Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/GraphBot

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GraphBot

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Operator: GalStar (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 18:31, Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (UTC)

Function overview: Convert selected graphs to charts. Graphs must be of the template Template:PortGraph.

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python, Rust (mwbot)

Source code available: I will potentially release it soon.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): One Time

Estimated number of pages affected: ~ a maximum 14,000 (the number of pages with broken graphs), likely fewer.

Namespace(s): Mainspace

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details:

Flow:

  • Searches for pages with Template:PortGraph
  • Loads page wikitext
  • Parse wikitext with mwparserfromhell, find all templates, storing the name, parameters, and wikitext
  • Do the following for all templates that are called "PortGraph" and have a "name" parameter.
    • Generate tab and create it on commons
      • The parameters x, y, y1, y2, xType, yType are considered
    • Generate chart and create it on commons
      • the type parameter is converted to the chart type
      • xAxisTitle and yAxisTitle are used for the axis titles
      • The title attribute is the title, if it doesn't exist, the name attribute is used instead
    • Generate replacement with [[Template:ChartDisplay]] (i.e. [[Template:ChartDisplay|definition=[]|width=[]]])
  • Take all replacements and substitute the wikitext out.
  • Post edit onto wikipedia


Discussion

  • Information Note: This bot appears to have edited since this BRFA was filed. Bots may not edit outside their own or their operator's userspace unless approved or approved for trial. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:01, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
    Note that these were manually approved edits. GalStar (talk) 03:32, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
    Whoops after re-reading the rules I've realized that I shouldn't have edited any mainspace files, that was a mistake on my end. GalStar (talk) 04:58, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
  • Wouldn't this require the bot to be approved first on Commons, or some sort of joint bot trial? Tenshi! (Talk page) 17:15, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
    I have already filled for approval in commons, but I believe you are allowed to trail bots in commons without approval if you review all edits it makes. GalStar (talk) 17:33, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
  • This would be useful. Thanks for working on it. – SJ + 22:41, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
    NB there were more graphs in April 2023 when they first broke, which could be rescued; but requires searching through a snapshot from that year. – SJ + 22:42, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
    I’m wondering if I could run queries on quarry that target old Wikipedia snapshots. If not I can hack together something that runs on my computer. GalStar (talk) 23:44, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
    You can't. Quarry only queries the current database. * Pppery * it has begun... 05:09, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
    I can't see to find an archived download from that timeframe on archive.org, is there another source I should be looking at? GalStar (talk) 05:39, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
  • Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Primefac (talk) 13:37, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
    Trial complete. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/GraphBot&target=GraphBot&dir=prev&offset=20250609003027 GalStar (talk) 21:34, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
    Sorry, just one last question - you say that this will be a continuous run, but that there are a maximum of 14k pages that will be edited; the latter makes it sound more like a one-time run, so I guess I just want to check which one it is? (please do not ping on reply) Primefac (talk) 12:23, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
    Apologies, this is a one-time run, I seem to have misunderstood what each meant. I've amended the request as such.
    Cheers, GalStar (talk) 17:58, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
    Approved. Primefac (talk) 00:14, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard.

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