Wikipedia:Bot requests

For the policy on bot requirements, see WP:BOTREQUIRE.

This is a page for requesting tasks to be done by bots per the bot policy. This is an appropriate place to put ideas for uncontroversial bot tasks, to get early feedback on ideas for bot tasks (controversial or not), and to seek bot operators for bot tasks. Consensus-building discussions requiring large community input (such as request for comments) should normally be held at WP:VPPROP or other relevant pages (such as a WikiProject's talk page).

You can check the "Commonly Requested Bots" box above to see if a suitable bot already exists for the task you have in mind. If you have a question about a particular bot, contact the bot operator directly via their talk page or the bot's talk page. If a bot is acting improperly, follow the guidance outlined in WP:BOTISSUE. For broader issues and general discussion about bots, see the bot noticeboard.

Before making a request, please see the list of frequently denied bots, either because they are too complicated to program, or do not have consensus from the Wikipedia community. If you are requesting that a template (such as a WikiProject banner) is added to all pages in a particular category, please be careful to check the category tree for any unwanted subcategories. It is best to give a complete list of categories that should be worked through individually, rather than one category to be analyzed recursively (see example difference).

Alternatives to bot requests

• WP:AWBREQ, for simple tasks that involve a handful of articles and/or only needs to be done once (e.g. adding a category to a few articles).
• WP:URLREQ, for tasks involving changing or updating URLs to prevent link rot (specialized bots deal with this).
• WP:USURPREQ, for reporting a domain be usurped eg. |url-status=usurped
• WP:SQLREQ, for tasks which might be solved with an SQL query (e.g. compiling a list of articles according to certain criteria).
• WP:TEMPREQ, to request a new template written in wiki code or Lua.
• WP:SCRIPTREQ, to request a new user script. Many useful scripts already exist, see Wikipedia:User scripts/List.
• WP:CITEBOTREQ, to request a new feature for WP:Citation bot, a user-initiated bot that fixes citations.

Note to bot operators: The {{BOTREQ}} template can be used to give common responses, and make it easier to keep track of the task's current status. If you complete a request, note that you did with {{BOTREQ|done}}, and archive the request after a few days (WP:1CA is useful here).

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#	Bot request	Status	💬	👥	🙋 Last editor	🕒 (UTC)	🤖 Last botop editor	🕒 (UTC)
1	Bot to remove template from articles it doesn't belong on?		4	4	Wikiwerner	2024-09-28 17:28	Primefac	2024-07-24 20:15
2	Removing redundant FURs on file pages		5	3	Wikiwerner	2024-09-28 17:28	Anomie	2024-08-09 14:15
3	Regularly removing coords missing if coordinates are present	BRFA filed	11	2	Usernamekiran	2024-09-07 13:19	Usernamekiran	2024-09-07 13:19
4	de-AMP bot	BRFA filed	13	7	Usernamekiran	2024-09-24 16:04	Usernamekiran	2024-09-24 16:04
5	Articles about years: redirects and categories	BRFA filed	7	3	DreamRimmer	2024-09-16 01:18	DreamRimmer	2024-09-16 01:18
6	WikiProject ratings change	BRFA filed	3	2	DreamRimmer	2024-09-15 11:43	DreamRimmer	2024-09-15 11:43
7	QIDs in Infobox person/Wikidata	BRFA filed	11	4	Tom.Reding	2024-10-06 14:23	Tom.Reding	2024-10-06 14:23
8	Remove outdated "Image requested" templates		3	2	7804j	2024-09-21 11:26	DreamRimmer	2024-09-19 18:53
9	"Was" in TV articles		5	3	Primefac	2024-09-29 19:34	Primefac	2024-09-29 19:34
10	Films by director	done	9	4	Usernamekiran	2024-10-03 13:30	Usernamekiran	2024-10-03 13:30
11	altering certain tags on protected pages?		10	5	Primefac	2024-10-20 14:47	Primefac	2024-10-20 14:47
12	Request for Bot to Remove ARWU_NU Parameter from Articles Using Infobox US University Ranking Template		4	2	Primefac	2024-10-13 12:50	Primefac	2024-10-13 12:50
13	Removal of two external link templates per TfD result		6	4	Primefac	2024-10-14 13:48	Primefac	2024-10-14 13:48
14	Replace merged WikiProject template with parent project + parameter	Done	7	3	Primefac	2024-10-21 10:04	Primefac	2024-10-21 10:04
15	Bot Request to Add Vezina Trophy Winners Navbox to Relevant Player Pages		3	3	Primefac	2024-10-19 12:23	Primefac	2024-10-19 12:23
16	Replace standalone BLP templates	Done	7	3	MSGJ	2024-10-30 19:37	Tom.Reding	2024-10-29 16:04
17	Assess set index and WikiProject Lists based on category as lists		19	5	Mrfoogles	2024-11-06 16:17	Tom.Reding	2024-11-02 15:53
18	Request for WP:SCRIPTREQ		1	1	StefanSurrealsSummon	2024-11-08 18:27

