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This is a page for requesting work to be done by a bot. This is an appropriate place to simply put ideas for bots. If you need a piece of software written for a specific article you may get a faster response time at the computer help desk. You might also check Wikipedia:Bots to see if the bot you are looking for already exists. There are also quite a few "frequently denied requests", for various reasons, such as a welcoming bot, as it would de-humanize the process, and an anti-vandalism bot, as several already exist. If you want to request a bot to populate a category for a wikiproject, please create a subpage with a full list of categories to be used, as most bot operators who can complete this task will not go into all subcategories, as some members may be irrelevant to your project. Also note that if you are requesting that an operator change or add a function to an existing bot, you should ask on his talkpage, if you have questions about certain bots, they should be directed to the bot owner's talk page to the Bot Owners' Noticeboard, and that if a bot is acting improperly, it should be posted to the owner's talk page, the Administrators' Noticeboard, or AIV, listed in increasing levels of severity, and a link to the discussion may be posted at the Bot Owners' Noticeboard if appropriate. Please add your bot requests to the bottom of this page.

If you are a bot operator and you complete a request, note what you did, and archive it. Requests that are no longer relevant should also be archived in a timely fashion.

See also: Current policy on bots and Wikipedia:Bots/Frequently denied bots, to make sure your idea is not listed.
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Bot to categorise good articles (via the topic= parameter)

A task force was recently set up to categorise GAs (using the topic= parameter in {{GA}}). It was then proposed that a bot do the job, by checking which section of WP:GA the article is listed in, and changing the parameter on the article's talk page accordingly.

If someone thinks they can do this, and would like to do this, please respond on the talk page, here, and we can give you the details and sort things out. Thanks in advance, Giggy UCP 06:48, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Left a message on WikiProject Good article's talk page. — Madman bum and angel (talk – desk) 02:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

 Done — Madman bum and angel (talk – desk) 07:11, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Due to the fact that" => "Because"

I would love it if a bot could replace the former hackneyed expression with the latter, simpler one. Building my own bot might be an interesting project, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort. Surely we have an existing style-bot that can have this added to its repertoire? Please advise. Josephgrossberg 14:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How would you ensure that no quoted text was changed? Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 20:02, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I object to this idea. Sometimes saying "due to the fact that" avoids repitition if "because" has been used previously. It's a matter of preference-- there's no pressing reason why this would need to be done. --Android Mouse 21:17, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I'm afraid I have to object to this as well. I don't feel its an appropriate bot task (and, as a matter of fact, I wouldn't really be comfortable with just RegExTypofixing this either) and, as hackneyed as it may be, 'due to the fact' is still proper English. The 'comprises of' thing we've been debating since, well, what feels like the beginning of time is one thing but, personally, I feel that this is really pushing it. -- S up? 21:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Properly done, a bot could do this task (ignoring anything in quotes or the cquote/blockquote templates/htmltags, but its simply not a suitable task for a bot. The bot would not know the stylistic concerns. I just don't think this is a good task. —— Eagle101Need help? 15:47, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Interwiki coordinates

Could somebody get an interwiki bot running that'll copy {{coor}} (and preferablity convert to {{coord}}) from other wikis to prevent duplication of work. —Dispenser 00:59, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not if there could be any problem with licensing; furthermore, you'd have to specify which wiki. The bot can't just look all over the Internet. — Madman bum and angel (talk – desk) 14:04, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think he meant other languages. —METS501 (talk) 14:45, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, from other Wikipedia wikis. (I should have figured from "interwiki" ;)) Perhaps; I'll have to see how they do it. — Madman bum and angel (talk – desk) 15:01, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't User:The Anomebot2 already do that? Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 14:21, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It did it as a one time operation. I suggesting that mechanism that keeps interwiki links concurrent also keep the coordinates concurrent. I suppose I'll have better luck posting to the pywikipedia what-ever-they-have-list. —Dispenser 00:47, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Convert dates for album, single and film release dates

