User:WikiCleanerBot

This user account is a bot operated by NicoV (talk). It is used to make repetitive automated or semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually, in accordance with the bot policy. The bot is approved and currently active – the relevant request for approval can be seen here.
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Tasks

Task	Status	Description	Frequency
Task 1	Approved	Analyze dump files to update Wikipedia:CHECKWIKI/WPC xxx dump, Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia/ISBN errors‎, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia/ISSN errors‎. Other tasks have been grouped with this task. They can be performed before the dump analysis: Fix some CW Error #2: Tags with incorrect syntax (task 5) Fix some CW Error #7: Headings all start with three "=" (task 19) Fix some CW Error #16: Unicode control character (task 5), see FAQ Fix some CW Error #17: Category duplication (task 5) Fix some CW Error #25: Heading hierarchy (task 19) Fix some CW Error #46: Square brackets without correct beginning (task 3) Fix some CW Error #61: Reference before punctuation (task 20) Fix some CW Error #83: Heading start with three "=" and later with level two (task 19) Fix some CW Error #85: Tag without content (task 5) Fix some CW Error #88: DEFAULTSORT with a blank at first position (task 5) Fix some CW Error #90: Internal link written as an external link (task 5) Fix some CW Error #91: Interwiki link written as an external link (task 5) Fix some CW Error #92: Headline double (task 16) Fix some CW Error #513: Internal link in external link (task 17) Fix some CW Error #534: bogus image options (task 22) or after the dump analysis: Fix some CW Error #2: Tags with incorrect syntax (task 5) Fix some CW Error #7: Headings all start with three "=" (task 19) Fix some CW Error #16: Unicode control character (task 5), see FAQ Fix some CW Error #17: Category duplication (task 5) Fix some CW Error #25: Heading hierarchy (task 19) Fix some CW Error #83: Heading start with three "=" and later with level two (task 19) Fix some CW Error #92: Headline double (task 16) Fix some CW Error #106: ISSN with incorrect syntax (task 2) Fix some CW Error #513: Internal link in external link (task 17) Fix some CW Error #543: Pipe in external link (task 4) Fix some CW Error #548: Punctuation in link (task 12) Fix some CW Error #549: Split link (task 13) Fix some CW Error #550: Link without text (task 14) Fix some CW Error #551: Empty line (task 15) Fix some CW Error #553: `<nowiki />` after internal link (task 18) Fix some CW Error #557: Missing whitespace before a link (task 21). Fix some CW Error #558: Duplicated references (task 23). Fix some CW Error #565: `<nowiki />` tag between bold/italic (task 24). Fix some CW Error #567: Non-numeric formatnum arguments (task 26). Fix some CW Error #569: Non-breaking space in template parameter name (task 27). Some other edits can also be performed with non-cosmetic edits: Fix some CW Error #1: Template contains useless word Template: (task 6) Fix some CW Error #48: Title linked in text (task 9) Fix some CW Error #64: Link equal to link text (task 8) Fix some CW Error #532: Missing end tag (task 7) Fix some CW Error #539: Misnested tag (task 10) Fix some CW Error #540: Missing end bold/italic (task 7) Fix some CW Error #547: Empty list item (task 11) Fix some CW Error #555: `<nowiki />` tag in text (task 25).	Twice a month
Task 2	Approved	Fix some CW Error #106: ISSN with incorrect syntax	Twice a month
Task 3	Approved	Fix some CW Error #46: Square brackets without correct beginning	Twice a month
Task 4	Approved	Fix some CW Error #543: Pipe in external link	Twice a month
Task 5	Approved	Fix various WP:WCW errors: Some CW Error #2: Tags with incorrect syntax Some CW Error #16: Unicode control character, see FAQ Some CW Error #17: Category duplication Some CW Error #85: Tag without content Some CW Error #88: DEFAULTSORT with a blank at first position Some CW Error #90: Internal link written as an external link Some CW Error #91: Interwiki link written as an external link	Twice a month
Task 6	Approved	Fix CW Error #1 (Template contains useless word Template:). As this is a cosmetic edit, it's only done alongside other approved tasks.	With other tasks
Task 7	Approved	Fix Special:LintErrors/missing-end-tag: CW Error #532 (missing end tag) and CW Error #540 (missing end bold/italic).	Twice a month
Task 8	Approved	Fix CW Error #64 (Link equal to link text). As this is a cosmetic edit, it's only done alongside other approved tasks.	With other tasks
Task 9	Approved	Fix CW Error #48 (Title linked in text). As this is a cosmetic edit, it's only done alongside other approved tasks.	With other tasks
Task 10	Approved	Fix Special:LintErrors/misnested-tag: CW Error #539 (misnested tag).	Twice a month
Task 11	Approved	Fix CW Error #547 (empty list item). As this is a cosmetic edit, it's only done alongside other approved tasks.	With other tasks
Task 12	Approved	Fix CW Error #548 (punctuation in link).	Twice a month
Task 13	Approved	Fix CW Error #549 (split link).	Twice a month
Task 14	Approved	Fix CW Error #550 (link without text).	Twice a month
Task 15	Approved	Fix CW Error #551 (empty line).	Twice a month
Task 16	Approved	Fix CW Error #92 (headline double). Namespaces: main and file.	Twice a month
Task 17	Approved	Fix Special:LintErrors/wikilink-in-extlink: CW Error #513 (internal link in external link).	Twice a month
Task 18	Approved	Fix CW Error #553 (`<nowiki />` tag after internal link).	Twice a month
Task 19	Approved	Fix various WP:WCW errors related to headings hierarchy: Fix CW Error #7 (headings all start with three "=") Fix CW Error #19 (heading starts with one "=") Fix CW Error #25 (heading hierarchy) Fix CW Error #83 (heading start with three "=" and later with level two)	Twice a month
Task 20	Approved	Fix CW Error #61 (reference before punctuation). This follows the Manual of Style, especially the Punctuation and footnotes section. The automatic modification can be prevented by adding a HTML comment (`<!-- -->`) between the reference and the punctuation.	Twice a month
Task 21	Approved	Fix CW Error #557 (missing whitespace before a link).	Twice a month
Task 22	Approved	Fix Special:LintErrors/bogus-image-options: CW Error #534 (bogus image options).	Twice a month
Task 23	Approved	Fix CW Error #558 (duplicated reference).	Twice a month
Task 24	Approved	Fix CW Error #565 (`<nowiki />` tag between bold/italic).	Twice a month
Task 25	Approved	Fix CW Error #555 (`<nowiki />` tag in text). As this is a cosmetic edit, it's only done alongside other approved tasks.	With other tasks
Task 26	Approved	Fix CW Error #567 (non-numeric formatnum arguments).	Twice a month
Task 27	Approved	Fix CW Error #569 (non-breaking space in template parameter name).	Twice a month

