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This page is for AWB'ers who can't find anything to put it to use on, or who would like to help others with this powerful tool.
Below are tasks for which a page-autoloader with various capabilities would be especially useful. That is, the people posting these tasks need the help of AWB'ers! If you have AWB, please lend a hand. Note that Linky may also be useful for completing the tasks on this list (see Wikipedia:OTS#Tabs_and_tabbing).
See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia.
[edit] Maintenance: assessment lists
If your favorite project is using the 1.0 assessment scheme you may want to periodically clear out deleted and redirected pages. Best done from Category:X articles by quality, which can be converted from talk pages. Make sure "Bypass redirects" is off, and use the log of skipped articles to look for articles skipped due to containing #REDIRECT or nonexistence. Nifboy (talk) 19:55, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
- A better, albiet more verbose, explanation can be found here. Nifboy (talk) 00:24, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Challenge: assessment lists
Can the AWB List comparer aspect be used to add articles to a new category? Would the AWB be able to take the assessments given by the Template:WikiProject Canada, and produce categories for the various classes for the WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods articles. The Template:WikiProject Canada gives assessments for the provinces, in this case, Saskatchewan, and it also assesses the departments in this case Canadian communities. Can new assessment categories be created from this template which would give an assessment table exclusively for an active assessment department at WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods without creating another talk page banner. It is possible to compare for example Category:Stub-Class Canada-related articles and Category:WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods articles to get an idea of stub class Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods articles and so on. Is there a better way? SriMesh | talk 19:08, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
- Is there a reason not to simply add assessments to the existing {{SKCNproject}} banner and ask a for a bot to update it based on whatever {{WikiProject Canada}} is at? Almost all talk page categories are currently done through banners, so I'm not sure about adding plain old categories via AWB (which is entirely possible, it just makes maintaining them harder, since you have to update the categories manually as well as the talk banner(s)). Nifboy (talk) 09:21, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Re-pointing links to a moved page
I've come across this at times, where a page needs to be moved so that it is consistent with naming conventions, and so that a disambiguation page (or a link to one) can be put in place of its old title. For example: Speak (song) was moved to Speak (Godsmack song), and most or all of the links to it are Godsmack-related and need to be changed, as there are other songs named Speak. Likewise for Speak (album) and Speak (Lindsay Lohan album). Any way to scan for this automatically, or would anyone be willing to run through these manually on occasion? –radiojon (talk) 17:56, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- I've fixed the ones that link to Speak (song), checking my edits. I'm not sure about the rest, so I'll leave that for someone else. If I used it wrong, please let me know. Note:I'm starting to get a bad feeling about doing this, because per WP:R2D, so I'm going to stop. Pie is good (Apple is the best) 19:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Add a general country map to the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country list
For each country list listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics:
Find (on Wikipedia or Commons) and add a general map of the country, preferably just under the flag and coat of arms to the right of the TOC. [[Image:imagename|thumb|right|300px|caption]].
See the following country outlines for examples:
By the way, be sure to turn off all automatic fixes (wikification, etc.) There's some non-wikified stuff in these that we need in them for now.
Thank you.
[edit] Add a country satellite photo to all the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country list
Find (on Wikipedia or Commons) and add a satellite photograph (preferred) or topographical map of the country, at the top of the Geography section [[Image:imagename|thumb|right|300px|caption]].
See the following country outlines for examples:
- Albania • Algeria • Angola • Australia • Austria • Canada • Ecuador • Egypt • France • Germany • India
By the way, be sure to turn off all of AWB's automatic fixes (wikification, etc.) There's some non-wikified stuff in these that we need in them for now.
Thank you.
The Transhumanist 20:57, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Add photos to all the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country list
These country outlines need photos.
Rather than place the same ones found around Wikipedia, it's best to find them on Commons. But if nothing suitable can be found for a given section on Commons, then of course use a pic found on Wikipedia.
Use the format [[Image:imagename|thumb|right|300px|caption]]. (Replace "caption" with a brief description of what the picture presents).