The templates {{Infobox Album}}, {{Infobox Single}} and {{Infobox Film}} now have hCalendar mark-up. A bot is needed, to convert the release dates from normal wiki-linked dates to {{Start date}} (which outputs an ISO8601 format date, wrapped in class="dtstart", hidden by CSS but designed to degrade gracefully) on each occurrence; but only if the full date is provided, not there is only a year or year and month pair. If more than one date exists, only the first (earliest) should be converted. Date/ month order should be preserved, by use of the "df" flag, in the date template. Examples of the date template in use are at The Dark Side of the Moon, I Want to Hold Your Hand and The Piano respectively. Thank you. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 15:54, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you give us a sample of an edit that would need to be made? I'm a bit confused trying to follow what you're saying. Thanks. —METS501 (talk) 19:56, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please see my recent edits to the example pages given above.
Changes to {{Start date}} now allow for year-only and year-month dates (e.g "October 1977"). Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 21:14, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I might poke at it, see how bad I can break things. Q T C 01:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Any joy? Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 21:40, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of tallest structures in the United States - coordinates

I have just split List of tallest structures in the United States, moving a second, duplicate (but differently-ordered) list to List of tallest structures in the United States by height. Please can someone automate the copying of coordinates from the former to a new column on the latter page? At the same time, please add hCard microformat mark-up, such that:

(wrapped for clarity) 


|- 
| 628.8 m 
|| [[KVLY-TV mast]] 
|| [[Blanchard, North Dakota|Blanchard]], [[North Dakota]] 
|| Guyed Mast 
||

becomes: 


|- class="vcard"
| class="note" | 628.8 m 
||class="fn org" | [[KVLY-TV mast]] 
|| class="label" | [[Blanchard, North Dakota|Blanchard]], [[North Dakota]] 
|| {{coord|nnn|}}}
|| class="note" | Guyed Mast 
||

with the addition of classes "vcard", "note", "fn org", "label" & "note" (second use) and a {[tl|coord}}. Note that not every item on the second page appears on the first.

Thank you. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 20:37, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • I could probably just whip up a local script to do this and make a single manual edit rather than running it through a bot. I'll take a look and see how tough it looks. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 21:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note - I've put up an intermediate version to verify that this is waht you are looking for. If you wanted the coordinates in the same column as the location I can make that cahnge pretty easily. As for your microformatting stuff, the way you present it above is causing the table to become misformatted. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 22:46, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. FYI, that wasn;t not working, as you had used:

|-<div class = "vcard">

where:

|- class = "vcard"

was needed. I've fixed that, though. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 15:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, I uploaded the wrong version! Glad it was easy to fix though. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 15:23, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bot to notify members of user categories scheduled for deletion

I was slightly miffed to find that a category my user page was in was deleted, after a debate I was completely unaware of. I only found out when my userpage was changed to remove the redlink. I feel that users should be notified when user categories are thus debated, and that a bot is ideal for this kind of task. Totnesmartin 21:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • I strongly disagree with this idea for a bot. In addition to being a non-essential task (user categories are probably among the least important of pages on Wikipedia), it implies a degree of ownership/control over userpages that is not afforded by WP:UP. It's not as if removing a redlinked category changes the layout or content of your userpage ... it's a minor, technical thing. Do we notify the contributor to articles in a category that is nominated for deletion? No, even though articles are infinitely more important than userpages and user categories. We don't even have required notification of article creators when their articles are nominated (I proposed the idea a few months ago and it was solidly rejected). -- Black Falcon (Talk) 22:38, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't understand the need for this. Why not use your watchlist? --Kbdank71 01:19, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, no, no. This bot would be spamming thousands of user talk pages regarding these discussions. There would be a flood of complaints regarding these messages. --After Midnight 0001 23:11, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Then the bot should emphasise that it's a discussion, not a vote - the CfD admin can easily weed out insubstantial nonarguments; after all, this happens at AfD's where Wikiprojects flag up relevant debates. Totnesmartin 10:12, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Will the bot be called VotestackingBot? --Gmaxwell 15:37, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking MySpaceBot myself...but meh, what do I know? ^demon[omg plz] 01:30, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Add hCard to lists of impact craters

I would like someone, please, to add (additional) hCard microformat markup to each of:

such that, for example: 


|- 
|[[Vredefort crater|Vredefort]] 
|[[South Africa]]
|300 km
|2.02 billion
|align=right|{{coord|27|0|S|27|30|E|}}

or 


|- class="vcard"
|class="fn org"|[[Vredefort crater|Vredefort]] 
|[[South Africa]]
|300 km
|2.02 billion
|align=right|{{coord|27|0|S|27|30|E|}}

becomes: 


|- class="vcard"
|class="fn org"|[[Vredefort crater|Vredefort]] 
|class="label"|[[South Africa]]
|class="note"|300 km
|2.02 billion
|align=right|{{coord|27|0|S|27|30|E|}}

with the addition of classes "vcard", "fn org", "label" and "note", if not already present.