Check Wiki errors

Errors from Check Wiki project handled by WikiCleanerBot (dump analysis)
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041-060	041	042	043	044	045	046	047	048	049	050	051	052	053	054	055	056	057	058	059	060
061-080	061	062	063	064	065	066	067	068	069	070	071	072	073	074	075	076	077	078	079	080
081-100	081	082	083	084	085	086	087	088	089	090	091	092	093	094	095	096	097	098	099	100
101-120	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113
501-520	501	502	503	504	505	506	507	508	509	510	511	512	513	514	515	516	517	518	519	520
521-540	521	522	523	524	525	526	527	528	529	530	531	532	533	534	535	536	537	538	539	540
541-560	541	542	543	544	545	546	547	548	549	550	551	552	553	554	555	556	557	558	559	560
561-580	561	562	563	564	565	566	567	568	569	570	571
Authorized - Only as a cosmetic fix - Dump analysis performed - Dump analysis unnecessary - Irrelevant for en.WP

Technical information

This bot is using WPCleaner to perform its edits. Tasks are defined by scripts, which can be found in this folder in GitHub. The main scripts that are run by WikiCleanerBot are:

ListCheckWiki: this is the main script, it orchestrates Task 1 and other tasks.
- It fixes some of the errors reported by CheckWiki project (subscript ListCheckWiki_Before)
- It analyzes the last dump file to produce Wikipedia:CHECKWIKI/WPC list of errors for different problems (subscript ListCheckWiki_List)
- It fixes some of the errors reported by the dump analysis (subscript ListCheckWiki_After)
- It generates a list of problems with ISBN and ISSN (subscript ISBN_ISSN)