(moved (?) items to suggested, added a couple.)
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==Agreed bot tasks==
==Agreed bot tasks==
Uncontroversial or agreed-upon tassks should be listed here:
Uncontroversial or agreed-upon tasks should be listed here:
*correcting capitalization of headers, e.g. See Also to See also.
*correcting capitalization of headers, e.g. See Also to See also.
*common spelling errors? (Adapt a bot from Wikipedia?) (Be sensitive to variations in spelling - some people don't like it if their spellings are "corrected" from American to British forms, or vice-versa.)
*add "|<nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>" to category tags, for pages not in the main or category namespaces.
*add "|<nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>" to category tags, for pages not in the main or category namespaces.
*fix [[Special:DoubleRedirects|double-redirects]]?
*fix [[Special:DoubleRedirects|double-redirects]]


==Suggested bot tasks==
==Suggested bot tasks==
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:*{{tl|Putinthiscategory}}
:*{{tl|Putinthiscategory}}
*Look for text strings in articles which are the same as existing article names. The first occurrence of this string in each article should generally be wikilinked.  
*Look for text strings in articles which are the same as existing article names. The first occurrence of this string in each article should generally be wikilinked.  
*common spelling errors
** Adapt a bot from Wikipedia?
** Be sensitive to variations in spelling - some people don't like it if their spellings are "corrected" from American to British forms, or vice-versa.
*Tagging pages with apparent non-compliant capitalization
**Maintain a list (possibly a category) of checked non-compliers.


[[Category:Appropedia maintenance|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Appropedia maintenance|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Revision as of 03:54, 15 February 2007

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Agreed bot tasks

Uncontroversial or agreed-upon tasks should be listed here:

  • correcting capitalization of headers, e.g. See Also to See also.
  • add "|{{PAGENAME}}" to category tags, for pages not in the main or category namespaces.
  • fix double-redirects

Suggested bot tasks

  • place these templates on every topic page, if not there already:
  • Look for text strings in articles which are the same as existing article names. The first occurrence of this string in each article should generally be wikilinked.
  • common spelling errors
    • Adapt a bot from Wikipedia?
    • Be sensitive to variations in spelling - some people don't like it if their spellings are "corrected" from American to British forms, or vice-versa.
  • Tagging pages with apparent non-compliant capitalization
    • Maintain a list (possibly a category) of checked non-compliers.
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