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bug in category_redirect.py
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Description

Originally from: http://sourceforge.net/p/pywikipediabot/bugs/1167/
Reported by: manuelt15
Created on: 2010-04-18 00:01:52
Subject: bug in category_redirect.py
Assigned to: xqt
Original description:
Hello, after using category\_redirect.py it only did cosmetic changes 2 pages. First was <http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mi\_t%C3%ADo&diff=prev&oldid=36106587> trying to change <http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor%C3%ADa:Pel%C3%ADculas\_en\_frances> the same with <http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McCabe\_%26\_Mrs.\_Miller&diff=prev&oldid=36106568> trying to chane <http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor%C3%ADa:Pel%C3%ADculas\_de\_Warner\_Bros> maybe the problem is with the accents...

C:\bot>version.py
Pywikipedia \[http\] trunk/pywikipedia \(r8102, 2010/04/16, 10:28:09\)
Python 2.6.2 \(r262:71605, Apr 14 2009, 22:40:02\) \[MSC v.1500 32 bit \(Intel\)\]
config-settings:
use\_api = True
use\_api\_login = True


Version: unspecified
Severity: minor
See Also:
https://sourceforge.net/p/pywikipediabot/bugs/1167

Details

Reference
bz55275

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 2:31 AM
bzimport set Reference to bz55275.

I am wondering: category\_redirect has no localisations for es-wiki.

  • assigned_to: nobody --> xqt

I see the bug, (I don't why) there is a line in the code that forces to edit anyway. I'll fix it :)

Change 94495 had a related patch set uploaded by Ladsgroup:
Removing nonsense comments and not letting edit when no change can be made

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94495

Change 94496 had a related patch set uploaded by Ladsgroup:
Removing nonsense comments and not letting edit when no change can be made

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94496

Change 94845 had a related patch set uploaded by Xqt:
[BUG 55275] Prevent category_redirect.py from doing cosmetic changes

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94845

Change 94846 had a related patch set uploaded by Xqt:
[BUG 55275] Prevent category_redirect.py from doing cosmetic changes

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94846

The easiest way to prevent this bug is to deactivate cosmetic changes while running this script. My last patches does this by framework itself.

Change 94846 merged by jenkins-bot:
[BUG 55275] Prevent category_redirect.py from doing cosmetic changes

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94846

Change 94495 abandoned by Ladsgroup:
Removing nonsense comments and not letting edit when no change can be made

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94495

Change 94496 abandoned by Ladsgroup:
Removing nonsense comments and not letting edit when no change can be made

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94496

patches 94846 and 94845 (both merged) would solve this bug

Change 94845 merged by jenkins-bot:
[BUG 55275] Prevent category_redirect.py from doing cosmetic changes

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94845