If someone can show me a tool to make such changes, and how to use it, I'll be happy to do so, and stop posting such requests here! Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 11:40, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't really need a bot, can be done manually with a bit of magic. Q T C 02:56, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A comment like that does not help our contributors at all, OverlordQ. — madman bum and angel 02:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Oh, pardon me then. I didn't feel like I need to elaborate since I was doing the work. Q T C 03:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My apologies, then, though that wasn't easily inferred from your comment. — madman bum and angel 16:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replace superceded VG Project image

The former Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games logo Image:Nuvola apps package games.png has been superseded by the updated image Image:Gamepad.svg. Would it be possible for a bot to replace all instances of the former with the latter? ~ JohnnyMrNinja 21:06, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. It can be done using AWB. --Boricuaeddie 23:15, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have created a bot for this task. See Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EddieBot 2. --Boricuaeddie 00:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Large(ish) batch of double-redirects

Hi. I just moved Characters in Bleach to List of Bleach characters per MOS and a request at WP:RM#Uncontroversial proposals. Normally I fix all the double redirects by hand, but in this case there are 111 of them, and many point to specific sections in the target, which makes my usual quick copy-paste method much less efficient.

I would be grateful if someone could put a bot on this task. -GTBacchus(talk) 06:13, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If I recall correctly, we have a number of active bots and human editors working on double redirects; I'd leave it to them. All will be fixed, in time. — madman bum and angel 06:40, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, ok. I've fixed the ones that actually had mainspace links to them; there still remain over 80. -GTBacchus(talk) 06:50, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

UK road junction pages (~24x) - complex changes

Please could someone make the changes detailed at Talk:List of road junctions in the United Kingdom/BOTREQ? Thank you. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 17:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see a consensus anywhere that such a change should be done. Perhaps talk a bit then come back? —— Eagle101Need help? 15:50, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe that's necessary. I just created the pages concerned, by splitting (with consensus!) one very long one; and the first half of the proposed changes (I've just re-ordered them) will complete that task - the very first one is a most-needed bug-fix.
The changes to add hcard microformats are uncontroversial, and have plenty of precedent, not least in the completed requests. above. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 19:45, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Generating an unused templates list

Would it be possible for a bot to generate a list of unused templates similar to Special:Unusedtemplates? The issue with the special page is that is does not extend beyond the first 1,000 entries. A full list would help tremendously in cleaning out the Template namespace. Any takers? --MZMcBride 18:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can do this one by the end of the day. — madman bum and angel 23:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

quick bot request

is there any way a bot can be briefly/quickly made for me as to set all images uploaded for either a set of articles or all i upload(ik i can check the box, but i have about 80 of them), the reason i ask is because i basically manage a series of articles and i try to keep up with them all, message me on my talk page if you need any more info or what not... Ancientanubis, talk Editor Review 01:13, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

basically im looking for either a bot that can add images posted in a certain group of articles onto a watchlist OR a category so as to be able to better keep track of all images used or loaded onto the articles, Ancientanubis, talk Editor Review 01:31, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A bot cannot edit your watchlist, or access it, unless it runs under your account. For watching them, its easier to just watchlist them yourselves, unless there is hundreds. Also, a category would be deleted, there is no real use for a "Images uploaded by user X" category. Easiest way is to link them all from a user subpage, and then use the Related Changes to show a watchlist-style changes list for them. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 01:48, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
well i've thought about includeing them into the category for the series of articles that is already created... Ancientanubis, talk Editor Review 01:55, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
but yes, i do see your point, thank you for the advice tho:)Ancientanubis, talk Editor Review 02:04, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
and ik this is not the place to discuss it, but is there any way to set up the watchlist(or make something) that only 'watches' a portion of the pages you have set to watch... Ancientanubis, talk Editor Review 02:08, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No. Section-watching is not a feature (yet). --MZMcBride 02:32, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I responded on talk page per them asking on my talk page, you can create a user subpage with links to the articles you want to watch, then use related cahnges. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 04:03, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia