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Copy infobox field from German wikipedia

German wikipedia uses databases for recent (December 2008) population numbers for municipalities in Germany. I already copied one of those database templates: {{Metadata Population DE-SN}}. By using a municipality code from the German statistics office (the Gemeindeschlüssel) this template can provide the population for templates like {{Infobox German location}}. I would like a bot to copy the "Gemeindeschlüssel" field from the Infobox Gemeinde in Deutschland templates in German wikipedia for all municipalities. For instance for the municipality Wachau, Saxony that would mean replacing "|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14 2 92 560" with "|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14625600" from de:Wachau (Sachsen) (the code in English wikipedia is incorrect) and for Wiesensteig adding "|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08117058" from de:Wiesensteig (no code given yet). This has to be done for all articles in the categories Category:Cities in Germany, Category:Towns in Germany, Category:Municipalities of Germany and their first degree subcategories. That's about 11,500 articles. Could a bot do this? Markussep ^Talk 17:49, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I could potentially do it, but I will have to put in for bot approval. Or, I could help someone else develop the code who already has a bot. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 21:59, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

The number of articles is probably lower than I estimated above. The new version of the infobox picks up all errors, and puts them into this Category:Germany articles requiring maintenance under "U". This is slowly being filled. I think all municipalities in Saxony will have to be done, since they changed the keys at the 2008 district reform. The ones under "T" need to have their key removed (and a population number has to be added, if available), if there's not many of them, I can do that manually. Markussep ^Talk 12:17, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

There's 1034 articles now that require a Gemeindeschlüssel. Markussep ^Talk 13:40, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I will take a first pass at this using a semi-automated script (visually checking each diff) since I don't operate a bot. Plastikspork (talk) 18:06, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Done. The category is now down to 96 entries. These could not be updated due to a lack of a key in the corresponding German article. Most of these are collective municipalities. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 23:47, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Create list of names (genera and species) into lists.

I request someone to be able to design a bot that would be able to arrange a list from this data source: [1]. I did page one Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/Global_Names_Index/A although when trying to update page 2 I am getting error messages and I figure doing it by hand would take too long anyway. I need someone who can make the lists in the same format as the first page I showed as an example on all the remaining pages (A2, A3, A4 ETC. then B, B2, B3, B4 ETC. ETC.). Any help with this would be much appreciated. Note that page A2 through to A10 and the first page of letters B to Z were done by hand but will need to be updated because the lists are from an old source (unfiltered name list). Cheers!Calaka (talk) 09:25, 27 April 2010 (UTC) :{{BOTREQ}} CrimsonBlue (talk) 21:02, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

My computer must not be that great, because I can't even process the list without it freezing... They are huge... If someone else wants to take this feel free... I will try to figure out something for you CrimsonBlue (talk) 06:06, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Tell me about it! Although I should point out that there is a limit of approx 2000-2500 names of species/genera on one page due to having more would disable the {{search}} function at the end of each name. Thanks for trying though!Calaka (talk) 08:35, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Can't figure it out, the list is too big, someone else can pick this up CrimsonBlue (talk) 01:18, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Anyone else think they would be able to help? I would hate to leave this project unfinished as it is, especially since Raul put in so much effort obtaining the names. Calaka (talk) 12:19, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

