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ValBot can perform these tasks currently. Ask Iritscen for the scripts he uses to drive these processes. | 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. | *Upgrading <nowiki>http://</nowiki> links to <nowiki>https://</nowiki> links. | ||
*Adding ending slashes to URLs when the server requests this. | *Adding ending slashes to URLs when the server requests this. | ||
*Finding externally-hosted images. | |||
==Future abilities== | ==Future abilities== | ||
*Expanding and testing the interwiki links. | *Expanding and testing the interwiki links. Unlike intrawiki links, MediaWiki does not test external links, thus a bad link to Wikipedia (for example) 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. | *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. | ||
[[Category:Userspace]] | [[Category:Userspace]] | ||
Revision as of 23:15, 4 March 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.
- Finding externally-hosted images.
Future abilities
- Expanding and testing the interwiki links. Unlike intrawiki links, MediaWiki does not test external links, thus a bad link to Wikipedia (for example) 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.