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Fix:CommonTypos
This page describes a user-fix which is ordinarily used with the replace.py script. The chances are that you will not be able to use this code directly on your wiki. It is an -
Runescape wikia family.py
This page describes a family file as it existed when uploaded. A "known working date" should appear in the infobox. It will probably function in its current form, but you may get the odd, non -
Fix:BritSpell
This page describes a user-fix which is ordinarily used with the replace.py script. The chances are that you will not be able to use this code directly on your wiki. It is an -
Tardis wikia family.py
This page describes a family file as it existed when uploaded. A "known working date" should appear in the infobox. It will probably function in its current form, but you may get the odd, non -
Pywikipediabot
A pywikipediabot, or pybot for short, is a bot powered by pywikipedia scripts built to aid in the maintenance of wikis. Its name refers to python, the programming language on which the bot runs; wikipedia -
Linux installation
This page describes the installation process for Linux devices, step by step. It is written by a moderately experienced Linux user. Click here to download the Compat version of PWB (this link will begin the -
Windows installation
This page is describes the installation process for Windows devices, step by step. It is therefore of course written from the perspective of a Windows user. However, much of the advice on this page could -
Pybot Wiki
What the heck is a pywikipediabot? The short, smartassed answer is that it's a bot powered by pywikipedia scripts. The longer answer is that it's a great tool which will help you run -
Regular expression
A regular expression, or regex, is a series of semantically meaningful characters which is used by pywikipedia to find and match patterns within your the whole body of your wiki's text. Most pywikipedia scripts -
User-fix
A user-fix is a user-defined bit of regex that is used by replace.py to perform some kind of text replacement. It is one of the two ways in which a regular expression -
OS X Installation
This page describes the installation process for OS X devices, step by step. Click here to download the Compat version of PWB (this link will begin the download.) -
Pywikipedia folder
The pywkipedia folder is the home of all the pywikipedia scripts on your computer. In standard installations, the folder appears in the following locations: Linux: to be added, Windows: to be added, Mac: boot drive -
Family file
A family file is a.py file that imparts the basic structure of the wiki you're editing to user-config.py. Without a correctly formatted family file you cannot establish a connection to the -
Python installation
Installing Python is the vital first step in using pybot. That's it. OSX ships with Python pre-installed, and has done for around a decade. Other UNIX-based OS flavours have also shipped with -
Regex:Delete empty sections
This page describes a bit of regex. It must be used within a script or user-fix. Delete empty sections is a bit of replace.py regex that will help you get rid of empty -
Script
A script is, roughly, the code used to accomplish a particular task. In that sense, a script is the code that creates a particular bot. All installations of pywikipedia, regardless of platform, come with the -
Regex:Getting rid of carriage returns in infoboxes
This page describes a bit of regex. It must be used within a script or user-fix. Getting rid of carriage returns in infoboxes is a bit of regex that will help you clean up -
Regex:Quotation elimination
This page describes a bit of regex. It must be used within a script or user-fix. Quotation elimination is a bit of regex that will help you eliminate quotation marks. -
Compat
Compat, which stands for compatible, is one of the two versions of pywikipedia. Because it has the most backward compatibility, it is the version which has the greatest number of scripts. The tradeoff for this -
Exception
An exception is a part of many user-fixes which defines certain parts of your wiki where you do not wish the replacements defined by the fix to be applied. Scroll down to the bottom -
Watchlist.py
This page describes a script. In general, it refers to the script in its current form, but pywikpedia coders tend only to add functions, not take them away. Chances are that you'll be able -
Core
Core is one of the two versions of pywikipedia. It used to be called rewrite, which belies its interest in becoming a more efficiently-coded version of pywikipedia. However, because it is being actively rewritten -
Installation
Installation of pywikipedia is a multi-step — but straightforward — process. At a minimum, you must have Python and pywikipedia on your machine — hence the name, pywikipedia. It matters that you get the version of Python -
Fandom
Wikia — or more formally, Wikia, Inc. — is the for-profit, but legally separate, spinoff of wikimedia.org. Started by Jimbo Wales — Wikipedia's founder — it is a wiki farm that allows users to create wikis -
Bot
A bot can be one of two things. The first would be an user account through which human users can control that bot account using a software such as the AutoWikiBrowser or through a framework
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