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Operator: Basilicofresco (talk · contribs)

Time filed: 23:00, Thursday May 5, 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manual: Automatic unsupervised

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Standard pywikipedia

Function overview: it separates footnotes from external links creating a new "References" section where necessary.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): montly or less

Estimated number of pages affected: 1400

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

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

Function details: if footnotes tags (eg. <references/>) or templates (eg. {{reflist}}) are found within the "External links" section and a "Reference" section does not exist, then a new "Reference" section is created and these tags are moved there. Example: [1].