Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/APersonBot 7

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Approved.

APersonBot 7[edit]

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

Time filed: 04:33, Tuesday, April 12, 2016 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: https://github.com/APerson241/APersonBot/tree/master/article-history

Function overview: Scans for and fixes instances where other talk page banners (e.g. {{DYK talk}}) could be merged into {{Article history}}

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): WP:BOTREQ#Merge talk page banners (permalink)

Edit period(s): Weekly

Estimated number of pages affected: 300 or so on first run, maybe 5 on subsequent runs

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

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

Function details: First, using the lister.py file, the bot lists talk pages that have transclusions of both {{article history}} and one of {{On this day}}, {{DYK talk}}, or {{ITN talk}}. Then, using the fixer.py file, the bot reads in the parameters of all the templates and merges them into the {{article history}} transclusion.

Discussion[edit]

Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:59, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Trial complete. Edits can be viewed here. APerson (talk!) 00:45, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. Magioladitis (talk) 07:15, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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