Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SMS Bot 2

SMS Bot 2

• (BRFA
• Approved BRFAs
• talk
• contribs
• count
• SUL
• logs
• page moves
• block log
• rights log
• flag)

Operator: SMS ^Talk

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): AWB + Custom Module(C#)

Function Summary: This bot will convert in-text external links into references.

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

Edit rate requested: 8-9 edits per TIME

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

Function Details: SMS Bot 2 will convert External links present in the text of an article into references and will also add {{Reflist}} if not present, before the External links section. A sample edit: [1]

Discussion

Doesn't seem to follow the correct cite web procedure. — Werdna talk 01:08, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, although, I love this task, can you make it use {{cite web}}? If you could, however, you may need to think about how to tell when {{cite news}} etc, are appropriate. SQL^{Query me!} 03:11, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Well! after reading Citing sources, I got an impression that using citation templates is something controversial. So I avoided use of these templates. --SMS ^Talk 04:21, 18 April 2008 (UTC)