Wikipedia:Did you know/Scripts and bots

Did you know?
Introduction and rules
Introduction	WP:DYK
General discussion	WT:DYK
Guidelines	WP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructions	WP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an article	WP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approval	WP:DYKN
Approved	WP:DYKNA
April 1 hooks	WP:DYKAPRIL
Holding area	WP:SOHA
Preparation
Preps and queues	TM:DYK/Q
Prepper instructions	WP:DYKPBI
Admin instructions	WP:DYKAI
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
History
Statistics	WP:DYKSTATS
Archived sets	WP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wraps	WP:DYKW
Awards	WP:DYKAWARDS
Userboxes	WP:DYKUBX
Hall of Fame	WP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominations	WP:DYKNC
... by promotions	WP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and bots	WP:DYKSB
On the Main Page	TM:DYK
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
To ping the DYK admins	{{DYK admins}}

The following is a list of user scripts, programs, and bots used in the regular maintenance and updating of DYK. These scripts and bots assist with opening, closing, moving, and and reviewing DYK nominations, as well as updating the Main Page and other important tasks.

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
  1. Updates Template:Did you know, thus updating the main page
  2. Updates talk pages of articles that are featured on Did you know
  3. Notifies nominators and contributors of articles featured on Did you know
• WugBot, by Wugapodes
  1. Moves approved nominations from Template talk:Did you know to Template talk:Did you know/Approved
  2. 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.