Commons:Bots/Work requests

This is a page for requesting work to be done by a bot. This is an appropriate place to simply put ideas for bots. However be aware of various tools available to all users which can be used to accomplish the work without the need for a bot:

Gadget Cat-a-lot can be used for most category adding, removing and moving
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Commons:Batch uploading page can be used to request mass image uploads

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#	Bot request	💬	👥	🙋 Last editor	🕒 (UTC)
1	Replace coodinates in file descriptions with {{location}} template	1	1	TheImaCow	2024-04-06 14:57
2	Add coordinates to images	6	2	Herzi Pinki	2024-04-21 10:10
3	Distribution of photographs by year	1	1	MasterRus21thCentury	2024-04-23 08:18
4	Add Template:User category (CL)	1	1	Enhancing999	2024-04-29 09:49
5	DGJ file descriptions from Flickr	1	1	Enhancing999	2024-05-05 07:38
6	Removing a redundant parent category from 100+ images	3	2	GanzKnusper	2024-05-07 12:48

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Replace coodinates in file descriptions with {{Location}} template[edit]

Most files within Category:US National Archives series: Digital Photographs Relating to America's Byways have the exact location of the camera within their "|description=", such as "Location: Oregon (44.099° N 121.725° W)" on this file. It would be good if someone could convert this to use the standart {{Location}} template. I don't know how many files this affects exactly, but it are definitly multiple thousands. Further, many files have "Photo by XYZ" within the description, but the |author= parameter is empty, resulting in "Author: Unknown author or not provided" which could be fixed too. TheImaCow (talk) 14:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add coordinates to images[edit]

There are many images listed on Commons:Files used on OpenStreetMap that lack coordinates, but have them on OSM. A bot could add {{Object location}} to file description pages.

This was previously suggested by another user to the maintainer of the lists, but they have other things on their plate. @Herzi Pinki and Bjh21: Enhancing999 (talk) 09:21, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You could try User:Herzi Pinki/GeoTools to do this manually. best --Herzi Pinki (talk) 11:14, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Funny. An estimate how much time that would take? Enhancing999 (talk) 11:32, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can write a bot yourself, find someone who will do it for you, do it manually, or keep it as it is. It takes less than a minute per image using my scripts (I have done 6 now in 4 minutes: [1]). Do you have an estimation how many images are still missing location info? best --Herzi Pinki (talk) 20:34, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The purpose of this page is to find a contributor who is willing to do it by bot. You might want to redact your comments accordingly.

There are about 175 subpages. I check one, it had 1000 images with 60% without coordinates. Enhancing999 (talk) 21:47, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You asked for an estimate. best --Herzi Pinki (talk) 10:10, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you elaborate and explain on your other suggestions. I consider them off topic.

Distribution of photographs by year[edit]

Hello! I ask you to distribute photographs by year in the following categories of Wikimedia Commons:

MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 08:18, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add Template:User category (CL)[edit]

Please add {{User category |1=Chris Light}} to the user categories of @Chris Light: . This ensures they are in Category:User categories (flat list) and marked as hidden categories.

To find them: https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=28135244

I fixed the few inclusions that weren't user categories (or shouldn't be): sample. A few are still to fix:

About 60 are currently not hidden categories: sample. They will be once the template is added. Enhancing999 (talk) 09:49, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DGJ file descriptions from Flickr[edit]

Files like this have some duplicated text and content that is of interest mainly to Flickr users. In the past, I cleaned up some pages myself, but there are actually plenty of them, see Special:Search/"PLEASE, NO invitations or self promotions, THEY WILL BE DELETED." (about 10000). Also Category:Dennis G. Jarvis and Special:Search/"Dennis G. Jarvis" (27000).

Possibly Creator:Dennis G. Jarvis template could be added at the same time. Enhancing999 (talk) 07:38, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Removing a redundant parent category from 100+ images[edit]

Most (maybe all?) of the 111 images in the category Category:Los_Gaiteros_de_San_Jacinto are also in parent category Category:Cumbia music groups from Colombia. Would someone be able to remove the parent category from those images? GanzKnusper (talk) 11:41, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GanzKnusper: That was quite a simple request and does not need a bot to do it. I've done them and used the "Perform batch task" that you find in the left side panel of pages. I used it on the files in the category and did a simple replace of Category:Cumbia music groups from Colombia with a "space" though two of the files did not have to be changed as you suggested. This is something you can do yourself but be cautious as it is a powerful tool with many options and easy to make mistakes. There seem to be more files that should be in Category:Los_Gaiteros_de_San_Jacinto, so simple text replacement will do the job for you replacing one category with another one. Good luck. Ww2censor (talk) 12:14, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that! I wasn't aware of VisualFileChange.js, which adds the "Perform batch task" option. I'll cautiously try it out! GanzKnusper (talk) 12:48, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]