That sounds like it should work. Thanks!
On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Benjamin Lees <[email protected]> wrote: > api.php?action=query&list=querypage&qppage=Wantedcategories&qplimit=5000 > will give you the list in a format you can readily convert to just the > names. > > You can then loop over the list of categories in your programming language > of choice and run edit.php once for each category. > > > > > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Geth N7 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, correction: I think edit.php is the route I plan to go to do this, > > but how would I extract a list of every wanted category so all the pages > > could be converted as a batch with whatever wikitext I desire? > > > > I followed the instructions on the > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Edit.php page, but I'm not sure > how > > (if possible) to apply a "wildcard" to the Category: so that it will > batch > > create category description pages for every category. > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Geth N7 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Thanks! That's exactly what I needed to know. > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Benjamin Lees <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > >> It's nothing fancy, but Special:WantedCategories (or, better, its API > > >> equivalent) will give you the list, and the edit.php maintenance > script, > > >> Pywikibot, or the bot framework of your choice will let you create > pages > > >> from the list. > > >> > > >> > > >> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Geth N7 <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> > What I want to do is mass create category description pages for all > of > > >> > these wanted categories. > > >> > > > >> > The text would simply be a link to a "master category" that they > would > > >> all > > >> > fall under (for organization purposes). > > >> > > > >> > My problem is that bot programs (like AutoWikibrowser) don't seem to > > >> have > > >> > the capability to create category description pages since the pages > > >> don't > > >> > exist, and since I have thousands of pages to create, I really > wanted > > to > > >> > add text to these new pages in bulk, but I'm at a loss for how to > > create > > >> > pages in bulk with preselected text. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:57 PM, John <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > Depends on what kind of text you want to create the page with. > > >> > > > > >> > > On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:55 PM, Geth N7 <[email protected] > > > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > > > From what I understand, a category doesn't exist until the page > > for > > >> the > > >> > > > category is edited, so even if there are categories listed on a > > >> page, > > >> > > > unless those categories have been created, they do not actually > > >> exist > > >> > > until > > >> > > > their description pages have been edited. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I ask this because I'm in charge of wiki that has a lot of blank > > >> > > categories > > >> > > > (it was created from an XML dump made from content from another > > wiki > > >> > > engine > > >> > > > that did not support categories in the MediaWiki sense), and I > > would > > >> > like > > >> > > > to mass add some text to all of these "wanted categories" so > they > > >> can > > >> > be > > >> > > > properly indexed. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Is there a way to do this, or will I have to edit all these > > >> categories > > >> > > > manually? > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > >> > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >> > > > [email protected] > > >> > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >> > > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > >> > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >> > > [email protected] > > >> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >> > > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >> > [email protected] > > >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
