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This page is for tasks that involve changing the same code in multiple articles. This is a great fit for editors with AutoWikiBrowser permissions.

Please note that Wikipedia:Bot requests sometimes has one-time tasks which can be done easily using AWB.

See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia.

Fixing mis-specified span tag color settings[edit]

I don't know if this is a bot request or an AWB request, but I thought I would start here. There are over 1,000 pages that use span tags with hex colors missing the # symbol. They look like <span style="color:0099FF">, but they should look like <span style="color:#0099FF"> (note the # symbol). Some of these are due to bad edits by a regex I used to employ, but there are many others.

Is there anyone here willing to sweep through these articles and add the missing # symbols? It will result in editors' color preferences for text being displayed as intended. I have been able to fix these problems semi-automatically with code like: str = str.replace(/(\<span style\=\"color:)([a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9])/gi, '$1\#$2'); but you may have a better regex. As far as I know, there are no valid color names expressed as words that contain six a–f characters in a row, so the above regex should be safe. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:15, 20 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Of the search results, only two are in the article space. Some of the other results are actually part of a user signature, which I guess we are not going to edit (Talk:Internet_Watch_Foundation_and_Wikipedia signature of user Celarnor). The two articles can be edited manually. For the others, I am not sure. Considering they are not in the article space, should we leave them as they are? Vpab15 (talk) 16:43, 20 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Some of them, possibly the majority, are the result of invalid conversion of font tags (without the #, which works) to span tags (which require the # to render a color) by myself and other editors cleaning up Linter errors. In those cases, it was the original intention of the editors to display the color, so fixing the span tag is the right thing to do. In cases where the span tags has always been like this, it was clearly the editor's intent to display a color, even if it didn't work right (or maybe it used to work?). I can go through and fix them myself if necessary, but I do not have access to AWB and cannot get it due to my OS, so I thought I would ask here first. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:59, 20 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You are correct, there are no valid colors. I checked. I think it's supposed to rain in the morning, so I'll take a stab, I do agree with your point that it was how it was meant to be shown. Also, you mention OS. As a mac user, may I interest you in WP:JWB instead of AWB? Happy Editing--IAmChaos 02:48, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. I've had JWB on my to-take-a-look-at list for a while. I use AutoEd, which is good enough for most things, but it's not great for mass small edits because its workflow is a bit clunky. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:26, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Jonesey95, alternatively you could try de:Benutzer:Schnark/js/bandersnatch, though it does require basic knowledge of javascript. ― Qwerfjkltalk 08:10, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Based on your comment above I can probably assume you know JavaScript. ― Qwerfjkltalk 20:52, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I got namespaces 0 and 1 loaded and did A lot were signatures (bc it was talkspace) User:Penyulap User:Blanchardb and User:Hansen Sebastian came up a lot I noticed, which may have been the conversions from <font> you mentioned earlier, as they were mostly older comments. I loaded just the first two namespaces due to loading times, but my final tally was Pages saved: 167; Null-edits: 2; Pages skipped: 24; Other: 0; . 26 that JWB didnt edit. I'll go back and look at them after I do the other namespaces. If anyone wants to take over the task before I get to it tonight or tomorrow - the regex I used is in a subpage of my userspace desk. Happy Editing--IAmChaos 19:13, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ns 2&6 8 12 14 100 118 done. Saved 67 pages JWB didn't parse 13 with an edit. Most of those namespaces didnt even have any pages matching your search. I will go back and do talkspaces(including project and template. But I realized that the way I was doing it was only solving the first instance per page, so does anyone know how I can fix that? Happy Editing--IAmChaos 04:21, 22 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@IAmChaos, add the RegEx flag 'g' for global. According to the search there are still ~1167 pages left, so I'll try to do them some time today. ― Qwerfjkltalk 06:35, 22 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just saying thank you for raising old AfDs. Seriously, not sarcastic as some raise with clean up edits. Super helpful to then un-watch list those that were before temporary watchlisting. And good luck with the actual purpose as well of course Star Mississippi 02:50, 22 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Bump to prevent archiving. I did some of them but still needs more work. 0xDeadbeef 10:39, 18 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

THECAPS[edit]

Is there any chance that someone with AWB would be able to change all instances of "The Mill" to "the Mill" on pages on Template:Doctors per MOS:THECAPS? Or is the change too small to be picked up on the system? I change them as and when I see them, but if it was possible for someone with AWB, it would help a lot. – Meena • 09:56, 24 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm not sure which capitalisation is best here. Sources are inconsistent [1] [2] even within the BBC's own website [3] [4] and its TV guide [5] [6]. Certes (talk) 11:25, 24 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think that MOS:THECAPS might have guidance if @Meena can walk us through which variant of the rule is supposed to be used.

> There are special considerations for: band names · institution names · nicknames · titles of works · trademarks.

