Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot 3
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[edit] DOI bot 3
tasks • contribs • count • sul • logs • page moves • block user • block log • flag log • flag bot
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic
Programming Language(s): PHP
Function Summary: Replace hyphens with en-dashes in page number ranges
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): yes
Function Details: There has been some confusion as to whether "correct[ing] common mistakes", specified as a bot task in Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot 2, includes the replacement of hyphens with endashes in page number ranges. While the manual of style is unambiguous in stating that an endash is the correct format to use, and the bot's edits in its trial period for task 2 dominantly included edits of this nature, and as far as I can tell the edit does no harm, it seems that explicit approval would be helpful.
[edit] Discussion
This isn't really in the BAG's purview, I'd try to gain consensus at a WT:MOS (or wherever this is discussed). BJTalk 22:47, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
