Fix cases of tags not being closed correctly
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	Redmin
	Feb 14 2026, 6:35 AM

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Description

Transformations like these need to take place:

<b /> to </b>
<div /> to </div>
</tag/> to </tag>

Special cases: empty <font /> or ‎<span /> (with no attributes) should be left alone when editing pages in namespaces like “Help”.

Tasks:

Add code to properly close the tags
Pass the name of the namespace of the page being edited to delint()
Modify existing tests to get them to pass (as the behavior of delint() would have changed)
Add new tests to ensure the newly added functionality is working properly

Relevant docs: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Lint_errors/self-closed-tag

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	Title	Reference	Author	Source Branch	Dest Branch
	Fix self closing tags	toolforge-repos/delintbot!9	kavaljeetsingh	fix-self-closing-tags	main

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Redmin created this task.Feb 14 2026, 6:35 AM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptFeb 14 2026, 6:35 AM

I am taking this task and start working

Thanks, please let me know if you need help. The repository is at https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/toolforge-repos/redminbot/ (you will need a Wikimedia GitLab account to contribute).

@Kavaljeet_Singh, please do let me know if you want help with any part of the task.

@Redmin yes i am facing issue to use gitlab actually this is my first time to use gitlab please help -thanks

Can you please be a little more specific? Have you been able to clone the repository and make changes? If so, you need to create an account on Wikimedia GitLab. Then you can fork the repository and push your commit(s) to GitLab. Let me know if you get stuck anywhere. :)

Hi @Kavaljeet_Singh, any update? :)

Redmin moved this task from Triage to In Progress on the Tool-delintbot board.Mar 11 2026, 10:19 AM

I have cloned the repository and explored the codebase. It looks like page text processing is handled through the performreplacements() function in str_replacements.py which is used before editing pages in wikt.py
Should the self-closing tag fix be implemented inside performreplacements() or is there another place where this logic should go @Redmin?

Oh, sorry, I have moved the code for lint replacements to https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/toolforge-repos/delintbot in the meantime. The code should go in delinter.py (either inside the delint() function or outside). Apologies for the trouble caused.

Hi @Redmin,
I’ve implemented the fix for self closing tags along with namespace handling and ensured all tests pass.
Please let me know if any changes are needed. -thanks