Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MDanielsBot

{{Newbot|MDanielsBot|}}

Operator: {{botop|Mdaniels5757}}

Time filed: 18:43, Friday, May 1, 2020 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Standard Pywikibot

Function overview: Find-and-replace templates where there is a consensus to do so.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): None that I'm aware of, although I'm sure others have done something similar in the past.

Edit period(s): As needed

Estimated number of pages affected: About 2000 at first

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: This bot would find-and-replace templates. For example, currently {{tlp|en icon}} needs to be replaced with {{In lang|en}} per a TfD outcome. This bot would do so. Right now, I have Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2020_February_23#remaining_link_language_wrappers in mind, which would be no more than 2000-ish pages. Substing the templates would be inadequate, as many of these are in references, where substing does not work.

• There are already a ton of other bots approved to do this: {{u|PrimeBOT}} (task 24), {{u|SporkBot}} (task 1), {{u|DannyS712 bot}} (task 47) and {{u|AnomieBOT}} (task 78) are some examples, although I've certainly missed some. Is there some reason that yet another bot task is necessary?
  Also, I believe AnomieBOT is smart enough to subst templates inside references, contrary to the claim in this nomination. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:36, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
• :{{u|Pppery}}, Is it? If so, that'd be wonderful (although I would then probably want to get Template Editor permissions so I can actually edit the page). I'll conduct a test, and will withdraw the nomination if AnomieBOT can actually do this. Thanks, Mdaniels5757 (talk) 19:50, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
• :: {{u|Mdaniels5757}} I already conducted a test, the bot can handle ref tags * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:52, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

{{BotDenied}} As mentioned, there are a plethora of bots that are capable of handling this sort of task, from the mundane substitution to the more complex replacements. Primefac (talk) 19:53, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

:The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA.