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Formatting
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formatting tasks which may be botted.
Translation section cleanup and standardization
Sections identified with
{{
rfc-trans
}}
need subdivision, with attention paid to numbers in parenthesis, all ambiguous entries plopped into a new ======Translations to be checked====== (TTBC) sub-section, with
{{
checktrans
}}
TTBC sections with
{{
checktrans
}}
but no
{{
ttbc
}}
s need to have language names "wrapped" in
{{
ttbc
}}
. (Currently done semi-manually after each XML dump.)
Sub-sections properly starting with ";
gloss
" should all have
{{
top
}}
{{
mid
}}
{{
bottom
}}
balancing the left and right columns to have about the same number of languages.
Caution note: sub-sub-sub sections for language groupings should not split across columns
Pronunciation sections need standardization
See also:
WT:NORM
Import
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text or other content which may be botted.
automated image/audio uploads and inclusion (some tasks in the works)
public domain dictionaries
translations from elsewhere (extended discussions in protest: caution!)
dictdefs from Wikipedia (not transwiki'ed, but glommed from introduction sections. This can possibly be semi-automated, never fully automated.)
Housework
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housework tasks which may be botted
archival
(working, see
Werdnabot
counter-vandalism (
discuss
mass blocking (done: ask Connel for scripts)
mass deletion (done: ask Connel for scripts)
mass protection (unlikely to get support.)
web-based category renaming tool (maybe an extension?)
automated category adding tools
inflection normalizing
See Rod's bots (and comensurate controversy/blockings/wheel warring, etc.)
Various normalizing tasks
tasks need to be combined to minimize trivial edits
User talk:Connel MacKenzie/Normalization of articles
<-- scour for approved tasks (not all!)
Wikisaurus bots (
discuss
Generate entries from NS:0 entries with Synonyms or Antonyms
Update existing entries from NS:0 entries with Synonyms or Antonyms
Update NS:0 entries to point to WS rather than repeat lists
WelcomeBot (do we want one?)
IMO, no, and even if we did want users to be welcomed automatically, we could use
mw:Extension:NewUserMessage
instead. --
Yair rand
01:44, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
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Special: WT:RFV archiving. If entry exists, and title is
striken
then move section to a new section of Talk:{PAGENAME}. If title is stricken, and entry does not exist, move to RFVA. BOTH CASES: only if last comment is one week old or older.
Automatically create topic categories when there are pages that are in that category.
Change non-templated translations to use the
{{
}}
template.
Add
{{
also
}}
where necessary.
Notify users when they have added
{{
rfv
}}
{{
rfd
}}
, etc to a page but have not added a section dealing with that page to the appropriate discussion room.
WT:WOTD
stuff
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Rebuild alphabetic list of words used in an automatic fashion.
Identify duplicates better, sooner, faster.
Compile various feeder lists better.
Auto-fill next month semi-automatically? No.
Wiktionary:Translations to be checked
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Update the various sections automatically after each XML dump:
Wiktionary:Translations to be checked#Languages nearly complete
Wiktionary:Translations to be checked#Single entries
Wiktionary:Translations to be checked#High-volume languages
WOTDs
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Updated alphabetized list is needed
Auto tag entries of former WOTDs, saying "This word was WOTD on 'suchandsuch' date" as a footnote of some sort
semi-protect the entries themselves the day they are WOTD? Unprotect them the day after.
Periodic Runs
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replace.py
-regex -ref:Template:Plural_of "\{\{plural of\|([^[]+?)}}" "{{plural of|[[\1]]}}"
-regex -ref:Template:Past_of "\{\{past of\|([^[]+?)}}" "{{past of|[[\1]]}}"
-regex -ref:Template:Alternative_spelling_of "\{\{alternative spelling of\|([^[]+?)}}" "{{alternative spelling of|[[\1]]}}"
No longer relevant/applicable.
Benwing2
talk
03:48, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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copyvio bot
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For existing English entries on en.wikt, take all text from "#" lines, and compare to default results from dictionary.com (etc.) and when 90%of words therein (or more) match, blank entry and replace with
{{
copyvio suspected
}}
. (Note: this 1) may not be possible, 2) needs significant discussion on WT:BP before starting.) --
Connel MacKenzie
03:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
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Secondary task: accumulate statistics on such reversions. Auto-block any user with 50% or more copyvios, and autoblank all remaining entries from that contributor. --
Connel MacKenzie
04:03, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
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We might want to have a look at
w:User:Wherebot
for comparison or a jumping-off point. It sounds to me like it's doing a fairly similar function on Wikipedia, if not quite as specific. We might want to check etymologies, too. I've seen a few questionable ones go by. —
Dvortygirl
04:07, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
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Other comments from TheDave: weight the match criteria (for only exact matches) if the definition is only one short sentence, and only consists of one definition. **Also have a secondary weight, for tagging entries as "possibles", that need rewording. --
Connel MacKenzie
04:36, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
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rfvfailed
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Hi guys. Apparently orphaned pages from {rfvfailed} are putting a spanner in the works. For a full discussion see
DAVilla
's talk page. A suggestion is to alphebetise all {rfvfailed}} entries, and to link them somehow to the
relevant
[WT:RFVA] page where the full discussion is archived. The link is the difficulty. If there are any other elegant solutions, they would be appreciated.
Andrew massyn
19:36, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
P.S. If it cant be done automatically, it can be done manuall, using a different system. Please let me know and i will institute the manual way.
Andrew massyn
19:39, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
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WT:DEL
+ Killbot.m seems to be handling these fairly well, now. --
Connel MacKenzie
06:39, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
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Conlang Pronunciations
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Is there any chance that someone could make a bot that adds pronunciation to constructed language entries? It seems that most constructed languages follow pretty simple phonology rules, and it's a pretty big waste of time to add pronunciations to each of them manually... --
Yair rand
19:54, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
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Category creation
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Bots could create some of the (easy-to-create) categories lying at
Special:Wantedcategories
--
Rising Sun
talk?
02:04, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
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I am doing this every 3 days or so.
Benwing2
talk
03:48, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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Links inside form-of templates
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There should be a bot to remove links inside form-of templates.
WT:Grease_pit_archive/2010/June#Links_inside_form-of_templates
. --
Yair rand
talk
06:42, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
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change position of
template:beginning Mandarin
and similar templates
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Many Chinese words definition (
example
) begin with
beginning Mandarin, intermediate
or
advanced Mandarin
. At best it sounds vague, at worst it seems to mean that the word is not used by native speakers or that is some kind of ancient or esoteric language. It would be more logical to move that to a note section below the definition. Then the template could make it explicit what these categories mean. I have left a message at
Appendix talk:HSK list of Mandarin words/Beginning Mandarin
. I did not get any reply so I assume I can go ahead an request a bot to do it.--
Zolo
06:04, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
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Swedish proper names
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Can some bot do the following:
All proper nouns in
Category:Swedish given names
Category:Swedish surnames
Category:sv:Planets of the Solar System
Category:sv:Lakes
Category:sv:Biblical characters
Category:sv:Individuals
that use {{head|sv|proper noun}} or {{head|sv|proper noun|g=c}} is to be changed to {{sv-proper noun|c}}
All proper nouns in
Category:sv:Continents
Category:sv:Countries
Category:sv:Place names
Category:sv:Cities
Category:sv:Capital cities
Category:sv:Countries in Europe
Category:sv:Countries in Africa
Category:sv:Countries in Europe
Category:sv:City nicknames
Category:sv:Cities in Denmark
Category:sv:Cities in Finland
Category:sv:Cities in Germany
Category:sv:Cities in the Netherlands
Category:sv:Cities in Russia
Category:sv:Cities in Spain
Category:sv:Cities in Sweden
Category:sv:Islands
Category:sv:Peninsulas
that use {{head|sv|proper noun}} or {{head|sv|proper noun|g=n}} is to be changed to {{sv-proper noun|n}}
Thank you!
Jonteemil
talk
18:24, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
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Robbie SWE
does this request make sense? -
TheDaveRoss
13:52, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
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Hmm, I guess it makes sense even though I personally don't like the idea of adding gender to given names and surnames. Swedish Wiktionary adds gender so it probably is ok. --
Robbie SWE
talk
17:23, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
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I think I have gotten all of these done. -
TheDaveRoss
18:40, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
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TheDaveRoss
Hello! Thanks for your edits two years ago :). Do you mind checking the categories once again. There are, you see, still 581 entries that use
{{
head
|proper noun}}
. I've added a few categories as well to get as many as possible to use
{{
sv-proper noun
}}
Jonteemil
talk
07:17, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
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German adjectives
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Can someone change all entries in
Category:German comparative adjectives
that have this syntax:
===Adjective===
{{head|de|adjective comparative form}}
# {{comparative of|de|{{#invoke:string|sub|s={{PAGENAME}}|i=1|j=-3}}}}
to this
===Adjective===
{{head|de|adjective comparative form}}
# {{comparative of|de|{{subst:#invoke:string|sub|s={{subst:PAGENAME}}|i=1|j=-3}}}}
# {{inflection of|de|{{subst:#invoke:string|sub|s={{subst:PAGENAME}}|i=1|j=-3}}||str//mix|nom|m|s|;|str|gen//dat|f|s|;|str|gen|p}}
[[Category:German adjective forms]]
The irregulars, such as
größer
, don’t fit the syntax and should therefor not be changed. The reason to this change is because adjective+er isn't only comparative but also positive in some cases.
Jonteemil
talk
06:49, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
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Are there actually uses of {{#invoke:...}} in entries? They should be wrapped in a template. Also, these templates are ridiculous, seems like there should be five good templates instead of one arcane one. -
TheDaveRoss
13:29, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
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TheDaveRoss
: No {{subst:#invoke:string|sub|s={{subst:PAGENAME}}|i=1|j=-3}} is just how you write {PAGENAME} minus the last letter. So for this page it becomes ”Bots/Tas”. I agree that the template is very weird indeed.
Jonteemil
talk
23:03, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
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I did something more comprehensive than this, and changed the complex
{{
inflection of
}}
invocations to
{{
de-adj form of
}}
, which automatically generates the same results.
Benwing2
talk
03:50, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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German adjectives 2
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Can someone change all entries in
Category:German adjective forms
that have this syntax:
===Adjective===
{{head|de|adjective form}}
# {{inflection of|de|/positive form/||str|gen|m//n|s|supd|;|wk//mix|gen//dat|all-gender|s|supd|;|str//wk//mix|acc|m|s|supd|;|str|dat|p|supd|;|wk//mix|all-case|p|supd}}
or this one
===Adjective===
{{head|de|adjective form}}
# {{superlative of|de|/positive form/}}
and all entries in
Category:German superlative adjectives
that have this syntax:
===Adjective===
{{head|de|adjective superlative form}}
# {{superlative of|de|/positive form/}}
to
===Adjective===
{{head|de|adjective superlative form}}
# {{superlative of|de|/positive form/}}
# {{inflection of|de|/positive form/||str|gen|m//n|s|supd|;|wk//mix|gen//dat|all-gender|s|supd|;|str//wk//mix|acc|m|s|supd|;|str|dat|p|supd|;|wk//mix|all-case|p|supd}}
[[Category:German adjective forms]]
This applies to all adjectives, including the irregular ones.
Jonteemil
talk
23:46, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
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Jonteemil
I did something more comprehensive than this, and changed the complex
{{
inflection of
}}
invocations to
{{
de-adj form of
}}
, which automatically generates the same results.
Benwing2
talk
03:51, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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Benwing2
: Okay, perfect. I don't know how I feel reg. the double adjective headings though. How did you think there?
Jonteemil
talk
17:32, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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Jonteemil
They are different headword types. One is a sort of lemma, i.e. comparative or superlative adjective (even though it's technically classified as a non-lemma form), while the other is a form of a lemma. In such cases it's normal to use different headings.
Benwing2
talk
17:35, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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Four-letter abbreviations
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Possibly, a bot could add all entries that are four characters long and already in
Category:English_abbreviations
to
Category:English_four-letter_abbreviations
. The four-letter abbreviations category has been nominated for deletion but the only reason given focused on the fact the category had not been populated. Thank you.
John Cross
talk
) 07:30, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
This should really say containing exactly four letters.
John Cross
talk
13:17, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
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Hyphenated terms
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I expect a bot could fully populate
Category:English_terms_spelled_with_-
. There may be better ways to achieve the same result. This category has been nominated for deletion.
John Cross
talk
07:35, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
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Autocat to Auto cat
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On a large number of category pages {{autocat}} is used when it should be {{auto cat}}. Not sure if this really matters.
John Cross
talk
11:58, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
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This doesn't matter at all, and would be a waste of time to change.
Theknightwho
talk
21:07, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
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