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. 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:
- 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
- GalliumBot, by theleekycauldron: detects and logs when a hook has been modified after promotion
- 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.