MyWiki:Bots/Requests for approval/ButlerBlogBot 4

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ButlerBlogBot 4

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Operator: Butlerblog (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 17:24, Thursday, April 25, 2024 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: supervised

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available:

Function overview: Apply the correct formatting of {{Film date}} to the |released= parameter in {{Infobox film}}

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): one time run (to start with - possibly daily run after that for ongoing maintenance)

Estimated number of pages affected: 37,732

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: This bot task uses existing date formatting regular expressions from ButlerBlogBot Task 2 modified to check the {{Infobox film}} template for |released= {{Film date}}. In its present iteration, it focuses only on unformatted single dates. Depending on the status of the maintenance category after a complete run through, it may be modified for additional values (such as date ranges or multiple dates), depending on what is left.

Discussion

Note: Category:Pages using infobox film with nonstandard dates is based on Wikipedia:FILMRELEASE. --Gonnym (talk) 19:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Symbol keep vote.svg Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Primefac (talk) 11:55, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Symbol watching blue lashes.svg Trial complete. @Primefac: Initial trial run complete. See list of trial run edits here. ButlerBlog (talk) 13:55, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Symbol confirmed.svg Approved. Primefac (talk) 11:31, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

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