User:CenPop
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| Main source |
| Parsing HistPop, Templates |
| Get External Data |
| i18n Message file |
| HTML (in Javascript) for Layout |
| Stylesheet |
The CenPop script is a script based heavily on Joeytje50's AutoWikiBrowser script. The purpose of the script is to speed up the addition and updating of historical census data in the Template:US Census population template to Wikipedia articles about places and counties and minor civil divisions. The current version links in with the Census Bureau's API to enable auto-updating.
It has been used on my main account since 2015 and has been migrated in 2022 to its own account to comply with WP:MeatBot and other bot-related policy.
At present, the script should probably be usable by others, but I have not yet had the chance to document it properly ...
Installation
To install this script on a wiki, put the following code in your JavaScript file (for example Special:MyPage/common.js, or a skin-specific JS file):
importScript('User:Joeytje50/shortLink.js');
if (mw.config.get('wgCanonicalNamespace')+':'+mw.config.get('wgTitle') === 'Project:CenPop/Script')
mw.loader.load('//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:DemocraticLuntz/CenPop.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');
Getting Started
Loading Data
TODO: needs to be updated.
=Manual Mode=
Note: At this point, only minor civil divisions (outside of a few New England states which I did do) would be relevant to add using this methodology. All incorporated places in the United States have been added using this methodology (mostly thanks to hundreds of hours I spent procrastinating on finishing my PhD dissertation while compiling them manually from old Census files.
The data should be formatted using comma-delimited values, and using double-quotes (") to surround the names of places (no quotes should be used for numbers).
For now (this will have to be updated), the first 4 values must be as follows
- Contains the name of the place (blank if it is a county)
- Contains the type of place (village, city, municipality, CDP, town, township, etc.)
- Contains the name of the county (blank if it is a state)
- Contains the name of a state. Note that it is necessary to put "County" after the name of the county (or "Parish" for Louisiana or whatever the name of county-equivalent divisions in that state).
For now,
The 5th value will be the most recent estimate. Note: this all will have to be fixed for 2020 ...
=Setting the File to Load From=
- Click on the "Load" tab in the right of the bottom center panel.
- Enter the name of the file (leaving out the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ prefix).
FIXES NEEDED
- Something is up with population density in infoboxes, fix.
=Test=
{{#get_web_data:url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2010-2016/cities/totals/sub-est2016_1.csv |format=CSV}}
=Note=
Update interface with Census API