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| Operator | User:GreenC |
| Author | User:GreenC |
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| Automatic or manual? | Automatic |
| Programming language(s) | BotWikiAwk |
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| Source code published? | accdate.awk |
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Remove |accessdate= in CS1|2 templates that don't have a |url= (under certain conditions). The bot fixes errors found in the tracking category Category:Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL.
Using the following strategies:
- 1. Remove
|accessdate=in CS1|2 templates that don't have a|url=but do have a value assigned to any of the various 'permanent-record' identifiers. Excluding templates{{cite web}},{{cite podcast}}, and{{cite mailing list}}. Normally|isbn=would be excluded from the identifier list, but if a{{cite book}}it would be included. - 2. Remove
|accessdate=in{{Cite book}},{{Cite news}}and{{Cite journal}}with no|url=. Per the documentation, "Access dates are not required for links to published research papers, published books, or news articles with publication dates." If a publication date is provided, remove|accessdate=.
- 1. Remove
Bot discussions:
- Help_talk:Citation_Style_1/Archive_43#Clearing Category Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL
- Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/GreenC bot 5
More information:
- Help:Citation Style 1#Access date how and when to use
|access-date= - Help talk:Citation Style 1#Clearing Category Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL
- FAQs from a similar previous bot: User talk:CitationCleanerBot/Archive 1#Accessdates