Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/GraphBot

GraphBot

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Operator: GalStar (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 18:31, Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (UTC)

Function overview: Convert selected graphs to charts. Graphs must be of the template Template:PortGraph.

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python, Rust (mwbot)

Source code available: I will potentially release it soon.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: ~ a maximum 14,000 (the number of pages with broken graphs), likely fewer.

Namespace(s): Mainspace

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details:

Flow:

Searches for pages with Template:PortGraph
Loads page wikitext
Parse wikitext with mwparserfromhell, find all templates, storing the name, parameters, and wikitext
Do the following for all templates that are called "PortGraph" and have a "name" parameter.
- Generate tab and create it on commons
  - The parameters x, y, y1, y2, xType, yType are considered
- Generate chart and create it on commons
  - the type parameter is converted to the chart type
  - xAxisTitle and yAxisTitle are used for the axis titles
  - The title attribute is the title, if it doesn't exist, the name attribute is used instead
- Generate replacement with [[Template:ChartDisplay]] (i.e. [[Template:ChartDisplay|definition=[]|width=[]]])
Take all replacements and substitute the wikitext out.
Post edit onto wikipedia

Note: This bot appears to have edited since this BRFA was filed. Bots may not edit outside their own or their operator's userspace unless approved or approved for trial. AnomieBOT ⚡ 03:01, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note that these were manually approved edits. GalStar (talk) 03:32, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops after re-reading the rules I've realized that I shouldn't have edited any mainspace files, that was a mistake on my end. GalStar (talk) 04:58, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Wouldn't this require the bot to be approved first on Commons, or some sort of joint bot trial? Tenshi! (Talk page) 17:15, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have already filled for approval in commons, but I believe you are allowed to trail bots in commons without approval if you review all edits it makes. GalStar (talk) 17:33, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- c:Commons:Bots/Requests/GraphBot —usernamekiran (talk) 21:09, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This would be useful. Thanks for working on it. – SJ + 22:41, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
NB there were more graphs in April 2023 when they first broke, which could be rescued; but requires searching through a snapshot from that year. – SJ + 22:42, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]