Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/STBot 3

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STBot task 3

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Operator: ST47

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): AWB

Function Summary: Wikipedia:Bot_requests#phonetic_symbols_to_.7B_.7BIPA.7D_.7D_template

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

Edit rate requested: 8 edits per minute

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y

Function Details: uses a regex to change some IPA characters to use the template to improve compatibility

Regex:

(^[^[|{]+)([ʈɖɟɡɢʡʔɸʃʒɕʑʂʐʝɣʁʕʜʢɦɱɳɲŋɴʋɹɻɰʙʀɾɽɫɬɮɺɭʎʟɥʍɧɓɗʄɠʛʘǀǃǂǁɨʉɯɪʏʊɘɵɤəɚɛɜɝɞʌɔɐɶɑɒʰʷʲˠˤⁿˡˈˌːˑ•]+)([^}])

to

$1{{IPA|$2}}$3

I estimate atleast 10000 edits, of which this is an example. No other changes will be made with this bot. IE6 does not display these characters correctly withough this template, the list is from a database dump and is rather long(62K+), there better not be anywhere near that amount of edits :P I'm currently trying to get a more precise number, ill edit when I do. ST47Talk 18:46, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

Will this bot need to read in all 62K+ pages, and only edit the 10K? — xaosflux ^Talk 22:36, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

no. I've finished another check of the dump which gave me a smaller list, i think it is wrong but don't know how to prove it, but now im down to 2500 ST47Talk 23:19, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

now scanning for

[ɱɳɲŋɴʈɖɟɡɢʡʔɸβθðʃʒʂʐçʝɣχʁħʕʜʢɦʋɹɻɰʙʀ†ѵ†ɾɽɬɮɭʎʟɺʍɥɕʑɧʘɓǀɗǃʄǂɠǁʛʼɨʉɯʊøɘɤəɛœɜɞʌɔæɐɶɑɒʦʣʧʤʨʥʷʲˠˁɫɚɝːˑ˘‿‖↗↘↓↑]+[^}]

without

[{][^}]*[ɱɳɲŋɴʈɖɟɡɢʡʔɸβθðʃʒʂʐçʝɣχʁħʕʜʢɦʋɹɻɰʙʀ†ѵ†ɾɽɬɮɭʎʟɺʍɥɕʑɧʘɓǀɗǃʄǂɠǁʛʼɨʉɯʊøɘɤəɛœɜɞʌɔæɐɶɑɒʦʣʧʤʨʥʷʲˠˁɫɚɝːˑ˘‿‖↗↘↓↑]

hope it works ST47Talk 23:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Crap. 47,997 pages. I was WAY off...and with the new regexes, those all will need editing...ST47Talk 23:37, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Approved for trial. short trial approved Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 18:47, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

hang on, that regex doesn't work, ill ask eagle for help later on ST47Talk 20:48, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

its better, test in progress

ehm...I feel stupid, but...this bot isn't necesary... ST47Talk 21:43, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Withdrawn by operator. (as per the reason listed above). -- RM 12:15, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

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