Thanks for the suggestions.

I will start working on this. One open question in my mind is: does either of the python wikitext parsers have the ability to subtract the portion of wikitext that corresponds to a template, retaining what is before and after? Because if so, then all I need to do is find the Infobox template and pull it out using the parser, then tidy it up and paste back where it belongs on the page, without touching the rest of the page.

In my cursory look at wikitextparser docs I couldn't find such functionality. I prefer not to have to use regex to find the template wikitext myself (because if I do, then might as well parse it myself too, and that seems redundant in presence of wikitext parser libraries).

On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM <info@gno.de> wrote:
Hi there and happy New Year.

I think such a script would be a good idea. We already have textlib.glue_template_and_params which is able to format templates extracted with extract_templates_and_params. But the formatting of the glue… function is very rudimentary and some formatting options should be added.

I made a test edit on test wiki. For the current Infobox content it worked fine.

Best
xqt



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Am 02.01.2025 um 09:46 schrieb Bináris <wikiposta@gmail.com>:


I have the same problem and have been thinking on his for a while.
Not only for infoboxes, but cite xxx templates as well which make the source text unreadable for humans.
So if you do it earlier, please share. :-)
I think it is a general problem. We guessed that some builtin editor creates these oneliner templates.

Huji Lee <huji.huji@gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. jan. 2., Cs, 4:32):
Hi PWB friends,

I was about to write a bot script but figured I should ask her first. On fawiki, I occasionally run into pages where the infobox template at the top of the page is squished into one very long line, as opposed to being multiline. Look at this example I made on testwiki; I want to turn it to something looking like this. I have a reasonable sense of how to write the bot script and what possible edge cases to watch for, but I wonder if someone may have already written a script for this purpose.

LMK,
Huji
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