Community Wishlist/Wishes/A bot to automatically replace in categories: ((CatDiffuse)) by ((Diffusion by condition))
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A bot to automatically replace in categories: Template:CatDiffuse by Template:Diffusion by condition
Submitted
Description
The problem: Category:Categories requiring temporary diffusion has many categories with less than 200 files (see for instance at letter P). Because this is a large category/list (1.185 at this moment) and editors who maintain this list are scarce, editors focus only on the largest categories. So it is useless (and demotivating) to have small categories in this list as well.
Wish/solution:
- A bot to automatically replace in categories: the template {{CatDiffuse}} and similar templates by {{Diffusion by condition}} (with a standard limit of 200, what has already been implemented).
- After the bot has done its job: delete the redundant templates and just keep {{Diffusion by condition}}. People who want to, can set a number themselves and otherwise it is 200. (Because: keep it simple and delete what you do not need anymore.)
Background information:
- Commons:Categories for discussion/2023/06/Category:Categories requiring temporary diffusion (see Conclusions at the bottom for a quick overview)
- User talk:Joshbaumgartner#About a bot for Categories requiring temporary diffusion
Assigned focus area
Unassigned.
Type of wish
Feature request
Related projects
Wikimedia Commons
Affected users
Editors who maintain Category:Categories requiring temporary diffusion