Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MonoBot 4

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Operator: Mønobi

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Programming Language(s): python

Function Summary: remove orphan template from fair use images used in articles

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): continuous

Edit rate requested: maxlag = 5

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

Function Details: Remove the orphan template from images used in the mainspace. If an image is used outside the mainspace the bot replaces that image with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg. I've been running this task for a while now but I need "official approval".

Discussion

Don't replace anything in content namespaces (Template, Category, Portal) with that image, it's self-referential. I suggest to remove 'em completely. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 15:15, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay. The only annoying thing with removal is the crazy [[Image:Example.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Comment]][[Comment]][[Comment]]]]. Those are annoying with regexes, although I think pywikipediabot has a built-in image removal function. Do you mean removal for User space etc too? Mønobi 20:13, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

This regex might work for that, if I remember correctly:

\[\[Image:whatever\.jpg

[^\[\]]*

(\[\[[^\[\]]*\]\][^\[\]]*)*

\]\]

If that helps. Essentially, it matches any number of links inside the description field. It is also known to cause headaches in anyone who attempts to understand it. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 22:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Looks like one of my earlier attempts at getting OrphanBot's regex right. How does it handle image links of the form [[Image:whatever.jpg|[http://somebody.stuck.a.url/here]]]? --Carnildo (talk) 06:36, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Stares at it in horror and then does nothing. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 12:58, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I think I'll just remove it if it is used in an article, and won't touch it if it is used out of the article space. Mønobi 22:11, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok. Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 11:52, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Isn't a trial a little redundant here, given that's already been running? Alai (talk) 06:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I can't find any edits from this task in your contribs. Have you run this task recently? SQL^{Query me!} 14:25, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

• A user has requested the attention of the operator. Once the operator has seen this message and replied, please deactivate this tag. What's the status of this bot request? --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 16:03, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

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