Thanks Masti,
I just found this at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Replace.py:
-namespace:n Number of namespace to process. The parameter can be used
multiple times. It works in combination with all other parameters except for
the -start parameter. (If you want to change all pages in a particular
namespace, add the namespace prefix; for example, -start:User:!.)
So I left a note at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Pywikipediabot_general_parameters
I get the impression that the longer lists of parameters at Copyright.py and
Replace.py also have a lot of general parameters. if so, they could be added
here. (Took me ages to find an explanation of the "start:" parameter, and
the use of "namespace:", so a more complete page general parameters would be
great.)
I would have done some work myself, but I don't understand which are general
and which are not.
Thanks again. I have to say, this is the most helpful tech list I've been
on.
Chris
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:40 AM, masti <mst(a)warszawa.pl.eu.org> wrote:
Chris Watkins pisze:
Hi - how do I restrict the bot to making changes
in certain namespaces?
I can comment out certain namespaces in the family file, but that
doesn't deal with (say) user or user_talk namespaces.
Sorry if that's an obvious question - I thought I saw the answer once,
but now can't find it.
-namespace:xxx
restricts the bot to xxx namespace. I you want it to look for articles
in this namespace use -start:xxx:! for example
masti
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