User talk:Master Jonathan

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Bot request for Fact Files
Hey Jonathan. As you might be aware, The Official Star Wars Fact File was recently republished, with new issues incorporating new content and such. I was wondering if you'd be able to give your bot a few scripts to run because I'm currently in the process of moving some pages related to the Fact File remake. The current issue is that last year (2013), there were actually five issues released for the magazine's new run&mdash;then after the fifth issue last year, the magazine stopped. However, this year, the magazine has started to undergo republishing, with 120 issues total planned.

The five issues from last year are included as the first five issues of 2014's run, but with some changes&mdash;although it's mostly minor image revisions/switches/placement changes and also some notation revisions (for example, in 2013's issue 1, the Battle of Yavin section was listed as "YAV 1–4," but in 2014's issue 1, it's "0 BBY 45–48), it's significant enough to require entirely new articles for these five 2014 issues, numbers one through five.

So&hellip; that's mostly why I'm asking for these changes. What I'd actually like to request is more straightforward and clear (hopefully).


 * 1) First, it would be great if you could change the following code:
 * to:
 * The reason is that I recently modified the original FFCite citation template so that it can be used for the 2002–2005 original run and also the issues of the new remake that started this year. This is intended to depreciate the NewFFCite citation template.
 * 1) Second, would you also be able to fix the redirects that I just created? Specifically:
 * 2) The Official Star Wars Fact File 1 (remake) should be changed to The Official Star Wars Fact File 1 (2013),
 * 3) The Official Star Wars Fact File 2 (remake) to The Official Star Wars Fact File 2 (2013),
 * 4) The Official Star Wars Fact File 3 (remake) to The Official Star Wars Fact File 3 (2013),
 * 5) The Official Star Wars Fact File 4 (remake) to The Official Star Wars Fact File 4 (2013), and
 * 6) The Official Star Wars Fact File 5 (remake) to The Official Star Wars Fact File 5 (2013).
 * Normally I'd take care of redirects myself, but there are just so many that I figured that it would be more efficient to use a bot like yours.
 * 1) The Official Star Wars Fact File 5 (remake) to The Official Star Wars Fact File 5 (2013).
 * Normally I'd take care of redirects myself, but there are just so many that I figured that it would be more efficient to use a bot like yours.

Hopefully all of that is clear. If you have any questions about my two requests (or why I'm asking for these requests), I'd be more than happy to clarify them. Thanks!  CC7567  (talk) 03:44, January 27, 2014 (UTC)


 * Also, as a sidenote, the page for the magazine remake itself (The Official Star Wars Fact File (remake)) should stay where it is, since it applies to the 2013 and the 2014 issues.  CC7567  (talk) 03:46, January 27, 2014 (UTC)


 * Updating the template usage is not a problem, and shouldn't take long with only 126 transclusions. I'll set that up shortly. As for the second, I no longer use my bot to fix redirects en masse unless a different page needs to take the redirect's place. Fixing redirect links for the sake of fixing redirects requires accounting for multiple use cases in my find/replace rules and does not carry enough benefit to be worth the work. If someone gets bored and wants to fix them manually, they can, otherwise it's much easier to just leave them alone and let people fix them as they come across them, especially since they don't really affect readers' experience (they get the same page either way, just with a tiny note under the title that it was redirected). &mdash;MJ&mdash; Training Room 03:57, January 27, 2014 (UTC)


 * Alright, that sounds good. Thanks.  CC7567  (talk) 04:02, January 27, 2014 (UTC)


 * The templates have now been updated. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Council Chambers 05:20, January 27, 2014 (UTC)

Hey Jon. So, lo and behold, I have another bot request for you&mdash;simply to change  to , to account for the page move to "(second run)" instead of "(remake)," "(2013)," and such. I've already updated the FFCite template so all that remains is for the same 126 transclusions to be adjusted. Thanks, and sorry for the trouble.  CC7567  (talk) 01:57, January 29, 2014 (UTC)


 * Actually&hellip; never mind. It's better for the pages to stay at "(2013)" and "(2014)" for clarity.  CC7567  (talk) 02:02, January 29, 2014 (UTC)


 * OK, then. If the decision is made in the future to change them, it would help tremendously if a tracking category is added to the template to categorize pages that use the old parameter (e.g. ). Without that, I would have to iterate over all 3,878 transclusions of FFCite (which isn't hard, just time-consuming). &mdash;MJ&mdash; War Room 02:11, January 29, 2014 (UTC)

Category bot
Hey, MJ. At the suggestion of other users, I've developed a new categorization system for actors and voice actors which can be found here. As I'd rather not repeat the amount of grunt work it took to do the weapons and droids, is it possible for your bot to apply the categories? Each category on that page is followed by a list of articles that should be in the category. It'd be great if you could implement this. Thanks, Cade    Calrayn  04:25, January 31, 2014 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I can work on this, though not immediately. The main issue, though, will be that I do not know of any way to put the new category in alphabetical order using AWB. So this might be a good time to stop putting it off and learn to use Pywikipedia, where I can write my own scripts from scratch. Lord knows I've already read Python for Dummies cover to cover twice, so it shouldn't be that hard. Give me until Valentine's Day to figure out which way to attack this; if I haven't started by then, ping me here because that would probably mean that I forgot. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Jedi Council Chambers 05:07, January 31, 2014 (UTC)

Voxyn copyedit
Hey MJ. I was wondering if I could get you to give voxyn a copyedit on my workbench. Thanks, 501st  dogma ( talk ) 18:04, February 2, 2014 (UTC)


 * Sure. I have more important things taking up my time for the next few days, but I'll try to get to this before the end of the week. Ping me if it's not done by next Sunday. &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> Council Chambers</b> 06:35, February 3, 2014 (UTC)


 * Ping. :P 501st  dogma ( talk ) 15:24, February 9, 2014 (UTC)


 * Pong. :P (Triggering the big orange bar again so I can handle this "tomorrow" (Monday) evening.)  Advanced Jedi Training Droid 6  ( Talk to my master ) 06:51, February 10, 2014 (UTC)


 * Car problems wiped out my day yesterday (thankfully it didn't cost me anything), so this got pushed back to tonight. I'll be starting on it in a few minutes. &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> Council Chambers</b> 00:34, February 12, 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks :) 501st  dogma ( talk ) 00:47, February 12, 2014 (UTC)


 * Done. Let me know if you have any questions. &mdash;MJ&mdash;</b> Comlink</b> 01:52, February 12, 2014 (UTC)
 * P.S. I can't believe you used "efflux". Are you secretly Troy Denning? :P