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:That doesn't need a bot, it just needs the [[Special:ReplaceText]] feature.  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]] / [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|'Crat]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 07:39, 9 May 2017 (PDT)
:That doesn't need a bot, it just needs the [[Special:ReplaceText]] feature.  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]] / [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|'Crat]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 07:39, 9 May 2017 (PDT)


::I see, the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Replace_Text Extension:Replace Text] would do I think. --[[User_talk:Manorainjan|'''<span style="color: orange;">Manorainjan</span>''']] 08:38, 9 May 2017 (PDT)
::I see, the [[mw:Extension:Replace Text|Extension:Replace Text]] would do I think. --[[User talk:Manorainjan|'''<span style="color: orange;">Manorainjan</span>''']] 08:38, 9 May 2017 (PDT)


:::Nice spotting, Manorainjan. And thanks, Sean for doing this. Alternately, AWB would do the trick. [[User:Koavf|Koavf]] ([[User talk:Koavf|talk]]) 08:44, 9 May 2017 (PDT)
:::Nice spotting, Manorainjan. And thanks, Sean for doing this. Alternately, AWB would do the trick. [[User:Koavf|Koavf]] ([[User talk:Koavf|talk]]) 08:44, 9 May 2017 (PDT)


::::I was surprised, that Sean did it in a minute, because I thought, the definition would require some regex and therefore a little more thinking. On purpose I wrote about diff-links. There are a number of other mentioning of the .com, which are not diff-links and where the change does not make sense, rather distorts the meaning. [http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=User_talk:145.253.208.20&diff=prev&oldid=197971 Example]. --[[User_talk:Manorainjan|'''<span style="color: orange;">Manorainjan</span>''']] 09:54, 9 May 2017 (PDT)
::::I was surprised, that Sean did it in a minute, because I thought, the definition would require some regex and therefore a little more thinking. On purpose I wrote about diff-links. There are a number of other mentioning of the .com, which are not diff-links and where the change does not make sense, rather distorts the meaning. [http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=User_talk:145.253.208.20&diff=prev&oldid=197971 Example]. --[[User talk:Manorainjan|'''<span style="color: orange;">Manorainjan</span>''']] 09:54, 9 May 2017 (PDT)


:::::[[Special:ReplaceText]] is a fantastic extension, very easy to use, and very 'targetable'!  Specifically, when I set it to run, I selected only [[Talk page]]s in all [[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions|namespace]]s.  I've never used AWB, so I can't comment, however, I suspect AWB would need specific configuration.  The really funky thing about ReplaceText is once you have set it running, it will 'poll' before making changes (to prevent an [[edit conflict]]), and will pause itself, and restart automatically.  Obviously, nothing is perfect, and for the rare individual examples as highlighted by Manor, a simple [[undo]] - with the reason for [[revert]]ing in the [[edit summary]].  Love it for its simplicity and effectiveness!  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]] / [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|'Crat]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 10:33, 9 May 2017 (PDT)
:::::[[Special:ReplaceText]] is a fantastic extension, very easy to use, and very 'targetable'!  Specifically, when I set it to run, I selected only [[Talk page]]s in all [[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions|namespace]]s.  I've never used [[wp:Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser|AutoWikiBrowser]] (AWB), so I can't comment, however, I suspect AWB would need specific configuration.  The really funky thing about ReplaceText is once you have set it running, it will 'poll' before making changes (to prevent an [[edit conflict]]), and will pause itself, and restart automatically.  Obviously, nothing is perfect, and for the rare individual examples as highlighted by Manor, a simple [[undo]] - with the reason for [[revert]]ing in the [[edit summary]].  Love it for its simplicity and effectiveness!  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]] / [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|'Crat]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 10:33, 9 May 2017 (PDT)

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