Thread:Hatebunny/@comment-1038387-20190211191608

Just to let you know, I've found a way to knock some of them out. It's really blunt force, so it requires some prep work. Some will be easier than others - if the title is unique, like "Infinite Crisis: The Fight for the Multiverse" or "Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane", it's fairly easy, but "The" moves require a lot of contingencies. I've used Arak: Son of Thunder Vol 1 as a trial run and it works.

Should you want to try it yourself:


 * 1) Because it's simply impossible/impractically possible to create a list in AWB based on tons of WhatLinksHeres, I'll just use AWB's Database Scanner to search for all pages with a certain phrase. "Arak", for example. That's the blunt force part. But it's easier to list all pages with "Flash" than go through two hundred something WhatLinksHeres for Flash Vol 2.
 * 2) I then use Find and Replace on common links - c, v, plain link, | First, | Issue =, | Title = etc. This is where the easy ones are easier - no chance of accidentally changing an image link or character name.
 * 3) I run the bot semiautomatically, skipping if there's no change but independently verifying before an edit is made to prevent false positives or borked links.
 * 4) I use CategoryRenameAuto-update on the relevant categories. It doesn't actually autoupdate for us, but makes sure the category is made.
 * 5) I prep a list for MassRename. May seem like a lot of work, but with a couple of Replaces in Excel and a text file, that list is easily made.
 * 6) After the bot is done, I check this ridiculous thing that actually works for stragglers and adjust the FaR options or update them manually.
 * 7) I test run MassRename with one or two, then do the entire thing.

And that's some work, but it gets the job done. Arak took me a little over an hour. It's just reliant on the Database Dump, which is available once a week. Moving multiple volumes of the same type, like the Blue Beetles, has to be done weeks apart.

I'll focus on the easier ones just to see if I can get more handy with this. 