Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Taxobot 5
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- The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA. The result of the discussion was Approved.
Operator: Smith609 (talk · contribs)
Time filed: 23:15, Saturday November 6, 2010 (UTC)
Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic
Programming language(s): PHP
Source code available: Will be available
Function overview: Update syntax of Taxonomy templates
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template talk:Automatic taxobox/Archive 6#Editing assistance
Edit period(s): One time run
Estimated number of pages affected: ~3000
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): n/a
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Yes
Function details: In all Template:Taxonomy/ templates, replace
{{taxonomic unit|{{{1}}}or
{{#switch:{{{1}}}or
{{don't edit this line|{{{1}}}with
{{don't edit this line {{{machine code|}}}|{{{1}}}
This new code adds functionality to the template, and improves the clarity for users who are unfamiliar with templates.
Discussion[edit]
- This is pretty slick! ErikHaugen (talk) 02:36, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Are you sure {{Don't edit this line}} is the best name for the template? — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 11:55, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- My aim is to make the Template:Taxonomy/ templates as intuitive to edit as possible for users with no experience of templates; this choice of name seems to serve that goal. (WP:SANDBOX uses a similar strategy.) Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 13:36, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Are we good to go with this task? Is the bot okay to perform similar maintenance functions in the future upon establishing consensus at Template talk:Automatic taxobox? Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 05:49, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Approved for trial (100 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. –xenotalk 18:55, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks! Trial is underway using the Taxobot 1 account ( to keep distinct from Task 3 trial). Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 23:13, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Trial complete. I've manually reviewed all of the edits and they are all as expected. Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 23:49, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA.