earwigbot

A Python robot that edits Wikipedia and interacts with people over IRC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EarwigBot

Ben Kurtovic e21a4dfb76 converting four IRC command classes to use new config system; everything's been converted except for irc/watcher.py and everything in wiki/		před 13 roky
core	store config differently (in five separate global variables instead of one) to make accessing it cleaner; convert core/main.py to new config system as well as irc/frontend.py -- both seem to be working	před 13 roky
irc	converting four IRC command classes to use new config system; everything's been converted except for irc/watcher.py and everything in wiki/	před 13 roky
wiki	message cleanup	před 13 roky
.gitignore	dropping config/ subdirectory in favor of a single config.xml file, located in the bot's root dir, with encrypted passwords instead of a secure.xml file	před 13 roky
LICENSE	+readme, license file, .gitignore	před 13 roky
README	capitalization arghalgh	před 13 roky
earwigbot.py	import lib.blowfish in core.config and decrypt passwords correctly; Exception -> Error in custom config exception names	před 13 roky

README

EarwigBot[1] is a Python[2] robot that edits Wikipedia.

Development began, based on the Pywikipedia framework[3], in early 2009.
Approval for its fist task, a copyright violation detector[4], was carried out
in May, and the bot has been running consistently ever since (with the
exception of Jan/Feb 2011). It currently handles several ongoing tasks[5],
ranging from statistics generation to category cleanup, and on-demand tasks
such as WikiProject template tagging. Since it started running, the bot has
made over 45,000 edits.

A project to rewrite it from scratch began in early April 2011, thus moving
away from the Pywikipedia framework and allowing for less overall code, better
integration between bot parts, and easier maintenance.

Links:
[1] http://toolserver.org/~earwig/earwigbot/
[2] http://python.org/
[3] http://pywikipediabot.sourceforge.net/
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/EarwigBot_1
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EarwigBot#Tasks