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==Agreed bot tasks== | ==Agreed bot tasks== | ||
Uncontroversial or agreed-upon | 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. | ||
*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
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:
- {{Browsetopic}}
- {{Createnewpage}}
- {{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.
- 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.