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Task 1: Tag WP:NYC pages. Task 3: Add {{Taxonbar|from=Q#}} to all pages with a taxonomic infobox and an acceptable taxon ID. Task 4: Fix low hanging fruit in Category:Pages using deprecated image syntax (since deleted) where infobox syntax is the cause. Task 5: Tag WP:Olympics pages. Task 6: Add {{Authority control}} to all biographical articles with an identifier on Wikidata. (possible small-scale follow-ups)
Denied (no consensus reached): Add {{Redirect category shell}} to single-redirect-template #REDIRECT pages (test worst-case example here, and actual example here). Withdrawn (is being/will be performed by another bot): Replace obsolete HTML tag <font>...</font> in my previously unfixed signature with <span>...</span> (lint errors). Withdrawn (no longer needed): Add Wikidata entity (aka Wikidata item/QID) via |from=to{{Taxonbar}}. Withdrawn (unsuitable for bot): replace non-standard non-keyboard apostrophes with the WP:MOS#Apostrophes-preferred keyboard apostrophe '. The edit summary for Task 6 reads "Task 6" but links to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Tom.Bot 5. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:46, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Seems like the bot is just adding authority control to lots of articles, with no useful links being added to them. E.g. Angeline Murimirwa, Jitse Groen, Vashi Domínguez. None of these changes added any links, so why is the bot running to make pointless, effectively null edits to these pages? Joseph2302 (talk) 15:06, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Tom.Reding. I noted recent interesting and useful edits on the article Frederick Hamilton (soldier) by Tom.Bot. The edit summary was "Task 6: + ...". I have no opinion about authority control, but I noted with interest that {{infobox person}} became {{Infobox person}} and {{clear}} became {{Clear}}. However many others like {{circa|...}} and {{efn|...}} stayed unchanged. Is Tom.Bot going to settle the way how we capitalise template names? It would be a good thing. MOS always says yes and no, but bots seem nowadays to make the decisions. Somebody needs to. With many thanks, Johannes Schade (talk) 08:39, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi . You should charge the name of one of your articles. Fateme.bani (talk) 13:40, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
