Operator: Bsoyka ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 05:11, Sunday, February 27, 2022 ( UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available:
github
Function overview: Fix CS1 errors due to PMC formatting
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): Running over the category once daily
Estimated number of pages affected: ~10-30 per day perhaps
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No
Function details: This finds the regex \| *pmc *= *pmc
and replaces it with |pmc=
for each article in
Category:CS1 maint: PMC format. Some examples:
[1]
[2]
[3]
Just commenting for curiosity, as of 13:51, 27 February 2022 (UTC) there are 3 pages in that category. "Live" count is 17. Primefac ( talk) 13:51, 27 February 2022 (UTC) reply
We need to acknowledge during the BRFA that for most readers, this will be a cosmetic change, since it removes a normally hidden error message and a hidden category. I support the task, and bots are allowed to make cosmetic change with BRFA approval, but editors sometimes object to bot edits even after an approved BRFA because they don't see a change in the rendered page. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 14:33, 27 February 2022 (UTC) reply
Script warning: One or more {{cite journal}} templates have maintenance messages; messages may be hidden (help).
I find such preview warnings for "cosmetic" issues to be quite annoying, and would be happy to have bots making them go away. Human gnomes are swamped and don't have time for messing around making edits like this. Could a bot clean out
Category:CS1 maint: url-status too?
wbm1058 (
talk) 01:44, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
reply
{{ BAG assistance needed}} No activity in over a week. — {{u| Bsoyka}} talk 17:02, 7 March 2022 (UTC) reply
Now searching using the regex \| *pmc *= *pmc
to catch cases with spaces — {{u|
Bsoyka}}
talk 04:07, 9 March 2022 (UTC), edited 16:20, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
reply
Approved for trial (50 edits or 14 days, whichever happens first). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. This is assuming a single daily run. Primefac ( talk) 13:12, 13 March 2022 (UTC) reply
|pmc=
, it cleans up after the visual editor and other tools that inserted the less-than-ideal |pmc=
parameter in the first place.
Headbomb {
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b} 22:01, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
reply
Given that this is a duplication of efforts already done by Citation bot, as Headbomb confirms and I can verify, I am going to go ahead and mark this as Denied. I do, however, thank Bsoyka for their efforts and apologize for being the "bearer of bad news" on this task. I hope that Bsoyka isn't discouraged from filing non-duplicate tasks in the future. For the record, this bot worked as expected, just is duplicating efforts of an existing bot and thus is denied. -- TheSandDoctor Talk 17:48, 3 April 2022 (UTC) reply
Operator: Bsoyka ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 05:11, Sunday, February 27, 2022 ( UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available:
github
Function overview: Fix CS1 errors due to PMC formatting
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): Running over the category once daily
Estimated number of pages affected: ~10-30 per day perhaps
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No
Function details: This finds the regex \| *pmc *= *pmc
and replaces it with |pmc=
for each article in
Category:CS1 maint: PMC format. Some examples:
[1]
[2]
[3]
Just commenting for curiosity, as of 13:51, 27 February 2022 (UTC) there are 3 pages in that category. "Live" count is 17. Primefac ( talk) 13:51, 27 February 2022 (UTC) reply
We need to acknowledge during the BRFA that for most readers, this will be a cosmetic change, since it removes a normally hidden error message and a hidden category. I support the task, and bots are allowed to make cosmetic change with BRFA approval, but editors sometimes object to bot edits even after an approved BRFA because they don't see a change in the rendered page. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 14:33, 27 February 2022 (UTC) reply
Script warning: One or more {{cite journal}} templates have maintenance messages; messages may be hidden (help).
I find such preview warnings for "cosmetic" issues to be quite annoying, and would be happy to have bots making them go away. Human gnomes are swamped and don't have time for messing around making edits like this. Could a bot clean out
Category:CS1 maint: url-status too?
wbm1058 (
talk) 01:44, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
reply
{{ BAG assistance needed}} No activity in over a week. — {{u| Bsoyka}} talk 17:02, 7 March 2022 (UTC) reply
Now searching using the regex \| *pmc *= *pmc
to catch cases with spaces — {{u|
Bsoyka}}
talk 04:07, 9 March 2022 (UTC), edited 16:20, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
reply
Approved for trial (50 edits or 14 days, whichever happens first). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. This is assuming a single daily run. Primefac ( talk) 13:12, 13 March 2022 (UTC) reply
|pmc=
, it cleans up after the visual editor and other tools that inserted the less-than-ideal |pmc=
parameter in the first place.
Headbomb {
t ·
c ·
p ·
b} 22:01, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
reply
Given that this is a duplication of efforts already done by Citation bot, as Headbomb confirms and I can verify, I am going to go ahead and mark this as Denied. I do, however, thank Bsoyka for their efforts and apologize for being the "bearer of bad news" on this task. I hope that Bsoyka isn't discouraged from filing non-duplicate tasks in the future. For the record, this bot worked as expected, just is duplicating efforts of an existing bot and thus is denied. -- TheSandDoctor Talk 17:48, 3 April 2022 (UTC) reply