Operator: Magioladitis ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 11:53, Tuesday, November 24, 2015 ( UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): AWB
Source code available: If requested
Function overview: Fix WikiProject banners with deprecated or invalid parameters found in Category:Deprecated parameters
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): Daily
Estimated number of pages affected: 2,000 in first run. Less than 10 per day after that.
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Adminbot (Yes/No): No
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: Bot to empty
I already have approval for the last two categories. It can be found at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 17. This is an extension of this task to other WikiProject banners. I already have been doing this using AWB from main account. I was asked to use my bot account. As before the bot will also align the talk pages per WP:TPL ( WP:GENFIXES#Talk page general fixes). In order genfixes to run in optimal way a custom module is used.
![]() | → User talk:Magioladitis#Stop violating the bot policy |
@ Bgwhite, GoingBatty, Catnip the Elder, and Intgr: to comment if needed. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 11:53, 24 November 2015 (UTC) reply
In here I discuss only talk space edits. I can extend this task if requested but not in this BRFA because I want this to be clean, clear and uncontroversial. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 12:47, 24 November 2015 (UTC) reply
In the US banners for instance this helps because not all states are part of WPUS and people tend to add wrong parameters in the WPUS. Another think is that wrappers are not very appropriate in cases of multiple tasks in a single page. The best way to control this is to keep the banner clean. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 22:54, 24 November 2015 (UTC) reply
@
Magioladitis: (1) Is changing template parameters the only thing this task will perform, or do you also plan to enable other AWB cleanups, such as normalizing WikiProject template names? (2) Are {{
WikiProjectBannerShell}} templates without the |1=
parameter included in the deprecated parameters category? --
intgr
[talk]
10:41, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
reply
@ Magioladitis: Thank you for filing this BRFA and working to clean out these maintenance categories. Since people reviewing Yobots edits won't see a category being removed, what edit summary will Yobot use to let people know why it's making these edits? Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 00:46, 26 November 2015 (UTC) reply
The Earwig most of the things described in this task are already done. The last 2 categories are fixed by the same rules via Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 17. The US category is kept almost clean by multiple editors. The request is mainly to help reduce manual editing in favor of bot editing. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 08:25, 28 November 2015 (UTC) reply
One more part of the list above has been approved in the past: Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Kumi-Taskbot. In fact, Yobot is just to perform a take over from a task already done. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 15:00, 29 November 2015 (UTC) reply
Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. — I think it's safe to at least get a good trial run and see what kind of edits end up being made. Changes that deal with adding/removing tracking categories aren't usually considered COSMETIC, but there are probably still concerns that genfixes-only changes will crop up and those might be labeled COSMETIC. Hopefully this will assuage those fears. --
slakr\
talk /
04:17, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
reply
Trial complete..
This edit really shows the usefulness of the task because it revealed
a duplicated tag. I am not sure if I could fix these while converting. I can try though. After the big run, I can check all daily edits manually since there will be no more than 15-20 new pages per day. The full list of 50 trial edits can be found
here. --
Magioladitis (
talk)
05:52, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
reply
intgr Thanks... Btw, #2 and #3 will only be done if #1 is done. This is the original intention of this BRFA. The same way BattyBot does #2 and #3 only when it adds WPBS. The same was done by KumiBot. This is standard practise for AWB bots working on talk pages. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 16:27, 2 December 2015 (UTC) reply
intgr I recall that you complained on the watchlist issue not about the edits themselves. Btw, I added description to the custom module. I hope this helps. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 08:55, 4 December 2015 (UTC) reply
slakr I think it's better I do an extra test run to prove that there will be no mistakes this time. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 00:02, 3 December 2015 (UTC) reply
{{ BAGAssistanceNeeded}} -- 15:57, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. As requested. —
Earwig
talk
06:04, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
reply
Trial complete. I discovered a duplicated tag which
I fixed. An updated script will also fix these in one run.
Full list of 50 edits. I checked every edit and there were no problems. Moreover, I enabled "skip if no replacement" as requested. I discovered one more deprecated template that was not in my list and I added it. --
Magioladitis (
talk)
06:19, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
reply
((BAGAssistanceNeeded)) Test run was flawless and the task was approved in the past for other bots. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 08:30, 11 December 2015 (UTC) reply
Operator: Magioladitis ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 11:53, Tuesday, November 24, 2015 ( UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): AWB
Source code available: If requested
Function overview: Fix WikiProject banners with deprecated or invalid parameters found in Category:Deprecated parameters
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): Daily
Estimated number of pages affected: 2,000 in first run. Less than 10 per day after that.
