CZ:Bot status/Fix-double-redirects/Community Input

This one appears to require deletion rights. I'm not sure we are ready for that :) D. Matt Innis 01:52, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

No, it does not. If you take a look at the test edit, you will see that James Jones (disambiguation)/Definition has not been touched. --Daniel Mietchen 02:35, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

The link that you provided concerning the script states:

Script which fixes double redirects, and deletes broken redirects.

Requires access to MediaWiki's maintenance pages or to a XML dump file. Delete function requires adminship.

I now realize that it refers to the "broken redirects" function that this script also performs, right? D. Matt Innis 03:09, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it's the same script, but differently parametrized, which entails different prerequisites, and so I filed them differently. Perhaps we should rename the template's "Botname" in "Task" or some such. --Daniel Mietchen 09:11, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for separating the two functions. I think we can run this one, but I have some reservations about the other one that I think we need to work through. I think the name was fine on this one, but the documentation could have been a little clearer to suggest that we were ony goign to use the "double" switch with it. Although, what's to keep someone from running it with the "broken" switch on. Can we lock the page that has the code when we make these things?

I assume that this bot, unlike the last one, will be run occasionally so it needs a permanent bot rather than just using the Housekeeping bot. It would be nice to have a place to "store" these. Have you got a plan for that? D. Matt Innis 12:48, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Is this worth the effort? Presently, there are eight double redirects. These can be easily fixed manually. And moves can fix redirects when applied. --Peter Schmitt 22:17, 15 January 2010 (UTC)