Operator: Smith609 ( talk · contribs)
Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic / on-demand
Programming language(s): PHP
Source code available: will be available at Google Code
Function overview: This bot is intended to perform some maintenance functions related to Template:Automatic taxobox. This request asks to automatically generate the companion templates used by Automatic Taxobox.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template_talk:Taxobox#Usability
Edit period(s): When triggered by a user; with the potential (on discussion elsewhere) for the creation of pages en masse from an alternate data source (e.g. Wikispecies)
Estimated number of pages affected: A couple of pages per user activation; eventually (as use of Automatic Taxobox becomes more widespread) there will be one page per taxon.
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Y/N):
Function details:
Creates pages at Template:Taxonomy/X per the editnotice instructions, for the taxa required to produce an automatic taxobox. Taxonomy will be generated by consulting the existing Wikipedia page for that taxon. In the absence of a Wikipedia page, Wikispecies may be consulted. I first envisage creating a user-interface that allows users to approve the taxonomy before it is committed; if this is successful, then less-closely-supervised operation may be warranted.
See Template_talk:Taxobox#Automatic_taxonomy_generation for details of how Automatic Taxobox works.
Clarification : (16:33, 20 July 2010 (UTC))
Further to Hesperian's comment below, it seems that I was unclear in defining this task.
This request is for the bot, on the request of a user, to create the "back-end" templates involved when an automatic taxobox is added to a page (either a new page, or a page that has been converted from an existing taxobox). It would be possible to present the output to the user for verification before any edits are made. This request does not entail the bot editing, less still creating, any mainspace articles, either to add taxoboxes or to automate existing taxoboxes. Rather, this task aims to make an editor's job easier should he opt to implement the template on an article that he is editing. The use of external information (from Wikispecies or elsewhere) is not essential for this task and I invite discussion on the pros and cons.
Are there any objections specifically relating to the task currently proposed (see clarification above)?
Martin (
Smith609 –
Talk)
15:14, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
reply
I note that User:Smith609 is under restrictions related to operating of bots, as posted at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/anybot. To address those:
Also, while I see that mention of this bot request has been made at Template talk:Taxobox, has any notice been posted to all the affected projects? For that matter, has specific notice of the major proposed changes to Template:Taxobox been posted to the affected projects? Anomie ⚔ 17:32, 24 July 2010 (UTC) reply
This proposal is against Wikipedia:Bot policy for now "bots must be harmless and useful". But for now, there is even no discussion if "{taxobox}" should be replaced with "{automatic taxobox}" as it is demanded here(!). Proposed scheme has some advantage ideas but all its so called benefits have been criticized. First there must be whole scheme accepted and used by users and then it can be alternatively done by bots also. -- Snek01 ( talk) 12:17, 29 July 2010 (UTC) reply
Operator: Smith609 ( talk · contribs)
Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic / on-demand
Programming language(s): PHP
Source code available: will be available at Google Code
Function overview: This bot is intended to perform some maintenance functions related to Template:Automatic taxobox. This request asks to automatically generate the companion templates used by Automatic Taxobox.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template_talk:Taxobox#Usability
Edit period(s): When triggered by a user; with the potential (on discussion elsewhere) for the creation of pages en masse from an alternate data source (e.g. Wikispecies)
Estimated number of pages affected: A couple of pages per user activation; eventually (as use of Automatic Taxobox becomes more widespread) there will be one page per taxon.
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Y/N):
Function details:
Creates pages at Template:Taxonomy/X per the editnotice instructions, for the taxa required to produce an automatic taxobox. Taxonomy will be generated by consulting the existing Wikipedia page for that taxon. In the absence of a Wikipedia page, Wikispecies may be consulted. I first envisage creating a user-interface that allows users to approve the taxonomy before it is committed; if this is successful, then less-closely-supervised operation may be warranted.
See Template_talk:Taxobox#Automatic_taxonomy_generation for details of how Automatic Taxobox works.
Clarification : (16:33, 20 July 2010 (UTC))
Further to Hesperian's comment below, it seems that I was unclear in defining this task.
This request is for the bot, on the request of a user, to create the "back-end" templates involved when an automatic taxobox is added to a page (either a new page, or a page that has been converted from an existing taxobox). It would be possible to present the output to the user for verification before any edits are made. This request does not entail the bot editing, less still creating, any mainspace articles, either to add taxoboxes or to automate existing taxoboxes. Rather, this task aims to make an editor's job easier should he opt to implement the template on an article that he is editing. The use of external information (from Wikispecies or elsewhere) is not essential for this task and I invite discussion on the pros and cons.
Are there any objections specifically relating to the task currently proposed (see clarification above)?
Martin (
Smith609 –
Talk)
15:14, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
reply
I note that User:Smith609 is under restrictions related to operating of bots, as posted at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/anybot. To address those:
Also, while I see that mention of this bot request has been made at Template talk:Taxobox, has any notice been posted to all the affected projects? For that matter, has specific notice of the major proposed changes to Template:Taxobox been posted to the affected projects? Anomie ⚔ 17:32, 24 July 2010 (UTC) reply
This proposal is against Wikipedia:Bot policy for now "bots must be harmless and useful". But for now, there is even no discussion if "{taxobox}" should be replaced with "{automatic taxobox}" as it is demanded here(!). Proposed scheme has some advantage ideas but all its so called benefits have been criticized. First there must be whole scheme accepted and used by users and then it can be alternatively done by bots also. -- Snek01 ( talk) 12:17, 29 July 2010 (UTC) reply