Script used to move Experimental researches in electricity related pages to ProofreadPage format, for reference. Uses python and the pywikipedia library.
#! /usr/bin/env python
# _*_ coding: utf8 _*_
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# Move the Experimental researches in electricity pages to ProofreadPage
# format; place soft redirects; control transclusion
#
# run with args "-log -putthrottle:xx"
#
# Copyright (C) 2006, GrafZahl (en.wikisource.org user)
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# Licence: GPLv2
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import wikipedia
# Handle args
args = wikipedia.handleArgs()
for arg in args:
print u'Ignoring unrecognised argument: %s\n' % arg
# basic text tokens, etc.
numpages = 357
basename = u'Experimental_researches_in_electricity'
baseoverwrite = u'{{subst:dated soft redirect|"[[Page:Experimental_researches_in_electricity_%03d.jpg]]"}}'
basesearch = u'\\{\\{MFerie\\|%03d\\|%03d\\|%03d\\}\\}'
basereplace = u'<noinclude>{{MFerie|%03d|%03d|%03d}}</noinclude>'
movesumm = u'[bot] conversion to ProofreadPage naming conventions'
oversumm = u'[bot] dated soft redirect'
replacesumm = u'[bot] protecting navigation template from transclusion'
# Start operation
site = wikipedia.getSite()
pagenos = range(1, 51) + range(350, 358)
for n in pagenos:
# Get all strings straight
if n > 1:
nminus = n - 1
else:
nminus = 1
if n < numpages:
nplus = n + 1
else:
nplus = numpages
oldpage = (basename + u'/%03d') % n
newpage = (u'Page:' + basename + u'_%03d.jpg') % n
overwrite = baseoverwrite % n
search = basesearch % ( nminus, n, nplus )
replace = basereplace % ( nminus, n, nplus )
# Step 1: Move oldpage to newpage
print 'Moving %s to %s\n' % ( oldpage, newpage )
page = wikipedia.Page(site, oldpage)
try:
page.move(newpage, movesumm)
except wikipedia.Error:
print 'Page move FAILED\n'
raise
# Step 2: Place soft redirect over oldpage
print 'Placing soft redirect over %s\n' % oldpage
page = wikipedia.Page(site, oldpage)
try:
page.put(overwrite, oversumm, None, False)
except wikipedia.Error:
print 'Placing soft redirect FAILED\n'
# Go on anyway
# Step 3: Text replacement
print 'Replacing %s with %s in %s\n' % ( search, replace, newpage )
page = wikipedia.Page(site, newpage)
try:
text = page.get()
text = wikipedia.replaceExceptMathNowikiAndComments(text, search, replace)
page.put(text, replacesumm, None, False)
except wikipedia.Error:
print 'Text replacement FAILED\n'