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Collectively, these edits are represent both the typical workload of the bot (straight URL replacement) and the most complicated case that will regularly arise (transition to simple template). I am confident that the bot will be 99%+ accurate with these edits.
During the trial, I used the other 50 approved edits to parse a much more difficult situation that the bot would typically face - transitioning a dead URL to a complicated template (Handbook of Texas). This change uses a custom function that no other changes will use, so its accuracy is independent of the normal functional accuracy. Since the parsing is fairly complex, I have had to make several changes to it so the edit history ([[User:DeadLinkBOT/Logs/HandbookOfTexas.log]]) is not completely representative of the current functionality. In particular,
he bot made several errors that it would no longer make. (All changes were manually verified and corrected when needed.) The bot should be much closer to fully accurate now, but all changes will be manually verified for the foreseeable future. Here is a representative sample of the kinds of corrections it can make:
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:*There is a problem with non-ASCII character encoding: Pages with unusual characters do not log properly. The change to [[Texas–Indian Wars]] logged as [[TexasâIndian Wars]]. The change to [[Alonso Álvarez de Pineda]] logged as [[Alonso lvarez de Pineda]]. While this particular error is of no great consequences, please check the code for similar errors that may be more consequential.
:*Some people don't like user page material modified. Consider immediately self-reverting any change made in User: space and putting a note on the user's talk page pointing to the changed diff, and leave it up to them whether or not to commit the change. Alternatively, don't self-revert but do drop the user a note. I know most bots treat user pages the same as article space, but it's a trend I'd like to see change. [[User:davidwr|davidwr]]/<small><small>([[User_talk:davidwr|talk]])/([[Special:Contributions/Davidwr|contribs]])/([[Special:Emailuser/davidwr|e-mail]])</small></small> 14:49, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
::*I agree with the first point. But not, in the case of dead links, with the second. [[User:Kittybrewster|Kittybrewster ]] [[User_talk:Kittybrewster|<font color="0000FF">☎</font>]] 15:24, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
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