Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Taxobot 4

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Taxobot 4

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Operator: Smith609 (talk · contribs)

Automatic or Manually assisted: Manually supervised by users

Programming language(s): PHP

Source code available: Will be available at Google Code, which currently hosts code for existing task (WP:BRFA#Taxobot 2).

Function overview: This function will help editors to edit the taxonomy in an {{automatic taxobox}} (see below).

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template_talk:Automatic_taxobox#Taxonomy_maintenance.

Edit period(s): When explicitly triggered by an editor.

Estimated number of pages affected: One page per user activation.

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No; approval subject to approval of Task 2.

Function details:

Template:Automatic taxobox is a template that removes the clutter from Template:Taxobox, automatically generating taxonomic information based on a series of templates that are invisible to the user, and will be generated by Taxobot if Task 2 is approved.

To change the taxonomy displayed in an automatic taxobox, one must edit these "invisible" templates; this requires familiarity with the templates, and produces a steep learning curve that may be a barrier to editing.

I propose to add a discrete "edit" link to the taxobox, which will direct the user to a page showing a full list of the taxonomic information stored in the "invisible" templates. This page will allow users to modify the taxonomy; on confirmation and explanation of an edit, it will be committed to the appropriate back-end template at Wikipedia. As with other Taxobot tasks, users will be required to provide their username before they can use this tool.

Discussion

• Support This would be helpful, and may be a great tool for seeing at once all of the parent taxa, even the ones not shown in the taxobox. ErikHaugen (talk) 21:28, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

• I've invented a way to do this on-wiki – so am withdrawing the request. Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 23:23, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Withdrawn by operator.

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