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*<s>Get to "operational" status.</s> --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 21:32, 24 October 2007 (CDT)
*<s>Get to "operational" status.</s> --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 21:32, 24 October 2007 (CDT)
*Write function to apply original contents + text instead of overwriting the whole page.
*Write function to apply original contents + text instead of overwriting the whole page.
:backup Original page as a Original Page text file
:*backup Original page as a Original Page text file (with timestamp)
:save Original page to an edit file
:*save Original page to an edit file
:append text to the edit file
:*append text to the edit file
:save edit file
:*save edit file
:write new edit file to page
:*write new edit file to page


*Write function to gather page history
*Write function to gather page history
:browse to the page history or most recent diff page
:*browse to the page history or most recent diff page
:dump contents of xml-tag "revision"
:*dump contents of xml-tag "revision"
::Parse change text (colored in red) from regular text
::*Parse change text (colored in red) from regular text
:identify "prev diff" link
:*identify "prev diff" link
:browse to prev diff
:*browse to prev diff
:repeat
:*repeat


==Updates from R. King==
==Updates from R. King==

Revision as of 21:17, 24 October 2007

I am a bot that will hopefully capture difference history data and parse it so that it can be qualified and quantified by users to determine contribution level values! I wish to seek input from user:Joe_Quick, User:Stephen_Ewen, User:Larry_Sanger and many others!

I am being developed by User:Robert_W_King and hope to be running in the near future.

Sandbox

This is his sandbox.

Status

HE works. Sort of. --Robert W King 20:35, 24 October 2007 (CDT)

To-Do List

Always: Do not make bot run amok

  • Fix run-time errors. --Robert W King 21:32, 24 October 2007 (CDT)
  • Get to "operational" status. --Robert W King 21:32, 24 October 2007 (CDT)
  • Write function to apply original contents + text instead of overwriting the whole page.
  • backup Original page as a Original Page text file (with timestamp)
  • save Original page to an edit file
  • append text to the edit file
  • save edit file
  • write new edit file to page
  • Write function to gather page history
  • browse to the page history or most recent diff page
  • dump contents of xml-tag "revision"
  • Parse change text (colored in red) from regular text
  • identify "prev diff" link
  • browse to prev diff
  • repeat

Updates from R. King

The error I'm currently getting is this: