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Request Expired.
Operator:
H3llkn0wz (
talk ·
contribs)
Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic
Programming language(s):
WikiSharpAPI (C#)
Source code available: Not now, I will make API available when it's actually usable.
Function overview: Reference and citation completion
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
User:RjwilmsiBot is probably the relevant almost-same task bot.
Edit period(s): Continuous (when I'm online)
Estimated number of pages affected: All encountered pages with issues
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y
Function details:
1) Add title and bot comment to bare referenced external links:
- <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8759590.stm]</ref> → <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8759590.stm Users report 'fault' on iPhone 4 <!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
2) Visit the sites from a known list of sites (manually selected) and fill citations with available missing info. This includes visiting archived copy if the original is unavailable.
2.a) Remove redundant title labels:
- "BBC News - Users report 'fault' on iPhone 4" → "Users report 'fault' on iPhone 4".
2.b) Add |title=
, |date=
, |author=
, |publisher=
, |work=
and |location=
, etc. that can be unambiguously identified from sites, such as,
[1] meta-data.
2.c) Change {{
Cite web}} to {{
Cite news}}, {{
Cite journal}} and similar where appropriate.
- This task seems pretty similar to a task once preforemed by
User:DumZiBoT. Read the documentation at
User:DumZiBoT/refLinks. I'd urge you to read through the
opperator's talk page to see the problems he ran into.
Tim
1357
talk
21:22, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
reply
- Thanks for helpful pointer. I think I'll go through all the archives and compile a list of things that need to be taken into account, then possibly do a dry run. —
HELLKNOWZ ▎
TALK
22:01, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
reply
- There seems little value in you processing the news sites that RjwilmsiBot already covers - see
USer:Rjwilmsi/CiteCompletion. Adding archive links or covering other non-news sites would certainly be useful.
User:ThaddeusB has/had something that deals with archive links.
Rjwilmsi
07:43, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
reply
- I'm already archiving links. I was going to start with video game news sites and such, so that it does not overlap with RjwilmsiBot. —
HELLKNOWZ ▎
TALK
10:50, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
reply
- I would suggest sharing information with Rjw and others. Since you use pye and he uses AWB, a central repository of architecture neutral information would be potentially be usable by all.
Rich
Farmbrough,
03:05, 2 October 2010 (UTC).
reply
- Yes, it would, I will make my lists and regexes available, when I have coded the thing. Also, I am using C# with my own framework, not py, so same as AWB except stand-alone. —
HELLKNOWZ ▎
TALK
11:22, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
reply
- Any update on Rich's suggestion?
MBisanz
talk
05:36, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
reply
- I have not made any content yet, so there is nothing to share. The main task is taking too much fiddling, so I may need to put this on a hold for a while. I am aware of the BRFA and accompanying issues though. —
HELLKNOWZ ▎
TALK
11:45, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
reply
Request Expired. As usual, if you solve those fiddly issues and want to reactivate this request, feel free to simply undo this edit and relist it.
Anomie
⚔
02:51, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
reply
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