Manual:Pywikibot/category redirect.py

category_redirect.py is a Pywikibot script used to move pages out of redirected categories.

The bot will look for categories that are marked with a category redirect template, take the first parameter of the template as the target of the redirect, and move all pages and subcategories of the category there. It also changes hard redirects into soft redirects, and fixes double redirects. A log is written under <userpage>/category_redirect_log. Only category pages that haven't been edited for a certain cooldown period (7 days by default) are taken into account.

The following parameters are supported:

Parameter	Description
-delay:#	Set an amount of days. If the category is edited more recenty than given days, ignore it. Default is 7
-tiny	Only loops over Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories and moves all images, pages and categories in redirect categories to the target category

Usage

$ python pwb.py category_redirect [options]

Global arguments available

These options will override the configuration in user-config.py settings.

Global options

Parameter	Description	Config variable
-dir:PATH	Read the bot's configuration data from directory given by PATH, instead of from the default directory.
-config:file	The user config filename. Default is user-config.py.	user-config.py
-lang:xx	Set the language of the wiki you want to work on, overriding the configuration in user-config.py. xx should be the language code.	mylang
-family:xyz	Set the family of the wiki you want to work on, e.g. wikipedia, wiktionary, wikitravel, ... This will override the configuration in user-config.py.	family
-user:xyz	Log in as user 'xyz' instead of the default username.	usernames
-daemonize:xyz	Immediately return control to the terminal and redirect stdout and stderr to file xyz. (only use for bots that require no input from stdin).
-help	Show the help text.
-log	Enable the log file, using the default filename 'script_name-bot.log' Logs will be stored in the logs subdirectory.	log
-log:xyz	Enable the log file, using 'xyz' as the filename.	logfilename
-nolog	Disable the log file (if it is enabled by default).
-maxlag	Sets a new maxlag parameter to a number of seconds. Defer bot edits during periods of database server lag. Default is set by config.py	maxlag
-putthrottle:n -pt:n -put_throttle:n	Set the minimum time (in seconds) the bot will wait between saving pages.	put_throttle
-debug:item -debug	Enable the log file and include extensive debugging data for component "item" (for all components if the second form is used).	debug_log
-verbose -v	Have the bot provide additional console output that may be useful in debugging.	verbose_output
-cosmeticchanges -cc	Toggles the cosmetic_changes setting made in config.py or user-config.py to its inverse and overrules it. All other settings and restrictions are untouched.	cosmetic_changes
-simulate	Disables writing to the server. Useful for testing and debugging of new code (if given, doesn't do any real changes, but only shows what would have been changed).	simulate
-<config var>:n	You may use all given numeric config variables as option and modify it with command line.