Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ButlerBlogBot 4

ButlerBlogBot 4

Operator: Butlerblog (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 17:24, Thursday, April 25, 2024 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: supervised

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available:

Function overview: Apply the correct formatting of {{Film date}} to the |released= parameter in {{Infobox film}}

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): one time run (to start with - possibly daily run after that for ongoing maintenance)

Estimated number of pages affected: 37,732

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: This bot task uses existing date formatting regular expressions from ButlerBlogBot Task 2 modified to check the {{Infobox film}} template for |released= {{Film date}}. In its present iteration, it focuses only on unformatted single dates. Depending on the status of the maintenance category after a complete run through, it may be modified for additional values (such as date ranges or multiple dates), depending on what is left.