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Operator: Usernamekiran (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 23:46, Thursday, December 26, 2024 (UTC)
Function overview: Remove instances of {{FFDC}} which reference files that are no longer being discussed at FfD, similar to FastilyBot 17, with new code.
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): pywikibot
Source code available: will publish at github repo
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): special:permalink/1265443290#Replacing FastilyBot
Edit period(s): weekly
Estimated number of pages affected: around 2-3 per week
Namespace(s): needs to be discussed
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): currently yes, but that can be updated.
Function details: created new code for simplicity/posterity. When listing files at FfD, editors will sometimes add {{FFDC}} to the articles that link the listed files. When FfD discussions are closed, it's common for the closing editor to miss and/or forget to remove {{FFDC}}. This proposed bot task will simply find instances of {{FFDC}} that reference closed/non-existent FfD discussions and remove them. —usernamekiran (talk) 23:46, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Discussion
[edit]- @Explicit: what namespace should I restrict the bot to? currently, the template has been transcluded on a few article talk pages, user talk, and drafts. —usernamekiran (talk) 23:46, 26 December 2024 (UTC)