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| − | '''PoppBot''' is a MediaWiki bot in the planning phase with the goal of simplifying and automating many tasks of managing the Sims2Wiki. | + | '''PoppBot''' is a MediaWiki bot developed and maintained by [[User:LarryPoppins|LarryPoppins]]. It is currently in the planning phase with the goal of simplifying and automating many tasks of managing the Sims2Wiki. |
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| + | ==Environment== | ||
| + | Programmed in PHP, the bot is designed to periodically run as a shell script off a web server through a cron job. | ||
==Tasks== | ==Tasks== | ||
The bot will carry out several tasks throughout the wiki: | The bot will carry out several tasks throughout the wiki: | ||
| − | * Correct section capitalization | + | * Automate tedious and repetitive tasks |
| − | * | + | * Fix common errors |
| + | ** Category misspellings | ||
| + | ** Correct section capitalization | ||
| + | ** Pages prefixed with "Sims 3" moved to the [[Sims 3:Main Page|Sims 3 namespace]] | ||
* Fix and sort categories | * Fix and sort categories | ||
* Fix or remove broken redirects | * Fix or remove broken redirects | ||
* Mark duplicate pages for deletion or redirect them | * Mark duplicate pages for deletion or redirect them | ||
| + | * Add missing templates to categorized pages | ||
Revision as of 08:07, 24 July 2009
PoppBot is a MediaWiki bot developed and maintained by LarryPoppins. It is currently in the planning phase with the goal of simplifying and automating many tasks of managing the Sims2Wiki.
Environment
Programmed in PHP, the bot is designed to periodically run as a shell script off a web server through a cron job.
Tasks
The bot will carry out several tasks throughout the wiki:
- Automate tedious and repetitive tasks
- Fix common errors
- Category misspellings
- Correct section capitalization
- Pages prefixed with "Sims 3" moved to the Sims 3 namespace
- Fix and sort categories
- Fix or remove broken redirects
- Mark duplicate pages for deletion or redirect them
- Add missing templates to categorized pages
