User:ButlerBlogBot/Task 2

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Description

Primary functions

The primary objective of this task is to fix formatting problems, especially dates, per the documentation for the following templates:

• {{Infobox television}}
  • {{Infobox television season}}
  • {{Infobox television episode}}
• {{Episode list}}
• {{Series overview}}

Date fixes include the following:

• Formatting unformatted dates as {{Start date}} or {{End date}} - in most cases, dates should be formatted using these templates.
• Removing {{Start date}} format of the {{Episode list}} |AltDate= - formatting the alt date is the exception to the above (see note here).
• Replace {{Film date}} with {{Start date}} in {{Infobox television}}
• Converts |startN= to |releasedN= when there is no |endN= in {{Series overview}}

Generally, the bot will not make minor date formatting edits or update alias parameters unless it is making a larger change. However, if other changes and fixes are made, the bot will also normalize the {{Start date}} format in the format {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} with leading zeroes and df specification at the end.

Additional functions

This task applies other general fixes for {{Infobox television}}, {{Episode table}}, {{Episode list}}, and {{Series overview}} per each template's documentation:

Fixes in {{Infobox television}}

• Remove unnecessary use of |name=: See name param documentation
• Remove deprecated parameters: The following parameters have been deprecated. See notes at template docs
  • |preceded_by=
  • |followed_by=
  • |distributor=
  • |first_run=
  • |production_website=
  • |production_website_title=
  • |show_name=
  • |audio_format=
  • |picture_format=
• Fix known/common invalid parameters: removes unknown parameters and attempts to update commonly misspelled or misused parameters.
  • convert |opentheme= to |open_theme=
  • convert |endtheme= to |end_theme=
• Remove "File:" or "Image:" when infobox uses |image=
• Remove "px" specification from |image_size=
• Remove |italic_title=yes (which is invalid)
• Replace flag icons
• Convert self link in |list_episodes=
• Link |network= and |channel=

Change log

• 1.0 - original fixes listed above
• 1.1. - unrecorded updates
• 1.2 - add removal of {{start/end-date}} {{start/end date text}}, reformatting of {{start/end date and age}}
• 1.3 - adds support for {{start and end date}}
• 1.4 - replaces {{Film date}} with {{Start date}} and {{End date}}
• 1.5
• 1.6 - fixes lists in {{Infobox television episode}}
• 2.0 - complete overhaul, compartmentalizes commonly used regexes, more focused template limits (i.e. doesn't edit dates in other templates)
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3 - updated to fix additional issues in {{Series overview}}
• 2.4 - current production version - fixes bug that misses leading zeroes when unformatting |AltDate= in MDY dates, adds back some date fixes for {{Infobox television episode}}

Unit tests

Maintenance categories monitored

This task monitors the following maintenance categories from the television project:

• Infobox television with unknown parameters (limited to common errors/misspellings/capitalization)
• Infobox television with nonstandard dates
• Infobox television with unnecessary name parameter
• Episode lists with unformatted air dates
• Episode lists with incorrectly formatted alternative air dates
• Pages using infobox television episode with nonstandard dates (ignored in 2.0)

Other minor tasks:

• Pages using infobox television with flag icon
• Pages using infobox television with list episodes parameter using self-link
• Series overview with deprecated start-parameter format (limited)
• Pages using infobox television with unlinked values (ignored in 2.0)
• Pages using episode table with unknown parameters (ignored in 2.0)