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editHow to scrape from grep.toolforge.org results and compare.
editI'm trying to use AWB to help answer the question of how many Greek Letter Organizations don't have the Infobox Fraternity template by using the filter. I want for all of the pages generated by https://grep.toolforge.org/index.php?lang=en&project=wikipedia&namespace=0&pattern=%5E%28%28Alpha%7CBeta%7CGamma%7CDelta%7CEpsilon%7CZeta%7CEta%7CTheta%7CIota%7CKappa%7CLambda%7CMu%7CNu%7CXi%7COmicron%7CPi%7CRho%7CSigma%7CTau%7CUpsilon%7CPhi%7CChi%7CPsi%7COmega%29+%7B0%2C1%7D%29%7B2%2C%7D%24 (there are 599 of them) don't have "template:infobox fraternity" (the list of those that do is an easy pull). Ideas? Naraht (talk) 00:37, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- If you get an article list from that query, then use the template transclusions from infobox fraternity you can use the AWB list comparer to get a list of articles missing the template. Rjwilmsi 09:28, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Rjwilmsi How do I get the article list from that query into AWB? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naraht (talk • contribs) 12:16, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- I would just simply copy and paste them. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds if you do it like this: 1) press Ctrl+↓ on that query, 2) place your cursor on the right side of the last entry, i.e. "599. Eta Upsilon Gamma", 3) press and hold the left mouse button, 4) press Ctrl+↑ while holding the left mouse button and move the cursor next to the first entry, i.e. "1. Phi Kappa Psi", and now the pages should be highlighted, 5) copy them to the clipboard, and 6) in AWB, right click the empty page list in the bottom left corner and choose "Paste". --JAAqqO (talk) 01:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Rjwilmsi How do I get the article list from that query into AWB? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naraht (talk • contribs) 12:16, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Does this search work?
- —Trappist the monk (talk) 12:52, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- That
-hastemplate:"Infobox Fraternity"
needs to be changed to-hastemplate:"Infobox fraternity"
, because Template:Infobox Fraternity is a redirect page andhastemplate
doesn't ignore capitalization when the template's name is inside quotation marks. Here's a working search: 2 results. --JAAqqO (talk) 01:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- That
- Yet another suggestion if the suggestions above don't work: Here's a PetScan search link that has 1) pages copied from your query to the "Manual list" field in the "Other sources" tab and 2) "Infobox fraternity" added to the "Has none of these templates" field in the "Templates&links" tab: 38 results. --JAAqqO (talk) 01:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Trappist the monk Yes, mostly, but a few use Infobox Sorority which is a redirect and there isn't enough room in the search box (which is something I haven't run into before! I'll look at the result from yours though.Naraht (talk) 15:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- JAAqqO Can you add an exclusion for Disambiguation pages?Naraht (talk) 15:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Naraht: Sorry, I forgot to answer, but sure, I can. Maybe you already figured this out, but here it is: 9 results from the same search as before but
All disambiguation pages
added to "Negative categories" in the "Categories" tab. --JAAqqO (talk) 19:21, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
- Naraht: Sorry, I forgot to answer, but sure, I can. Maybe you already figured this out, but here it is: 9 results from the same search as before but
Persondata is dead
editSince it's been nearly 10 years that Persondata is not used, AWB will drop any support for this template. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:39, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- What's the context for this? What solution are you proposing? What isn't being done? Primefac (talk) 14:11, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Custom module
editHow can I find out from the Custom module that the flag "Bots / Auto save" is set? Игорь Темиров (talk) 11:45, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not entirely sure what you're asking about, but AWB does not set the bots flag, that is determined by the user account and its permissions. On the AWB menus the bot-related options are only available for bots; this includes the option to auto-save. Primefac (talk) 11:54, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Do you know what a Custom module is? Игорь Темиров (talk) 11:59, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- If you're talking about these, then yes; the instructions are here. Modules are great if you're doing complex processing that can't be performed by the stock features of AWB. I primarily use them for my bot when I am doing infobox changes so that they are all formatted and displayed the same way. Primefac (talk) 12:19, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, that's exactly what it's about. My bot does page processing, but its algorithm depends on whether the autosave flag is set or not. But this is a private question. A general question is how to check the state of the AWB's flags in the module? Игорь Темиров (talk) 12:30, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Couldn't say, but I don't think so; I don't see bots mentioned in any of the WikiFunctions. Someone more familiar with the backend code might be able to confirm or deny this though. Primefac (talk) 13:31, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, that's exactly what it's about. My bot does page processing, but its algorithm depends on whether the autosave flag is set or not. But this is a private question. A general question is how to check the state of the AWB's flags in the module? Игорь Темиров (talk) 12:30, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- If you're talking about these, then yes; the instructions are here. Modules are great if you're doing complex processing that can't be performed by the stock features of AWB. I primarily use them for my bot when I am doing infobox changes so that they are all formatted and displayed the same way. Primefac (talk) 12:19, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
- Do you know what a Custom module is? Игорь Темиров (talk) 11:59, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
How to add a template in Talk page of articles
editI have approval to run BOT in Tamil Wikipedia and executing tasks. I want to add a template in Talk pages of selected articles (selection is being done through Category). Talk pages may exist or may not be exist. I am not sure how to execute this task. If someone explain me about the steps / procedure, it will be much helpful. - Selvasivagurunathan m (talk) 20:04, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
due to... reasons
editI have recently replaced, using AWB, hundreds of tautological instances of "due to health reasons" with "for heath reasons", and similarly for uses of "due to medical reasons" and "due to legal reasons". Naturally, I have excluded cases in quotations or the titles of sources.
Please consider this in your work.
Are there other, similar, phrases that need attention? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)