Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SmackBot XXVIII

SmackBot 28

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[[User:SmackBot|SmackBot XXVIII]]

Operator: {{User|Rich Farmbrough}}

Automatic or Manually assisted: Auto

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Subst templates that are documented as "always subst".

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): backlog then intermittent.

Estimated number of pages affected:backlog in thousands, ongoing few hundred a day tops

Exclusion compliant (Y/N):

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

Function details: {{Template name| => {{Subst:Template name| : Will avoid html comments, nowiki etc.

=Discussion=

There is a backlog of this work that needs doing especially on talk pages. Rich Farmbrough, 03:33, 25 April 2010 (UTC).

:This has already been approved and is pretty uncontroversial. {{BotTrial|50 edits}} Tim1357 (talk) 04:39, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

::Thanks, trial is here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&dir=prev&offset=20100425213535&target=SmackBot]. Rich Farmbrough, 21:40, 25 April 2010 (UTC).

:::Cool. {{BotApproved}} Tim1357 (talk) 21:55, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

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