Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 79

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BattyBot 79

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

Time filed: 23:28, Friday, November 24, 2023 (UTC)

Function overview: Fix/remove unknown WikiProject parameters

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available: AWB

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Subcategories of Category:WikiProject templates with unknown parameters

Edit period(s): Monthly

Estimated number of pages affected: 100,000

Namespace(s): Talk, Category talk, Draft talk, File talk, etc.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Fix WikiProject template parameters (e.g. impotance → importance, importancelow → importance=low) and remove unsupported WikiProject template parameters to remove pages from subcategories of Category:WikiProject templates with unknown parameters. Before removing any parameters, I will manually check the WikiProject template documentation and source code to confirm the parameter is not supported, and manually report any technical issues I discover (e.g., this conversation). This bot will not be able to fix every issue, but removing the low-hanging fruit should make it easier for editors to find those pages that need to be fixed manually. This bot task would also utilize User:Magioladitis/WikiProjects and AWB's general fixes. GoingBatty (talk) 23:28, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Discussion

Just to confirm, you aren't simply removing invalid parameters, you're attempting to fix the most common/obvious errors so that manual cleanup is easier. Yes? Primefac (talk) 12:47, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

@Primefac: Yes, and I plan to help with the manual cleanup. GoingBatty (talk) 15:41, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Primefac (talk) 14:07, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

@Primefac: Trial complete. See these 50 edits. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 03:50, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

{{BAG assistance needed}} GoingBatty (talk) 05:21, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

 Approved. Primefac (talk) 08:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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