User:BoxCrawler
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BoxCrawler is a bot whose aim is to classify all Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools articles and record whether or not each has an infobox. Ideally, this bot will be made more general so that any assessment template could use it.
Basic Operation
[edit]- This bot will visit every article from the category Category:WikiProject Schools (Those with the {{WPSchools}})
- Other specific categories may be requested. Note that such categories will be tagged, in their entirety, with the project banner.
- Examine the corresponding article in the Mainspace (if there is one)
- Determine whether each has an infobox
- This bot searches for an infobox titled with "Infobox" at the start of the name. If an article uses a non-standard infobox, "<!-- {{Infobox BoxCrawler}} -->" or {{Infobox BoxCrawler}} may be added above the infobox to avoid future misassessments. Please also note the issue here to notify the bot operator.
- Do not use this bypass if the article uses a deprecated or subst'd template as these should be corrected (See User:BoxCrawler/Deprecations)
- Place the correct "needs-infobox" parameter on the {{WPSchools}} template
- (Only for those not assessed or with article-type assessments)
- Adds standard parameters to the Banner (class, importance)
- Also removes errant parameters (duplicates, etc...)
- Tags subst'd or deprecated infoboxes using {{newinfobox}}
- Also removes this template when placed on Mainspace
- Records (on a log) pages with mismatched assessments
Vital Statistics
[edit]- Run on Mac OS-X (Intel)
- Written in Python
- Using modified pywikipediabot framework
- To be run under indirrect supervision by Adam McCormick at the request of Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools and its departments
- Bot is automatic, but is run manually
- Written, Run, Maintained, and Housed by Adam McCormick