Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 34

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Approved.

BattyBot 34

Operator: GoingBatty (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 11:56, Sunday August 3, 2014 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Add {{WikiProject Disambiguation}} to existing talk pages for all disambiguation pages

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 61#WikiProject Disambiguation
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disambiguation#Archive 37/Tagging more talk pages (simply pointed people to the above conversation)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation#Templates (presuming this is current consensus)

Edit period(s): One big run, may run in the future

Estimated number of pages affected: hundreds

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No):

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No):

Function details: Add {{WikiProject Disambiguation}} only to existing talk pages for all disambiguation pages, as defined at Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation#Templates. Per the instructions at that page, this bot will NOT create talk pages that have no discussion.

Discussion

I'm not worried about BattyBot being able to technically complete this, however I'm not yet satisfied that there is community consensus that this task should be performed. Magioladitis, as you were already involved in some of the linked discussions, please check in here. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:13, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reseach note, this template appears to be transcluded heavily already, in 200,000+ pages. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:15, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GoingBatty, xaosflux I am a member of this project since 2006. I do not really think that the project will benefit if we tag thousands of pages. We have other ways to spot which pages are in the scope of the project. But there is something more importance: Tagging should be requested by members of the project to ensure that the tagging enjoys consensus. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:37, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please avoid argument from authority (but if you insist: I have been working on disambiguation articles since 2003). Placing the template on talk pages informs other editors of where they can go with questions about disambiguation matters. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:45, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I did not mean to do that. I am sorry if it sounded like that. I meant that I do not recall any discussion in favour of this request. If anything, the matter should be first agreed in the WikiProject's talk page and then come here. See you in London! I 'll be there in a few hours. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:42, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GoingBatty what was the result of the discussion? Should I close this one? -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:49, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Magioladitis: While there are several different opinions expressed at Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 61#WikiProject Disambiguation, my perception is that Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation#Templates is still consensus, and that this bot request falls within that consensus. Thanks for asking! GoingBatty (talk) 02:39, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GoingBatty does that mean adding the banner to already existent pages and not to new pages? -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:16, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Magioladitis: Yes, this bot would NOT create talk pages. It would only add the banner to existing pages. GoingBatty (talk) 15:08, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. I also started Yobot to assist. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:38, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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