Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Mdann52 bot 5

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Withdrawn by operator.

Mdann52 bot 5[edit]

Operator: Mdann52 (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 07:40, Wednesday July 2, 2014 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Auto

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: standard AWB

Function overview: Mass-replacement of URL's due to changes in URL without permalinks

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:BOTREQ#fix CNET links

Edit period(s):When required

Estimated number of pages affected: 500 in first run, but variable depending on number of links that need updating

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): no

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

Function details: After a bot request with no opposition, the bot will go through and replace all dead URL's with updated versions. For example, it will go through and replace [news.com.com news.com.com] to [news.cnet.com news.cnet.com]. This will allow pages to be quickly updated, and ensure a the number of links that are accidently removed are minimised. --Mdann52talk to me! 07:40, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

@Mdann52: Thank you for your willingness to take on this task. Instead of changing

news.com.com → news.cnet.com

could you please have your bot change

http://news.com.com → http://news.cnet.com

so it doesn't accidentally change a valid archive url? (e.g. Rubylith#References) Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:35, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@GoingBatty: I was planning to do this; I may use regex to just catch the original URL's of changing the titles/publishers would be needed. --Mdann52talk to me! 05:56, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Mdann52: Great - thank you! GoingBatty (talk) 11:37, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Approved for trial (40 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Let's see if we are missing something. @Mdann52: please do two bunches of 20 edits. If everything goes fine in the first 20 edits, then do 20 more and provide us the diffs. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:45, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll aim to get this done ASAP - I am currently using AWB for other purposes, but should be able to run this by this time next week. --Mdann52talk to me! 12:04, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, I only see 50 results for "news.com.com". GoingBatty (talk) 13:30, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GoingBatty why not do them manually then? It is safer and faster. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:48, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed everything I found via google search. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:02, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There are a little under 400 articles with news.com.com links left. Ill paste the list below. Werieth (talk) 14:23, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Extended content

Werieth thanks. I fixed most of them. I'll fix the rest soon. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:11, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Werieth I think I fixed all. Can you please check if there are any leftovers? -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:17, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Magioladitis: over 500 left still --Mdann52talk to me! 16:23, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Mdann52: OK if there is consensus to fix non-mainspace pages then the bot can do them. But better let's ask first. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:25, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

7 more Werieth (talk) 16:29, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, condiser this

resolved, so therefore

Request withdrawn --Mdann52talk to me! 16:32, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

{{ping|Werieth} I did them (hopefully). @Mdann52: thanks! -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:33, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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