Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SmackBot IX and X

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Approved.

SmackBot task approval IX

Task: to rename occurrences of template "invalid isbn" to template "please check ISBN".
Method: Automatically using AWB.
Speed: 1-8 per minute.
Number: c. 1000 articles.
Frequency: Once.
Duration: Will take between 2 hours & 1 day.
Testing: trivial with AWB

Reason: some editors find the "invalid isbn" template an insult.

Rgds, Rich Farmbrough, 22:03 7 September 2006 (GMT).

Approved Keep the rate lower during peak times. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:07, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

SmackBot task approval X

Task: to add and populate the "popofyear" parameter to articles using the "Infobox Swiss town" template.
Method: Automatically using AWB.
Speed: 1-8 per minute.
Number: c. 1800 articles.
Frequency: Once.
Duration: Will take between 4 hours & 1.5 days.
Testing: tested on several hundred articles. verging on trivial.

Reason: The template creates "as of" links, including many to "as of" pages that are deprecated. This will fix all or almost all of these.

Rgds, Rich Farmbrough, 22:03 7 September 2006 (GMT).

Can you show an example diff?Voice-of-All 23:12, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly, here is one. Rich Farmbrough, 11:42 10 September 2006 (GMT).

That edit seemed to have no visual effect. I am still not sure, what did not work with them before?Voice-of-All 16:58, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you hover over "(December 2004)" in the infobox you will see it links to "as of 2004", rather than the previous "as of December 2004", which is deprecated per Wikipedia:As of#Deprecated "As of" pages. Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 17:13 10 September 2006 (GMT).

Task approved. Today would be good time to run it.Voice-of-All 18:58, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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