Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Monkbot 10

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Approved.

Monkbot 10[edit]

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

Time filed: 12:30, Friday, March 4, 2016 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: here

Function overview: replace urls with templates to combat link rot

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places#All the URLs got changed

Edit period(s): primarily only once; perhaps occasional touch-ups

Estimated number of pages affected: 20k-ish

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): yes

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

Function details: replace currently broken urls that once pointed to pdf files at nps.gov National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmark collections with an appropriate template: either {{NRHP url}} or {{NHLS url}}. Replaces plain urls and replaces external wikilinks ([url label] markup). Similarly, also replaces working NRHP and NHLS urls with the same templates.

Discussion[edit]

Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:43, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Trial complete.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:01, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:02, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. Trail (:P) looks fine, though you might consider protecting the template if it does, indeed, land on a large number of pages. Cheers. =) --slakr^\ talk / 03:23, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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