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**Feature summary** (what you would like to be able to do and where): Add "Skip blanked pages" checkbox for bots. **Use case(s)** (list the steps that you performed to discover that problem, and describe the actual underlying problem which you want to solve. Do not describe only a solution): Bots have been unintentionally saving blank pages for at least 17 years. See talk archives [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Dev/Archive_1#IRCM_Page_Blanking_Bug][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_9#AWB_inexplicably_blanking_page][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_12#Blanking,_Incorrect_Tagging,_and_Incorrect_Display][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_11#Page_blanking?][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Feature_requests/Archive_12#Skip_blanked_pages][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_20#Page_blanking_still_(or_againily)_occurring][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_28#just_a_heads_up][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_31#Page_blanking][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_32#AWB_bot_starts_blanking_pages][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_33#Discussion_at_Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)_%C2%A7_AWB_bot_page_blanking][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_34#Bot_saving_blank_pages] dating from 2007 to late 2024. Obviously the best solution is to fix the bug, but since that seems unlikely, the next best thing is to simply check for a blank page after all modifications, and then skip the page if the operator wishes to do so. **Benefits** (why should this be implemented?): To prevent bots blanking pages on large bot runs.

**Feature summary** (what you would like to be able to do and where): Add "Skip blanked pages" checkbox for bots. **Use case(s)** (list the steps that you performed to discover that problem, and describe the actual underlying problem which you want to solve. Do not describe only a solution): Bots have been unintentionally saving blank pages for at least 17 years. See talk archives dating from 2007 to late 2024: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Dev/Archive_1#IRCM_Page_Blanking_Bug * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_9#AWB_inexplicably_blanking_page * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_12#Blanking,_Incorrect_Tagging,_and_Incorrect_Display * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_11#Page_blanking? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Feature_requests/Archive_12#Skip_blanked_pages * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_20#Page_blanking_still_(or_againily)_occurring * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_28#just_a_heads_up * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_31#Page_blanking * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_32#AWB_bot_starts_blanking_pages * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_33#Discussion_at_Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)_%C2%A7_AWB_bot_page_blanking * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_34#Bot_saving_blank_pages Obviously the best solution is to fix the bug, but since that seems unlikely, the next best thing is to simply check for a blank page after all modifications, and then skip the page if the operator wishes to do so. **Benefits** (why should this be implemented?): To prevent bots blanking pages on large bot runs.

**Feature summary** (what you would like to be able to do and where): Add "Skip blanked pages" checkbox for bots. **Use case(s)** (list the steps that you performed to discover that problem, and describe the actual underlying problem which you want to solve. Do not describe only a solution): Bots have been unintentionally saving blank pages for at least 17 years. See talk archives [dating from 2007 to late 2024: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Dev/Archive_1#IRCM_Page_Blanking_Bug][ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_9#AWB_inexplicably_blanking_page][ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_12#Blanking,_Incorrect_Tagging,_and_Incorrect_Display][ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_11#Page_blanking?][ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Feature_requests/Archive_12#Skip_blanked_pages][ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_20#Page_blanking_still_(or_againily)_occurring][ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_28#just_a_heads_up][ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_31#Page_blanking][ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_32#AWB_bot_starts_blanking_pages][ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_33#Discussion_at_Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)_%C2%A7_AWB_bot_page_blanking][ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_34#Bot_saving_blank_pages] dating from 2007 to late 2024. Obviously the best solution is to fix the bug, but since that seems unlikely, the next best thing is to simply check for a blank page after all modifications, and then skip the page if the operator wishes to do so. **Benefits** (why should this be implemented?): To prevent bots blanking pages on large bot runs.