Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SvickBOT 6

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Approved.

SvickBOT 6

Operator: Svick (talk · contribs)

Time filed: 16:53, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manual: Automatic

Programming language: Python, wikitools

Source code available: Yes

Function overview: Fix the name parameter of stub templates

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): None that I know of

Edit period: Daily

Number of pages affected: Approx. a dozen templates each week

Exclusion compliant: No, shouldn't be necessary

Already has a bot flag: Yes

Function details: When a stub template is moved, or when a new one is created by copying another one, its name parameter has to be fixed. Editors sometimes don't do this, and such templates appear in Category:Stub message boxes needing attention. I have fixed some of those by hand in the past, because it's a simple task and it doesn't happen that often. But because it's a simple task for a bot too, I have made one now. The reason for fixing the parameter is because it's required to show the template documentation, see e.g. Template:Saitama-railstation-stub. User<Svick>.Talk(); 16:53, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

So this changes the |name= parameter to match the name of the template? Seems straight-forward.

Approved for trial (30 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 16:57, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, exaclty, thanks. User<Svick>.Talk(); 17:02, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have run the bot on the 20 templates that had incorrect names. There aren't more of them for now. User<Svick>.Talk(); 17:18, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please use a more descriptive edit summary.

All edits fine. Approved. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 17:21, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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