Operator: Dr vulpes ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 06:06, Thursday, December 21, 2023 ( UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic
Programming language(s): AWB
Source code available: AWB
Function overview: Fix links with two brackets to external source. WP:CHECKWIKI Error #86 ( External link with two brackets)
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PkbwcgsBot 9
Edit period(s): Daily
Estimated number of pages affected: 100 to 200 a week (according to previous WP:BRFA)
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: With PkbwcgsBot not being online since 2020 my goal is to pick up this task. This is admittedly a minor task with a low number of pages popping up each week. I felt it was better to offset this to the bot to run at least once a week instead of just doing it on my personal account and clogging up my edit history.
The bot will use AWB to fix error 86 (External link with two brackets). The bot is going to remove the double brackets around the link and apply general fixes.
I am of two minds here. On the one hand this is taking over an already-approved bot task. On the other hand, the error count for #86 is currently 17, indicating that this might not be as "big" of an issue as it was three years ago. I'm not necessarily opposed to sending this to trial, but if it's only going to be making a handful of edits every once in a while it seems like it's more useful to do manually or with an AWB-specific account (if "clogging my edit history" is really that much of a concern). Primefac ( talk) 08:27, 31 December 2023 (UTC) reply
Operator: Dr vulpes ( talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 06:06, Thursday, December 21, 2023 ( UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic
Programming language(s): AWB
Source code available: AWB
Function overview: Fix links with two brackets to external source. WP:CHECKWIKI Error #86 ( External link with two brackets)
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PkbwcgsBot 9
Edit period(s): Daily
Estimated number of pages affected: 100 to 200 a week (according to previous WP:BRFA)
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: With PkbwcgsBot not being online since 2020 my goal is to pick up this task. This is admittedly a minor task with a low number of pages popping up each week. I felt it was better to offset this to the bot to run at least once a week instead of just doing it on my personal account and clogging up my edit history.
The bot will use AWB to fix error 86 (External link with two brackets). The bot is going to remove the double brackets around the link and apply general fixes.
I am of two minds here. On the one hand this is taking over an already-approved bot task. On the other hand, the error count for #86 is currently 17, indicating that this might not be as "big" of an issue as it was three years ago. I'm not necessarily opposed to sending this to trial, but if it's only going to be making a handful of edits every once in a while it seems like it's more useful to do manually or with an AWB-specific account (if "clogging my edit history" is really that much of a concern). Primefac ( talk) 08:27, 31 December 2023 (UTC) reply