Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 70

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Approved.

BattyBot 70

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

Time filed: 19:18, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 (UTC)

Function overview: Remove WikiProject |needs-infobox= parameters from talk pages where the article has an infobox

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available: AWB

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Category:Wikipedia infobox backlog - articles needing infoboxes

Edit period(s): Monthly

Estimated number of pages affected: Hundreds

Namespace(s): Article talk pages

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: The goal of this bot task is to reduce the number of talk pages in Category:Wikipedia infobox backlog by removing the WikiProject |needs-infobox= parameters if the associated article contains an infobox (e.g. this edit). The bot will achieve this in the following manner:

Load a list of talk pages from a subset of subcategories of Category:Wikipedia infobox backlog
Convert the list of talk pages to articles
Preparse the list to skip those articles that do not contain an infobox
Convert the list of articles back to talk pages
Load the module User:Magioladitis/WikiProjects to convert redirects to WikiProject templates
Run the job to remove WikiProject |needs-infobox= parameters and also general fixes

Thank you for your consideration. GoingBatty (talk) 19:18, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

There is a possibilty that some Wikiprojects would like to see a specific infobox. Example, the bio articles of WP:Football articles would like "infobox footballer", here is a bad example of incorrect usage of infobox person. Not a mojor thing to consider though. Pelmeen10 (talk) 20:28, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Pelmeen10: One could use their watchlist to monitor a category (e.g. Category:Football articles needing infoboxes) to see which pages were removed from the category by the bot. GoingBatty (talk) 03:57, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I don't know how to use a watchlist to monitor a category unless i have the pages added to my watchlist. Pelmeen10 (talk) 04:07, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Pelmeen10: You would add the category to your watchlist, and then change the filters to "Changes by others", "Bot", and "Category changes". GoingBatty (talk) 04:47, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks! Pelmeen10 (talk) 12:37, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Primefac (talk) 10:34, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Primefac:

Trial complete. See these 50 edits. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 04:06, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

{{BAG assistance needed}} GoingBatty (talk) 21:42, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. Primefac (talk) 13:37, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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