Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AwOcBot

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AwOcBot

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Operator: AwOc

Automatic or Manually Assisted: edits n pages automatically, then asks user for permission the edit the next n pages. (n may be 5, 10 or 20 for example)

Programming Language(s): php, based on bgbot

Function Overview: add <references /> to articles where it is missing but <ref>s are present.

Edit period(s): when started manually. not to often.

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N

Function Details: add <references /> to articles where it is missing but <ref>s are present. pages are expanded to find <ref>s and <references /> in templates. references-section is added below all other sections, but before any Category, DEFAULTSORT or interwiki-link. if the is already a section called 'References' the <references />-tag will be put in that section. inuse-template is respected. the pages to check may come from Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia, google or the WhatLinksHere special-page on templates containing <ref>. i already did this in dewiki.

just found Category:Wikipedia pages with broken references. sure, thats a better source. User:Addshore helps with his bot to fix the reference-errors. --AwOc 05:44, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

Denied. - the task is already adequately covered by existing bots, for example TheHelpfulBot and others. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 20:19, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

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