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Bots and tools need to upgrade to Pywikibot 6.6.1
by Kunal Mehta 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Hi everyone, Bots and tools using Pywikibot must upgrade to version 6.6.1[1] otherwise they will break when deprecated API parameters are removed[2]. If you have any questions or need help in upgrading, please reach out using one of the Pywikibot communication channels[3]. [1] https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/stable/changelog.html [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.37/Deprecation_of_legacy_API_tok… [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Pywikibot/Communic… Thanks, -- Legoktm

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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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Damian's Status Report - August 2021
by Damian Johnson 04 Sep '21

04 Sep '21

Hi all! This will likely be my last Pywikibot status report. https://blog.atagar.com/august2021/ Cheers! -Damian

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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 13 Aug '21

13 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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Damian's Status Report - July 2021
by Damian Johnson 31 Jul '21

31 Jul '21

Hi everyone! This month I have a little show-and-tell from a camping trip in addition to a technical update... https://blog.atagar.com/status-report-for-july-2021/ Is anyone up for a code review? I have a couple that have been stuck for a while... https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/703015 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/700718 Cheers! -Damian

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