User:Legoktm/Pywikipedia

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A 'crat bot?

This manual will teach you how to set up the pywikipedia framework on Mac OS X, but not how to actually program in pywikipedia. This guide is based on Botwiki:Manual:Speed guide for pywikipediabot.

You MUST understand the Bot Policy before testing this bot out, or you risk being BLOCKED.

[edit] Installing Python

Download Python to your desktop from here (direct link). Unzip the file and run the installer. Python should now be successfully installed.

mylang = 'en'
family = 'wikipedia'
usernames['wikipedia']['en'] = 'USERNAME'
console_encoding = 'utf-8'

mylang: choose language of the wiki you want to edit (for commons use "commons" without the quotes)

family: what WMF wiki you want to edit. (You can edit some other non-WMF wikis, list at Botwiki)

usernames: first bracket is family, second bracket is mylang and USERNAME is the user who will be making the edits.

Save the file as user-config.py in your pywikipedia folder. (Text edit probably will make you add .txt at the end, but you can manually remove it)

Open the application Terminal, which is can be found in the Utilities folder in Applications.
Type in cd pywikipedia
Then python login.py You will be asked for your password. Your password will not show up for security reasons, but it will be entered. (You only have to do this step the first time.)
Type in python and then the name of the script you wish to run. Example: python welcome.py

Welcome.py Welcomes 50 newest users with {{subst:welcome}}
Checkimages.py Checks last 80 image uploads and makes sure they have a proper source (Easier to use on Commons)

Go to the Botwiki (external link)
Go to the IRC channel #botolatori (Main language is Italian, but English is also understood)