On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 01:52, Merlijn van Deen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Removing them for copyright reasons sounds like a task for delete.py to > me. Try > > delete.py -file:pagelist.txt -summary:"Copyright reasons" > Good suggestion. I tried replace.py because we wanted to keep the history, while we discuss the copyright. > using replace.py, try > > replace.py -file:pagelist.txt -regex -dotall ".*" "" > > For more information, see http://www.regular-expressions.info/python.htmland > delete.py -help > replace.py -help Thanks for the help - I hadn't been able to figure that out. Unfortunately it stalls - I get: $ python replace.py -cat:"The Transition Handbook" -regex -dotall ".*" "{{TTH removed}}/n/n[[Category:The Transition Handbook]]" Getting [[Category:The Transition Handbook]]... Getting 26 pages from appropedia:en... and then nothing happens. I tried changing various things, with no luck, so I'm just going to do it manually. Thanks anyway. Chris > > and/or check your pywikipedia dir for interesting scripts ;) > > --Merlijn > > On Mon, August 3, 2009 8:00 pm, Chris Watkins wrote: > > Is there a way I can use replace.py to replace an entire page with > certain > > text? There are pages I need to remove for copyright reasons, and I can > > list > > them in a file (to call with "-file:pagelist.txt"). > > > > I tried using *, for the search text, with and without quotation marks, > > but > > it didn't work - the command I used was of this form: > > > > $ python replace.py -regex "*" "{{XYZ}}" -file:filelist.txt > > > > Thanks! > > -- > > Chris Watkins > > > > Appropedia.org - Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives. > > > > identi.ca/appropedia / twitter.com/appropedia > > blogs.appropedia.org > > > > I like this: five.sentenc.es > > _______________________________________________ > > Pywikipedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikipedia-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pywikipedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikipedia-l > -- Chris Watkins Appropedia.org - Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives. identi.ca/appropedia / twitter.com/appropedia blogs.appropedia.org I like this: five.sentenc.es
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