So this should be something I can easily do, but it's going to take some more effort. For instance, it seems the Global Names Index contains annotations, and I'm a little unsure about some of the details. Perhaps you can come to my talk page and we'll make a project writeup for this? Second, is it a one-off request? tedder (talk) 15:20, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey there Tedder. I will reply to your talk page now with all the answers/info etc. Thank you for giving it a go!Calaka (talk) 08:57, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Template:Expand

Coren has closed the TFD on this template and has placed it in the holding cell. See Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell. Is there a bot owner who could do this? Garion96 (talk) 17:50, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I can do the "if stub tag remove expand tag" part. I have filled a BRFA recently. Check Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 13 -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:47, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, that would at least be a big part of the job done. Garion96 (talk) 19:19, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Task approved. We can start now. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:19, 4 May 2010 (UTC) Done. I removed expand from all stubs. Still 17,663 articles to deal with. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:45, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Do you know how many stubs had the expand tag? Garion96 (talk) 23:58, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

There were probably about 1800. It has been general practice to remove these anyway, but of course stubs are the road less travelled. Note that the template is now at DRV. Rich Farmbrough, 12:12, 10 May 2010 (UTC).

add coordinates_display= to Infobox settlement transclusions

Resolved

 – BRFA filed (rolled into |coordinates_region= task) –xeno^talk 23:34, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

I'd like a bot to run through all transclusions of {{Infobox settlement}} in mainspace which do not have the coordinates_display= parameter set. If the article lacks title coordinates, the parameter should be set to inline,title. Pages lacking title coordinates can be identified by the fact that they transclude neither {{Coord/display/inline,title}} nor {{Coord/display/title}}. There was discussion about this at Template_talk:Infobox_settlement#coordinates_display.3D, and I think all the concerns were addressed. --Stepheng3 (talk) 03:35, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Is there any other way to identify the pages? –xeno^talk 03:46, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

It may be possible, but there are so many templates which call the coord template, that it would be hard to detect all the possible variations (at least in a foolproof way). Is it possible to generate the list offline? Plastikspork (talk) 04:27, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

A database report is probably the best way to go about it. And this should run in concert with User:Xenobot/6.2. –xeno^talk 04:33, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

If a database report is generated, will the bot come? --Stepheng3 (talk) 05:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Indeed. I'll roll it into the coordinates_region task. If there's any other Infobox settlement work that needs done, it should be added in as well. –xeno^talk 12:32, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

You can thank user:MZMcBride for the report. –xeno^talk 23:34, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Are these right? - [2] [3] [4] –xeno^talk 02:51, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

They look good to me. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 11:29, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

I received the following comment on my talk page:

Right now we generally have coordinates in place articles about twice, sometimes, three times. An effort on the part of the coord-aficionados, I guess. I don't suppose the bot can check for redundancies. It would be nicer to remove redundant coordinates or maybe all coordinates since I don't see the general use of them anyway. Maps are more useful IMO. Thanks. Student7 (talk) 20:30, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Thoughts? –xeno^talk 15:46, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

This isn't the place for this. Try WT:GEO. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 16:20, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. –xeno^talk 16:24, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I agree that deleting redundant coordinates would be a good thing. However, I see it as a separate task, tricky to automate and only tangentially related to what Xenobot is attempting to do here. --Stepheng3 (talk) 04:08, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

User:ArticleAlertbot has been inoperable for a month

User:ArticleAlertbot has been inoperable for a month. Can we get a replacement?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:25, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

A helpful starting point is source code. Can you obtain the source code for the bot? Josh Parris 04:47, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

User:Legoktm has it (coded in Java). I raised this issue last month and User:Tedder volunteered to fix it. However he can't get anyone to pay attention to his request for toolserver access (I don't think it's required however). See User talk:Legoktm/April 2010#AA bot for additional details. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 09:26, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

