Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot 3

The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Denied.

Operator: Smith609 Talk

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): PHP

Function Summary: Replace hyphens with en-dashes in page number ranges

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): yes

Function Details: There has been some confusion as to whether "correct[ing] common mistakes", specified as a bot task in Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DOI bot 2, includes the replacement of hyphens with endashes in page number ranges. While the manual of style is unambiguous in stating that an endash is the correct format to use, and the bot's edits in its trial period for task 2 dominantly included edits of this nature, and as far as I can tell the edit does no harm, it seems that explicit approval would be helpful.

Discussion

This isn't really in the BAG's purview, I'd try to gain consensus at a Wikipedia talk:MOS (or wherever this is discussed). BJ^Talk 22:47, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is en-dash instead of hyphen a mistake? Is it common? If so, the task is approved. ~~ ~~

en-dashes instead of hyphens in page ranges is grammatically correct. I would support the bot making such edits. Kaldari (talk) 15:23, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Denied. If there is consensus for changing it your bot is already approved to do so. BJ^Talk 01:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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