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Operator: Don Julian del Toro (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 11:28, Sunday, March 10, 2024 (UTC)
Function overview: Automating the process of updating outdated links from http://unicode-table.com and https://unicode-table.com to the new domain https://symbl.cc, ensuring that the rest of the URL remains unchanged. This task is aimed at maintaining the reliability and accessibility of external links across Wikipedia articles
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): The bot is written in Python, using the pywikibot framework
Source code available: No
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): Daily
Estimated number of pages affected: 611 pages in all languages
Namespace(s): Articles
Function details: The bot is written in Python, using the pywikibot framework. It's designed to search for specific patterns of outdated links, replace them with the updated domain, and perform checks to avoid editing mistakes. The bot will respect rate limits and conform to Wikipedia's bot policy by making edits at a controlled pace and avoiding excessive server load
Discussion[edit]
- Wikipedia:Link rot/URL change requests can take care of this. Nardog (talk) 14:15, 18 March 2024 (UTC)