Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bot1058 3

{{Newbot|Bot1058|3}}

Operator: {{botop|Wbm1058}}

Time filed: 20:10, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Sync disambiguation talk pages by replacing redirects with {{WikiProject Disambiguation}}

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

• {{section link|Template talk:R from move|Notes towards developing a system to fix broken / unsynchronized talk page redirects}}
• Adding {{WikiProject Disambiguation}} to existing talk pages for all disambiguation pages

Edit period(s): One time big run, followed by periodic smaller runs as needed

Estimated number of pages affected: 8,800+ pages on initial run

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: Editors often move a page from a base title to a parenthetically disambiguated title, and then create a new disambiguation page by converting the redirect to a dab. However, they sometimes neglect to update the talk page, which remains a redirect to the parenthetical title. The AWB list source is all pages populating :Category:Unsynchronized disambiguation talk pages, converted to talk pages. The find and replace is Find: #REDIRECT(.|\n)* (regex); Replace: {{WikiProject Disambiguation}} (options set to not follow redirects) which will replace the contents of the redirect page with the appropriate WikiProject template.

I'd like to see a short trial to ensure we are on the same page about your edits.

:{{BotTrial|edits=50|days=10}} (Talk: pages only). Please post back below with your trial results, including a link to the trial run contributions. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:07, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

::{{BotTrialComplete}} No issues. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20160525183200&contribs=user&target=Bot1058 trial run contributions] wbm1058 (talk) 18:53, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

:{{BotExtendedTrial|edits=250}} OK, the short run looked alright, please do another longer run. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:06, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

::{{BotTrialComplete}}. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Bot1058&dir=prev&offset=20160525181641&limit=250 trial run contributions] wbm1058 (talk) 03:20, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

:::The trial result looks good - will let this sit for a couple of days to see if there is any feedback or reversions. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:58, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

::::I observe that only 249 of the trial edits were to Talk: pages. The one of 250 not to talk namespace was to Template talk:AfC preload/disambig. Seems like a benign edit, though. wbm1058 (talk) 02:18, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

:{{BotApproved}} Task approved. Please use a staggered roll out to watch for any issues:

:#1000 edits - 1 day wait

:#3000 edits - 1 day wait

:#Open throttle

:— xaosflux ^Talk 14:54, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

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