Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SmackBot 36
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Operator: Rich Farmbrough (talk · contribs)
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Programming language(s): Perl/AWB
Source code available: AWB, yes; Perl no.
Function overview: Hyphenate adjectival uses of nn mile
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): User_talk:Rich_Farmbrough/Archive/2010Oct#SmackBot_rides_again
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Function details: Hypenate adjectival use of nn mile, nn miles and nn miles-per-hour, and their conversions Five examples here.
Discussion
[edit]Simple fix, may be a pilot for AWB. Rich Farmbrough 22:32, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
{{BAG assistance needed}}
Rich Farmbrough 23:35, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- What about "nn-metre" or any other unit? Also note that many languages have a singular noun if used after a number ending in 1, so "river flows for 401 mile.", although grammatically incorrect, may have been used. Wikipedia being multi-cultural, I suspect there will be cases of this. The above link does not look like a discussion on the subject, merely a mention that spaces should have been dashes in a specific case. Also, per an example in WP:MEASUREMENT, [1] should not change (3 km) to (3-km). It seems there needs to be a wider discussion first. This looks more suitable for AWB with human supervision. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 10:46, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm not looking at other units yet. This is big enough to weed out the "gotchas".
- I look for an indefinite article too: I suppose a definite article would also suffice. If there are plural/singular errors they should be fixed not used to prevent the fixing of this (which was in turn cited as a reason not to use non-breaking spaces). Where would we stop? Someone may have written "5 mile" and meant "5 mille" or "5 mils".
- Mosnum has examples of not hyphenating where abbreviations are used, (but no injuction) this will be respected.
- The subject is up for discussion:
- here
- on my talk page
- at Wikipedia talk:MOSNUM where Tony mentions ISO (which as Mosnum says we don't follow), but may mean the SI people (BIMP? BIPM?).
- at Template talk:Convert
- the last three of which are recent or only discovered by me just now. Rich Farmbrough, 16:47, 11 October 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- Would indefinite, definite and negative articles all work? "Pave a 5-mile line" vs. "Travel the 5-mile road" vs. "No 5-mile road left untravelled"?
- Of course, typos are user mistakes and bots cannot be blamed for fixing those. For now, both your and mine estimates of error margin are as good as guesses.
- Also, don't get me wrong, I am pro minor fixes if they are well-defined. For example, you have brought up two more discussions I was unaware of. I'm not necessarily suggesting VP/WT:MOS or anything large scale, I think a discussion here could be sufficient. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 17:11, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Looks like pronouns work too "His 250-mile (400-kilometre) march to prevent Vienna falling into enemy hands was a masterpiece of deception, meticulous planning and organisation.", but that would need testing. I have investigated likely cases of "mile" for "miles" and only found a handful, which I fixed (of course I could see other errors in those articles…). Rich Farmbrough, 18:08, 11 October 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- Looks like pronouns work too "His 250-mile (400-kilometre) march to prevent Vienna falling into enemy hands was a masterpiece of deception, meticulous planning and organisation.", but that would need testing. I have investigated likely cases of "mile" for "miles" and only found a handful, which I fixed (of course I could see other errors in those articles…). Rich Farmbrough, 18:08, 11 October 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. MBisanz talk 23:54, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- {{OperatorAssistanceNeeded}} what is the current status of this request? ΔT The only constant 00:16, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Ready to go any time. I'll do a live trial later tonight. Rich Farmbrough, 17:14, 15 November 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- Trial complete. here. Rich Farmbrough, 09:25, 16 November 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- Given the lack of objection from any of our many and varied grammar experts, Approved.. - Jarry1250 [Who? Discuss.] 16:42, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Trial complete. here. Rich Farmbrough, 09:25, 16 November 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- Ready to go any time. I'll do a live trial later tonight. Rich Farmbrough, 17:14, 15 November 2010 (UTC).[reply]
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