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DannyS712 bot 4[edit]

Operator: DannyS712 (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 02:39, Saturday, February 2, 2019 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Javascript

Source code available: User:DannyS712 test/bilateral.js

Function overview: Add short descriptions to pages for bilateral relations between countries

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Short descriptions#Proposal: Standard format of short description for bilateral relations

Edit period(s): One time run

Estimated number of pages affected: <5961

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Go through Category:Bilateral relations by country and its subcategories, and for pages in the form of "Country-Country relations" add a short description if one is not already there. I calculated that there are ~6000 pages in these categories, not including duplicates, that may qualify, but I'm not sure. I posted about this at the short descriptions wikiproject, and received no comments (I also added a note about this at the international relations wikiproject page, with no comments there either).

Discussion[edit]

There's no issue with this sitting open, but I think that discussion should have some actual participation (i.e. there is currently no consensus for this) before we even think about going to trial. Editing 6k pages based on a reasonable-but-undiscussed idea isn't really a good thing. Primefac (talk) 21:54, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Primefac: Should I leave messages on the talk pages of people involved in both wikiprojects? --DannyS712 (talk) 22:11, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like you've already pinged everyone, so I'm not sure of the best way to drum up a conversation. I do suppose if no one has anything to say it's a SILENT consensus, but again it's not like we want to have to undo 6k edits if someone does complain. Primefac (talk) 02:51, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Primefac: Well, I have my notifications set up to tell me if a ping goes through, or if it fails, and I wasn't alerted either way, so the pings might not have gone through. Can I suggest a limited trial, followed by me posting with a link to this discussion and to trial edits, to see if there is opposition? --DannyS712 (talk) 03:06, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I could also send a mass message to the users that were a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject International relations/Bilateral relations task force, which seems to be exactly what this task is about. --DannyS712 (talk) 07:46, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@DannyS712: Why is this better than adding the short description to Template:Infobox bilateral relations. That should describe 3000 pages with only one edit. ((3x|p))ery (talk) 19:42, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Pppery: Because its not build for it as far as I can tell. If you look at, eg, Mauritania–United States relations, the template call is ((Infobox Bilateral relations|Mauritania – United States|Mauritania|USA|filetype=svg)) :. AFAIK you can't implement a dictionary within a template, so I don't think you can make the short-description of ((Short description|1=Diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the United States of America)) from the infobox. Doing it for each one separately would also make it easier for different countries' pages to be tweaked a lot easier. --DannyS712 (talk) 19:49, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
 Approved. task approved. — xaosflux Talk 03:16, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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