Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RustyBot
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Operator: Rusty4321 (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 20:06, Monday, June 10, 2024 (UTC)
Function overview: Fixing MassMessages with syntax errors
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: uses pywikibot replace.py
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): See below, function details
Edit period(s): one-time run
Estimated number of pages affected: 760
Namespace(s): User talk
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: Per 1228340035 a GOCE mass message was sent with a syntax error. I'm planning on using pwb's replace.py to fix this on the affected pages, by running the bot on the pages that Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Mailing List links to.
This task number might be reused by me for future mass-fixing of syntax errors. As a straightforward operation, I'd like to see approval for future mass-message syntax error fixing, if possible.
Discussion
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Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. For the record, I am not viewing this as anything other than fixing this singular MassMessage issue, as it is the very first task for this bot. Primefac (talk) 15:21, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
Trial complete. See [1]. Rusty talk contribs 19:01, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
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