Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bulwersator: bot

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Request Expired.

Bulwersator: bot

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

Time filed: 17:43, Wednesday May 16, 2012 (UTC)

Automatic

Programming language(s): ruby

Source code available: on request (code is trivial)

Function overview: removal of cleanup template from articles where it is impossible to check why it was placed

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template_talk:Cleanup/Archive_6#Should_the_reason_parameter_be_made_mandatory

Edit period(s): one big run + continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: Probably more than 2000 and less than 5000 in the first run (upper bound is 23 000)

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): why not

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): no (bot flag on plwiki)

Function details:

Removal Template:Cleanup without specified reason from articles where

talk page is without comments (except bot-generated like messages from User:BetacommandBot)
cleanup template is not followed by comment
article is without Template:bots

Discussion

Note: today I was doing this manually, based on list generated by a bot. As it is quite botish type of edits I hope that I can do it using a bot Bulwersator (talk) 17:43, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The consensus to make field mandatory is clear (thus new templates should have it or be removed/replaced eventually). The consensus of what to do with existing tags is not; making field mandatory from now on does not imply removal of old instances. So to clarify -- which case does this task affect -- i.e. all templates, or templates placed after April 5, 2012? Besides, I see strong indication that editor prefer notifying users first. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 11:04, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

all templates Bulwersator (talk) 11:10, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In that case you will have to show consensus to remove the templates by bot that were added prior to the discussion. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 11:18, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK Bulwersator (talk) 12:01, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template_talk:Cleanup#Removing_cleanup_without_specified_reason_.28articles_without_useful_talk_page.29 (started, for now without replies) Bulwersator (talk) 14:17, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion establishes consensus to remove tags added after the change to the template, given that the contributors who tagged the articles will be informed. Is this task going to be restricted to these new tags, and if so, how? (Using the date parameter? By identifying the edit that added the tag?) How are the contributors who tagged the articles going to be determined? Can you provide access to the source code as you stated in your request? I can think of a few ways that I would do this myself, but none of them are particularly trivial. — madman 22:25, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A user has requested the attention of the operator. Once the operator has seen this message and replied, please deactivate this tag. (user notified) Any news? — The Earwig ^(talk) 22:48, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Request Expired. – No response from operator to questions asked over a month ago. — madman 04:11, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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