(It seems really complicated for folks unfamiliar with the content)

Mason (talk) 17:00, 24 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi – "the Mill" or "the Mill Health Centre" would be the appropriate option as it is a building on the series that exists in real life. Think of it as similar to the Eiffel Tower. The the wouldn't be capitalised as it is not strictly part of the name. – Meena • 17:05, 24 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Event though it's got a capital T over the door? Certes (talk) 22:01, 24 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Mass PROD request[edit]

I would like to PROD a large number of Carlossuarez46 (talk · contribs) articles about villages in Iran that begin with "PrefixIndex/Chah" or "PrefixIndex/Chah-e" and do not have geocoordinates, since chah (چاه) means well in Persian and we cannot verify that they are villages. Specifically, the rationale would be:

Mass-created Iran geostub by User:Carlossuarez46. Name is of a well, and no geocoordinates are given to confirm that this is a populated place.

See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abadi Zavarzmand Shomareh Mowtowr 55. I have already done all the Chah-e places A–J. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:20, 26 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aliabad-e Qotb ol Din[edit]

I have opened a bulk AfD with 115 Carlossuarez46 (talk · contribs) geostubs containing a specific keyword, and they will need to be AfD tagged. I don't think any of them have already been nominated for deletion. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:18, 28 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Done 0xDeadbeef 03:58, 28 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

216 articles in a bulk AfD[edit]

None of the articles in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Agro-Industry Complex have received a deletion tag, except for the header article Agro-Industry Complex. I have redirected one of the remaining pages out of process, and it is possible that the same has happened to the others. In tagging the rest of the articles, you may leave a notice of which pages have been tagged or deleted out of process. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:05, 2 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Done by RobertskySemi. —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 07:11, 2 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Mass categorisation/revert[edit]

Category:Gandhians has been recreated per WP:REFUND and needs to be repopulated. This can be done by reverting every edit by JJMC89 bot III from this edit (07:39, 4 August) to this edit (07:48, 4 August) inclusive (232 edits in total). Can this be done using AWB? If a list of articles needs to be provided I can do that. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 14:21, 6 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If you made a page with links to all the articles, it should be pretty easy to add the category to each of them. VanIsaac, MPLL ^cont_WpWS 15:30, 6 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Arms & Hearts,  Done via Cat-a-lot and Writ Keeper's massRollback script, both of which can work on contributions lists. ― Qwerfjkltalk 15:33, 6 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Many thanks Qwerfjkl. That saves me a lot of faffing trying to turn the contributions into a usable list. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 15:40, 6 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Arms & Hearts, maybe I should restart this at some point. ― Qwerfjkltalk 15:47, 6 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2022_August_2#Category:WikiProject_New_York_City_Public_Transportation_templates[edit]

At this CfD, it has been requested that talk pages of templates in Category:WikiProject New York City Public Transportation templates be tagged with {{subst:WikiProject New York City Public Transportation}} if they are not already in Category:Template-Class New York City public transportation articles. There are about 200 candidates for merger. See the CfD for details. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:01, 10 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'll get started on this for you. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:59, 10 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@LaundryPizza03, how'd you get only 200? I'm finding 508 that are not in the destination category. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:07, 10 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Hey man im josh, can you ping me when you're finished? I'm planning on closing the discussion, and it'll be easier if this is taken care of. ― Qwerfjkltalk 21:12, 10 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sure, will do. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:16, 10 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Done. Pinging @LaundryPizza03 and @Qwerfjkl. Approximately 500 pages have been added to the requested category by adding the WikiProject tag. Hey man im josh (talk) 22:11, 10 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Special:Search/"reflist"[edit]

This slang term should not be used in section titles; please replace it by "References". 1234qwer1234qwer4 15:46, 15 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@1234qwer1234qwer4,  Done. ― Qwerfjkltalk 19:38, 15 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

236 pages in a bulk RfD[edit]

I just opened Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2022_August_20#3000s, which covers 236 decade redirects to Timeline of the far future following the deletion of 6100s at RfD. All of these should be RfD tagged. It is not necessary for the redirects to point to the section, since every RfD nomination includes an anchor from the name of the redirect. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:39, 20 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Can you link to a diff with the exact code you want added to these pages? VanIsaac, MPLL ^cont_WpWS 21:44, 20 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Done — JJMC89 (T·C) 21:55, 20 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Brookfield Properties[edit]

I was encouraged to post here by User:Epicgenius. Brookfield Properties (my employer) was known as "Brookfield Office Properties" from 2011-2017, and as a result there are still many articles that refer to the company that way even though the company is now known only as "Brookfield Properties." Epicgenius showed me these search results showing instances of "Brookfield Office Properties" in articles, all of which should be changed to "Brookfield Properties" except for historical references and appearances of the term within references.

Similarly, GGP Inc. was acquired by Brookfield in 2018, and was then known as "Brookfield Properties Retail Group" for a period of time after that. But now the retail group no longer exists as its own company, but only as a group within Brookfield Properties. So all instances of "Brookfield Properties Retail Group" currently appearing in articles (as shown in these search results) should be changed to "Brookfield Properties," except for historical references and appearances within references.

Finally, the same goes for another old name, "Brookfield Properties Corporation" (search results here), though there are only a small handful of examples of this case that are not historical.

I would be happy to assist whoever steps up here in identifying which instances are historical and thus should not be changed (in most cases it's obvious from context). Thank you! Claudiailagan (talk) 11:44, 24 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]