Forgive me if this has already been proposed, but would it be possible to get a bot to automatically add {{Trivia}} directly beneath the heading of any section of any mainspace article that is literally called Trivia, presuming that {{Trivia}} or {{Trivia small}} are not already found on the page? ~ JohnnyMrNinja 06:14, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Android Mouse Bot 3 does this, but it doesn't look like it's edited in awhile. You might wish to ask Android Mouse about it. -- JLaTondre 11:38, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'd be happy to start Android Mouse Bot 3 back up again, but I won't be happy with all the angry complaints that it will generate. See some of the discussions it generated here, which is why I don't think it currently has enough conesnsus to run again. Maybe sometime in the distant future, maybe. --Android Mouse 00:00, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox Biography to Infobox Person cleanup

{{Infobox Biography}} has been redirected to {{Infobox Person}}. Per consensus at Template talk:Infobox Person#Conclusion and Template talk:Infobox Person#Redirects completed, it would be a good idea for the legacy property names and instances of the former to be changes to match the latter (which currently recognises both alternatives) (or is that a job for "smackbot"?). Thank you. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 12:09, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You should probably spell out exactly which parameters should be changed to which parameters, for those not familiar with the templates. — madman bum and angel 16:55, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's already done, in neat tabular form, in the above discussion,. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 19:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I still can't see the problem. All fields in Infobox Biography seem to exist in Infobox Person (according to Template_talk:Infobox_Person#Comparison table). What is the problem with having multiple names for the same field? If it ain't broke, don't fix it. :: maelgwn - talk 23:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Once the clean-up is done, the remaining template can be simplified, for ease of future editing. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 21:44, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ok ive filed a Bot Request :: maelgwn - talk 09:39, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Good luck! Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 11:27, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We're moving now. Working through all the instances of Infobox Biography first. I let you know when you can clean-up the template a bit. :: maelgwn - talk 11:33, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Name order

Would it be possible for a bot to fix redirects of incorrect name order for Chinese and Korean figure skaters into the Naming conventions way (family name, personal name). For example, change all instances of Xue Shen into Shen Xue. For the following articles:

(In other words, everyone in Category:Chinese figure skaters, Category:South Korean figure skaters, and Category:North Korean figure skaters, minus Chuen-Gun Lee, who is a special case.)

I've tried doing it by hand, but it's taking me absolutely forever. Kolindigo 22:28, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:REDIRECT if its not broken dont fix it. βcommand 22:32, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could I get a small bot made please?

Hi. My name is Dreamafter, and I woould like a small bot made to help me with my WikiProject. I would like it to check through users contribs, back two months, and see if they have made a contrib for the Project. If taught how, I myself would supervise it. Dreamy \*/!$! 02:16, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I may be able to add this to my todo list and write it. βcommand 02:24, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My Bot

CiterBot is going to me my bot. This bot can can cite any article wherever it needs to be cited! For example, if my bot spots an article with {{unreferenced}}, it automatically adds a "citation needed" template to the article or section. --  PNiddy  Go!  0 15:36, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

... why have the redundancy? — madman bum and angel 16:09, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The citation needed tag is for individual sentences - it would be impossible for a bot to detect exactly which sentences needed the tag. The redundancy is unneeded otherwise. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 21:27, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't get this - are you wanting someone to write a bot for this purpose, write you a bot, or are you wanting to write/run a bot? If you are wanting someone to write you a bot, I could possibly do something for you. Not this task, but a simpler task, like substituting templates. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 21:48, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I object to this idea, oftentimes the unreferenced tag is used for only one sentence and doesn't mean the whole article or section needs a citation. No need for redundancy in taggings, articles can get cluttered in tags very quickly. --Android Mouse 23:52, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eurovision Articles

I need a bot to remove any instance of the {{European Union}} template from the talk pages of all articles in Category:Eurovision songs and its various layers of sub-categories. The template was originally put there by Alphachimp's bot Alphachimpbot at the request of a now banned user Parker007. My (now archived) discussions with Alphachimp can be read User talk:Alphachimp/Archive 14#BOT gone crazy ... must be destroyed!!!!! and User talk:Alphachimp/Archive 14#Further to Eurovision articles discussion.

The Eurovision Song Contest has no connection with the European Union and, in any case, falls well outside the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject European Union. (See the scope statement on the mainpage and this discussion on the talk page. You might also read the page on the European Broadcasting Union which runs the Eurovision Song Contest.)

I found it difficult to convince Alphachimp to undo these changes. He is also currently on an Wikibreak and unlikely in the position to run his bot.

If anyone wants to they might also add the {{Eurovision}} template to the articles in the Category:Eurovision songs category that don't have it already, as this would be the approtiate WikiProject. Caveat lector 12:21, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HermesBot doing it. ~ Wikihermit 17:08, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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