Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot 8 Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/RonBot_8
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Approved.
Operator: Ronhjones (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 00:05, Thursday, August 23, 2018 (UTC)
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: User:RonBot/8/Source1
Function overview: Removes unused dates in the eight help pages with level 1 date headings
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Removing_date_headers
Edit period(s): Daily
Estimated number of pages affected: 8 pages
Namespace(s): Wikipedia
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: Bot will examine the pages in Category:Wikpedia Help pages with dated sections in turn. If it find a level 1 heading date with no text added (i.e next entry is the next level 1 heading date), then that first date is removed, along with the blank line preceding it (i.e. the data added by Scsbot)
- Userspace test at Special:Diff/856112391
Discussion
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Approved for trial (1 full run). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete.. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:39, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Ping @Ronhjones: so this gets noticed quicker. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:40, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
Trial complete. One run and one page edited OK Special:Diff/856190264 (I did have to revert a keen editor, to get the page as it was!) Ronhjones (Talk) 13:54, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
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