Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WolfBot 5
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Withdrawn by operator.
Operator: Wolfgang42 (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 21:58, Friday November 23, 2012 (UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Supervised
Programming language(s): PHP
Source code available: on GitHub
Function overview: Replace instances of the template {{BPL|nnnnnn}} with {{Authority control|BPN=nnnnnn}}.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template talk:Authority control#TSURL and BPN
Edit period(s): One time run
Estimated number of pages affected: 360
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: Using a standard template-replace task I wrote (previously used for Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WolfBot 3), the bot will replace usages of {{BPN}}, which has been obsoleted by {{Authority control}}.
Discussion
[edit]{{BAGAssistanceNeeded}} — Wolfgang42 (talk) 13:50, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry for the wait, but this BRFA wasn't listed [1]. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK
- Oops, sorry about that. I must have gotten distracted halfway through. — Wolfgang42 (talk) 20:13, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If I get this right, we are replacing site-specific template with a generic one, meaning it is straightforward and non-controversial. Approved for trial (30 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 14:06, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Withdrawn by operator. Someone seems to have gotten fed up with waiting and done this manually. Sorry about that. — Wolfgang42 (talk) 20:19, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Closing. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 20:20, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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