So how do we get somewhere with this?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:09, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Is Tedder (talk · contribs) at work on this?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:28, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

O.K. so he is blocked from the tooolserver. What can we do?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:20, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

More accurately, "blocked by waiting for access to toolserver"; not blocked in the Wikipedia blocked/banned sense. tedder (talk) 20:23, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Well could you still update the code? Toolserver access doesn't seem to be required for this, since B. Wolterding didn't have it. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 20:25, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Um, is the code on git or svn somewhere, or just on toolserver? Can't update the code unless I can access it. tedder (talk) 20:30, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Its just on the toolserver, however I can email you the .jar file that B. Wolterding always gave me. LegoK^ontribsT^alkM 01:34, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Is there more than the jar on toolserver? I'd need access to the source to make changes (including fixing the login issue, which is why it doesn't/can't run now). tedder (talk) 06:30, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Capitalization error on asteroid stubs

I'd like to point out that thousands of asteroid stubs were created with some incorrect capitalization, using the phrase, "Main-belt Asteroid"[5], or sometimes, "Main-belt asteroid". I am in the process now of correcting the capitalisation of these.

I am also fixing the links within, to reflect what is probably a move in an article title. These were originally wikilinked as [[Main-belt Asteroid]], and I am changing them to [[Asteroid belt|main belt]] [[asteroid]], as there is no article Main-belt Asteroid (it now redirects to Asteroid belt). My use of two links (one to Asteroid belt and one to asteroid) was just a personal choice, but one which I think benefits the reader.

Anyway, I've done several hundred of what are over 11,000 of these articles. Is there any way that a bot could be programmed to do what I have been doing? (Example: [6]) Thanks! 98.82.34.167 (talk) 19:45, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Have I placed my request in the right place? 98.82.34.167 (talk) 02:16, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I notice that several other requests have been commented on (some favorably, some not), even ones placed after mine. Have I done something wrong, or should I place my request in another place? 98.82.34.167 (talk) 05:13, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm no expert but this seems like a very minor change to a very large pool of articles. Essentially this would add 1 more marginally helpful link. I assume you should get consensus from other editors first, e.g., at Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Astronomy. —  Hellknowz  ▎talk  13:18, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply; I was beginning to think that this post only showed up on my computer. Anyway, my actual concern was simply the poor capitalisation. One surely does not need to obtain consensus to correct a grammatical error, do they? 98.82.34.167 (talk) 17:39, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Renaming Primera Division Uruguaya season articles

In a request similar to this one, I request to have the league season articles in the category Category:Primera División Uruguaya seasons (the specific articles being any with the "Primera División Uruguaya XXXX" format) be moved/renamed to this format: "XXXX Uruguayan Primera División". Feel free to contact me if there is any need for clarification. Thanks in advance. Digirami (talk) 21:53, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Mobius Clock (talk · contribs) should feel free to run this task without seeking a new BRFA. –xeno^talk 18:52, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Yep, will be Doing... very soon. Thanks for letting me know Xeno. - Mobius Clock 20:27, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

And we are Y Done here. If you have any more of these to do, just let me know. - Mobius Clock 15:22, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Book for Nobel laureates

Hi, I wanted to write Wikipedia books on the nobel laureates, and having a bot write "first drafts" would be very helpful. It should be rather straightforward to implement. For example, on List of Nobel laureates in Physics, there is a table with the year, name/link, and reason for the prize. From this the bot could generate

{{saved book
 |title=Nobel Laureates in Physics
 |subtitle=
 |cover-image=
 |cover-color=
}}

==Nobel Laureates in Physics==
;Overview
:[[Nobel Prize]]
:[[Nobel Prize in Physics]]

;1901
:[[Wilhelm Röntgen|Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen]]

;1902
:[[Hendrik Lorentz]]
:[[Pieter Zeeman]]

;1903
:[[Antoine Henri Becquerel]]
:[[Pierre Curie]]
:[[Marie Curie]]

...

