User talk:Ganeshk/Archive 30

CSVLoader history
Just out of curiosity, when was it first available for use? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:27, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

String length/complexity
Just wondering how long the strings can be. Can I circumvent problems explained in the Notes here by producing something like this: Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:16, 25 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I tried this line in a datafile:

Julia mishimaensis;Kawaguti & Yamasu, 1982;J;mishimaensis;The type locality for this species is Canada.


 * AWB's bottom-left box display showed two lines of text, one of which was the word Canada. I didn't try to generate the article after that.

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:45, 25 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm still hunting for a way around the "references as a field" problem. I think we can assume that a properly formatted ref full of square brackets, etc., will cause problems, but what about a normal web address? Do you think those would work 100% of the time? Also, is there some nifty way to "surround" offending characters in a "nowiki" kind of way? And what about substituting offending characters with some safe but unique character or group of numbers, with a search and replace to reinstate them via AWB during creation, or afterwards? Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:21, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

A link to CSVLoader
Would you like me to add a link to CSVLoader in the edit summary of newly created articles? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:17, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

WoRMS reference template
I saw your sample. It looks fantastic. Just so that I'm clear, we can, by adding the template, automatically make a reference to the appropriate WoRMS page for each new Conus article. Is that right?

You wrote on my talk page that you made two template pages. Only one seems to exist.

You wrote that you would bring this to the attention of everyone on the Project Gastropod talk page. I don't see it there. Cheers, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:09, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

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Bug?
I got this when trying to make 2 articles, but will try again. My data:

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parameter needs-photo
Hello, there can used also parameter needs-photo in WikiProject Gastropods template (in further articles) --Snek01 (talk) 17:15, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I will do that for any new articles that I create. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 17:34, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Something needs changing on many of the stubs
Oooops, I am sorry, I see one more thing that I will have to ask you to use AWB to fix. In all of the species articles for species within the family Conidae, including the Conus set as well as the new Bela stubs and any other stubs in the Conidae that the bot has made so far, the intro sentence currently says [my emphasis],

"a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones."

This is actually an out-of-date statement. It needs to say

"a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies."

Once again, I apologize, I believe that was my fault. Best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 12:28, 30 March 2010 (UTC)


 * No need to apologize. Please feel free to ask for changes like these. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 00:23, 31 March 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ with 1360 edits. Ganeshk  ( talk ) 02:22, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Again thank you so much! You are very kind. Invertzoo (talk) 13:09, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

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Award

 * You are one of us now -- part of the mysterious yet powerful "Gastropod Cabal". Thursdays at Chuck E. Cheese. New guy takes minutes and picks up the tab. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:56, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

One thing needs tweaking
Hi Ganesh, I see that in the Strictispira articles it says:

"A small species of sea snail"

instead of

"a species of small sea snail"

You may want to check the other genera and other similar families.

Thanks so much for all your work,

Invertzoo (talk) 18:35, 10 April 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ Pseudomelatomidae and Strictispiridae were affected. I have fixed all of them. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 12:31, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Genera stubs
HI again Ganesh, I am going to be away for 3 weeks and not doing much at all online while I am gone, so I just wanted to say something now. See how things go, but if you get to a point where you want a change from making species stubs, consider asking Snek01 about making genus stubs for all of the genera that you have already made species stubs for.

A genus stub is really very easy to make by cutting down a species stub, and maybe you could even get the bot to write a species list within each genus article based on the species stubs you have already made. Anyway, you can ask Snek about it and how to do it, but it would be really nice to have, because it would plug all of those species articles into the "Tree of Life" structure, so that people can navigate up or down through the whole structure.

Anyway, I will be around for a couple more days still, but I may be a bit busy a lot of the time. Best wishes and thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 22:33, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Replied at Susan's talk page. Ganeshk  ( talk ) 12:33, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Translation help
Hi, I see you speak Telugu, at WP:PNT we have this article listed, Telugu poems, but we don't know what its about. Is there anything worth keeping? Cheers-- Jac 16888 Talk 15:59, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Fantastic, thank you for the quick response and the help-- Jac 16888 Talk 16:47, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, I see you speak Tamil too, how about this one பன்னி? Thanks-- Jac 16888 Talk 18:26, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. One thing, do you have any objection if from time to time I bring you articles in tamil/telugu to take a look at like these? Its fine if you don't want me to-- Jac 16888 Talk 00:21, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Brilliant. See you next time-- Jac 16888 Talk 00:41, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Buccinoidea
Buccinoidea is OK and ready to expansion. --Snek01 (talk) 14:50, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Minor typo of bot
There is an additional space, for example in Galeodes. --Snek01 (talk) 10:52, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * wrong: Galeodes paradisaica [2]
 * correct: Galeodes paradisaica[2]

