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A bot used for various wiki maintenance tasks, alongside [[Validate External Links]]. It runs on the [[mw:Manual:Pywikibot|Pywikibot framework]] and is currently managed by [[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]]. | A bot used for various wiki maintenance tasks, alongside [[Validate External Links]]. It runs on the [[mw:Manual:Pywikibot|Pywikibot framework]] and is currently managed by [[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]]. | ||
==Capabilities== | |||
ValBot can perform these tasks currently. Ask Iritscen for the scripts he uses to drive these processes. | |||
*Upgrading <nowiki>http://</nowiki> links to <nowiki>https://</nowiki> links. | |||
*Adding ending slashes to URLs when the server requests this. | |||
==Future abilities== | |||
*Expanding and testing the interwiki links. Currently there is no way to know if they've gone bad since MediaWiki does not test external links, thus a bad link to, say, Wikipedia will always appear blue as if it is valid. | |||
*Testing section links found in interwiki and intrawiki links. Intrawiki links will only appear red if the page itself does not exist; MediaWiki does not look at the section anchor to see if it exists. | |||
*Warning about externally-hosted images, as many of these have gone down with their file hosts over the years. | |||
[[Category:Userspace]] | [[Category:Userspace]] | ||
Revision as of 14:42, 23 February 2021
A bot used for various wiki maintenance tasks, alongside Validate External Links. It runs on the Pywikibot framework and is currently managed by Iritscen.
Capabilities
ValBot can perform these tasks currently. Ask Iritscen for the scripts he uses to drive these processes.
- Upgrading http:// links to https:// links.
- Adding ending slashes to URLs when the server requests this.
Future abilities
- Expanding and testing the interwiki links. Currently there is no way to know if they've gone bad since MediaWiki does not test external links, thus a bad link to, say, Wikipedia will always appear blue as if it is valid.
- Testing section links found in interwiki and intrawiki links. Intrawiki links will only appear red if the page itself does not exist; MediaWiki does not look at the section anchor to see if it exists.
- Warning about externally-hosted images, as many of these have gone down with their file hosts over the years.