Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WolfBot 5

{{Newbot|WolfBot|5}}

Operator: {{botop|Wolfgang42}}

Time filed: 21:58, Friday November 23, 2012 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Supervised

Programming language(s): PHP

Source code available: [https://github.com/wolfgang42/wolfbot/blob/template-replace/ on GitHub]

Function overview: Replace instances of the template {{BPL|nnnnnn}} with {{Authority control|BPN=nnnnnn}}.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template talk:Authority control#TSURL and BPN

Edit period(s): One time run

Estimated number of pages affected: 360

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: Using a standard template-replace task I wrote (previously used for Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WolfBot 3), the bot will replace usages of {{tl|BPN}}, which has been obsoleted by {{tl|Authority control}}.

{{tl|BAGAssistanceNeeded}} — Wolfgang42 (talk) 13:50, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

:Sorry for the wait, but this BRFA wasn't listed [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=526708164&oldid=526529761]. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK

:: Oops, sorry about that. I must have gotten distracted halfway through. — Wolfgang42 (talk) 20:13, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

If I get this right, we are replacing site-specific template with a generic one, meaning it is straightforward and non-controversial. {{BotTrial|edits=30}} —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 14:06, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

: {{BotWithdrawn}} Someone seems to have gotten fed up with waiting and done this manually. Sorry about that. — Wolfgang42 (talk) 20:19, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Closing. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 20:20, 6 December 2012 (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.