Forum:Creating pages using bots


 * 1) Is it possible to mass create pages with a bot (like 500 or so)?
 * 2) If so, How could I get the bot to add page-specific info to their infobox template?


 * Many thanks.


 * Yes, I'm doing just that right now. :)
 * The bot "sees" the pages exactly like you do in the classic editor. The bot can add raw templates (and any other kind of wiki markup) and the parser will resolve that when a visitor requests the page. As for the editing itself: The bot can replace the entire page or append/prepend to it. Everything else is text processing... -- Pecoes 14:07, March 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay then, what software, and how?
 * Could it add parameters to each page's template based on a file?


 * The software is up to you. The standard program seems to be AWB. I downloaded it and managed to log in with it, but that was it. That's all I figured out how to do. It seems to be a very powerful program, but it's not particularly intuitive. You will have to do read quite a bit of documentation before you can get started with it I imagine. It still might be your best choice. Personally I decided to program my own bot. From the way you ask I'm going to guess that's not an option you're interestd in. You should probably go with ABW then.
 * Depends. If you write your own bot, that's easy. It's probably possible with AWB as well, but I wouldn't know how. -- Pecoes 14:38, March 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * Fair enough then. I'm an AWB user, so I'll have another look at it.


 * If you have a database of info for your page infoboxes, you could just use a Mail-Merge program (Like MS Word) to create the pages offline, then copy and paste into place. MTracey1 PSN/XBL: Mackem1985  22:23, March 7, 2012 (UTC)

Just checked the AWB pages on wikipedia and there's a plugin available here which mail-merges data from a CSV file into your page. CSV files are comma-delimited data files that can be created from most spreadsheet or database software. if you'realready using AWB or you're interested in doing so, it may be worth a look. If you want some help with it, send me a message at w:c:gran-turismo:User_talk:MTracey1 and I'll see what I can do. MTracey1 PSN/XBL: Mackem1985 16:19, March 9, 2012 (UTC)