[Wikia-l] New Repo - Wikia-Pywikibot

[Victor]

Nice job there :)

I have one setup for aoc.

http://aoc.wikia.com/wiki/User:Daworm/aocwikia_family.py

Although my bot doesn't seem to do anything at all, something about api.php
and an error from that...
:(



On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:56 PM, DanTMan <dan_the_man at telus.net> wrote:

>      *Triple posting to Wikia-l, Wikia-Tech-l, and Wikia-Bots-l for
> relevance.*
> ^_^ As a favor for some who requested it, I'm now maintaining something
> that a large number of bot users on Wikia should love.
>
> In IRC someone requested that I create a new SVN repo for the family files
> I've been hoarding (heh, just never had an easy way to publish them that
> didn't lag).
>
> So now... I have a brand new wikia-pywikibot repo in my SVN setup.
>
> The repo is primarily a clone of the pywikipediabot repo. However, instead
> of the mass number of their family files, there are a few family files from
> there brought over, but the families/ folder actually consists primarily of
> wikia family files that I've compiled over the ages of requests.
>
> Of course, since it's something I'm using a merge tool for, it'll lag
> behind the actual pywikipediabot distro a little bit. But I'll try to update
> it whenever I need to run a bot. And of course, anyone can come into #wikia
> at any time and poke me to merge in changes from the pywikipediabot repo.
>
> Additionally, the repo contains most of the various assortment of used,
> defunct, half-baked, and obsolete bot scripts I've built. Of course, most
> are pointless. However, a few of them (batchcmd.py is probably a good
> example) are fairly useful. I'm going to try an clean the comments up in
> them to note which are good and which are bad. But a fair bit of them are
> good for seeing methods of programing special bots that can be used.
> Especially with how I'm known for my sync bots.
>
> So, anyone can view the repo online at:
>     http://svn.nadir-point.com/viewvc/wikia-pywikibot/
>
> And it can be checked out with:
>     svn://svn.nadir-point.com/wikia-pywikibot/ <your-dir-name>
>
> Additionally, since I have the tarball option enabled which SF doesn't.
> People who absolutely can't use SVN (Though I would absolutely recommend
> using SVN rather than just downloading) can download a recent snapshot with:
>     http://svn.nadir-point.com/viewvc/wikia-pywikibot.tar.gz
>
> However, please only use that option if you're just trying to get it setup
> for a one time only thing. Please don't go repeat downloading snapshots to
> update your copy. It will be much easier on yourself, and less greedy of my
> bandwidth if you use subversion.
>
> Of course, if you only want some family files.
>     http://svn.nadir-point.com/viewvc/wikia-pywikibot/families.tar.gz
>
> A number of family files are pre-loaded, and so it's easier to get running
> on wikia. Just checkout, then head over to the normal Pywikipediabot page to
> get instructions on configuring it:
>     http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pywikipediabot
>
> I'm considering creating a simple cli script for building and updating a
> wikia-specific user-config.py file for those who aren't that knowledgeable
> about it.
>
> But just for now... I'll go and write up a new family file for
> communitytest so that people can have at the system with a pre-distributed
> family file for Wikia's test wiki.
>
> And of course, if any of you have any wikia wiki you need a family file
> for, I'd be happy to draft up a new file for it.
>
> Also feel free to poke me for removal of any wikimedia specific scripts
> there, and also if you have any handy scripts you want me to commit for you.
> However, I'll need to look over some security stuff before I give out commit
> access to other people.
>
> --
> ~Daniel Friesen(Dantman) of:
> -The Gaiapedia (http://gaia.wikia.com)
> -Wikia ACG on Wikia.com (http://wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_ACG)
> -and Wiki-Tools.com (http://wiki-tools.com)
>
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Victor ('Daworm')
AoCWiki Sysop (http://aoc.wikia.com/)
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