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Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought: Replace use of outdated syntax highlighting syntax (see explanation below)

Automatic or manually assisted: Automatic

Edit type (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): On time run

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): 12 edits/minute

Bot flag requested: (Y/N): yes

Programming language(s): AWB

Per phab:T237267, using "source" instead of "syntaxhighlight" is being deprecated and will be removed. This is a cosmetic edit in that the output shouldn't change, but is needed because it will have a result in the end (source tags will eventually be removed, and if not replaced ahead of time won't work). Next week the patch that adds tracking categories for the uses will go live, and it should be clearer what the scope is in terms of number of edits. I will make the demo edits once the tracking categories are available next week, but I wanted to open this for discussion now. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 19:56, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Discussion

• Please report when test edits are made. --Krd 08:02, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

  Will do --DannyS712 (talk) 08:29, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

  Making the edits now --DannyS712 (talk) 00:11, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

  See https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?target=DannyS712+bot&namespace=all&tagfilter=&start=2020-04-17&end=2020-04-17&limit=1000&title=Special%3AContributions --DannyS712 (talk) 00:18, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

• @DannyS712: Can you please add the maximum edit rate? The field is blank. Thanks! ~riley (talk) 06:52, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

  done --DannyS712 (talk) 07:00, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

• Now that the patch has gone live, can you please clarify the scope of this task in term of number of edits? ~riley (talk) 07:25, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

  Category:Pages using deprecated source tags says 167 edits, but that isn't accurate; as a January it would have been around 6700 - phab:P10045 --DannyS712 (talk) 07:32, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

  Thanks for clarifying. I had found the category but couldn't believe you were filing a task for 167 edits so I figured there was more. ~riley (talk) 07:47, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

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This appears to be a nobrainer, so speedy approved. --Krd 04:44, 22 April 2020 (UTC)