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 to use most of the information on the page, regardless of the age of your installation.
| Watchlist.py | ||
|---|---|---|
| Creator: | Daniel Herding
Pywikipedia team | |
| Code location: | mediawiki repository | |
| What it does: | Produces your bot account's watchlist | |
| Complexity: | Basic | |
| Applicability: | all MediaWiki installations | |
Watchlist.py is a script that reproduces a watchlist — specifically, the list of pages being followed by the account to which pywikipedia is currently logged in.
Syntax
The syntax for this script is:
python watchlist.py
Parameters
-all
- reloads watchlists for all wikis where a watchlist is alrady present
-new
- loads watchlists for all wikis referenced in user-config.py; if you use your bot account on several different wikis, this parameter will look at your watchlist on all those wikis
Use cases
No actual use cases are known. But it's a cool script. One imagines.