The name of the laureate should appear as on the list, but it should be piped to the non-redirect. The result should be uploaded at Book:Nobel Prize in Physics (I've taken care of this one, but not the other disciplines). Likewise for List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry, List of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine, List of Nobel laureates in Literature, List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates. This would be much appreciated and save me a lot of time. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 15:47, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Anyone? Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 00:16, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

So all you need is a list of names arranged by year? LegoK^ontribsT^alkM 02:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Pretty much. Although it needs to be formatted as above. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 15:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Add {{Caldwell catalogue}} and Category:Caldwell objects to relevant articles

I just created {{Caldwell catalogue}} and it needs to be placed on roughly 109 articles (a bit less, since some haven't yet been created). It would really help if a bot could go through all the Caldwell objects (which can be found in the navbox, or on Book:Caldwell catalogue) and add the navbox at the bottom of the page, as well as categorize them with [[Category:Caldwell objects|###]], where ### is the three digit number (Caldwell 1 = 001). BTW, sometimes the category may be present, so just overide it. The current scheme uses an innappropriate ## sorting rather than ### sorting, which leads to problem with C100 to C109. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 01:20, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I filled a BRFA for this task. Hopefully, I did not misunderstand anything. —  Hellknowz  ▎talk  23:38, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Cool beans, thanks a bunch. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 00:45, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Y Done. Was fun. —  Hellknowz  ▎talk  13:07, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Dating adoption offers

I have just added a date requirement to {{adoptoffer}} and there is no obvious way to persuade users to adapt to the changes quickly. Could someone use/adapt/create a bot to add it automatically? Every time the template is added to a page - which will add that page to Category:Undated adoption offers - it simply needs the text |month={{subt:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} inserted before the final }}. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 18:49, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Looks like a good task for SmackBot (talk · contribs) which does similar dating of templates. –xeno^talk 18:51, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Grammar nazi bot

Every instance of "is comprised of" can be replaced by "comprises". This improves clarity, parsimony, and grammatical correctness. Likewise "was comprised of" -> "comprised".

Not a good task for a bot.. That would be better suggested as an AWB typo fix. Bots aren't suited to mass grammar fixing where the edits need to be confirmed by meatware (i.e. a human), as special cases could (probably do, actually) exist where the change would be wrong. See also the small bit in the bot policy about such changes. - Mobius Clock 15:40, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Update citations for the city of Detroit

I just noticed that the city of Detroit has changed their website from http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us to http://www.detroitmi.gov. There are 500-600 links to the old city of Detroit site; presumably all of them are dead (the ones I spot-checked are). Most (but not all) of the URLs were ported over with no further change; i.e., http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/FOO is now http://www.detroitmi.gov/FOO. Can we get all links with http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us changed to http://www.detroitmi.gov? That won't solve all the dead links, but it will catch most of them. (two examples: this diff and this diff, done by hand.) Andrew Jameson (talk) 16:41, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject banners Serbia

Hello!
I wanted to ask about this archived discussion. I need now similar bot, but regarding this:

Template	Category
{{WikiProject Serbia}}	Category:Serbia geography stubs
{{WikiProject Belgrade}}	Category:Belgrade Including Subcategories

In Geography stubs there are literary hundreds of untagged articles, and in Belgrade case, This WikiProject was relatively slow in past few years, so those tags are now needed to mark project scope. Also, second category can also include first template as well, as Belgrade is capital city of Serbia.

Thanks in advance! :) --Tadija^speaks 18:25, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps you might like to file a request at User:Xenobot/R? –xeno^talk 18:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

i would want a bot

please send me a bot ,But also tell me how to get the bot running send me the finished request At:http://debateyourcause.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Jesse9705

User:ArticleAlertbot

Is there any chance of User:ArticleAlertbot being fixed or replaced? It was rather useful. The bot operator, User:B. Wolterding, has been absent a long time, only briefly appearing in March to run the cleanup bot; and doesn't have Email This User enabled. Don't suppose anyone has his contact details... Rd232 ^talk 10:55, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Bot_requests#User:ArticleAlertbot_has_been_inoperable_for_a_month above. — Ganeshk (talk) 13:08, 15 May 2010 (UTC)