For examples of image placement, see the following country outlines:
- Topic outline of France
- Topic outline of Iceland
- Topic outline of Japan
- Topic outline of Thailand
- Topic outline of Taiwan
By the way, be sure to turn off all of AWB's automatic fixes (wikification, etc.) There's some non-wikified stuff in these that we need in them for now.
Thank you.
[edit] Fill in currency on all the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country list
In the "Economy of x" section, each country needs the following item filled in:
- Currency of x:
(where x is the name of the country)
For example, in Topic outline of France, that item looks like this:
- Currency of France: the Euro (see also Euro topics)
There are many other items to fill in (president, prime minister, population, size, economic rank, etc. etc., and it would take me over a year to fill them all in. I need your help. Filling in the currencies would be a big help.
Right now, these pages aren't even part of the encyclopedia itself. When the pages are complete enough, they'll all be moved to article space. (So far, 27 have been moved there. Yeah!).
By the way, be sure to turn off all of AWB's automatic fixes (wikification, etc.) There's some non-wikified stuff in these that we need in them for now.
Thank you.
If you have any questions on this or what else needs to be done, please contact me.
The Transhumanist 21:12, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] LeighRayment.com (continued)
I just found another instance of [:http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page] on Eardley-Wilmot Baronets (see history) although google and wiki don't list it. There are numerous others that need changing, e.g. Williams Baronets and Baron Coleraine. I am told the way to find them all is using a special link, namely [1]. Please would somebody go through these (2,484 errors) pointing them to Rayment for peers, Rayment-b for baronets, Rayment-hc for MPs and Rayment-pc for privy councillors. Lots of them wrongly point to peerage page when they are about baronets and should point to baronetage page.
Moves needed identified so far include:
- www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/02garter.htm
-->www.leighrayment.com/orders/garter.htm
- www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/02peerage-records.htm
-->www.leighrayment.com/reppeers/peerrecords.htm
- www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/acommons1.htm
--> www.leighrayment.com/commons/Acommons1.htm
- and 2 and 3
- www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/bcommons1.htm
--> www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons1.htm
- and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5
- www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ccommons1.htm
--> www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons1.htm
- and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6
- www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/dcommons1.htm
--> www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons1.htm
- and 2 and 4
- and e 1 and 2
- and f
- and g 1 and 2
- and h 1 2 3 and 4
- and i
- and k 1 and 2
- and l 1 2 and 3 and 4
- and m 1 2 3 and 5
- and n 1 2 and 3
- and o
- and p 1 and 2
- and q
- and r 1 and 2
- and s 1 2 3 4 5 and 6
- and t 2
- and y
- www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/peersc3.htm
-->www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersC3.htm
- www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/peersc5.htm
-->www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersC5.htm
- and c6 c7 e1 f1 f2 g1 g3 h3 h5 i k1
- and k2 l1 l2 l4 m3 m4 m6 p2 r2 s3 s4 t1 t2 w2 w3 and y
- www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/baronetsa1.htm
--> www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsA1.htm
- and a2 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6
- and c3 c4 c5 d1 d2 d3 f1 f2
- and g1 g2 h1 h2 k l1 l2
- and m1 m2 m4 n o p1 p2 r1 r2
- and s1 s2 s3 s4 w2 y
Please drop me a note on my talk page if you take this task on.
Thank you.
Kittybrewster ☎ 12:16, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fill in population on all the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country list
The...
- Population:
...entry needs to be filled in on all of these pages.
For example, this entry for Albania looks like this:
- Population: 3,600,523 (2007) - 130th most populous country
All the rest need to be completed in the same way.
The data can be found in the info box on the article for the country.
Be sure to turn off all automatic fixes (wikification, etc.) There's some non-wikified stuff in these that we need in them for now.
Thank you.
The Transhumanist 00:10, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fill in size on all the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country list
The...
- Size:
...entry needs to be filled in on all of these pages.
For example, this entry for Albania looks like this:
- Size: 28748 km² (11100 mi²) - 139th largest country
All the rest need to be completed in the same way.
The data can be found in the info box on the article for the country.
Be sure to turn off all automatic fixes (wikification, etc.) There's some non-wikified stuff in these that we need in them for now.
Thank you.
The Transhumanist 00:10, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fill in economic rank on all the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country list
The...
