The automation department of the Military history WikiProject uses various automated and semi-automated methods to perform batch tasks that would be extremely tedious to do manually; it collects requests for tasks, discusses whether they are suitable for automation, and attempts to match them with bot operators or users of semi-automated tools for implementation. All project members are invited to request tasks and to comment on the suitability of outstanding requests.
Depending on the nature of the task, it can be either completely automated and run by a bot, or semi-automated via AWB, requiring a user's decision to whether or not implement the changes. Indeed, in order to minimize false positives, some of the operations should be performed by hand. For instance, {{Infobox Weapon}} is used in civilian firearms articles and some of articles using this infobox should therefore not be tagged as military history articles.
Rules of thumb:
If you don't have a bot, don't take up a task that can be automated and involves a great number of articles - you will lose precious time pressing Ctrl-S in AWB.
Don't create your own bot if there is no need to - a few bots will probably be more than enough.
Don't assign yourself a task if you don't have time for it.
If you can only do a part of a task, once finished, update the number of articles remaining, and change it back to unassigned.
If the task is semi-automated only, it is because there are numerous false positives, so check every article before saving.
Don't forget to uncheck "ignore unexisting pages" in AWB's "Set options" tab when dealing with talk pages!
If you want to help, look at the list of unassigned tasks below, assign one to yourself by adding your name to it, and start kickin' :)
Once completed, put this fact in a visible manner somewhere in the list.
General notes
When a task involves tagging articles from a stub tag and automatically rating them as "Stub-Class", the auto parameter in {{WPMILHIST}} must be set:
{{WPMILHIST
|class=Stub
|auto=yes
...
}}
Current tasks
Adding tasks
To add a task, use the following boilerplate:
; <name of task>
* Scope: <which pages to modify?>
* Number of pages: <how many pages in scope?>
* Task: <what needs to be done to each page?>
* Participants:
and add it to the appropriate section below:
Automated
These tasks do not involve any substantial number of false positives or editor judgement, and can be done by bot.
The automation department of the Military history WikiProject uses various automated and semi-automated methods to perform batch tasks that would be extremely tedious to do manually; it collects requests for tasks, discusses whether they are suitable for automation, and attempts to match them with bot operators or users of semi-automated tools for implementation. All project members are invited to request tasks and to comment on the suitability of outstanding requests.
Depending on the nature of the task, it can be either completely automated and run by a bot, or semi-automated via AWB, requiring a user's decision to whether or not implement the changes. Indeed, in order to minimize false positives, some of the operations should be performed by hand. For instance, {{Infobox Weapon}} is used in civilian firearms articles and some of articles using this infobox should therefore not be tagged as military history articles.
Rules of thumb:
If you don't have a bot, don't take up a task that can be automated and involves a great number of articles - you will lose precious time pressing Ctrl-S in AWB.
Don't create your own bot if there is no need to - a few bots will probably be more than enough.
Don't assign yourself a task if you don't have time for it.
If you can only do a part of a task, once finished, update the number of articles remaining, and change it back to unassigned.
If the task is semi-automated only, it is because there are numerous false positives, so check every article before saving.
Don't forget to uncheck "ignore unexisting pages" in AWB's "Set options" tab when dealing with talk pages!
If you want to help, look at the list of unassigned tasks below, assign one to yourself by adding your name to it, and start kickin' :)
Once completed, put this fact in a visible manner somewhere in the list.
General notes
When a task involves tagging articles from a stub tag and automatically rating them as "Stub-Class", the auto parameter in {{WPMILHIST}} must be set:
{{WPMILHIST
|class=Stub
|auto=yes
...
}}
Current tasks
Adding tasks
To add a task, use the following boilerplate:
; <name of task>
* Scope: <which pages to modify?>
* Number of pages: <how many pages in scope?>
* Task: <what needs to be done to each page?>
* Participants:
and add it to the appropriate section below:
Automated
These tasks do not involve any substantial number of false positives or editor judgement, and can be done by bot.