Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/GimmeBot 3

The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Approved.

GimmeBot

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Operator: User:Gimmetrow

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): Python

Function Summary: Removing, adding, or renaming templates

Edit period(s): as needed

Edit rate requested: 6 edits per minute

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

Function Details: The bot was originally designed to work with multiple FA, GA and PR-related templates, which required procedures to handle templates in general. The code library can handle various template-related tasks, such as removing templates, adding templates, adding new parameters to existing templates, or renaming templates. The bot currently removes unapproved uses of the "featured article" star from articles, and was able to remove instances of a deleted template. The code could be used to remove templates after TfD, or to add wikiproject templates. I would probably do any additions of templates or parameters with supervised approval of each edit to avoid adding multiple templates. Removing templates is (generally) straightforward and could probably run automatically.

Discussion

Approved for trial. Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Make 50 or so edits in all of the proposed tasks and report back with diffs. —METS501 (talk) 01:22, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Would you be interested in also removing class=FA params from talk pages where the article isn't an FA? --kingboyk 13:11, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I scanned CAT:FA-Class and there can't be more than a handful that aren't FA or FL. Gimmetrow 14:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

• Template removal example is mentioned above. Gimmetrow 19:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
• Example renaming parameters; also removing template redirect if making edit: Gimmetrow 16:13, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
  • After fixing a typo, a set of 60 edits. Gimmetrow 17:21, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay. It all looks good.  Approved. —METS501 (talk) 18:22, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

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