User:ButlerBlogBot/Task 2

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Description

Primary functions

The primary objective of this task is to fix formatting problems, especially dates, per the documentation for the following templates:

• {{Infobox television}}
  • {{Infobox television episode}}
• {{Episode list}}
• {{Series overview}}

This includes the correct use of {{Start date}}, {{End date}}, and removing {{Start date}} format of the {{Episode list}} |AltDate=.

Additional functions

This task applies other general fixes for {{Infobox television}}, {{Episode table}}, {{Episode list}}, and {{Series overview}} per each template's documentation:

Fixes in {{Infobox television}}

• Remove unnecessary use of |name=: See name param documentation
• Remove deprecated parameters: The following parameters have been deprecated. See notes at template docs
  • |preceded_by=
  • |followed_by=
  • |distributor=
  • |first_run=
  • |production_website=
  • |production_website_title=
  • |show_name=
  • |audio_format=
  • |picture_format=
• Fix known/common invalid parameters: removes unknown parameters and attempts to update commonly misspelled or misused parameters.
  • convert |opentheme= to |open_theme=
  • convert |endtheme= to |end_theme=
• Remove "File:" or "Image:" when infobox uses |image=
• Remove "px" specification from |image_size=
• Remove |italic_title=yes (which is invalid).
• Replace {{Film date}} with {{Start date}}
• Replace alias parameters
  • "host" => "presenter"
  • "studio" => "company"
• Replace flag icons
• Convert self link in |list_episodes=
• Link |network= and |channel=

Fixes in {{Series overview}}

• Converts |startN= to |releasedN= when there is no |endN=

Fixes in {{Episode table}}

• Removes unknown parameters

Fixes in {{Infobox television episode}}

The episode infobox is a lot like the general television infobox with some formatting exceptions. One major difference is how lists are handled. In {{Infobox television}}, lists need to apply {{Plainlist}} or {{Unbulleted list}}. However, in {{Infobox television episode}}, the {{Plainlist}} is applied automatically, so this does not need to be applied to the parameter manually. This bot task scans for this and either replaces <br> lists with a bulleted list or it removes {{Plainlist}} markup.

Other general fixes

Generally, the bot will not make minor date formatting edits or update alias parameters unless it is making a larger change. However, if other changes and fixes are made, the bot will also fix {{Start date}} format so that it is in the format of {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} (with leading zeroes and df specification at the end).

Change log

• 1.0 - original fixes listed above
• 1.1. - unrecorded updates
• 1.2 - add removal of {{start/end-date}} {{start/end date text}}, reformatting of {{start/end date and age}}
• 1.3 - adds support for {{start and end date}}
• 1.4 - replaces {{Film date}} with {{Start date}} and {{End date}}
• 1.5
• 1.6 - (current version) fixes lists in {{Infobox television episode}}

Maintenance categories monitored

This task monitors the following maintenance categories from the television project:

• Infobox television with unknown parameters
• Infobox television with nonstandard dates
• Infobox television with unnecessary name parameter
• Episode lists with unformatted air dates
• Episode lists with incorrectly formatted alternate air dates
• Pages using infobox television episode with nonstandard dates
• Pages using infobox television episode with unnecessary list markup

Other minor tasks:

• Pages using infobox television with alias parameters
• Pages using infobox television with flag icon
• Pages using infobox television with list episodes parameter using self-link
• Pages using infobox television with unlinked values
• Series overview with deprecated start-parameter format
• Pages using episode table with unknown parameters

Also running on:

• Pages using start date with invalid values