Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 14

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PrimeBOT 14[edit]

Operator: Primefac (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 17:12, Saturday, April 8, 2017 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Fix Wikipedia:Wikipedia: links in bluelinks

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): BOTREQ request and the related RFD.

Edit period(s): One time run initially, though if it crops up again it might need another go

Estimated number of pages affected: 966 pages, based on this search ~3000: 2600 (Five Pillars), 262 (Newsletter), 171 (Dec Newsletter)

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): yes

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): yes

Function details: Replace incorrect Wikipedia:Wikipedia: links in code with Wikipedia: per the BOTREQ request and the RFD (which basically said "we're not going to delete this terrible redirect until the incoming links are fixed").

Discussion[edit]

Of the ten pages that have a double-Wikipedia opening, that particular redirect (and maybe Wikipedia:Wikipedia: the movie) are the only two suffering from being the right name when it's a double. It's also interesting to note that neither of those redirects actually has more than three non-maintenance incoming links. Primefac (talk) 00:51, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The rest, if I'm reading it right, were all created due to typos in some sort of newsletter/announcement/template/etc (i.e. things that should be fixed). Primefac (talk) 00:56, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Given the lack of links to all but three of the redirects, I think it would be safe to narrow it down to "what links" to Wikipedia:Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Newsletter/Banner, Wikipedia:Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Newsletter/Banner (December Version), and Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Five pillars, since those are the only three that have more than a half-dozen incoming links. Primefac (talk) 01:06, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Creating new pages with double namespace prefixes is now blocked by the titleblacklist. So the chances of it cropping up again are very low. – Train2104 (t • c) 02:16, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Good to know. Updated request. Primefac (talk) 15:10, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Steel1943, search timed out and I missed the notice. I'll update the request accordingly. Primefac (talk) 01:12, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Approved for trial (40 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete.. — xaosflux Talk 21:46, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Trial complete. - Edits. Primefac (talk) 22:12, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
 Approved. Task approved. — xaosflux Talk 22:24, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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