Operator: Wbm1058 ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 14:02, Friday, January 30, 2015 ( UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser
Source code available: AWB
Function overview: Substitute a template, when called for at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell § To substitute. The current task I wish to automate is to substitute {{ Infobox university chancellor}}, but as you can see, there are/will be other template substitution tasks, and I would like blanket approval to do any task listed at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell § To substitute in the future.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): As needed
Estimated number of pages affected: Varies, the current task to subst:Infobox university chancellor affects 480 pages
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: The source for "make list" is "What transcludes page" <the template to be substituted>, in this case Template:Infobox university chancellor. "Find & Replace" "{{<template name>" with "{{subst:<template name>" – in this case ""{{Infobox university chancellor" with "{{subst:Infobox university chancellor". I've already set this up and done it manually for a few of these to confirm it's working correctly. At this point, I would like to save my settings, then log into my bot account and use the saved settings to automate the updating of these 480 pages.
It seems that you could also use the functionality at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Template redirects to do this task. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC) reply
I would like Frietjes opinion on this task. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 01:21, 12 February 2015 (UTC) reply
Well now I am having second thoughts about this. Personally I don't think having a "wrapper" template for this purpose is a bad idea. I was just wanting to help clear a backlog, and it looked like this had already been vetted. Now I look back at the pages where I substituted the template to test, and see a problem that I didn't catch:
It appears AWB is not well suited to this task" Wbm1058 ( talk) 16:04, 12 February 2015 (UTC) reply
Withdrawn by operator.
Wbm1058 (
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21:08, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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Operator: Wbm1058 ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 14:02, Friday, January 30, 2015 ( UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser
Source code available: AWB
Function overview: Substitute a template, when called for at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell § To substitute. The current task I wish to automate is to substitute {{ Infobox university chancellor}}, but as you can see, there are/will be other template substitution tasks, and I would like blanket approval to do any task listed at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell § To substitute in the future.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): As needed
Estimated number of pages affected: Varies, the current task to subst:Infobox university chancellor affects 480 pages
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: The source for "make list" is "What transcludes page" <the template to be substituted>, in this case Template:Infobox university chancellor. "Find & Replace" "{{<template name>" with "{{subst:<template name>" – in this case ""{{Infobox university chancellor" with "{{subst:Infobox university chancellor". I've already set this up and done it manually for a few of these to confirm it's working correctly. At this point, I would like to save my settings, then log into my bot account and use the saved settings to automate the updating of these 480 pages.
It seems that you could also use the functionality at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Template redirects to do this task. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC) reply
I would like Frietjes opinion on this task. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 01:21, 12 February 2015 (UTC) reply
Well now I am having second thoughts about this. Personally I don't think having a "wrapper" template for this purpose is a bad idea. I was just wanting to help clear a backlog, and it looked like this had already been vetted. Now I look back at the pages where I substituted the template to test, and see a problem that I didn't catch:
It appears AWB is not well suited to this task" Wbm1058 ( talk) 16:04, 12 February 2015 (UTC) reply
Withdrawn by operator.
Wbm1058 (
talk)
21:08, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
reply