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Please note that Wikipedia:Bot requests sometimes has one-time tasks which can be done easily using AWB. For modifying URLs see WP:URLREQ.

Add 2 category header templates[edit]

Hi. Please do the following:

Replace all the content of all by-year sub-categories of Category:Controversies by year (except those three subject sub-categories) with {{YYYY controversies category header}}. Please make an exception for commons cat templates, they should remain on the page if already present. I didn't check if there's a commons cat template on any of those pages.
Do the same for by-decade sub-categories of Category:Controversies by decade (Again, except those two subject categories) with {{YYY0s controversies category header}}.

Thanks. Jeeputer ^Talk 19:11, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Btw I already edited Category:2024 controversies and Category:2020s controversies and added these templates. Jeeputer ^Talk 19:16, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jeeputer,

Done via Bandersnatch. No categories had a commons cat template. — Qwerfjkl talk 07:48, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Weather[edit]

I'm requesting someone with AWB experience to run the editor on the entirety of Category:WikiProject Weather articles. There are countless (thousands?) of references that use {{cite report}} with the |agency= parameter, which breaks the citation. |agency= needs to changed to |author=. wxtrackercody (talk · contributions) 03:20, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like many of these "agency" parameters are used with "cite report" template calls, and that "publisher" may be a better alternative parameter name than "author" in such cases, unless already used. The "agency" parameter is valid with other templates such as "cite news". —ADavidB 04:59, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, and in our circumstance, publisher is already used. Here is an example of the types of citations that are causing this issue. This is a report on an individual tornado. The data is collected by the local National Weather Service office (which we have historically/erroneously listed as the agency=). It is published, however, on the National Centers for Environmental Information website (which we have historically listed as the publisher=). We have struggled with the proper way to format these references. It would probably be simplest to just exchange agency= for author=. wxtrackercody (talk · contributions) 05:48, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, on further examination. My AWB usage remains somewhat basic and I encourage others to take on this task. —ADavidB 05:56, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think awb request or a sledge hammerapproach is appropriate here at this time. Imstead i think it would be more appropiate to look at theae references properly, have a project discussion on how to cite them better or get the agency parameter added to cite report.06:30, 21 April 2024 (UTC) Jason Rees (talk) 06:30, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree with Jason Rees (talk · contribs). I think this is a great usage of AWB, as it will correct the thousands of references in one quick action. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:19, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I endorse the request here, though I would clarify the scope of what's requested. Specifically, there is widespread use of {{cite report}} misusing the |agency= parameter specifically for references linking to the Storm Events Database hosted by the National Centers for Environmental Information. In some cases, NCEI is erroneously listed as the agency. In other cases, a weather forecast office of the National Weather Service is erroneously listed as the agency. In either case, the agency parameter should be removed for all {{cite report}} in the aforementioned project category that point to https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/ and its subpages (as linked previously). If the |agency= was listed as a forecast office (something of the form National Weather Service Office in Memphis, Tennessee, though National Weather Service* may be a reasonable catch-all), then it should be listed as the |author=. If necessary, |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information should be amended/appended to the citation template. TheAustinMan^{(Talk ⬩ Edits)} 15:04, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add navbox Template:Health departments in the United States to applicable pages[edit]

Please add the navbox {{Health departments in the United States}} to all pages in Category:Health departments in the United States. GobsPint (talk) 04:52, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The transclusion check might be a better option for knowing which pages need the navbox. Primefac (talk) 07:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doing... writing regex right now. Will get around to it later Geardona (talk to me?) 10:46, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done no regex needed! Check recent contribs for edits. Geardona (talk to me?) 10:57, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!GobsPint (talk) 17:38, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilink all instances of both Champion Data and AFL Tables[edit]

I have recently created stub articles for both Champion Data and AFL Tables, which are major statistical players in the Australian Football League and have been referenced consistently across Wikipedia.

I am now please seeking an automation to add wikilinks to all instances of each phrase on Wikipedia.

