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EarwigBot |
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EarwigBot_ is a Python_ robot that edits Wikipedia_ and interacts with people |
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over IRC_. |
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History |
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Development began, based on the `Pywikipedia framework`_, in early 2009. |
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Approval for its fist task, a `copyright violation detector`_, was carried out |
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in May, and the bot has been running consistently ever since (with the |
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exception of Jan/Feb 2011). It currently handles `several ongoing tasks`_ |
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ranging from statistics generation to category cleanup, and on-demand tasks |
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such as WikiProject template tagging. Since it started running, the bot has |
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made over 50,000 edits. |
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A project to rewrite it from scratch began in early April 2011, thus moving |
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away from the Pywikipedia framework and allowing for less overall code, better |
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integration between bot parts, and easier maintenance. |
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Installation |
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This package contains the core ``earwigbot``, abstracted enough that it should |
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be usable and customizable by anyone running a bot on a MediaWiki site. Since |
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it is component-based, the IRC components can be disabled if desired. IRC |
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commands and bot tasks specific to `my instance of EarwigBot`_ are available |
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from the package `earwigbot-plugins`_. |
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Latest release (v0.1) |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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EarwigBot is available from the `Python Package Index`_, so you can install the |
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latest release with ``pip install earwigbot`` (`get pip`_). |
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You can also install it from source [1]_ directly:: |
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curl -Lo earwigbot.tgz "https://github.com/earwig/earwigbot/tarball/v0.1" |
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tar -xf earwigbot.tgz |
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cd earwig-earwigbot-* |
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python setup.py install |
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cd .. |
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rm -r earwigbot.tgz earwig-earwigbot-* |
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Development version |
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You can install the development version of the bot from ``git`` by using |
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setuptools/distribute's ``develop`` command [1]_, probably on the ``develop`` |
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branch which contains (usually) working code. ``master`` contains the latest |
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release. EarwigBot uses `git flow`_, so you're free to |
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browse by tags or by new features (``feature/*`` branches):: |
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git clone git://github.com/earwig/earwigbot.git earwigbot |
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cd earwigbot |
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python setup.py develop |
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Setup |
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It's recommended to run the bot's unit tests before installing. Run |
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``python setup.py test`` from the project's root directory. |
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*Note:* some unit tests require an internet connection. |
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Customizing |
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Hacking |
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Footnotes |
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.. _EarwigBot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EarwigBot |
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.. _Python: http://python.org/ |
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.. _Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/ |
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.. _IRC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat |
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.. _Pywikipedia framework: http://pywikipediabot.sourceforge.net/ |
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.. _copyright violation detector: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/EarwigBot_1 |
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.. _several ongoing tasks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EarwigBot#Tasks |
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.. _my instance of EarwigBot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EarwigBot |
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.. _earwigbot-plugins: https://github.com/earwig/earwigbot-plugins |
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.. _Python Package Index: http://pypi.python.org |
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.. _get pip: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip |
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.. _git flow: http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ |
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.. [1] ``python setup.py install``/``develop`` may require root, or use the |
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``--user`` switch to install for the current user only |