GuildWiki talk:Editing bots project

Policy proposal
get back to work! you're only half way done with fixing all the armor pages!&mdash; JediRogue  01:32, 25 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Yeah :D. I was thinking of having something like this to formalise requests for bot tasks, such as updating the hundreds of armor links. -- Gordon Ecker 01:39, 25 May 2007 (CDT)
 * You fail at posting links. &mdash; JediRogue  [[Image:JediRogueSig.jpg]] 01:49, 25 May 2007 (CDT)
 * what sparked this proposal? Do we need it, considering i have never seen a bot used by an anon or normal person, since well like nearly 2 years ago now? -- Xeon 02:06, 25 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Look at recent changes. And following all this, a TON of images need to be renamed. Some of the armr art galleries are templated and depend on the image names. The non-templated pages are lower priority for image updates. &mdash; JediRogue  [[Image:JediRogueSig.jpg]] 02:08, 25 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Yeah, the policy's mainly about making it simpler to request bot tasks. The usage section is just a statement of the facts. I believe the wiki settings currently only allow bureaucrats to bestow or revoke bot privileges, and I'm not aware of any non-administrators with bot privileges. -- Gordon Ecker 03:41, 25 May 2007 (CDT)
 * I dont think a policy is required because it is such a rare thing, there was one user that was given bot privileges User:Galil.bot btw. If a mistake was done during someone botting, it means nothing more then the program was not correctly written or the current system -> new system was not correctly analyzed. Botting should be allowed by anyone, within reason of course. Notification of a bot being used to modify a mass number of pages should be given to administrators and the bot should be run on a small test sample first before completing the rest. I have made a few bots in the past to change a few things and to compile statistics  for the wiki with no harm done to anything. If this policy is to stay, i think you should focus on who you are aiming to restrict. This being, people that mass edit a number of pages. The bot task page will be empty most of the time, with most bot programs run within a few days of their creation. -- Xeon 04:22, 25 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Honestly, I'm thinking a project page would work better than a policy. -- Gordon Ecker 18:44, 25 May 2007 (CDT)


 * I'm not particularly familiar with pyWikiBot, but it seems like, for at least the image reuploading task, that it would be easier to do it by hand. &mdash;Tanaric 20:49, 25 May 2007 (CDT)

Armour summary pages
I don't want to add this straight onto "requests" without first discussing it, so... Changing of outdated summary pages describing the now non-existant link between armour art and attributes.
 * Example of current section: Mesmer armour summary
 * Example of updated section: Monk armour summary

Insignias
Every single "Survivor armor" "Radiant armor" link points to outdated pages listing which armour art uses that bonus (irrelevant, stats are divorced from attribs now,) how much bonus each insigna gives on chest/feet etc, (given on Insignia anyway) and a whole lot of other outdated information. The only piece of useful information it gives that is not present on Insignia page is the total bonus. (Ie, +35 hp for Survivor.) Based on this, I've been blanking such articles and replacing them with redirects to their section on the insignia page. If this is a wise move, it's best done by a bot.
 * Example of current section: Lieutenant's armor
 * Example of fixed page: Survivor armor

This would also require a mass updating of pages which point to these articles.
 * Core (Should all point to Insignia)
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Survivor_armor
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Radiant_armor
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Stalwart_armor
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Brawler's_armor
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Blessed_armor
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Herald's_armor
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Sentry's_armor

etc
 * Elementalist (Should all point to Insignia)
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Pyromancer_armor
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Hydromancer_armor
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Geomancer_armor
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Aeromancer_armor

Please discuss --BlueNovember 18:18, 27 May 2007 (CDT)