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A [[OniGalore:Bots|bot]] used for various | A [[OniGalore:Bots|wiki bot]] used for various maintenance tasks, alongside [[Validate External Links|ValExtLinks]] which checks external links. ValBot runs on the [[mw:Manual:Pywikibot|Pywikibot framework]] and is currently managed by [[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]]. | ||
==Capabilities== | ==Capabilities== | ||
ValBot can perform | ValBot can perform analysis and mass-editing tasks such as the ones listed below. Scripts and instructions for running these tasks can be found [https://websvn.illy.bz/browse/Oni2/ValBot/ HERE]. | ||
* | *Running through a list of problematic links and upgrading them from <nowiki>http://</nowiki> to <nowiki>https://</nowiki> or adding an ending slash, etc. | ||
* | *"Renaming" a category by moving all the images to a new category. | ||
*Batch-uploading of images. | |||
*Finding externally-hosted images. | *Finding externally-hosted images. | ||
*Testing [[Help:Editing#Interwiki links|interwiki links]], including section links (interwiki links cannot be seen by ValExtLinks). | |||
*Testing section links found in [[Help:Editing#Intrawiki links|intrawiki links]] (MediaWiki cannot recognize bad section links). | |||
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*Testing section links found in | |||
[[Category:Userspace]] | [[Category:Userspace]] | ||