Operator: – Quadell ( talk) ( random)
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, but with supervision
Programming Language(s): Perl, using Perlwikipedia
Function Summary: Fixes to references and external links
Edit period(s): In small batches (one category at a time)
Already has a bot flag: Yes
Function Details: The most prominent thing this bot will do is name external links, similar to the way that DumZiBoT does. There are a few differences: DumZiBoT runs on all pages using a database dump, while Polbot will run on one category's worth of articles at a time and will use live data. Also, DumZiBot changes "[http:www.example.com/subpage]" to "[http:www.example.com/subpage A Subpage]", whereas Polbot will instead change it to "[http:www.example.com/subpage A Subpage] at www.example.com" per feedback on my talk page. And DumZiBoT can handle PDFs, but I can't figure out how to do that, so Polbot will skip PDFs.
But wait, there's more! Polbot's 8th function will also make other improvements, to wit:
Hey, BAGgers!
It's been close to a week with no objections, and I've answered all questions. I hate to be a nag, but I'm going on vacation soon and I'd like to run a trial before I go, if possible. –
Quadell (
talk) (
random) 14:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
reply
{{ BAGAssistanceNeeded}}
Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete.
BJ
Talk 19:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
reply
Thanks! Okay, the trial is still ongoing, but I already found a few opportunities for improvement. First, there were way too many changes like this, which seems a tad piddlin', so I changed the code to only save changes if it has something more substantial to change. This edit incorrectly changed a book title, so I took that out; now it only changes complete links such as 20th Century. This was a flat-out bug. I fixed it. And this edit created a bot-generated title of "File Not Found", when the server neglected to return a status of 404; I have changed the bot to read "File Not Found" as a dead link. Developing... – Quadell ( talk) ( random) 22:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC) reply
Trial is complete. Found errors have been fixed. There is still one open question: what to about links that want me to sign in or register? If no one has any better ideas, I'll simply ignore them. Anyway, I guess I'm just waiting for final approval, or any further suggestions on improvements. All the best, – Quadell ( talk) 02:47, 14 July 2008 (UTC) reply
<div class=references-small> <references /> * A manual reference </div>
<div class=references-small> {{reflist}} * A manual reference </div>
Some question from the DumZiBot BRfA
Unfortunately, I'll be at the H.O.P.E. conference over the next few days and wont be able answer your responses.
Update: HOPE is over, my vacation is over, and I'm going through DumZiBot's test cases. I'll let you know when I'm ready here. – Quadell ( talk) 15:02, 24 July 2008 (UTC) reply
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Firearms Linked category] -> [[Category:Firearms|Linked image]]
. And would the first example that you give change a number [1] to example? See also
Wikipedia:AWB/FR#External to Interwiki.I appreciate your questions, and I hope I'm understanding them all correctly.
These[http://www.example.com/1] are examples[http://www.example.com/2].
These<ref>[http://www.example.com/1 Title 1]</ref> are examples.<ref>[http://www.example.com/2 Title 2]</ref>
I think I've answered all the questions. I believe this bot is ready for Wikipedia, if Wikipedia is ready for this bot. – Quadell ( talk) 13:12, 29 July 2008 (UTC) reply
Approved.
BJ
Talk 13:17, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
reply
Operator: – Quadell ( talk) ( random)
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, but with supervision
Programming Language(s): Perl, using Perlwikipedia
Function Summary: Fixes to references and external links
Edit period(s): In small batches (one category at a time)
Already has a bot flag: Yes
Function Details: The most prominent thing this bot will do is name external links, similar to the way that DumZiBoT does. There are a few differences: DumZiBoT runs on all pages using a database dump, while Polbot will run on one category's worth of articles at a time and will use live data. Also, DumZiBot changes "[http:www.example.com/subpage]" to "[http:www.example.com/subpage A Subpage]", whereas Polbot will instead change it to "[http:www.example.com/subpage A Subpage] at www.example.com" per feedback on my talk page. And DumZiBoT can handle PDFs, but I can't figure out how to do that, so Polbot will skip PDFs.
But wait, there's more! Polbot's 8th function will also make other improvements, to wit:
Hey, BAGgers!
It's been close to a week with no objections, and I've answered all questions. I hate to be a nag, but I'm going on vacation soon and I'd like to run a trial before I go, if possible. –
Quadell (
talk) (
random) 14:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
reply
{{ BAGAssistanceNeeded}}
Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete.
BJ
Talk 19:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
reply
Thanks! Okay, the trial is still ongoing, but I already found a few opportunities for improvement. First, there were way too many changes like this, which seems a tad piddlin', so I changed the code to only save changes if it has something more substantial to change. This edit incorrectly changed a book title, so I took that out; now it only changes complete links such as 20th Century. This was a flat-out bug. I fixed it. And this edit created a bot-generated title of "File Not Found", when the server neglected to return a status of 404; I have changed the bot to read "File Not Found" as a dead link. Developing... – Quadell ( talk) ( random) 22:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC) reply
Trial is complete. Found errors have been fixed. There is still one open question: what to about links that want me to sign in or register? If no one has any better ideas, I'll simply ignore them. Anyway, I guess I'm just waiting for final approval, or any further suggestions on improvements. All the best, – Quadell ( talk) 02:47, 14 July 2008 (UTC) reply
<div class=references-small> <references /> * A manual reference </div>
<div class=references-small> {{reflist}} * A manual reference </div>
Some question from the DumZiBot BRfA
Unfortunately, I'll be at the H.O.P.E. conference over the next few days and wont be able answer your responses.
Update: HOPE is over, my vacation is over, and I'm going through DumZiBot's test cases. I'll let you know when I'm ready here. – Quadell ( talk) 15:02, 24 July 2008 (UTC) reply
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Firearms Linked category] -> [[Category:Firearms|Linked image]]
. And would the first example that you give change a number [1] to example? See also
Wikipedia:AWB/FR#External to Interwiki.I appreciate your questions, and I hope I'm understanding them all correctly.
These[http://www.example.com/1] are examples[http://www.example.com/2].
These<ref>[http://www.example.com/1 Title 1]</ref> are examples.<ref>[http://www.example.com/2 Title 2]</ref>
I think I've answered all the questions. I believe this bot is ready for Wikipedia, if Wikipedia is ready for this bot. – Quadell ( talk) 13:12, 29 July 2008 (UTC) reply
Approved.
BJ
Talk 13:17, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
reply