User:GreenC bot/Job 8

{{Infobox bot

|Bot name=Reftalk

|logo=

|caption=

|operator=User:GreenC bot

|author=User:GreenC

|approval=no

|tasks=

|flag=Yes

|edit rate=Periodic

|period=Manual

|process=Automatic

|language=GNU Awk

|source=[https://github.com/greencardamom/Reftalk GitHub]

|shutoff=Yes

|brfa = GreenC bot 8

|Excl. comp. = Yes

|active={{#iferror:{{#invoke:String|match|s={{User:GreenC bot/button}}|pattern=Action=RUN}}|no|yes}}

}}

{{ombox

| type = content

| style = border:2px solid #B22222

| image = File:Crystal Clear action exit.svg

| text = You can stop the bot by pushing the stop button. The bot sees and immediately stops running. Unless it is an emergency please consider reporting problems first to the talk page.

}}

reftalk is a bot that adds {{tlx|reflist-talk}} to candidate talk page sections. If a talk page section contains tags but no or equivalent (eg. {{tlx|reflist}}) the bot will add {{tld|reflist-talk}} in the appropriate talk page section.

Bot history

The bot runs on a semi-regular basis. If a talk page has not been modified since the last time the bot ran, it is skipped. For example, during the March 2022 run, it checked all talk pages that had been modified after September 2021.

First run in February 2019 edited 22,459 pages.
Second run in September 2021 edited 5,086 pages.
Third run in March 2022 edited 2,875 pages.
Fourth run in September 2022 edited 2,122 pages.
Fifth run in March 2023 edited 1,744 pages.
Sixth run in September 2023 edited 1,588 pages.

FAQ

Where was the bot discussed?

::BRFA

::Village pump (proposals)

::Wikipedia:Bot_requests/Archive_82#reflist_talk (questions about frequency and methods)

What if the bot made a mistake?

::Report errors to User_talk:GreenC bot

How do I keep it off a page?

::Add {{tlx|bots}} somewhere in the page ie. {{bots|deny=reftalkbot}}

[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:1st_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)&curid=43338009&diff=1143823314&oldid=1143723610 Test page]