Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/H3llBot 6

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Speedily Approved.

H3llBot 6

Operator: H3llkn0wz (talk · contribs)

Time filed: 10:16, Tuesday June 7, 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manual: Automatic unsupervised

Programming language(s): C#

Source code available: No

Function overview: Fill missing |archivedate= if |archiveurl= is set and contains identifiable date

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Similar BOTREQ: Wikipedia:Bot_requests/Archive_37#Cleanup_CAT:AWBC The bot is already approved (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/H3llBot_4) to convert archive urls in |url= to |archiveurl= and |archivedate=. Bot to take the bot request has withdrawn (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/HersfoldCiteBot).

Edit period(s): Periodical (bot is run manually)

Estimated number of pages affected: No idea, not too many I assume.

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

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

Function details:

Quite simple. Fill missing |archivedate= if |archiveurl= is set and contains identifiable date:

{{Cite web |url=http://www.peremoga.gov.ua/index.php?2150005000000000020 |accessdate=2002-05-19 |title=Some weird page |author=Smith, John |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050515091804/http://www.peremoga.gov.ua/index.php?2150005000000000020}}

Smith, John. "Some weird page". Archived from the original on |archiveurl= requires |archivedate= (help). Retrieved 2002-05-19.

to

{{Cite web |url=http://www.peremoga.gov.ua/index.php?2150005000000000020 |accessdate=2002-05-19 |title=Some weird page |author=Smith, John|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050515091804/http://www.peremoga.gov.ua/index.php?2150005000000000020 |archivedate=2005-05-15}}

Smith, John. "Some weird page". Archived from the original on 2005-05-15. Retrieved 2002-05-19.

As seen above {{cite xxx}} produces an error when |archivedate= is not set, but |archiveurl= is.

Note about date format: The bot respects {{use dmy dates}} and similar, and if those are not present, will use the date format as seen in that citation's |accessdate= or |date= in that order. It will only match and use these formats: June 7, 2011; 7 June 2011; Jun 7, 2011; 7 Jun 2011; 2011-06-07 [default]. Wrong syntax is recognised, such as, June 7 2011 or 2011.06.07; but the bot will still use correct syntax of that format.

Discussion

This should not be controversial, but I prefer a full BRFA for record. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 10:16, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So is this basically the same code as H3llBot 4 except looking at a Wayback URL already in |archiveurl= instead of moving it from |url=? Anomie ⚔ 11:09, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You could say so. The logic is almost exactly the same, the code is just re-written. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 11:38, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedily Approved. Basic expansion of existing task, trusted op. Anomie ⚔ 15:04, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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