User:ValBot: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 01:49, 18 November 2021

A bot used for various wiki maintenance tasks, alongside ValExtLinks. ValBot runs on the Pywikibot framework and is currently managed by Iritscen.

ValBot can perform analysis and mass-editing tasks such as the ones listed below. Scripts and instructions for running these tasks can be found HERE.

Upgrading external links from http:// to https://.
Renaming categories.
Finding externally-hosted images.
Testing interwiki links, including section links (interwiki links cannot be seen by ValExtLinks).
Testing section links found in intrawiki links (MediaWiki cannot recognize bad section links).

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 ==Capabilities==
-ValBot can perform these tasks. Scripts and instructions for running these tasks can be found [http://websvn.illy.bz/listing.php?repname=Oni2&path=%2FValBot%2F HERE].
+ValBot can perform analysis and mass-editing tasks such as the ones listed below. Scripts and instructions for running these tasks can be found [http://websvn.illy.bz/listing.php?repname=Oni2&path=%2FValBot%2F HERE].
-*Upgrading external <nowiki>http://</nowiki> links to <nowiki>https://</nowiki> links.
+*Upgrading external links from <nowiki>http://</nowiki> to <nowiki>https://</nowiki>.
-*Adding ending slashes to external links when the server requests this.
 *Renaming categories.
 *Finding externally-hosted images.
-*Testing interwiki links, including section links.
+*Testing interwiki links, including section links (interwiki links cannot be seen by ValExtLinks).
-*Testing section links found in intrawiki links.
+*Testing section links found in intrawiki links (MediaWiki cannot recognize bad section links).
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