Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AGbot


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AGbot
Operator:

Time filed: 22:49, Sunday, May 29, 2016 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Supervised for first runs, automatic if successful

Programming language(s): Python (for PWB), bash scripts (for content generation)

Source code available: Standard pywikibot, uploading locally assembled text files (code)

Function overview: Maintaining lists of possible citations for articles

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Daily or weekly

Estimated number of pages affected: ~50

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): no - will only be editing specified pages

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No

Function details: I am working on a local script which generates correctly-formatted citation templates based on known matches between external sources and Wikipedia articles, via Wikidata. The bot will upload index pages of these (a first-pass example is at User:Andrew Gray/odnb), showing the article and the possible citation(s). These can then be reviewed by editors for manual inclusion in articles when useful & appropriate, either as a new source or as a nicely-formatted replacement for an existing bare citation.

This can potentially cover a number of resources, but for the first stage I'm working on the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (~42k enwiki articles matched to subjects via P1415, between 4-10k of which cite the ODNB in some way). Later stages will cover links to the older Dictionary of National Biography on Wikisource (currently ~9k links), and to the History of Parliament (currently ~7k links), both of which are frequently-used sources. In theory, the same system could be extended to a number of other high-quality resources if there is demand and there is suitable metadata on Wikidata.

This processing will all be done offline and the bot will simply have to upload the indexes. They will be stored in a suitable location (possibly userspace, possibly under WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography), and the bot will not edit articles itself. These lists will be refreshed on a periodic basis - either daily or weekly. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:49, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Discussion

 * You can trial this, please start by making your lists in the bot's own userspace. — xaosflux  Talk 22:59, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The trial time has run - please present the results of your trial here. — xaosflux  Talk 11:48, 7 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Andrew, curious how will editors know the lists exist and how to find them? Would it make sense to leave a talk page post such as "Hi I am a bot. I found this ODNB citation that may be useful for this article. FAQ etc.. " -- Green  C  15:35, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * BTW not requesting a feature, just wanted to give some feedback/ideas. -- Green  C  17:04, 7 July 2016 (UTC)


 * — xaosflux  Talk 18:31, 21 July 2016 (UTC)


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