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

Time filed: 22:49, Sunday, April 3, 2022 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: WP:AWB

Function overview: Make issue templates more specific

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Weekly

Estimated number of pages affected: 15,271 on first run for ((refimprove)), 919 for ((primary sources))

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: Using AWB, the bot would do the following:

• Changes ((Unreferenced)) to ((BLP unsourced)) if article has Category:Living people.
• Changes ((Unreferenced section)) to ((BLP unsourced section)) if article has Category:Living people.
• Changes ((Refimprove)) to ((BLP sources)) if article has Category:Living people.
• Changes ((Refimprove section)) to ((BLP sources section)) if article has Category:Living people.
• Changes ((Primary sources)) to ((BLP primary sources)) if article has Category:Living people.
• Changes ((Self-published)) to ((BLP self-published)) if article has Category:Living people.
• Changes ((No footnotes)) to ((BLP no footnotes)) if article has Category:Living people. (not in GenFixes)
• Changes ((One source)) to ((BLP one source)) if article has Category:Living people. (not in GenFixes)
• Changes ((Cleanup)) to ((Cleanup film)) if article has ((Infobox film)). (not in GenFixes)

This would make the issue templates more specific, allowing for a range of benefits, such as prioritization for volunteers of which articles to work on (BLPs). General fixes will be enabled; most of the replacements above are through GenFixes. Pinging GoingBatty, who originally had this listed as an idea on User:BattyBot

Discussion[edit]

• Fine in theory, but it makes me wonder why these templates aren't merged in the underlying code, with the output changing based on whether the BLP cat is present. It would make the template slightly easier to use, automatically changes when a living person deceases, and (during the initial merge run) helps a bit in ensuring BLPs are tagged with the BLP cat. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 13:35, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Also see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/OmniBot 2 ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 13:38, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  TFD opened, I'll see how it goes 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 23:17, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  TfD closed. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 20:46, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  The TFD, for the record, was here. Primefac (talk) 14:53, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Primefac (talk) 14:53, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Trial complete. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 01:17, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Link to the 50 diffs for convenience - [1]

  @EpicPupper: I see some of the edits do not make issue templates more specific and runs only general fixes: [2], [3], [4]. I think you need to check the "Skip if only genfixes" option. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 06:31, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Hi @ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ - the thing is, these edits rely on GenFixes to work :) Not sure why it's not picking up on some of the templates. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 06:38, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  @EpicPupper: All three of these articles have issue templates in transcluded family tree templates.

  • John Kerry → Template:Dudley–Winthrop family tree
  • James Fox → Template:Hanbury Neilson family tree
  • Michelle Obama → Template:Family of Michelle Robinson Obama

  ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 07:16, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Hmm, @ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ, would there be any way to skip instances of indirect transclusion of the templates? I've been using this search as a generator. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 18:14, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Instead of hastemplate:, you can use insource: and search for ((unreferenced)) and its redirects. Like insource:/\{\{(unreferenced|unsourced|unverified|unref|noref)/i incategory:"Living people". ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 18:41, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Ah. I was planning to do that, but thought that it was quite inefficient. Thanks, I'll utilize that strategy! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 22:49, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• ((BAGAssistanceNeeded)) Trial complete, no response for ~18 days. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 00:42, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Approved. 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 15:11, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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