Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CiteFixBot
Automatic or Manually Assisted: manually assisted
Programming Language(s): Perl - perlwikipedia
Function Overview: cleanup references. Convert external links in references to use {{tl:cite}}
Edit period(s): Daily, at best, depending on my availability
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Function Details: This bot will improve footnotes in articles by
- adding a cite tag to links that consist only of a link or a link and a title. Example <ref>[http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19431&Callsign=WBQC-CA FCC Call Sign History]</ref> would be replaced with <ref>{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19431&Callsign=WBQC-CA|title=FCC Call Sign History}}</ref>
- Tidy up references by replacing subsequent references with the same content with named ref tags ([per WP:REFNAME)
- Standardize naming of references section to either Notes or References (per Wikipedia:Footnotes)
- Add a References section to articles lacking one. I know there are other bots that do this but it's a simple enough to add support for this and as long as all are doing it in a consistent way, this shouldn't be an issue.
The intended scope of this BOT is radio station articles currently monitored by WP:WikiProject Radio Stations but this could be expanded at a later date if others find it usefull.
Discussion
Regarding your first point, do note the difference in style between {{cite web}} and {{citation}} is a point of contention for many people; Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Citation bot 4 recently had this same discussion. Also, you might want to see if ThaddeusB (author of WebCiteBOT) has any tips on detecting other metadata for the template. Anomie⚔ 02:35, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
- Of the four tasks, the first three seem controversial. Manual links vs. templates, repeated refs vs. no repeats, and reflist vs. references are all points of contention. Gimmetrow 06:55, 30 May 2009 (UTC)