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Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought:

Update the Template:Map to a new version that can be previewed at commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org. This update is a part of the Wikimaps Warper Individual Engagement Grant project and the new Map template is supposed to be used at a workshop next week(at Wikimania). There is about 12000 pages that will need to be updated.

Automatic or manually assisted: Automatic

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

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): 50 edits/minute, (this number is based on simulation, I simulated the entire process, but with actual edits the rate might be lower).

Bot flag requested: (Y/N): Y

Programming language(s): Python(PyWikiBot as framework)

Abbe98 (talk) 11:11, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Please make a few test edits. --Krd 12:06, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It should be noted that such test edits will break existing applications such as the Wikimaps Warper witch depends on the template, those applications is supposed to be updated in parallel to this update. --Abbe98 (talk) 15:00, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have now notified the application owners and will await their response. --Abbe98 (talk) 15:15, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Abbe98: Is there any update? --Krd 17:23, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes the applications now support both the old and the new template and the update was delayed to after Wikimania, I will make the test edits the upcoming weekend when I got the time to watch them closely, pinging you once I'm done. --Abbe98 (talk) 17:42, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Abbe98: Following up on this, any update? ~riley (talk) 04:45, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a upstream issue in mwparserfromhell that's being investigated. --Abbe98 (talk) 05:23, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Abbe98: Please advise how we can proceed here. Should this be closed as stalled until the bugs are resolved? --Krd 02:33, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Closing as stale. --Krd 06:54, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]