There are 58 instances of Champion Data that require wikilinking
There 13,839 instances of AFL Tables that require wikilinking

I understand the second request is quite arduous! I hope there is not much human intervention required here; it shouldn't be the case as they are mostly part of citations / references. Please let me know if there is anything else required on my end. Thank you! Gibbsy^spin 13:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think that, to avoid CONTEXTBOT issues, the approach here is to only touch instances in citations, where afltables.com is present elsewhere within the ref tags. Probably could be done with an AWB bot. Would need a BRfA. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 15:04, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The AFL Tables article is two days old and already has a WP:GNG tag. Linking it 13,000 times should probably wait until it's avoided deletion for a couple of months. Aspirex (talk) 13:17, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bulk U1 delete[edit]

I created User:Nyttend/ZIP for a project that's now complete. It has fifty-one subpages, and I'd like to get all fifty-two deleted. Could you help?

Extended content
Top level • AL • AK • AZ • AR • CA • CO • CT • DE • FL • GA • HI • ID • IL • IN • IA • KS • KY • LA • ME • MD • MA • MI • MN • MS • MO • MT • NE • NV • NH • NJ • NM • NY • NC • ND • OH • OK • OR • PA • RI • SC • SD • TN • TX • UT • VT • VA • WA • WV • WI • WY • archive box

Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 21:51, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly AWB even for admins does not have the delete ability, can you use Special:Nuke or do you want us to just place the U1 tag? Geardona (talk to me?) 21:58, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I thought AWB deletion was an option. Don't worry about it. Nyttend (talk) 22:07, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is probably moot now, but the 'delete' button mentioned under WP:AWB/UM#View & in WP:JWB#Deleting made me think that deleting pages in AWB/JWB was possible for admins. All the best, ‍—‍a smart kitten_[meow] 07:03, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is possible. – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:14, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Really? Huh I never saw that part. Thanks and sorry! Geardona (talk to me?) 10:25, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, let me know if you need anything else! Sorry I couldn't help! Geardona (talk to me?) 22:10, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle has a d-batch option; I'll take care of it in a mo'. Primefac (talk) 11:30, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Google garbage added to URLs[edit]

Weird URLs. Garbage characters need to be removed from URLs. They are in 348 pages. I think this could be a regex search-replace. -- GreenC 02:52, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll see if I can write something to get this done when I get home. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 18:04, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bulk link change[edit]

Can all links to The Boy Is Mine (song) (which is a redirect due to a RM I closed) be changed to The Boy Is Mine (Brandy and Monica song), so that the original can be redirected to the DAB page The Boy Is Mine? Thanks Anguswiki (talk) 19:46, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Working: building regex now, expect completion of the task in about an hour. Geardona (talk to me?) 23:21, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done with content namespaces, I left the talk pages be. Geardona (talk to me?) 00:28, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Geardona Can you lend me the regex that you used for this task? Maybe place it on your user subpage, I've been a bit lazy lately, lol. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 08:10, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done on my new little AWB log User:Geardona/AWB log Geardona (talk to me?) 10:47, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thank you so much! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 10:22, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tag templates for TfD[edit]

Please could someone tag the templates listed at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 April 29#WIR wrapper templates with {{subst:tfd|heading=WIR wrapper templates}}? Thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:44, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MSGJ, Doing. – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:46, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MSGJ, done – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:47, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:39, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Null edit everything in Category:Templates using CatAutoTOC[edit]

Would someone with TPE/the mop be able to null edit (i.e. save without making any changes whatsoever) the 43 templates in Category:Templates using CatAutoTOC? It has been sitting in Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories for ~24 hours without decreasing at all. The job queue should be naturally emptying the category, but given it has not decreased at all I suspect something might be have gone wrong. A null edit will automatically force the page to recache itself, and move it from Category:Templates using CatAutoTOC to Category:Templates using Automatic category TOC. House Blaster (talk · he/him) 03:24, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:54, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]