PyWikibot [1] is a Python-based framework to write bots for MediaWiki. There are currently 2 versions of pywikibot currently used:

• version 1.0 (also known as pywikibot-compat) is the legacy version
• version 2.0 (also known as pywikibot-core) is a rewrite of the original framework, focusing solely on MediaWiki wikis with an API (version 1.14 or newer) and offering an improved internal architecture.

There are a number of scripts used by various robot operators that were used in pywikibot-compat but have not yet been adapted to work with pywikibot-core. One of those is protect.py, which is used to Protect and unprotect pages en masse.

You can find information about how to convert the script on [2], [3]. Patches can be submited through the gerrit uploader [4] (you need a MediaWiki.org account). More documentation on gerrit can be found at [5].

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/2.0/Conversion
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/i18n_conversion
[4] https://tools.wmflabs.org/gerrit-patch-uploader/
[5] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikipediabot/Gerrit

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