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Operator: Mdann52 (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 17:46, Monday, June 10, 2024 (UTC)
Function overview: Replace bare links in {{Football box}} to <ref></ref> tags
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Source code available: Standard AWB with regex.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): WP:BOTREQ#Bot to update match reports to cite template / Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 165#Match report discussion style
Edit period(s): one time run
Estimated number of pages affected: up to 20000 - Seems to be a real mix between bare references and ref tags, so estimating this high, but expecting to be less
Namespace(s): Article only.
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: The bot will replace bare URL links in the | report = parameter in {{Football box}} with a bare reference tag, this is per discussion on BOTREQ and the relevant WikiProject. One time AWB run with genfixes. Handles both bare links and links with titles.