Wikipedia:Did you know/Scripts and bots
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The following is a list of user scripts, programs, and bots used in the regular maintenance and updating of DYK. These scripts and bots assist with creating, reviewing, and moving DYK nominations, as well as updating the Main Page and other important tasks.
Scripts and programs
editNominating
edit- User:SD0001/DYK-helper: a Morebits GUI for making DYK nominations
- Wikipedia:Did you know/Create new nomination, by SD0001: a MediawikiJS page that encompasses the same script, but in a more user-friendly environment. No installation required.
Reviewing
edit- Wikipedia:Prosesize, by Dr pda: gets the prose length of an article, useful for assessing articles against the length criteria
- Wikipedia:Did you know/DYKcheck, by Shubinator: provides information on the newness and length of an article, including assessing whether it has been expanded fivefold
- User:Mandarax/DYKHookLength: extracts hooks, e.g., from a nomination page, prep, or queue, and displays them with their lengths
Prep and queue work
edit- user:theleekycauldron/DYK promoter (a.k.a. PSHAW): a Morebits GUI for moving DYK nominations to prep or queue
Bots
editDYK currently updates once every 24 hours.
Active
edit| Bot | Maintainer | Interval | Task | BRfA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAlertBot | 1 day | Updates WikiProject article alerts with lists of open DYK nominations | 1st | |
| DeadbeefBot | 0xDeadbeef | 1 day | Merges {{DYK talk}} with {{Article history}} on article talk pages | 2nd |
| DYKHousekeepingBot | Shubinator | 30 minutes | Updates DYK hook count | 2nd |
| 1 day | Notifies nominators when their nomination is not transcluded to Template talk:Did you know or Template talk:Did you know/Approved | 3rd | ||
| DYKToolsBot | RoySmith | 1 hour? | Classifies DYK nominations, for example as biographies | 1st |
| DYKUpdateBot | Shubinator | DYK | Updates Template:Did you know, which transcludes to the Main Page. Logs errors at User:DYKUpdateBot/Errors | 1st |
| Distributes {{UpdatedDYK}} credits to nominators and creators | ||||
| Adds {{DYK talk}} to article talk pages | ||||
| Archives sets to Wikipedia:Recent additions | ||||
| FACBot | Hawkeye7 | 12 hours | Merges {{DYK talk}} with {{Article history}} on article talk pages | 6th |
| GalliumBot | theleekycauldron | 3 hours | darn: Logs modifications of promoted hooks on nomination talk pages | 1st |
| 1 day | vandyke: Maintains Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics and notifies nominators when their hooks "score" above a certain threshold | 2nd | ||
| 1 hour | proctor: Maintains Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of DYK promotions | 3rd | ||
| JL-Bot | JLaTondre | 1 week | Updates WikiProjects with lists of articles that have appeared at DYK | 5th |
| KrinkleBot | 10 minutes | Protects DYK images hosted at Commons before they reach the Main Page | 2nd | |
| MajavahBot | Taavi | One-time run? | Fills in missing DYK hooks on article talk tags | 4th |
| MilHistBot | Hawkeye7 | 1 day | Updates Template:WPMILHIST Announcements with open MILHIST DYK nominations | 1st |
| MusikBot | MusikAnimal | 1 day | Adds new date headers at Template talk:Did you know | 6th |
| SDZeroBot | SD0001 | When a DYK is nominated | Updates list of users by most DYK nominations | None |
| WugBot | Wugapodes | 2 hours | Moves approved nominations from Template talk:Did you know to Template talk:Did you know/Approved | 2nd |
| 1 day | Transcludes DYK nominations on article talk | 3rd |
Inactive
edit| Bot | Maintainer | Interval | Task | Final edit | BRfA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYKBot | Nixeagle | DYK | Companion for DYKadminBot, but did not maintain Template:Did you know | 2008-12-31 | 1st |
| DYKadminBot | Nixeagle | DYK | Predecessor to DYKUpdateBot | 2010-02-15 | 1st |
| DYKReviewBot | Intelligentsium | Inconsistent | Reviewed new DYK nominations on a fixed subset of the criteria | 2016-10-30 | 1st |
| DYKToolsAdminBot | RoySmith | N/A | Companion for DYKToolsBot | Not started | N/A |
| EnterpriseyBot | Enterprisey | 1 day | Notified an editor if an article they had created/expanded was nominated for DYK by someone else | 2022-02-22 | 2nd |
| GimmeBot | Gimmetrow | Inconsistent | Predecessor to FACBot's DYK task | 2013-01-31 | 1st |
| WikiStatsBOT | ThaddeusB | 30 minutes | Updated DYK hook count | 2010-10-14 | 1st |