Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AwOcBot
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Denied.
Operator: AwOc
Automatic or Manually Assisted: edits n pages automatically, then asks user for permission the edit the next n pages. (n may be 5, 10 or 20 for example)
Programming Language(s): php, based on bgbot
Function Overview: add <references />
to articles where it is missing but <ref>
s are present.
Edit period(s): when started manually. not to often.
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N
Function Details:
add <references />
to articles where it is missing but <ref>
s are present. pages are expanded to find <ref>
s and <references />
in templates. references-section is added below all other sections, but before any Category, DEFAULTSORT or interwiki-link. if the is already a section called 'References' the <references />
-tag will be put in that section. inuse-template is respected. the pages to check may come from Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia, google or the WhatLinksHere special-page on templates containing . i already did this in dewiki.
<ref>
- just found Category:Wikipedia pages with broken references. sure, thats a better source. User:Addshore helps with his bot to fix the reference-errors. --AwOc 05:44, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion
edit Denied. - the task is already adequately covered by existing bots, for example TheHelpfulBot and others. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 20:19, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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