Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Erik9bot 7

The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Approved.

Erik9bot 7

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Operator: Erik9 (talk)

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually started, performs edits automatically.

Programming Language(s): Uses AWB with autosave function

Function Overview: The removal, substitution, replacement, or conversion of templates per consensus reached in TFD discussions.

Edit period(s): continuous, as needed

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y

This task would involve orphaning templates, replacing them with successors, substituting templates, or, where necessary, converting templates by changing template parameters in addition to the title of templates transcluded, to effectuate the closure of TFD discussions. For instance, per Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2009_April_9#Template:Intertoto_Cup_2007, all transclusions of Template:Intertoto Cup 2007 would be replaced with Template:Intertoto Cup 2008 in articles not already transcluding the latter template; the remaining uses of Template:Intertoto Cup 2007 would be removed. The setup of the regexps for each TFD discussion would be performed manually; the bot would not automatically parse Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Holding cell. Erik9 (talk) 00:53, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

• Do you have a lot of experience working with TfD debates? Are you confident you can fairly decide when there is consensus for a change and when there isn't? – Quadell ^(talk) 01:18, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes. I have considerable experience closing TFD discussions, for example, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and in using AWB to remove or replace templates to effectuate the closures. In addition to performing my own TFD closures, the bot task would also be used when an administrator closes a TFD discussion, but leaves a request for bot work on Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Holding cell. Erik9 (talk) 01:53, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Approved for trial (7 days). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Let's see how you do. – Quadell ^(talk) 14:14, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

The edits so far under this task are viewable at [1]. Erik9 (talk) 04:11, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

More edits under this task are at [2]. Erik9 (talk) 17:06, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Run into any problems? Has anyone complained? – Quadell ^(talk) 18:45, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

No, this task has gone quite well. Erik9 (talk) 20:41, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

 Approved. Looks good. – Quadell ^(talk) 12:58, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

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