Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SmackBot 3a

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SmackBot task approval 2

Task: replace "ISBN: <isbn>" with "ISBN <isbn>" .
Method: Either manually using Firefox, or automatically using AWB.
Speed: If manually in batches of 20 - 100 each taking a few minutes. If with AWB 1-2 per minute.
Number: Approximately 430 articles.
Frequency: Recurring: 430 have occurred in around a month since the previous cleanup.
Testing: A previous run of about 1200 caused no problems.

Regards, Rich Farmbrough 17:04 19 April 2006 (UTC).

Sounds good, assuming that the links with the colon are, in fact, broken, which I assume they are. If there were many more than your estimate, I'd just as soon suggest just asking the devs to have the mediawiki parser honor either syntax, similarly to the way dates are accepted either with, or without, a comma. But if it's as few as you say, and if the devs have better things to worry about, go right ahead, thanks. — Apr. 20, '06 [17:24] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

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