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

Time filed: 16:05, Tuesday, February 20, 2018 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: WP:AWB

Function overview: Remove some deprecated parameters in ((infobox school))

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template talk, my talk, and this TFD (which I'll explain below)

Edit period(s): one time run

Estimated number of pages affected: ~7200 (~6500 plus ~660)

Namespace(s): Article, maybe some User sandboxes and Drafts

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): yes

Function details: I got a request on my talk page to remove the deprecated/invalid parameters in ((infobox school)) usage. Given that there is a rather large merge that will eventually happen with ((infobox UK school)) this seems like an opportune time to clean up the category. This task will be twofold:

1. Clean up deprecated parameters:
   • "approx" - (established\s*)=([\s\S]*)\|\s*approx\s*=\s*.*?\n → $1=c. $2
   • "c_approx" - (closed\s*)=([\s\S]*)\|\s*c_approx\s*=\s*.*?\n → $1=c. $2
   • (feeder_schools|main feeder schools)→feeders
   • number.of.pupils→pupils
   • classes offered (case insensitive) → classes_offered
   • Convert the following to lowercase:
     • (({Opened))}, (({Location))}, (({Region))}, (({Number))}, (({Principal))}, (({Years))}, (({Students))}, (({International_Students))}, (({System))}, (({Hours_in_Day))}, (({Campuses))}, (({National_ranking))}, (({Graduates))}
   • Remove the following:
     • |motto_pl=, |founder_pl=, |specialist_pl=, |assistant_principal=, |assistant_principals=, |assistant principal=, |Vice Principal=, |vice principal=, |asst principal=, |campus_Bound=, |viceprincipal=, |viceprincipal_label=, |viceprincipal1=, |viceprincipal2=, |viceprincipal3=, |viceprincipal4=, |vision=

#Unknown parameters

1. • Remove any parameter line that is not one of the 357 listed parameters in the category check

Discussion[edit]

If there are concerns about the second part of this task (blanket unlisted removal) I'm happy to drop that. I added it mostly because I don't think that the deprecated parameter removal alone will cut down on the larger category. However, I know it will catch misspellings (e.g. |etsablished=) as well as deprecated params. I'm also happy to do only #1 and hold off of #2 unless the total number is still >1000. Primefac (talk) 16:05, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I would recommend removing only the "common" unsupported parameters with a bot, if you can figure out what they are. I have found that unsupported parameters in infoboxes and other templates often tend to be misspellings, which a bot should not remove, or typos of some sort, which require human attention. Would you be willing to run that second task in a supervised/manual mode? – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:48, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Probably, yeah. It really does sort of depend on how many pages get dealt with via task 1. I don't think I've ever seen a "bad param" cat have more than a few hundred pages, so if it ends up with <1000 values after that first run I'd be happy. Primefac (talk) 18:50, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

General comment: It would be really helpful if those parameters can be removed as well as the clean-up and convert to lowercase. I have no experience in this area and greatly appreciate Primefac for doing this. I mentioned the unsupported parameters being a mess. However, it is also because of the merge which I had proposed and has successfully resulted in merge. I'm also happy to sort out the misspellings manually. Steven (Editor) (talk) 22:31, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• For a variety of reasons, I'm not comfortable with wholesale removal of unsupported parameters. Is it feasible to generate a list of unsupported parameters currently in articles with the number of times they appear? I could see approving the removal of the common ones which aren't just misspellings. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 07:04, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• I have removed the "second part" and will only be removing the specifically-listed deprecated parameters. From a check of the TemplateData numbers, those parameters are used in the majority of the flagged pages. Primefac (talk) 22:36, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 01:02, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  Trial complete.. I do apologize, spaced out for a second and didn't realize I'd already hit 50, so I ended up with 52 edits. Primefac (talk) 18:15, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@BU Rob13: Is this ready for approval? It's been 7 days too Steven (Editor) (talk) 13:56, 4 March 2018 (UTC) ((BAGAssistanceNeeded)) Steven (Editor) (talk) 19:06, 5 March 2018 (UTC[reply]

 Approved. Task approved. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:50, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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