Wikipedia:Did you know/Scripts and bots
Appearance
The following is a list of user scripts, programs, and bots used in the regular maintenance and updating of DYK.
Scripts and programs
Nominating
- 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
- 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
Prep and queue work
- user:theleekycauldron/pshaw – a Morebits GUI for moving DYK nominations to prep or queue
Other maintenance
- user:theleekycauldron/DYKPC.js – updates Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of DYK promotions
- user:theleekycauldron/DYKViews – updates pages in Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics and notifies nominators when their hooks perform well
Bots
Active
- DYKHousekeepingBot, by Shubinator – updates Wikipedia:Did you know/DYK hook count
- DYKUpdateBot, by Shubinator
- Updates Template:Did you know, thus updating the main page
- Updates talk pages of articles that are featured on Did you know
- Notifies nominators and contributors of articles featured on Did you know
- WugBot, by Wugapodes
- Moves approved nominations from Template talk:Did you know to Template talk:Did you know/Approved
- Reminds nominators to transclude their nominations to Template talk:Did you know
Defunct
- DYKReviewBot, by Intelligentsium – Performed partial DYK reviews on every new nomination, checking newness, length, and sourcing, among other attributes.