Edit bots

LANS · Post by **LANS** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:47 pm

I know nothing about wiki editing bots. Does anyone know of one I could program and use on the wiki to replace all the abbreviations with full words? Just some fairly simple search and replace on a mass scale. There's no reason to use the in-game-chat abbreviations on the wiki.

Eg: Replace all bbr with bomber
Replace all SF, sf, with stealth fighter
Add tical to the end of all tac not already followed by tical

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:03 pm

LANS wrote:QUOTE (LANS @ Mar 29 2011, 07:47 PM) Replace all SF, sf, with stealth fighter
Add tical to the end of all tac not already followed by tical

Have to be careful with find + replace, especially for those ambiguous abbreviations like SF (Steel Furry, Stealth Fighter) or you will get silly stuff like

stealth fighter were crushed by SysX who after their glorious victory celebrated with a traditional post match tic-tactical.

LANS · Post by **LANS** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:38 pm

I'd have to think up a comprehensive set of rules and test it a bit before letting it loose. Probably not worth the effort.

Andon · Post by **Andon** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:04 pm

Not really. If you found one to simply pull up every instance of it, that'd be more useful - Since you don't have to go hunting for it, but you choose which to change and which to keep.

Icky · Post by **Icky** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:33 pm

LANS wrote:QUOTE (LANS @ Mar 29 2011, 01:47 PM) I know nothing about wiki editing bots. Does anyone know of one I could program and use on the wiki to replace all the abbreviations with full words? Just some fairly simple search and replace on a mass scale. There's no reason to use the in-game-chat abbreviations on the wiki.

Eg: Replace all bbr with bomber
Replace all SF, sf, with stealth fighter
Add tical to the end of all tac not already followed by tical

Like Sharp said.

Also things like "op", "con", and "sy" which are pretty common sets of letters in ye olde Englishe.

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:08 am

Icky wrote:QUOTE (Icky @ Mar 30 2011, 12:33 AM) Like Sharp said.

Also things like "op", "con", and "sy" which are pretty common sets of letters in ye olde Englishe.

well I would hope it was going to have been an exact match find and replace

LANS · Post by **LANS** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:29 am

HSharp wrote:QUOTE (HSharp @ Mar 29 2011, 08:08 PM) well I would hope it was going to have been an exact match find and replace

I wouldn't set it to switch things mid-word, I would set it only to replace if the abbreviation was surrounded by spaces on both sides.

Operate would not be changed.
Op or Ops would be changed to Outpost or Outposts.

But its not worth the trouble, as you pointed out above, there are too many abbreviations with a context-sensitive rather than absolute definition.

raumvogel · Post by **raumvogel** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:43 am

Make an Allegiance abbreviations page so people could reference it if they are confused?

LANS · Post by **LANS** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:06 am

raumvogel wrote:QUOTE (raumvogel @ Mar 29 2011, 11:43 PM) Make an Allegiance abbreviations page so people could reference it if they are confused?

Already exists:

http://www.freeallegiance.org/FAW/index.php/Abbreviations

FIZ · Post by **FIZ** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:47 am

Seriously they are gonna run into this in-game. Might as well learn the abbrevs by reading up on wiki then when some com orders an OP push to the Tac sector. Booting could ensue.