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Trochoidea
Hi. Your bot has created a bunch of stubs that link to Trochoidea. Trochoidea links to a disambiguation page because there is both a superfamily (Trochoidea (superfamily) and a genus (Trochoidea (genus)). Is there anyway you could program your bot to link to the correct taxon to lighten the burden of disambiguating those links manually? I'm manually fixing the links now. Thanks. --JamesAM (talk) 03:22, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Ganeshk ( talk ) 03:40, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks a bunch. --JamesAM (talk) 03:44, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. It is too tedious to disambiguate links manually. Have you tried using AWB? Ganeshk  ( talk ) 04:04, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Gastropods in the Signpost
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Many thanks!
I just wanted to thank you so much for putting a lot of time into helping us out with WikiProject Gastropods. It is very kind of you. We need all the help we can get because it's a very small group of people working on a huge class of organisms. Best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 19:29, 26 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I would also like to thank you sincerely, Ganesh. Projects like ours, which are beginning to emerge, really need this kind of help. Attitudes like yours make our days brighter around here! My very best wishes --Daniel Cavallari (talk) 04:35, 27 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Congratulations! The article Conus ebraeus, that you have started, appeared on Portal:Gastropods. --Snek01 (talk) 00:07, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Daniel and Michal. Your help with the bot approval process is greatly appreciated. I am glad the stubs are done. The long wait is over. :) Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 01:49, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * It is great to have them up. I was also wondering if there is an automated process that would allow us to add templates for WikiProject Gastropods onto all of the talk pages of the new articles? (A very few have been added by hand, but most are untagged.) Many thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 12:22, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. I have tagged 470 talk pages with the project banner. I used AWB for the automation. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 13:30, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Wow, fantastic! Thanks so much Ganesh! That was fast! Can we also use AWB to add the missing info...  clade Hypsogastropoda ...to all of the Conus taxoboxes? A few of them have it already, but very few. Invertzoo (talk) 14:08, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes...it can be done. . Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 14:24, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * You are so very kind, Ganesh, you are truly a manifestation of "The Remover of Obstacles"! I guess I can't use AWB, even if I wanted to learn how, because I am on a Mac. Invertzoo (talk) 14:58, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅. I have added the missing clade to all Conus species that matched. That's right, AWB needs Windows. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 16:09, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fantastic, thank you so much! Invertzoo (talk) 13:08, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I too would want to say a massive thanks for helping out creating taxonomic related articles! Maybe when you are done with all the gastropod species you can take a go at a few more somewhere under the WP:Tree of life project (I am not sure if that would require additional approval from the bot community but the species will have a source so maybe they can be created in the same way?). Cheers!Calaka (talk) 09:21, 7 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Calaka. I download the data from WoRMS. So the bot is limited to creating marine species. Once it is done with Gastropods, I can take a stab at the Marine Tree of Life. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 01:13, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey no worries. Wow, you downloaded the data from the Worms registry? Would that mean you intend on making an article for every item on their list (assuming it is not a synonym?) That would be incredible/excellent (as there is well over 200,000 names on that list). The good thing about the data is that it is not just one sentence, but it contains a taxobox/ref/cat etc. and that if more info was provided by the source more could be added (as I have seen in some of the articles you created). If I was to give you other websites with species lists/data, would you consider giving them a go? Again this will be after you are well and truly done with the Worms database which I am not sure how long it would take? Understandably you do not want to do all 200,000 in one sitting but in increments (since you did all the Conus species first etc.).Calaka (talk) 08:48, 8 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I use web services to download the WoRMS data. So, yes, technically it should be possible to make an article for every item on their list (that has an accepted status). The bot uses CSVLoader plugin that can use any CSV data file (from WoRMS or any other source) to create articles. The important thing is to make sure the bot has some kind of project supervision, people knowledgeable with the species. Marine taxonomy is complicated and prone to errors. With Gastropods, Michal helps me understand where a particular family belongs before I let the bot do anything. We are working on one family at a time so that if we do make any errors, it should be easy to fix. Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 00:04, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah yes good point, if you do the articles via a bot, to always have a wikiproject to back you up as you clearly do with the gastropod articles. All the best with the marine articles. Looking forward to see them all complete! Kind regards.Calaka (talk) 07:46, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh and PS:In addition to species will the bot be creating additional taxonomic rankings (genus, families etc. etc.) that are not covered on Wikipedia?Calaka (talk) 08:17, 10 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Calaka. I have been thinking on how to go about creating missing Genus stubs. It is tricky, have to get the CSVLoader to make lists (of species) on genus stubs (which it currently does not do). Regards, Ganeshk  ( talk ) 13:21, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Excellent work with the new stubs. It is nice to actually see a bot running creating articles for once. In my view a bot should be generating content in this way as it makes starter articles consistent. What happened to your Indian village bot? I thought you planned on creating 638,000 articles for Indian settlements? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 09:09, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. User:Tinucherian is working on creating the Indian villages. Ganeshk  ( talk ) 15:37, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Liotiidae
Hello Ganesh, a small task for you:. Thank you. --Snek01 (talk) 01:13, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Ganeshk  ( talk ) 03:30, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

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WikiProject Gastropods
Hello Snek and Ganeshk. You two did a great job on WikiProject Gastropods. You read my mind. Simple, clear, clean, and with the "list of Gastropods articles by quality and importance" up on top. Beautiful.

Ganeshk: 18,452 articles!!!!!! Wow. Michal: There are chicken feet in your email box. I have asked Daniel and High Fin to help with uploads so I don't have to bug you so often. Ganeshk: To complete your initiation into the notorious Gastropod Cabal you still have to vandalize WikiProject Insects. Michal: How can we find out how many insect articles there are? Thanks! You two are awesome. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:17, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

OTRS help
Hi Ganesh. I vaguely remember you being an OTRS volunteer. If true, can you please have a look at File:PuranaanuruPalmManuscript.jpg and File:VatteluttuInscriptionAtJainaCave.jpg? The original provider of the two images has confirmed that he has send his agreement on licensing to OTRS. But, the status has not changed to OTRS received. Please advice. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 06:54, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ganesh. I've requested him to look at it. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 08:09, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Welcome!

 * Thanks for the welcome! I am happy to be of help. — Ganeshk  ( talk ) 01:40, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Vetigastropoda complete
Hello Ganesh, I have finished Trochidae and you can import them. This will finish all Vetigastropoda on WoRMS. --Snek01 (talk) 22:51, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Trochidae is done. — Ganeshk  ( talk ) 03:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Trochoidea Disambiguation
Your bot, Ganeshbot, is creating a lot of articles with just Trochoidea listed as the superfamily in the infobox. Unfortunately, this is resulting in links to a Disambiguation page. Is there any way to get the bot to go through and update the superfamily to be Trochoidea (superfamily)?

I'm sure that myself or someone else who works on DAB pages will get them fixed eventually, but having the bot go through them would make things easier.

Any help you can offer is appreciated.

Ulric1313 (talk) 09:11, 2 May 2010 (UTC)


 * RussBot has already fixed this. — Ganeshk  ( talk ) 12:57, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

CSVLoader
Hi:) I use AWB in polish Wikipedia. How can I change only one or two parameters in infobox, when I use .csv file to update of information in planetoid infoboxes. When I was ticked "repleace", all content of article was change. Can you chelp me? Can you add this option to CSVLoader? Karol007 (talk) 23:14, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * File settings, csv file and diff (The spam filter doesn't trust me :-) There are only test changes, becouse I was first used CSVLoader to update information from data base. Maybe, I make terrible mistake in settings, and I don't know about other functions. Karol007 (talk) 02:26, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Yesterday, I was idea, that I design graphically new bookmark in the settings and I can encourage you to expand the functions:-) Normally when I would like improve any parameters (only technic corrects), for the example, I was used regular expresions "\|(\ )*name of parameter(\ *)\=(\ *)(\-*)([0-9]*)\.([0-9]*)" and in the end work "|$1name of parameter$2=$3$4$5,$6", but this method completly can't use data from external data base. Regards, Karol007 (talk) 23:18, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

I was ticked "find and repleace" but I don't know, how can I change of value of exist (or don't exist) parameter in infoboks. Karol007 (talk) 19:06, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't saw images, thx! It works, but the value in box it was change from for example "##H##" to value of parameter from file. It is very strange and I don't know how can I explain you. This value isn't nowhere in file with data (I was deleated it, when I looking of mistake). In the file, this value was exist in the previous rekord before redirect, but I think it isn't source of the problem. I was looking for in settings, but i don't find. I restart AWB, but it was actualisation and I have a problem with start again, and I can't check in new, blank setting file. Tomorrow I will check again this problem. Now, I go sleep, becouse it is 2:30 in night:) PS. I checking my talk on enWiki at 2-3 hours, when I working in Wikipedia. Karol007 (talk) 00:41, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * They are my actually settings and data test file: pl:Wikipedysta:Karol007/CSVLoader. Karol007 (talk) 21:03, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much. All it works:) Best wishes, Karol007 (talk) 03:52, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I haven't slept that night:) I was learned regular expressions in the last year, so I should deal with it:) I using regex tester ad-don to Firefox, and I has always check in AWB, becouse regex must be safety to every articles. Karol007 (talk) 04:14, 8 May 2010 (UTC)