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I tend to edit Wikipedia lot for formatting and logos, so this would be an essential tool in speeding the process up. Lucasstar1 (talk) 05:10, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Lucasstar1: Could you provide a few diffs of the changes you'd want to make with AWB? ~ Rob13Talk 15:54, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@BU Rob13: I tend to update tables for Video Game Orchestras, like Pokemon Symphonic Evolutions and keep tabs on all major commercial brand pages and their logos, like P&G and Unilever. More often I'll keep tabs on logos themselves and make sure that popular pages have media like the historic AAALucasstar1 (talk) 01:42, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Lucasstar1: Could you provide links to the actual diffs themselves? It helps ensure that the changes can be made with AWB and fit the rules of use. ~ Rob13Talk 03:00, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Not done Feel free to reapply when you have the diffs ready. ~ Rob13Talk 01:45, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As much as possible, I like to replace birthdays with {{birth date}} for data extrapolation and also insert the {{convert}} template and non-breaking spaces to format measurements and such as well as possible. It appears that AWB would make that a lot less of a tedious job Pariah24┃☏ 12:39, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Not done One of your proposed uses is to replace birthdays with a template that causes the same output on the page. This would violate the AWB rules of use as a purely cosmetic edit. Given that and your relatively short contribution history, I don't think you're quite ready for AWB yet. Please review the rules of use before applying again. ~ Rob13Talk 01:47, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I understand the rule on "inconsequential edits." I would not say adding a template that generates biographical metadata as per WikiProject: Microformats is an inconsequential edit. It is behind-the-scenes for sure but it isn't inconsequential. And that was just one example of the many templates that help with categorizing data. As for thinking my history too short, I don't really have much to say for that but I don't think the inconsequential edit rule applies to what I'm talking about. Pariah24┃☏ 23:59, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Examples of other useful templates I would be able to add to articles faster: Various infoboxes, start date/end date, election templates, coordinate/geographical templates. All of these add meaningful data that other sites and users can extract and use. Pariah24┃☏ 00:09, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Pariah24: Let me look into how this fits into the rules of use and I'll possibly reconsider. If you aren't already aware of it, you may be interested in Wikidata. ~ Rob13Talk 00:11, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Automated comment This user has approximately 496 non-automated edits in the mainspace. — MusikBot talk 07:01, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
Not done Feel free to reapply when you have the diffs ready. ~ Rob13Talk 01:45, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
