Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 37

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PrimeBOT 37

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

Time filed: 10:56, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 (UTC)

Function overview: Add categorisation to a module's sub-modules

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: WP:AWB

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Adding_a_category_to_1000_sub-modules_of_Module:Adjacent_stations

Edit period(s): OTR

Estimated number of pages affected: 942

Namespace(s): Module

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Add Category:Rail transport succession modules to the /doc pages of the sub-modules of Module:Adjacent stations if they do not already have said categorisation.

Discussion

@Gonnym: As Category:Rail transport succession modules seems to be currently empty and newly created, can I check the reason for the category (compared to using, say, Special:PrefixIndex/Module:Adjacent_stations/)? ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 11:16, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

That's a bit of a strange question. We categorize pages, including templates and modules all the time. Having pages hiding uncategorized in a special page (or in other categories which aren't module categories) makes them harder to find. Additionally, the end result will eventually be to place these in sub-categories by country or continent to offer even more value. If placing them in these sub-categories was possible by a bot I would have asked, but that process would require decision making that a bot can't really do. For example, I wouldn't want a country category created for only 1 module. That module should be placed in the continent category, but how would the bot know which continent that country belongs to? Gonnym (talk) 11:23, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

• Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. @Primefac: --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 22:50, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

  Trial complete. 50 edits. Note that I didn't do any runs of the redlinked /doc pages because it's quite literally just creating the page with the default text. Primefac (talk) 16:10, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

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 Approved. Under normal circumstances, I would prefer to leave the close for someone else. However, given the backlog, lack of recent BAG activity (myself included), and the fact that this task is uncontroversial and based on how well the trial went, I am inclined to make an exception for this. As per usual, if amendments to - or clarifications regarding - this approval are needed, please start a discussion on the talk page and ping. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 16:30, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

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