Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FrescoBot 2
Operator: Basilicofresco
Automatic or Manually assisted: Auto
Programming language(s): python (pywikipedia)
Source code available: ask me
Function overview: remove useless piping within wikilinks
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:Piped link#Changing existing links to piped links with capital first letter?
Edit period(s): monthly (or less) using the dump file
Estimated number of pages affected: 16k (guess based on random articles sampling)
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y
Function details: as stated in Wikipedia:Piped link#When not to use we should never use piped links to convert first letter to lower case. This well-tested bot will correct occurences like [[Country code second-level domain|country code second-level domain]]. Already in use on italian Wikipedia.
More examples:
- [[Meteor shower|meteor shower]] --> [[meteor shower]]
- [[meteor shower|meteor shower]] --> [[meteor shower]]
- [[Meteor shower|Meteor shower]] --> [[Meteor shower]]
- [[meteor shower|Meteor shower]] --> [[Meteor shower]]