The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA. The result of the discussion was  Approved.

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

Time filed: 23:57, Monday, January 8, 2018 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Supervised/Manual

Programming language(s): WP:AWB

Source code available:

Function overview: Tag a list of NYC Subway station talks with ((WikiProject New York City)).

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): WP:BOTREQ#Bot to tag article talk pages for WikiProject New York City & User talk:Epicgenius#Broadway Junction (New York City Subway).

Edit period(s): One-time run

Estimated number of pages affected: ~400

Namespace(s): Article talk

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Tag article talks in this list which don't already contain an alias of ((WikiProject New York City)) with: ((WikiProject New York City | transportation=yes | importance=<inherit from ((WikiProject Trains|NYPT-importance=...))> | class=<inherit from ((WikiProject Trains|class=...))>)), per the user's botreq, the template documentation, and discussion below.

Discussion[edit]

• As the person who originally made this request on WP:BOTREQ, I think the |transportation-importance= parameter would be redundant, since the vast majority of the time, it is already defined under the WP:TRAINS template. epicgenius (talk) 16:43, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Epicgenius - redundant, or discouraged? Something can be redundant w/o being discouraged. The template made it sound, at the very least, redundant, if not encouraged. I'd rather get it right on the first pass though, and I have no experience with the associated WikiProjects, nor the use of their template, so I just want to confirm.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  16:57, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, I think the |transportation-importance= parameter in ((WPNYC)) should be the same as the |NYPT-importance= parameter in ((WPTRAINS)). If there are two different importance parameters for the same WikiProject, it can get a little confusing. epicgenius (talk) 17:00, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks. Could you edit Template:WikiProject New York City/doc to that effect? Would be good for outsiders like me and newer members.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  17:03, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have done it. epicgenius (talk) 19:34, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Approved for trial (30 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. — xaosflux ^Talk 04:32, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Done 30 edits. Only 58 pages remain due to someone else already doing most of the work.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  16:52, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Trial complete. (wish I used this earlier!)   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  17:58, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Note TomBot has been added to the WP:CHECKPAGE as a user, will need to be shifted if/when bot flag is granted. Primefac (talk) 14:26, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

((BAG assistance needed))   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  18:08, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

((BAG assistance needed))   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  14:18, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• FYI User:TomBot has been renamed to User:Tom.Bot; AWB rights transferred.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  14:18, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Approved. Task approved. — xaosflux ^Talk 04:28, 7 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA.