Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Jogersbot 3

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 Approved.

[edit] Jogersbot

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Operator: Jogers

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): AWB

Function Summary: Removing links to debut album

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

Edit rate requested: 1 edits per 10 seconds

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

Function Details: There are almost 1500 pages which link to debut album. See this discussion.

[edit] Discussion

• As I suggested at the albums page, I think it could be done a bit more cleverly than that:
• Remove all links to debut album
• Remove all running links to debut, album (see AWB's Filter\Intersection feature)
• Ensure that there's one link to an article about album types, if removing the debut album links.

What do you think? --kingboyk 12:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

So it would be "[[debut album]] → debut album" and "[[debut]] [[album]] → debut album" for all pages that contain album infobox, right? Jogers (talk) 12:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, except I don't know that it needs to be restricted to album infobox?

I haven't worked out yet how point 3 would be implemented, but I think there are various ways. I have a bit of a headache at the moment so hopefully will feel less cloudy later (or perhaps Martinp23 will come up with something).

I'm not trying to force you, btw; if you think my idea is crap, say so. --kingboyk 12:34, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that your idea is crap but I'm still not fully convinced that there should always be a link to album left. Isn't it just a plain English word? Jogers (talk) 13:20, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

If it is, it shouldn't be an article?... It doesn't have to be album either, provided there's a link to something about the format... (compact disc, compilation album, whatever). I was just thinking that if you don't leave some sort of link behind folks are likely to complain? --kingboyk 13:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

A lot of common English words have articles, I guess, but the point about possible complaints finally convinces me :-) So, I'll remove links to debut album entirely from articles that already have a link to "album", "studio album" etc. and change "[[debut]] [[album]]" to "debut album" in articles that have links to any type of album except of "album" itself. Anything else I will leave alone. How about that? Jogers (talk) 19:11, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I think this does make sense - a link to album (or similar) should almost certainly remain, as it is significantly more relevant to the context than me wikilinking every word in a sentence :) Martinp23 19:56, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Approved for trial. up to 75 edits. Martinp23 20:11, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I made 75 edits without any problems. Jogers (talk) 20:57, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Checked a few at random and looked fine.

If you're going to do debut album (2 links) too, can you do 75 on that as well please?

Also, I think you ought to have a link in your edit summary explaining why you're doing, probably to the WP:ALBUMS talk page would suffice. --kingboyk 21:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

But there are only 22 pages linking both to debut and to album :-) Let me take care of them manually :-) Good idea, I'll add the link to the relevant discussion at WP:ALBUMS to the edit summary. Jogers (talk) 21:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

You're kidding me, only 22?! --kingboyk 21:18, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

No, I'm not kidding but "[[debut album|debut]] [[album]]" seems to be indeed pretty common. I removed few of them in the trial pass. Jogers (talk) 21:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Okie dokie. All seems good and you know what you're doing. --kingboyk 21:27, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Jogers (talk) 21:29, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Approved. --kingboyk 21:27, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

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