Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AdambroBot

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Operator: Adambro

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, supervised

Programming Language(s): AWB

Function Summary: Rename parameters in articles transcluding Template:Infobox UK station to remove duplicated parameters to simplify template and aid maintenance. Also change transclusions to call template as Infobox UK station instead of one of the redirects from obsolete templates.

Edit period(s): one time run, approval will be requested for any future tasks

Edit rate requested: 5 edits per minute

Already has a bot flag:N

Function Details: Run through all transclusions of Template:Infobox UK station and perform the changes as shown below. Any additional tasks in the future will be requested through "Requests to add a task to an already-approved bot". Tasks:

• exits0405 → usage0405
• lowexits0405 → lowusage0405

These two fields are identical, the intention is to move all articles over to 'usage' which is a better description of the data. This will allow the template to be simplified and so make it easier to maintain.

This change would require in the region of 1749 edits. Also, change call to include "Infobox UK station" directly instead of going through a redirect as some do currently. This would be the following tasks:

• UK stations → Infobox UK station
• UK stations PTE → Infobox UK station

Discussion

Seems pretty easy. Regarding the second task, WP:RDR says Don't fix links to redirects that aren't broken, so I would say to only correct the template name if you're changing one of the parameters as well, otherwise don't bother. ST47Talk 15:55, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Indeed - if the template is working through the redirect, then it's best not to change the call unless you're changing a parameter, as ST47 says. As long as you follow this request, I'm happy to approve you for a trial of no more than 50 edits. Be sure to keep the edit rate below 2 per minute. Approved for trial. Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Martinp23 17:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Is this bot performing the same task as [1] (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/GimmeBot 3)? ST47Talk 18:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

According to User talk:Adambro, that bot was doing a limited set of about 70. Martinp23 18:33, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

On that note, everything looks good in the trial. Any feedback from the bot operator before I approve? Martinp23 18:35, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

GimmeBot was doing a few earlier to help me out. User who operates it was looking for something to test it on but this isn't its intended task.

I've completed a trial run of 50 edits and checked the diffs of each one (list). No problems encountered. Adambro 18:37, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Looks fine to me as well, let's go! ST47Talk 18:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

 Approved. Keep the edit rate below 2-3 per minute until the bot is flagged. Martinp23 18:50, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

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