Forum:Mass file moves/redirects/etc.

I need some help with the problem found at this page on Wikipedia. Basically, I need to move a ton of images (over at the Star Trek fanfic wiki) from PNG to png, change all of the links to those images from PNG to png and then delete the redirects. I've been given a list of several scripts to use but I have absolutely no idea of what exactly it is I'm supposed to do. If someone could give me a walkthrough, I'd appreciate it. -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 04:00, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * I did something kind of like this (it was a lot bigger) and it was relatively simple. You'll need Pywikipedia bot and will need to run a couple of scripts. Run movepages.py on a list of the pages you want moved (don't suppress redirects.) Then, fixing_redirects.py over all pages should bypass the redirect and change it on every page. Finally, delete.py over the list of the old redirects would get rid of them. If you need more detail or have questions, please post them here! Joey (talk) 04:28, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * See, that's the problem. I don't know how to do any of that. I need someone to walk me through the steps, like how to get the bot on our wiki. -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 04:32, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Meta has some quite easy to follow instructions on set-up and running some scripts at their Pywikipedia bot page that may help you through some of the basics and give you a start :-). Grunny  ( Talk ) 04:40, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Easy to use? I'm completely lost. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 05:14, January 17, 2010 (UTC)

You know, it might be easier for someone who actually knows what they're doing to do all of this stuff instead of trying to explain it to me. When I set out to find out how to fix this problem, I didn't think it would be this complicated. -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 05:50, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Anyone? -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 03:13, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Compile a list of pages you want moved and I'll have a look. Joey (talk) 03:29, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Every image that uses this template. -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 03:32, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * You'll need to ask a bureaucrat to make User:JoeyaaBot a sysop so that it can move files and also request a bot flag. Joey (talk) 04:05, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and put in the request. I should probably just ask to be promoted to bureaucrat so I can do these things myself in the future. -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 04:10, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Have you registered the account yet? -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 06:31, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * JoeyaaBot has been registered for over a year. Joey (talk) 06:43, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Seriously? What was it originally registered on the wiki for? -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 06:45, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Accounts on Wikia are global; that is, they work on 99.9% of other Wikia sites. I made the account a long time ago when I was doing some bot tasks on a few local wikis, and I still do those same tasks, as they are very beneficial. But in cases like this, I use it for bot requests, where someone asks for help. Joey (talk) 06:50, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Aha. Well, that's perfect. I have no idea when the bureaucrats will respond, as all three of them seem to be inactive. -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 06:52, January 18, 2010 (UTC)

Hmm. I've been made a bureaucrat but the user rights management page won't allow me to flag it as a bot. -- Kevin W. &bull; Talk to me 23:41, January 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * You can't.
 * Only staff can give bot flag.
 * — TulipVorlax 14:46, January 21, 2010 (UTC)