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WPCleaner provides a few Bot tools:

• Update of existing disambiguation warning messages on talk pages to inform contributors on the presence of links to disambiguation pages.
• Update of ISBN warning messages on talk pages to inform contributors on the presence of ISBN errors.
• Update of duplicate arguments warning messages on talk pages to inform contributors on the presence of duplicate arguments.
• Make a list of ISBN errors with related articles.
• Monitor recent changes to detect new disambiguation links.
• Check Wiki project:
  • Automatic fixing for some errors.
  • Verification of existing errors in articles.
  • Verification of white lists.

Note: These tools are meant to be used only by authorized bots. They can modify a lots of pages in a small amount of time. Use only this functions if you understand perfectly the modifications about to be made. It's your responsibility to ensure that the modifications are correct.

Most of these tools are also available in the command line, so they can be used automatically on a regular basis.

To use WPCleaner from the command line:

• Download WikipediaCleaner.jar
• Run WPCleaner with the following command:
  • On Windows, java -cp WikipediaCleaner.jar org.wikipediacleaner.Bot general_options wiki user password command options…

Where :

• general_options are possible general options:
  • -timelimit seconds to define a time limit in seconds for the execution time
• wiki is the wiki code on which WPCleaner should run (« en » for this wiki)
• user is your user name
• password is your password
• command is the command to run, and options… the specific options for the command. Available commands are :
  • UpdateDabWarnings to update disambiguation warnings (example on frwiki)
  • UpdateDuplicateArgsWarnings to update duplicate arguments warnings (example on frwiki)
  • UpdateISBNWarnings to update ISBN warnings (example on frwiki)
  • ListISBNWarnings to update the list of ISBN errors
  • UpdateISSNWarnings to update ISSN warnings (example on frwiki)
  • ListISSNWarnings to update the list of ISSN errors
  • FixCheckWiki to fix some errors for the Check Wiki project. The options contain error numbers for lists to be analyzed (errorNumber) and eventually other errors to be fixed if found in the article (+errorNumber).
  • ListCheckWiki to analyze a MediaWiki dump file to find some errors for the Check Wiki project. The options contain:
    • path to the dump file,
    • path to the directory or files (directoryOrFile) or the name of page (wiki:pageName), where the result will be stored. Note: {0} will be replaced by the error number.
    • error numbers for lists to be analyzed (errorNumber).

Update

It's always better to use an up to date version of WPCleaner, and it's even more important when running in bot mode.

The UpdateWPCleaner.bat script below retrieves the last version of WPCleaner on Windows. The wget program can be downloaded from the GnuWin32 project.

@ECHO OFF

:: Update WPCleaner
DEL /F WikipediaCleaner.jar
"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" http://site4145.mutu.sivit.org/WikiCleaner/WikipediaCleaner.jar

Repetitive tasks

It's possible to create scripts to do some repetitive tasks.

The FixCheckWiki.bat script below automatically fixes error #16 (Control characters).

@ECHO OFF

:: Update WPCleaner
CALL UpdateWPCleaner.bat

java -cp WikipediaCleaner.jar org.wikipediacleaner.Bot fr USER PASSWORD FixCheckWiki 16

It's possible to run WPCleaner in bot mode on Toolforge. Details can be found in this Phabricator issue, especially in this comment.

It's possible to run WPCleaner in bot mode on some NAS, depending on the brand and model of the NAS. This chapter gives an example for Synology NAS (tested with DS411j model).

To run automated tasks with WPCleaner at regular interval, follow the steps below:

• Install Java (details on the procedure are available at pcloadletter):
  • Check which CPU your NAS has, based on this list (DS411j example: Marvell Kirkwood mv6281 1.2Ghz ARM so ARM).
  • Download Java 7 Embedded for your kind of CPU on Oracle website (DS411j example: ejre-7u55-fcs-b13-linux-arm-sflt-headless-17_mar_2014.tar.gz) and copy it in the shared folder public of your NAS (create this folder if needed)
  • In your NAS package centre, add PCLoadLetter with url http://packages.pcloadletter.co.uk.
  • Install package Java SE Embedded 7.
• Create the script:
  • Create a dedicated directory for the script (example: /volume1/Divers/WPCleaner/ISBNWarnings)
  • Create the script itself (example : script.sh below to be adapted according to the directory you have chosen and the task to be accomplished). A few explanations:
    • On the first line, use #!/bin/sh
    • Then use the cd command to go in the directory containing the script
    • Update WPCleaner (rm and wget commands)
    • Run the automated task(s) with WPCleaner (example, update disambiguation warnings)
  • Check that the script works from the command line
• Schedule the script using the NAS Task Scheduler.

#!/bin/sh
cd /volume1/Divers/WPCleaner/FixCheckWiki/
/bin/rm -f WikipediaCleaner.jar 2>&1 | /usr/bin/tee script.log
/usr/bin/wget -nv http://site4145.mutu.sivit.org/WikiCleaner/WikipediaCleaner.jar 2>&1 | /usr/bin/tee -a script.log
/volume1/@appstore/java7/jre/bin/java -Xmx1024m -cp WikipediaCleaner.jar org.wikipediacleaner.Bot fr USER PASSWORD UpdateDabWarnings 2>&1 | /usr/bin/tee -a script.log
echo Finished >> script.log