Operator: Jarry1250
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Supervised automatic
Programming Language(s): PHP, custom, basic framework.
Function Overview: "Fix" illogical headline hierarchies in articles.
Edit period(s): One off run, periodically after that.
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y
Function Details: This is a huge problem - over 14,000 illogical hierarchies (i.e. starting at level one or level three; jumping from level 2 to level and so forth) are listed at WP:CHECKWIKI, in various categories. With all the will in the world, some automated solution is needed here, and I think I have the perfect automated solution to this problem:
As you can see, a few assumptions there; these, however, should be comparatively minor. I'm happy to drop the whole project if a significant false positive is presented.
I would, quite frankly, be ashamed to release the sourcecode to this one at the moment, but, in lieu of that, I've turned it temporarily into a sort of tool: (one example). Just change the url to try it out on different pages, and be sure to report any errors to me.
Helpful timestamp: - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 18:27, 23 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Well, I can't see any situations where this would be detrimental. Does anyone else? – Quadell ( talk) 14:59, 24 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Well, the discussion at VPM (oh, you kids these days!) seems to be positive. I'd recommend not running this in userspace or usertalkspace, and you might consider excluding all talkspaces, since it could be seen as a bot refactoring someone's comments, which some people will see as tantamount to an insult directed to one's mother. – Quadell ( talk) 14:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Let's see her in action. –
Quadell (
talk)
14:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
reply
I like this bot, but it's a tricky situation. This bot is taking cases that are clearly wrong, and trying to convert them to what the authors would have done had they been paying attention. It usually makes the page better, and sometimes it converts the hierarchy from one bad version to another. It's hard to tell, and takes a basic understanding of each article it touches in order to verify that it's doing the right thing. I don't see it ever making the page worse, but I'm not 100% certain. Could someone else look over the edits and see what you think? – Quadell ( talk) 19:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Approved. Okay. –
Quadell (
talk)
19:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
reply
Operator: Jarry1250
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Supervised automatic
Programming Language(s): PHP, custom, basic framework.
Function Overview: "Fix" illogical headline hierarchies in articles.
Edit period(s): One off run, periodically after that.
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y
Function Details: This is a huge problem - over 14,000 illogical hierarchies (i.e. starting at level one or level three; jumping from level 2 to level and so forth) are listed at WP:CHECKWIKI, in various categories. With all the will in the world, some automated solution is needed here, and I think I have the perfect automated solution to this problem:
As you can see, a few assumptions there; these, however, should be comparatively minor. I'm happy to drop the whole project if a significant false positive is presented.
I would, quite frankly, be ashamed to release the sourcecode to this one at the moment, but, in lieu of that, I've turned it temporarily into a sort of tool: (one example). Just change the url to try it out on different pages, and be sure to report any errors to me.
Helpful timestamp: - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 18:27, 23 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Well, I can't see any situations where this would be detrimental. Does anyone else? – Quadell ( talk) 14:59, 24 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Well, the discussion at VPM (oh, you kids these days!) seems to be positive. I'd recommend not running this in userspace or usertalkspace, and you might consider excluding all talkspaces, since it could be seen as a bot refactoring someone's comments, which some people will see as tantamount to an insult directed to one's mother. – Quadell ( talk) 14:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Let's see her in action. –
Quadell (
talk)
14:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
reply
I like this bot, but it's a tricky situation. This bot is taking cases that are clearly wrong, and trying to convert them to what the authors would have done had they been paying attention. It usually makes the page better, and sometimes it converts the hierarchy from one bad version to another. It's hard to tell, and takes a basic understanding of each article it touches in order to verify that it's doing the right thing. I don't see it ever making the page worse, but I'm not 100% certain. Could someone else look over the edits and see what you think? – Quadell ( talk) 19:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Approved. Okay. –
Quadell (
talk)
19:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
reply