Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually started and supervised when running, performs edits automatically.
Programming Language(s): Uses Wikipedia:AWB with autosave function
Function Overview: Replaces transclusions of unprotected template redirects to protected
Wikipedia:HRT with transclusions of the protected templates. Also performs template replacement, substitution, and other template maintenance if authorized by consensus at
Wikipedia:TFD or other community discussions.
Edit period(s): continuous, as needed
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N
Function Details: Wikipedia currently has many templates, such as
Template:WPBIO, which are unprotected redirects to protected
Wikipedia:HRT, such as
Template:WPBiography. Extensive use of these redirects can turn the redirects themselves into
Wikipedia:HRT which could allow every page on which they are transcluded to be vandalized simultaneously. While the redirects could also be protected, the proliferation of protected pages is discouraged by
Wikipedia:PROT which seeks to limit page protection to those situations in which it is absolutely necessary. This bot would replace transclusions of unprotected template redirects with transclusions of the protected
Wikipedia:HRT, eliminating the danger posed by the unprotected redirects. Specific text replacements would be manually entered into
Wikipedia:AWB, which would perform them automatically using the autosave function available for approved bots, subject to operator supervision at all times when running. Many
Wikipedia:TFD discussions are closed with outcomes to substitute or replace all instances of a template. On occasion, community discussions elsewhere authorize the same action. When such template maintenance could be performed by text replacements or substitutions available in
Wikipedia:AWB, this bot would be used for the purpose, also subject to operator supervision when running.
This seems to be based on a rather strange interpretation of the protection policy. The templates themselves are already protected, I don't see why it would matter if the redirects are too. I can't imagine someone raising a fuss over it. If there are lots redirects that are only used a handful of times, these could probably be migrated and deleted, but making thousands of edits that result in no noticeable change to avoid having to protect a single redirect seems rather silly and inefficient. As for the other tasks, I'm rather wary to give such wide approval - "other template maintenance" - especially to a new user. As far as I know we have no shortage of bots to do template work. Mr. Z-man 20:44, 3 February 2009 (UTC) reply
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually started and supervised when running, performs edits automatically.
Programming Language(s): Uses Wikipedia:AWB with autosave function
Function Overview: Replaces transclusions of unprotected template redirects to protected
Wikipedia:HRT with transclusions of the protected templates. Also performs template replacement, substitution, and other template maintenance if authorized by consensus at
Wikipedia:TFD or other community discussions.
Edit period(s): continuous, as needed
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N
Function Details: Wikipedia currently has many templates, such as
Template:WPBIO, which are unprotected redirects to protected
Wikipedia:HRT, such as
Template:WPBiography. Extensive use of these redirects can turn the redirects themselves into
Wikipedia:HRT which could allow every page on which they are transcluded to be vandalized simultaneously. While the redirects could also be protected, the proliferation of protected pages is discouraged by
Wikipedia:PROT which seeks to limit page protection to those situations in which it is absolutely necessary. This bot would replace transclusions of unprotected template redirects with transclusions of the protected
Wikipedia:HRT, eliminating the danger posed by the unprotected redirects. Specific text replacements would be manually entered into
Wikipedia:AWB, which would perform them automatically using the autosave function available for approved bots, subject to operator supervision at all times when running. Many
Wikipedia:TFD discussions are closed with outcomes to substitute or replace all instances of a template. On occasion, community discussions elsewhere authorize the same action. When such template maintenance could be performed by text replacements or substitutions available in
Wikipedia:AWB, this bot would be used for the purpose, also subject to operator supervision when running.
This seems to be based on a rather strange interpretation of the protection policy. The templates themselves are already protected, I don't see why it would matter if the redirects are too. I can't imagine someone raising a fuss over it. If there are lots redirects that are only used a handful of times, these could probably be migrated and deleted, but making thousands of edits that result in no noticeable change to avoid having to protect a single redirect seems rather silly and inefficient. As for the other tasks, I'm rather wary to give such wide approval - "other template maintenance" - especially to a new user. As far as I know we have no shortage of bots to do template work. Mr. Z-man 20:44, 3 February 2009 (UTC) reply