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SmackBot 36[edit]

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]
  1. I'm not looking at other units yet. This is big enough to weed out the "gotchas".
  2. 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".
  3. Mosnum has examples of not hyphenating where abbreviations are used, (but no injuction) this will be respected.
  4. The subject is up for discussion:
    1. here
    2. on my talk page
    3. at Wikipedia talk:MOSNUM where Tony mentions ISO (which as Mosnum says we don't follow), but may mean the SI people (BIMP? BIPM?).
    4. 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]
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]
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