User:ValBot

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

Capabilities

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).