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

Time filed: 21:35, Sunday, December 16, 2018 (UTC)

Function overview: The bot updates some ISBN warnings and ISSN warnings.

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): WPCleaner

Source code available: WPCleaner

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: 2

Namespace(s): Wikipedia namespace

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: The bot will update Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia/ISBN errors and Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia/ISSN errors once a day using the bot tools provided at WPCleaner. It will run at around 21:00 (UTC) everyday.

I don't see any issues. Low-traffic pages. Might as well automate so those without WPC can see reasonably up-to-date info. Approved for trial (1 week). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. —  HELLKNOWZ   ▎TALK 21:55, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Request: I would like this edit to be run without the bot flag, at least some of the time, so that it appears in my watchlist. I watch this page for additions, but a regular bot edit won't show up. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:27, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95: My bot already has the bot flag. Pkbwcgs (talk) 07:55, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'm not using the right words. Here's an example: User:AnomieBOT/TPERTable is updated by a bot, but the edit is somehow (I think) not flagged as a bot edit, so it shows up in my Watchlist even though I have bot edits hidden. Does that make any sense at all? If not, don't worry about it. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:45, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

17 December 2018 changes - ISBN errors and ISSN errors. Pkbwcgs (talk) 21:15, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

18 December 2018 changes - ISBN errors and ISSN errors. It is not possible to put a manual edit summary in these edits so I can't link this BRFA unfortunately. Pkbwcgs (talk) 21:26, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

19 December 2018 changes - ISBN errors and ISSN errors. Pkbwcgs (talk) 21:09, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

20 December 2018 changes - ISBN errors and ISSN errors. Pkbwcgs (talk) 21:11, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

21 December 2018 changes - ISBN errors and ISSN errors. Pkbwcgs (talk) 21:11, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Approved. Feel free to not use the bot flag for these edits so users can watch it. —  HELLKNOWZ   ▎TALK 23:30, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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