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Adminbot (Yes/No): No
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: Bot to empty
I already have approval for the last two categories. It can be found at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 17. This is an extension of this task to other WikiProject banners. I already have been doing this using AWB from main account. I was asked to use my bot account. As before the bot will also align the talk pages per WP:TPL ( WP:GENFIXES#Talk page general fixes). In order genfixes to run in optimal way a custom module is used.
![]() | → User talk:Magioladitis#Stop violating the bot policy |
@ Bgwhite, GoingBatty, Catnip the Elder, and Intgr: to comment if needed. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 11:53, 24 November 2015 (UTC) reply
In here I discuss only talk space edits. I can extend this task if requested but not in this BRFA because I want this to be clean, clear and uncontroversial. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 12:47, 24 November 2015 (UTC) reply
In the US banners for instance this helps because not all states are part of WPUS and people tend to add wrong parameters in the WPUS. Another think is that wrappers are not very appropriate in cases of multiple tasks in a single page. The best way to control this is to keep the banner clean. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 22:54, 24 November 2015 (UTC) reply
@
Magioladitis: (1) Is changing template parameters the only thing this task will perform, or do you also plan to enable other AWB cleanups, such as normalizing WikiProject template names? (2) Are {{
WikiProjectBannerShell}} templates without the |1=
parameter included in the deprecated parameters category? --
intgr
[talk]
10:41, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
reply
@ Magioladitis: Thank you for filing this BRFA and working to clean out these maintenance categories. Since people reviewing Yobots edits won't see a category being removed, what edit summary will Yobot use to let people know why it's making these edits? Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 00:46, 26 November 2015 (UTC) reply
The Earwig most of the things described in this task are already done. The last 2 categories are fixed by the same rules via Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 17. The US category is kept almost clean by multiple editors. The request is mainly to help reduce manual editing in favor of bot editing. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 08:25, 28 November 2015 (UTC) reply
One more part of the list above has been approved in the past: Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Kumi-Taskbot. In fact, Yobot is just to perform a take over from a task already done. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 15:00, 29 November 2015 (UTC) reply
Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. — I think it's safe to at least get a good trial run and see what kind of edits end up being made. Changes that deal with adding/removing tracking categories aren't usually considered COSMETIC, but there are probably still concerns that genfixes-only changes will crop up and those might be labeled COSMETIC. Hopefully this will assuage those fears. --
slakr\
talk /
04:17, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
reply
Trial complete..
This edit really shows the usefulness of the task because it revealed
a duplicated tag. I am not sure if I could fix these while converting. I can try though. After the big run, I can check all daily edits manually since there will be no more than 15-20 new pages per day. The full list of 50 trial edits can be found
here. --
Magioladitis (
talk)
05:52, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
reply
intgr Thanks... Btw, #2 and #3 will only be done if #1 is done. This is the original intention of this BRFA. The same way BattyBot does #2 and #3 only when it adds WPBS. The same was done by KumiBot. This is standard practise for AWB bots working on talk pages. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 16:27, 2 December 2015 (UTC) reply
intgr I recall that you complained on the watchlist issue not about the edits themselves. Btw, I added description to the custom module. I hope this helps. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 08:55, 4 December 2015 (UTC) reply
slakr I think it's better I do an extra test run to prove that there will be no mistakes this time. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 00:02, 3 December 2015 (UTC) reply
{{ BAGAssistanceNeeded}} -- 15:57, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. As requested. —
Earwig
talk
06:04, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
reply
Trial complete. I discovered a duplicated tag which
I fixed. An updated script will also fix these in one run.
Full list of 50 edits. I checked every edit and there were no problems. Moreover, I enabled "skip if no replacement" as requested. I discovered one more deprecated template that was not in my list and I added it. --
Magioladitis (
talk)
06:19, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
reply
((BAGAssistanceNeeded)) Test run was flawless and the task was approved in the past for other bots. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 08:30, 11 December 2015 (UTC) reply