Operator: Pkbwcgs ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 20:27, Saturday, December 15, 2018 ( UTC)
Function overview: This is an extension to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PkbwcgsBot 5 and I will clean out Category:Pages using ISBN magic links and Category:Pages using PMID magic links.
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): AWB
Source code available: AWB
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): This RfC
Edit period(s): ISBNs will be once a fortnight and PMIDs will be once a month.
Estimated number of pages affected: 300-500 pages per run (ISBNs) and 50-100 pages per run (PMIDs)
Namespace(s): Most namespaces (Mainspace, Article Talkspace, Filespace, Draftspace, Wikipedia namespace (most pages), Userspace and Portalspace)
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: The bot will replace ISBN magic links with templates. For example, ISBN 978-94-6167-229-2
will be replaced with {{ISBN|978-94-6167-229-2}}
. In
task 5, it fixes incorrect ISBN syntax and replaces the magic link with the template after that. This task only replaces the ISBN magic link with the template using RegEx.
Working in article space only? – Jonesey95 ( talk) 23:48, 15 December 2018 (UTC) reply
We don't generally approve bots for non-mainspace unless there is a specific problem. Especially without a discussion or consensus. In short, the problem with non-mainspace namespaces is that there is no expectation that article policies or guidelines should apply or are even necessary. Userspace is definitely not a place for bots to run without opt-in. You also cannot automatically work on talk pages with a task like this -- users can easily be discussing syntax and no bot should be changing their comments. The discussion may very well be archived. Same goes with Wikipedia and there are many guideline and help and project pages where such a change may not be desired. Draft, File and Portal seem fine. To sum up, we either need community consensus for running tasks in other namespaces or bot operator assurance (proof) that there are minimal to none incorrect/undesirable edits. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 21:45, 16 December 2018 (UTC) reply
Approved. Note that is is only for ISBNs per the discussion above. Primefac ( talk) 20:41, 27 April 2019 (UTC) reply
Operator: Pkbwcgs ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 20:27, Saturday, December 15, 2018 ( UTC)
Function overview: This is an extension to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PkbwcgsBot 5 and I will clean out Category:Pages using ISBN magic links and Category:Pages using PMID magic links.
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): AWB
Source code available: AWB
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): This RfC
Edit period(s): ISBNs will be once a fortnight and PMIDs will be once a month.
Estimated number of pages affected: 300-500 pages per run (ISBNs) and 50-100 pages per run (PMIDs)
Namespace(s): Most namespaces (Mainspace, Article Talkspace, Filespace, Draftspace, Wikipedia namespace (most pages), Userspace and Portalspace)
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: The bot will replace ISBN magic links with templates. For example, ISBN 978-94-6167-229-2
will be replaced with {{ISBN|978-94-6167-229-2}}
. In
task 5, it fixes incorrect ISBN syntax and replaces the magic link with the template after that. This task only replaces the ISBN magic link with the template using RegEx.
Working in article space only? – Jonesey95 ( talk) 23:48, 15 December 2018 (UTC) reply
We don't generally approve bots for non-mainspace unless there is a specific problem. Especially without a discussion or consensus. In short, the problem with non-mainspace namespaces is that there is no expectation that article policies or guidelines should apply or are even necessary. Userspace is definitely not a place for bots to run without opt-in. You also cannot automatically work on talk pages with a task like this -- users can easily be discussing syntax and no bot should be changing their comments. The discussion may very well be archived. Same goes with Wikipedia and there are many guideline and help and project pages where such a change may not be desired. Draft, File and Portal seem fine. To sum up, we either need community consensus for running tasks in other namespaces or bot operator assurance (proof) that there are minimal to none incorrect/undesirable edits. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 21:45, 16 December 2018 (UTC) reply
Approved. Note that is is only for ISBNs per the discussion above. Primefac ( talk) 20:41, 27 April 2019 (UTC) reply