From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:27:32

Instead of further developing 'replace_tmpl.py' make a wiki interface for 'replace.py'. This interface and 'replace.py' are a more generalized version of 'replace_tmpl.py'. Then implement special features e.g. for template replacement and others!

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:57:28

subster.py can also be used to update the used bot revision number in wiki.

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:16:27

replace_tmpl.py:

• subclass replace.py (fixes.py) bot
• subclass template.py bot
• make wiki UI for the functions they provide!!
• create specialized functions like in replace_tmpl.py!!

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:03:09

Another idea for a bot is given in: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bots/Anfragen&oldid=77370441#Vorlage:FIFA-Rang_aktualisieren

This could be done by something very similar to subster.py and thus would be quite interesting.

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:14:22

Some other ideas for bot and toolserver scripts:

• clean_user_sandbox.py:
  • subclass new clean_sandbox.py
• irc_client.py:
  • look at articlenos.py and maintcont.py
• DrTrigonBot - toolserver scripts:
  • look at rcsort.py

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:45:31

welcome.py: some wiki use it but dewiki has banned it. Look at http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benutzer:DrTrigonBot&oldid=80324642 for more info.

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:40:47

Does anyone already handle http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Syntaxkorrektur by bot? Or is that considered as bad style (and not allowed)? Was there any discussion/talk about it already? (I was not able to find something...)

Talk with Merlissimo in IRC #wikipedia-de-bots answered the question:

(12:14:20) DrTrigon: Merlissimo: Hallo! Frage; Gab es schon Ueberlegungen oder Anfragen [[Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Syntaxkorrektur]] wenigstens teilweise per Bot zu machen? Ich weiss nur von [[Benutzer:Xqbot]] der sich (zumindest früher mal) um fehlende <references /> tags kümmert...

(12:14:29) linky: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Syntaxkorrektur?redirect=no
(12:14:37) linky: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Xqbot?redirect=no
(12:15:18) Merlissimo: wird nicht gerne gesehen, dass massenhaft per bot zu machen
(12:15:56) DrTrigon: ...dachte mir sowas! aber konnte keine Diskussion dazu finden... Danke für die Info! ![][1]
(12:17:03) Merlissimo: schau bei den abgelehnten botanträgen
(12:30:56) DrTrigon: Merlissimo: ...Du bist gut! ![][1] Hab was gefunden unter [Wikipedia:Bots/Anfragen/Archiv/2008-2#Fehlerkorrektur_f.C3.BCr_WikiProject_Check_Wikipedia], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Anträge_auf_Botflag/Archiv/2008]] und [[Wikipedia:Bots/Anträge_auf_Botflag/Archiv/2009]]. Danke Dir!!
(12:31:05) linky: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Anfragen/Archiv/2008-2#Fehlerkorrektur_f.C3.BCr_WikiProject_Check_Wikipedia
(12:31:13) linky: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Antr%C3%A4ge_auf_Botflag/Archiv/2008?redirect=no
(12:31:13) linky: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Antr%C3%A4ge_auf_Botflag/Archiv/2009?redirect=no

Simply to do all those corrections IS considered bad style, thus forget it! ![][2] To do some specific of thoses corrections e.g. <references /> tag (as done e.g. by Xqbot and AwOcBot) is ok... The question is which of those to do?!

[1]: https://jira.toolserver.org/images/icons/emoticons/smile.gif
[2]: https://jira.toolserver.org/images/icons/emoticons/wink.gif

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:44:49

script_wui.py added (instead of replace_tmpl.py) in r133. Is experimental and beta.

Supports replace.py, template.py and templatecount.py so far.

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:20:24

According to the ideas mentioned in <del>DRTRIGON-93</del> (and http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benutzer_Diskussion:Grip99&oldid=92123510#Subster) following concept:

bot_control.py should have an additional operating mode (e.g. command line param "-ircrc") that runs all the time (has to be restarted by SGE in case of failures) and watches the IRC RecentChanges channel irc://irc.wikimedia.org#de.wikipedia. In case of a page changes the bot_control.py runs subster.py (as usual) in order to update the page. This would make the subster tags pseudo-dynamic (more dynamic than now). May be to simplify, only pages listed/enrolled on a special page are checked this way.

This would also avoid to increase the execution frequency of subster.py by use of SGE/cron(ie) since the bot would run all the time - this could open additional techniques (e.g. for panel.py or else) - but also give new issues... ![][1]

[1]: https://jira.toolserver.org/images/icons/emoticons/wink.gif

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:19:53

Another idea for option/parameter handling:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:CopperBot/config.css

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:25:05

Set of bots is now given; the list of bots already running will get enhanced with 'script_wui.py' the WikiUserInterface. This will be the last bot planned - other might be possible - according to time available - but are not planned!

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:25:49

Support http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benutzer_Diskussion:Grip99&oldid=92230444#Subster.

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:47:33

Try to implement good Version numbers like described in

• http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/FAQAllInOne#Whatwillthenextversionbenumbered
• http://semver.org/

Additionally clean-up the version handling (e.g. versions associated to tickets) to get a proper 'Release Notes':

• https://jira.toolserver.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10421&version=10231
• https://jira.toolserver.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10421&version=10232

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:49:03

Modified 'articlenos.py' code that can be inserted into 'bot_control.py' as ircbot mode for 'subster.py'. Should then be runned as long-running job and use SGE to re-start in case of errors.

From: drtrigon <dr.trigon@surfeu.ch>

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:19:21

LiquidThreads could or will become a topic later again. But this is just a small part...

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