This was in relation to
my second ever Bot Request
for Approval on the English Wikipedia. The purpose of this task was to remove deprecated parameters
(of Template:Track listing) from pages in Category:Track listings with deprecated parameters.
The specific parameters to be removed by this task were |writing_credits=
, |lyrics_credits=
and |music_credits=
.
These were to be removed where ever found. The bot worked using the following steps.
- Select a page from Category:Track listings with deprecated parameters
- Scan all instances of Template:Track listing within the page
- If a given instance contained any of the three deprecated parameters (
|writing_credits=
,|lyrics_credits=
and|music_credits=
) that were now automated, remove the deprecated parameters and their values. Continue on to the next instance. - If a given instance did not contain any of the deprecated parameters, then move on to the next instance.
- Once all instances on the page were reviewed and any occurrences of the deprecated parameters were removed, save the page.
- If a given instance contained any of the three deprecated parameters (
- Move on to the next page within the category