User:ButlerBlogBot/Task 2

Primary functions

The primary objective of this task is to fix formatting problems, especially dates, per the documentation for the following templates:

• {{Infobox television}}
  • {{Infobox television season}}
  • {{Infobox television episode}}
• {{Episode list}}
• {{Series overview}}

Date fixes include the following:

• Formatting unformatted dates as {{Start date}} or {{End date}} - in most cases, dates should be formatted using these templates.
• Removing {{Start date}} format of the {{Episode list}} |AltDate= - formatting the alt date is the exception to the above (see note here).
• Replace {{Film date}} with {{Start date}} in {{Infobox television}}
• Converts |startN= to |releasedN= when there is no |endN= in {{Series overview}}

Generally, the bot will not make minor date formatting edits or update alias parameters unless it is making a larger change. However, if other changes and fixes are made, the bot will also normalize the {{Start date}} format in the format {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} with leading zeroes and df specification at the end.

Additional functions

This task applies other general fixes for {{Infobox television}}, {{Episode table}}, {{Episode list}}, and {{Series overview}} per each template's documentation:

Fixes in {{Infobox television}}

• Remove unnecessary use of |name=: See name param documentation
• Remove deprecated parameters: The following parameters have been deprecated. See notes at template docs
  • |preceded_by=
  • |followed_by=
  • |distributor=
  • |first_run=
  • |production_website=
  • |production_website_title=
  • |show_name=
  • |audio_format=
  • |picture_format=
• Fix known/common invalid parameters: removes unknown parameters and attempts to update commonly misspelled or misused parameters.
  • convert |opentheme= to |open_theme=
  • convert |endtheme= to |end_theme=
• Remove "File:" or "Image:" when infobox uses |image=
• Remove "px" specification from |image_size=
• Remove |italic_title=yes (which is invalid)
• Replace flag icons
• Convert self link in |list_episodes=
• Link |network= and |channel=