Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EnzetBot

{{Newbot|EnzetBot|}}

Operator: {{botop|Enzet}}

Time filed: 00:18, Sunday, March 8, 2015 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: supervised.

Programming language(s): Python.

Source code available: no source code available since bot is a part of major project.

Function overview: fixes inconsistencies and formatting in metro stations articles (in station infobox and S-rail templates).

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): every time bot found some inconsistency in metro pages.

Estimated number of pages affected: about 1000 pages. There are about 10 K metro stations in the world, so no more than 10 K pages should be affected.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): yes.

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): no.

Function details: I have The Metro Project for metro map automated drawing. It uses Wikipedia for check metro system graphs and sometimes meets inconsistencies and bad formatting in Wikipedia articles. Now I fix them manually (see my contributions) but want to entrust it to my bot.

Tasks for this request:

• wrap dates in station infobox with date template, e.g. 2000-03-30 to {{date|30-03-2000|mdy}};
• add links to station structure types and platform types, e.g. Shallow single-vault to Shallow single-vault;
• fix redirects in S-rail template.

I see the bot account has been editing articles. It is not yet approved for that.

I note you want to edit dates, but I see from your [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klovska_%28Kiev_Metro%29&diff=prev&oldid=650352757 recent edit to Klovska (Kiev Metro)] and your function details (above) you haven't realised the importance of ISO 8601 date formatting. I also note that you did not elect to use the style reportedly preferred by Ukrainians in your edit; is there a reason for this? Out of interest, why are these dates of interest to your bot?

The bot fixes inconsistencies between articles; how does it know which one is correct?

The links to station structure types and platform types you're proposing to link - are they the ones in infoboxes, or article text?

What major project is bot a part of, and why does that make the source code unavailable? Josh Parris 14:32, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

:I'm sorry for editing without approval. It was a test to make sure bot works. I'll never do it again.

:Yeah, I see, date changes seem to be a bad idea. I think, I should remove it from tasks list. Should I undo my edits (there are only 5 of them)?

:About inconsistencies. Bot doesn't know which one is correct, it only can detect wrong things or possibly wrong things. For example, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bakmil_(Baku_Metro)&diff=prev&oldid=641462479 wrong date format] (month number can't be greater then 12), [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ulitsa_Dybenko_(Saint_Petersburg_Metro)&diff=prev&oldid=650071498 wrong terminus] (station cannot be a next or previous station for itself), if station A is next for station B, station B should be previous for station A, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emirates_(Dubai_Metro)&diff=prev&oldid=637763845 wrong S-rail values] (if it conflicts with station lists on metro page or line page), and so on. That's why bot is not automatic, I supervise every edit. I don't know how to formulate it as a task since there are so many types of inconsistencies. May be you can help me?

:Yes, bot will add links to infobox only if there is no such link in article text.

:[http://enzet.ru/en/metro My major project] is not open source for now. It generates very simple suggestions for bot I exampled above—what to replace in which article. If bot source code is important, I can push it to public repository but it is trivial since it uses pywikibot (no more then 100 LOC). Enzet (talk) 17:01, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

::If you're supervising every edit, then this is a "manual bot" and can be run using your own account without approval. Would you like to do so? Josh Parris 11:30, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

:::OK, I understand all about inconsistencies. If I don't want to use Enzet account for semi-automated editing, can I use EnzetBot account (with removed {{Bot}} template and without approval) or should I register new account without bot keyword? What is a good practice for that? Also, is there some criteria for semi-automated editing (no faster than 1 edit per 5 seconds, no more 100 edits in a row, or something like that)? (Sorry if I missed it from the rules.)

:::Also, I am realized that (1) wrapping station structure and platform type with links and (2) fixing S-rail redirects tasks may be provided without supervising or supervising for them is really fast (checking is trivial). Can I get approval or disapproval for these tasks in this request or I should create new one? Enzet (talk) 09:27, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Josh Parris any further comments? -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:44, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Enzet What are the redirects of S-rail? -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:55, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

((OperatorAssistanceNeeded|D)) Magioladitis (talk) 06:28, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

:Redirections in S-rail templates. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mladost_3_Metro_Station&diff=prev&oldid=662057407 this], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nangloi_metro_station&diff=prev&oldid=652177267 this] (station redirect), or [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Novokuznetskaya&diff=prev&oldid=636877268 this edit] (line redirect). Enzet (talk) 15:05, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

I asked WikiProject Stations to join the discussion. WikiProject transport too. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:03, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

{{tl|Date}} should not be used in articles; the template makes this clear. Alakzi (talk) 11:32, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Alakzi the bot already changed 3 pages. Do you suggest the edits should be reverted? -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:15, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

: I've replaced it in all three. Alakzi (talk) 14:21, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

I striked out this bot part. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:10, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Short of publishing the source code, I'd want to see a list of all replacements the bot would perform. Alakzi (talk) 17:44, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

{{BotExpired}} — the operator's account appears to be inactive for over a month with outstanding issues / concerns here. Marking expired for now. --slakr^\ talk / 04:26, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

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