages in Category:Wikipedia infobox backlog by removing the WikiProject |needs-infobox=
parameters if the associated article contains an infobox (e.g. this edit). The bot will achieve this in the following manner:
- Load a list of talk pages from a subset of subcategories of Category:Wikipedia infobox backlog
- Convert the list of talk pages to articles
- Preparse the list to skip those articles that do not contain an infobox
- Convert the list of articles back to talk pages
- Load the module User:Magioladitis/WikiProjects to convert redirects to WikiProject templates
- Run the job to remove WikiProject
|needs-infobox=
parameters and also general fixes
Thank you for your consideration. GoingBatty (talk) 19:18, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion
[edit]There is a possibilty that some Wikiprojects would like to see a specific infobox. Example, the bio articles of WP:Football articles would like "infobox footballer", here is a bad example of incorrect usage of infobox person. Not a mojor thing to consider though. Pelmeen10 (talk) 20:28, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Pelmeen10: One could use their watchlist to monitor a category (e.g. Category:Football articles needing infoboxes) to see which pages were removed from the category by the bot. GoingBatty (talk) 03:57, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry I don't know how to use a watchlist to monitor a category unless i have the pages added to my watchlist. Pelmeen10 (talk) 04:07, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Pelmeen10: You would add the category to your watchlist, and then change the filters to "Changes by others", "Bot", and "Category changes". GoingBatty (talk) 04:47, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay, thanks! Pelmeen10 (talk) 12:37, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Pelmeen10: You would add the category to your watchlist, and then change the filters to "Changes by others", "Bot", and "Category changes". GoingBatty (talk) 04:47, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry I don't know how to use a watchlist to monitor a category unless i have the pages added to my watchlist. Pelmeen10 (talk) 04:07, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Primefac (talk) 10:34, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Primefac:
Trial complete. See these 50 edits. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 04:06, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- {{BAG assistance needed}} GoingBatty (talk) 21:42, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Approved. Primefac (talk) 13:37, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- {{BAG assistance needed}} GoingBatty (talk) 21:42, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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