pywikibot August 2021

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python pwb.py replace.py not working
by Basudev Krishna 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/data/data/com.termux/files/home/vikaspy/pwb.py", line 399, in <module> if not main(): File "/data/data/com.termux/files/home/vikaspy/pwb.py", line 391, in main run_python_file(filename, File "/data/data/com.termux/files/home/vikaspy/pwb.py", line 106, in run_python_file exec(compile(source, filename, 'exec', dont_inherit=True), File "./scripts/replace.py", line 1075, in <module> main() File "./scripts/replace.py", line 929, in main single_summary = i18n.twtranslate( File "/data/data/com.termux/files/home/vikaspy/pywikibot/tools/_deprecate.py", line 404, in wrapper return obj(*__args, **__kw) File "/data/data/com.termux/files/home/vikaspy/pywikibot/i18n.py", line 700, in twtranslate raise pywikibot.exceptions.TranslationError( pywikibot.exceptions.TranslationError: Unable to load messages package scripts.i18n for bundle replace-replacing It can happen due to lack of i18n submodule or files. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/i18n CRITICAL: Exiting due to uncaught exception <class 'pywikibot.exceptions.TranslationError'> $

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i18n files and pip
by André Costa 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

Hi all, I'm building a small pywikibot tool[1] which is designed to be installed via pip (and in turn installs Pywikibot via pip). The tool uses the page.touch() function which is where I get a pywikibot.i18n.TranslationError when I run it. page.touch() gets it's edit summary from i18n.twtranslate(self.site, 'pywikibot-touch') which in turn is defined in /scripts/i18n/pywikibot/. Unless I'm confused the Error occurs because the pip distribution does not include the /scripts folder or the i18n submodule. So my first question is am I just doing something obviously wrong and the i18n submodule should have been available over pip as well? If it's not just me then would it not make sense to have any i18n files necessary to the Pywikibot *library* to also be distributed via the same pip package? (i18n for scripts is another issue since for scripts you cannot use pip). Cheers, André / Lokal_Profil [1] https://github.com/lokal-profil/pywikibot-sdc André Costa | Chief Operating Officer, Wikimedia Sverige | Andre.Costa(a)wikimedia.se | +46 (0)733-964574 Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se ------ sent from my mobile, all typos are due to autocorrect ;)

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Deprecation policy?
by Damian Johnson 15 Nov '21

15 Nov '21

Hi lovely pywikibot folks. I'd like to clean up our deprecated code since we have some that's six years old.... % grep -RIoh "since='[^']\+'" ./* | sort | head -n 5 since='20150206' since='20150515' since='20150615' since='20150617' since='20150619' % grep -RIoh "since='[^']\+'" ./* | wc -l 130 What is pywikibot's policy regarding code deprecation? Can we remove it after a set duration and, if so, what is it? Thanks! -Damian

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[BREAKING CHANGE] Pagename/filename normalization on saving an edit
by Lucas Werkmeister 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

Hello, As you may know, Wikibase currently does not normalize pagenames/filenames on save (e.g. underscores in the input for properties of datatype Commons media are allowed). At the same time, Wikidata’s quality constraints extension <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikibaseQualityConstraints> triggers a constraint violation after saving, if underscores are used. This is by design as to long-established <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Constraint:Commons_link> Community practices. As a result, this inconsistency leaves users with unnecessary manual work. We will update Wikibase so that when a new edit is saved via UI or API, and a pagename/filename is added or changed in that edit, then this pagename/filename will be normalized on save ("My file_name.jpg" -> "My file name.jpg"). More generally, the breaking change is that a user of the Wikibase API may send one data value when saving an edit, and get back a slightly different (normalized) data value after the edit was made: it is no longer the case that data values are either saved unmodified or totally rejected (e.g. if a file doesn’t exist on Commons). Since this guarantee is being removed with this breaking change announcement, we may introduce further normalizations in the future and only announce them as significant changes, not breaking changes. The change is currently available on test.wikidata.org and test-commons.wikimedia.org. It will be deployed on Wikidata on or shortly after September 6th. If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to let us know in this ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251480>. Cheers, Lucas Werkmeister -- Lucas Werkmeister (he/er) Full Stack Developer Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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Re: Please help
by info＠gno.de 20 Aug '21

20 Aug '21

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Please help
by Ugo Chima 20 Aug '21

20 Aug '21

Whenever I try using the bot it says "The 'setuptools>=20.2; python_version >= "3.6"' distribution was not found and i s required by the application A package necessary for pywikibot is missing. Please update required module with: pip install "setuptools>=20.2" " I ran the pip install "setuptools>=20.2" command and it keeps saying this NB: I have recently run the "pip install -r requirements.txt" too

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Re: python pwb.py replace.py not working
by info＠gno.de 17 Aug '21

17 Aug '21

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Code reviews stuck
by Damian Johnson 16 Aug '21

16 Aug '21

Hi all! I apologize for being a naggy poo-poo pants but does anyone have time to code review incoming contributions? I have fifteen reviews that are awaiting a reply [1], and writing code just to have it shelved is beginning to make me wonder if pywikibot is a good project to contribute toward. Xqt is the only person that routinely reviews contributions, and he often doesn't have time to follow up after an initial comment. Code review responsibility shouldn't rely on one person, but our lack of reviewers unfortunately disincentives volunteering. My changes are unimportant. Just type hints along with some script refactoring that's been stuck a month. But code review responsiveness has been a persistent pain point so I'm wondering if there's anything we'd care to do to systematically improve this (scheduled reviewer rotation, escalate stalled reviews, periodic 'code review parties', etc). Cheers! -Damian [1] Here's my reviews... Script refactoring: 1. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/700718 2. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/703015 3. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/704603 Type hints: 1. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/709251 2. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/709252 3. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/709590 4. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/709832 5. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/709253 6. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/709236 7. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/710116 8. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/710382 9. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/710615 10. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/710612 11. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/710673 12. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/710675

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EntityTypeUnknownError on Wikidata
by Andre Engels 12 Aug '21

12 Aug '21

Since a few hours, running my bot on Wikidata I am getting the following error: (snip) File "/home/ae1101/bot/pywikibot/page/__init__.py", line 3900, in __init__ ns = site.item_namespace File "/home/ae1101/bot/pywikibot/site/_datasite.py", line 91, in item_namespace self._item_namespace = self.get_namespace_for_entity_type('item') File "/home/ae1101/bot/pywikibot/site/_datasite.py", line 80, in get_namespace_for_entity_type .format(self, entity_type)) pywikibot.exceptions.EntityTypeUnknownError: DataSite("wikidata", "wikidata") does not support entity type "item" CRITICAL: Exiting due to uncaught exception <class 'pywikibot.exceptions.EntityTypeUnknownError'> Apparently something has changed in the site, but I have no idea what to do... -- André Engels, andreengels(a)gmail.com

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combining edits to Wikidata
by Andre Engels 01 Aug '21

01 Aug '21

Hello, I am using my bot to get information on people from linked sites to Wikidata. I think it's a fun and useful thing to do, but one problem I find is that I often find myself doing dozens of edits to the same page in a row, which takes a considerable amount of time, and also seems to put more pressure on the database than seems necessary. Because of this my question: Is it possible with the pywikibot to make multiple changes to Wikidata (or a similar data site) and have them saved as a single edit? If so, where in the code can I find it, if not, would it be possible to create it? Thanks in advance, -- André Engels, andreengels(a)gmail.com

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