Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SmackBot XIX

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Operator: Rich Farmbrough

Automatic or Manually assisted: Auto

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: Will vary from run to run

Function overview: Add listas parameter to biography talk pages

Edit period(s): Irregular.

Estimated number of pages affected: Maybe a few hundred to a few thousand per run.

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y

Function details: Adds a defaultsort based on the page's name. This is typically run on a controlled subset of the pages in :Category:Biography articles without listas parameter, for example:

• All pages called Xxxxx of Yyyyy.
• All pages called Xxxxx xxxxx xxxx (band)
• All pages called (John|Mica|Peter|Fred) X. Yyyyy
• All pages called Zzzzz Van Xxxxx
• All pages called Xxxx Yyyyy, Nth Countess of Zzzzz

• Sample of manual edits here [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20090919174009&limit=20&target=Rich+Farmbrough ]

Basically something I do by hand (with AWB). But my enter key is wearing out. Rich Farmbrough, 19:22, 19 September 2009 (UTC).

:Looks pretty straight-forward, particularly since they are being added to talk pages, and it increases the sort level on the encyclopedia. Any problems with any of the template-types for sorting that might need hand-checked in particular? I don't see any issues with automating this task with a bot. --69.225.3.119 (talk) 02:55, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

::The manual edits look pretty good. One main problem, you are running from the category of articles without listas, which should prevent you from adding a listas to an article which already has one. But could you modify the AWB settings to identify if there is already an existing parameter (which is just empty), so as you don't end up with two, as [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Jose_B._Nisperos&diff=prev&oldid=314944086 happened here]. Best, - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 11:34, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

{{BotSpeedy}} - Already tested with manual edits. Mr.Z-man 00:29, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

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