Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 18

{{Newbot|PrimeBOT|18}}

Operator: {{botop|Primefac}}

Time filed: 05:22, Sunday, July 16, 2017 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: WP:AWB

Function overview: Remove deprecated parameter from {{t|infobox video game}}

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template talk:Infobox video game#Distributor

Edit period(s): one-time run

Estimated number of pages affected: Max of [https://tools.wmflabs.org/templatecount/index.php?lang=en&name=Infobox_video_game&namespace=10#bottom ~22k]

Namespace(s): All

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): yes

Function details: Remove deprecated parameter {{para|distributor}} from {{t|infobox video game}}, which was determined to be a confusing and often unnecessary parameter to have in the infobox. Bot will find and remove \|[\s]*distributor[\s]*=[\s]*(?:(?:\{\{[^}]*?}})|(?:\[\[.*?]])|[^\|}])* ([http://rubular.com/r/bXB3qZhsKj test cases])

It may be helpful to remove other previously supported parameters at the same time. It looks like the main offenders in {{cl|Pages using infobox video game with unknown parameters}} are {{para|media}}, {{para|ratings}}, {{para|requirements}}, {{para|show image}}, and {{para|version}}. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:10, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

• I would have no issues making this amendment. In the regex above it would simply require changing distributor to the other parameter names. Primefac (talk) 13:20, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
• :Dealing routinely with templates myself, any chance you're going to encounter a nested template? Because as it is, the regex will botch the template if it tries to remove a parameter with a template as its value.—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 16:18, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
• ::Good catch. Updated regex is above, along with new test cases list. I do also plan on only running this inside {{t|Infobox video game}} and its redirects to avoid removing valid parameters in other templates. Primefac (talk) 16:26, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
• Alright let's do a quick trial. {{BotTrial|edits=50}}—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 16:28, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
• {{BotTrialComplete}} - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/PrimeBOT&offset=2017071619000&limit=51&target=PrimeBOT Edits]. Primefac (talk) 17:18, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
• {{BotApproved}} Looks good, and doesn't seem likely to have additional serious bugs.—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 17:45, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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