Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Alphachimpbot 8

The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Speedily Approved.

[edit] Alphachimpbot

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Operator: Alphachimp

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Auto

Programming Language(s): AWB

Function Summary: Will replace and fix CIA Factbook links

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

Edit rate requested: X edits per TIME 15-20 edits per minute

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

Function Details: This is similar to a task my bot has already done and been approved for. Someone requested it of me, and the text of the request is here:

(This is based on a similar request here: Wikipedia:Bot_requests/Archive_8#Create_a_bot_to_update_CIA_World_Factbook_links.)

I was wondering if you could set Alphachimpbot on this task:

Replace all mentions (under References, Notes, etc.) of the broken link http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/<rest of URL> (or the same, except with https instead of http) with https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/<rest of URL>

Also, any other links to https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications should be replaced with https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/. I suspect they have done significant further restructuring they might have done to the section (or site, even), so that's something to check out. (See [1].)

Many thanks in advance. - Thehotelambush 23:12, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

This is simple, this is easy, I'm requesting it more as a formality, seeing as I'm already approved for basically the same thing. Thanks guys, alphachimp 04:08, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

I have already done this using AWB a few weeks ago (link to contribs). I used list of countries and edited all of them, but if you still see a need for the task, I'm in favour. Also, someone noted that a template (e.g. {{WFB}}) would be great as a substitution on each article with a link to the factbook because in future, you would only have to edit the template instead of editing all articles. E ^talk 08:59, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Speedily Approved. --ST47Talk 10:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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