...entry needs to be filled in on all of these pages.
For example, this entry for Algeria looks like this:
- Economic rank: 50th (fiftieth)
All the rest need to be completed in the same way.
The data can be found in the List of countries by GDP (nominal).
Be sure to turn off all automatic fixes (wikification, etc.) There's some non-wikified stuff in these that we need in them for now.
Thank you.
The Transhumanist 00:13, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fill in commander-in-chief on all the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country list
The...
- Command
...entry needs to be filled in on all of these pages.
For example, this entry for Albania looks like this:
All the rest need to be completed in the same way, presenting the position followed by the current office holder.
The data can be found in the Military of x article for each country, where "x" is the name of the country.
Be sure to turn off all automatic fixes (wikification, etc.) There's some non-wikified stuff in these that we need in them for now.
Thank you.
The Transhumanist 00:10, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] External links in film infoboxes
The {{Film}} template currently has three fields that permit linking to the Internet Movie Database, All Movie Guide, and the official website. These links often appear in the film articles' "External links" sections, too, so discussion took place in the community to determine whether or not to limit these links to only these sections. The consensus is to remove the fields, but before I put in a request to change the protected template, I would like to make sure that film articles will have IMDb, AMG, and the official website available.
Is it possible to check if the IDs already exist in the "External links" sections of film articles, and if not, to move the IDs there, inserted in the respective template? For example, {{imdb title}} could be inserted with the ID and the title from the infobox; same with {{amg title}}. For the official website, the URL could be cut from the infobox and pasted in the section as [<URL GOES HERE> Official website]. Just wondering if AWB was capable of this? Or is there another tool that can do this, if any? —Erik (talk • contrib) - 18:13, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
In python it would be possible to do
match = re.search(r'\|\s*imdb\s*=\s*(?P<imdbnum>\w+).*?(\{\{[Ii]mdb[ _]title\|\w+://w*.imdb.com/\w+/)(?p=imdbnum)', text) if match: print "%s has both imdb infobox and template/link" % page.aslink()
to check articles, but it doesn't seem that .NET has support for referencing named groups. — Dispenser 19:25, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, it does. If you get a regex matches, iterate through (for each match in matches), you can do match.Groups["groupname"].Value —Reedy 21:03, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Here's a juicy one!
This one is major. There's a mainstream set of pages, most of the pages of which have the same errors on them...
For a great many of the "Demographics of" country articles, statistical data from the CIA World Factbook was dumped in there.
The problem is, the data is formatted wrong. It needs to be wikified in each article (I've already done some of them manually), by giving it the level-2 heading "Statistics", and the bolded headings need to be replaced with level-3 headings without the colon.
There are a bunch of <br>s in there too, and they need to be replaced by regular carriage returns.
The question is, "Can you handle it?"
For your convenience for inputting into AWB, the pages are listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Demographics.
The Transhumanist 01:02, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
- I'm having a go. I'll do a few then ask you to check if it's suitable. Rjwilmsi 18:45, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
- I've done about 15. Awaiting feedback...Rjwilmsi 19:11, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
These will require several passes to clean up. Will somebody with AWB please take these on? The Transhumanist 00:51, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Here's an easy one
On each of the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country outlines, please replace "* Size:" with "* Area:"
The Transhumanist 00:51, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Reference link rescue
Due to a change in the URL format at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's website, I need a kind AWBer or three to do a run through all articles in Category:Radio stations in Canada and Category:Television stations in Canada to make the following substitution in reference links and/or external links to CRTC documents:
-
- "/archive/ENG/Decisions/" → "/eng/archive/"
In all links, the portions of the link address before and after the substitution remains the same; this pertains only to the text that falls between www.crtc.gc.ca and the year. I've already updated a few isolated articles here and there, but as you can well imagine, this is a pretty daunting task to perform manually. Merci salut la visite! Bearcat (talk) 06:08, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
- Hello, I have recently written a bot to update links. Once it is approved I will be happy to work through these links. Looks like there are about 1500 of them in need of update. Including some "/archive/ENG/Hearings/" and "/archive/ENG/Notices/" both of which appear to also update to "/eng/archive/". Is that correct? --ThaddeusB (talk) 13:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
