Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DeprecatedFixerBot 8

The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by operator.

DeprecatedFixerBot 8

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Operator: TheSandDoctor (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 17:48, Monday, December 28, 2020 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: TBA

Function overview: Go through Category:Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters removing the "format" parameter where present as it is no longer supported. Code not yet written, but it is functionally identical to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DeprecatedFixerBot 4, with the only difference being the parameter and category to search through.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template_talk:Infobox_song/Archive_8#Format, Template:Infobox_song#format

Edit period(s): One-time run

Estimated number of pages affected: <46, 600

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

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

Function details:

1. Load page text
2. Locate infobox song (or its redirects)
3. Locate (if present) the format parameter
4. If present, remove the format parameter
5. Save page and move on

Discussion

This task reads very similar to User:PrimeBOT/30. Also, is |format= the only major param that needs removal? Primefac (talk) 17:53, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

@Primefac: I wasn't aware of PrimeBOT 30. If you would like to take that on, that is fine and I can withdraw (you can consider this a withdraw statement in that case). Format is the only listed param that has been removed that used to work and would now "pollute" the category. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 18:04, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Withdrawn by operator. For the record, I wouldn't have had any issue with letting this bot handle the task, but I was already mid-run for a similar removal so it seemed appropriate to just tack it on to the end. Primefac (talk) 20:56, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

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