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Operator: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 03:16, Thursday, September 24, 2020 (UTC)

Function overview: This job runs through the backlog of MilHist project articles without task forces assigned, and adds appropriate task force cards to the MilHist project template on the talk page.

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): C#

Source code available: User:MilHistBot/AutoClass.cs

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators#The final frontier

Edit period(s): weekly

Estimated number of pages affected: Initially, a backlog of about 900 articles. Thereafter about 30 articles per week.

Namespace(s): Talk

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: The job loops through the Category:Military history articles with no associated task force and examines the articles found there. The categories are matched against a list of keywords, and the task force cards are added to the Template:WikiProject Military history template.

Approved for trial (25 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Primefac (talk) 14:56, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

* This has been delayed due to changes to the software for another job. Hope to get it run soon. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:03, 11 October 2020 (UTC

Trial complete. No significant problems. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:24, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hawkeye7, link to diffs please? Primefac (talk) 16:46, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There's a discussion in progress. Will provide another set. Diffs look like this. Nothing harmful. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:44, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hawkeye7: Could you please link the discussion? --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 18:32, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators#The final frontier Good to go now. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:13, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TheSandDoctor, does it also appear to you like there is general agreement that this bot task is performing as intended, or should there be an extended trial based on the concerns raised? Primefac (talk) 15:42, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Primefac: I don’t really see enough getting in the way of this approval and it appears most issues raised were either non-issues or resolved. Hawkeye is quite receptive to catching edge cases, which I think is good enough to proceed. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 03:48, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Approved. Primefac (talk) 22:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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