Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot 8

{{Newbot|RonBot|8}}

Operator: {{botop|Ronhjones}}

Time filed: 00:05, Thursday, August 23, 2018 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: User:RonBot/8/Source1

Function overview: Removes unused dates in the eight help pages with level 1 date headings

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Removing_date_headers

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: 8 pages

Namespace(s): Wikipedia

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Bot will examine the pages in :Category:Wikpedia Help pages with dated sections in turn. If it find a level 1 heading date with no text added (i.e next entry is the next level 1 heading date), then that first date is removed, along with the blank line preceding it (i.e. the data added by Scsbot)

:Userspace test at Special:Diff/856112391

{{Bot trial|1 full run}}. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:39, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

:Ping {{Ping|Ronhjones}} so this gets noticed quicker. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:40, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{BotTrialComplete}} One run and one page edited OK Special:Diff/856190264 (I did have to revert a keen editor, to get the page as it was!) Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 13:54, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

::{{BotApproved}} Good enough for me. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 13:57, 23 August 2018 (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.