Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ZackBot 2

The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA. The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by operator.

ZackBot 2

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Operator: Zackmann08 (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 17:54, Monday, November 21, 2016 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Ruby

Source code available: User:ZackBot/nfl cleanup

Function overview: Remove deprecated and unused parameters from {{Infobox NFL player}} occurrences per Category:Infobox NFL player with debut/final parameters

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): One time run.

Estimated number of pages affected: All pages in Category:Infobox NFL player with debut/final parameters which currently is 6,388.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No. There is no reason for pages to continue to have these parameters.

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Currently has another bot RFA in progress but at the moment it has not been approved. Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ZackBot

Function details: Goes through and removes the listed deprecated parameters from all occurrences of {{Infobox NFL player}}. These params are no longer supported by the template.

|debutteam=
|debutyear=
|finalteam=
|finalyear=
|coachdebutteam=
|coachdebutyear=
|coachfinalteam=
|coachfinalyear=

--Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 17:54, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Discussion

Pre-trial issue since resovled

Resolved  Note: This bot appears to have edited since this BRFA was filed. Bots may not edit outside their own or their operator's userspace unless approved or approved for trial. AnomieBOT⚡ 19:54, 21 November 2016 (UTC)  Administrator note This bot is currently blocked, may be unblocked if this moves to trial or upon operator assurance that the bot policy will be followed. — xaosflux Talk 22:02, 21 November 2016 (UTC) Response: Please read my full discussion with Xaosflux on my talk page HERE. In short, I made a really dumb and rookie mistake... Since I was not used to working with 2 accounts, I forgot to switch back to my regular account (Zackmann08) before making edits to articles. All the edits on November 20 (see: Special:Contributions/ZackBot) were made via the browser without the use of a script... I was just logged in on the wrong account. This was the reason for the block. It was 100% unintentional and I do appologize for the mistake. I hope that it will not negatively affect the BRFA and am looking to take steps to fix the mistake. --Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 22:47, 21 November 2016 (UTC) Unblocked. — xaosflux Talk 23:28, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

{{BotTrial}} Please post your results here after the trial. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:44, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Trial ran, see the results: Special:Contributions/ZackBot

Bug was found with this diff. Need to account for the cases where the template doesn't have new lines after each param.   New bug

Will work on a solution for said bug and will post when I have a solution.--Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 17:19, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Withdrawn by operator. I am now seeing that there are multiple deprecated params in the NFL template. Rather than making 5 separate bots, I'm going to attack this all at once. --Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 21:13, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA.