Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RileyBot 6
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Operator: Riley Huntley (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 04:24, Wednesday February 20, 2013 (UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: AutomaticSupervised Modified per discussion below at 23:49, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Programming language(s): AWB
Source code available: AWB
Function overview: Remove instances of "Add caption here" and "Example caption" from pages.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks/Archive 5#Add_caption_here and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Hazard-Bot 5
Edit period(s): Weekly
Estimated number of pages affected: 1000+ for first run
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: Remove instances of "Add caption here" and "Example caption" from contentmainspace pages using advanced find and replace. Modified for clarification at 23:14, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Examples:
[[File:Example|thumb|Add caption here]] --> [[File:Example|thumb]]
[[File:Example|thumb|Example caption]] --> [[File:Example|thumb]]
Discussion
[edit]Yes. -68.99.89.234 (talk) 07:33, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It seems that such things would be a good indication of vandalism or at least edits that probably need repair. Perhaps these should be looked at by a human instead of blindly being "fixed" by a bot. Anomie⚔ 13:22, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- While this might show edits that need repair, I don't really think it would be a good indication of vandalism. If it matters, I could make this task supervised. (check all the edits after the run) -- Cheers, Riley 15:22, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd support a supervised run, or at least logging users to a page on-wiki for further human review. —Theopolisme (talk) 23:43, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Supervised it is then! -- Cheers, Riley 23:49, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Taking account into last discussion. It will not edit userspace will it? WormTT has an adoption program the have example captions and I have concerns that the bot will start messing with that.—cyberpower ChatOffline 16:34, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- My apology, I meant "from content pages" as "from mainspace pages". Clarified in the function details. -- Cheers, Riley 23:14, 20 February 2013 (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 14:41, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- 'Approved.'·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 11:53, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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