Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CitationCleanerBot 5

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Speedily Approved.

CitationCleanerBot 5

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

Time filed: 18:38, Wednesday, May 13, 2020 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: find \| *\| replace with | in relevant templates

Function overview: Remove double / empty pipes in {{sfn}} and {{harv}}-like templates. Plus WP:GENFIXES.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): One time big run, plus additional small runs as needed

Estimated number of pages affected: ~1000

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

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

Function details: The bot would do edits like this [1] and [2]

This would change, e.g.

{{sfn|Robert| |Couchy|1891}} [which renders as Robert, & Couchy 1981]
{{sfn| |New Castle News 1954}} [which renders as & New Castle News 1954]

to

{{sfn|Robert|Couchy|1891}} [which renders as Robert & Couchy 1981]
{{sfn|New Castle News 1954}} [which renders as New Castle News 1954]

Discussion

As far as I'm concerned, this is well tested and can be speedied. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 18:43, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedily Approved. Simple task, trusted operator. Primefac (talk) 19:29, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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