The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Approved.

Operator: Erik9 (talk)

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually started, performs edits automatically.

Programming Language(s): Uses Wikipedia:AWB with autosave function

Function Overview: Fixes broken links to the "Irish Times" at http://www.ireland.com by replacing them with the appropriate URLs of the successor website, http://www.irishtimes.com , per the discussion at User_talk:Erik9bot#www.ireland.com_-.3E_www.irishtimes.com.

Edit period(s): continuous, as needed

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y

Function Details: This task would perform the replacements

http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/archive/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/
http://www.ireland.com/focus/haughey/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/haughey/ 
http://www.ireland.com/focus/election2007/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/election2007/
http://www.ireland.com/focus/election_2002/ -- >http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/election_2002/

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2001/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2001/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2002/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2002/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2003/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2003/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2004/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2004/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2005/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2005/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2006/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2006/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/features/2005/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2005/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/features/2007/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2007/

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/finance/2004/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2004/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/finance/2005/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2005/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/finance/2006/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2006/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/finance/2007/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2007/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/finance/2008/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2008/

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2006/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2006/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/1997/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/1997/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/1998/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/1998/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/1999/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/1999/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2000/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2000/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2001/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2001/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2002/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2002/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2003/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2003/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2005/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2005/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2006/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2006/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2007/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2007/
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/

http://www.ireland.com/theticket/articles/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/

http://www.ireland.com/sports/ --> http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/

(replacements created by BrownHairedGirl)

Discussion[edit]

• Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. ST47 (talk) 17:52, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done, [1] Erik9 (talk) 18:33, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Write a better edit summary, please! Still, all the edits look fine to me... unless you've spotted something? - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 19:18, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I could use "Update URL(s) of external link(s) to the Irish Times" as an edit summary. Based on my inspection, the links have been changed correctly. Erik9 (talk) 19:28, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A quick user (talk) page link probably would hurt either. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 19:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would "Update URL(s) of external link(s) to the Irish Times; please direct questions or comments to User talk:Erik9" be a suitable edit summary? Erik9 (talk) 19:48, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely fine. Or you pipelink it ("Questions? Comments?"). Doesn't really matter. Hence, trial completed successfully, uncontroversial task, etc, etc...  Approved. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 19:52, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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