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Operator: Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D}

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic.

Programming Language(s): AWB.

Function Summary: New task: avoid double-redirects.

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

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

Function Details: Basically, I give it a list; say things linking to 2008 Nord-Kivu fighting; and tell it to replace those links with 2008 Nord-Kivu war. Then I let it run and replace stuff using simple parameters (to deal with stuff such as {{seealso}}, replace 2008 Nord-Kivu fighting} with 2008 Nord-Kivu War}, and with ] variants so that regular text isn't screwed up too much. Ideally I'd give it 3 or 4 lists. It'll be doing general fixes as well.

Discussion

• Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. For double redirects only --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 23:26, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
• Status of this bot? Q ^{T C} 21:47, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
• Still in existence. When I have time I'll scrounge up some lists of substitutable templates and have it run through pages. Double-redirects too. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 08:41, 20 December 2008 (UTC)