Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/Automation

WP:AFIAUTO

Automation

Bot tasks

Task	Bot	BRFA	Function overview	Source code	Status
Manage nominations page	MusikBot	Task 8	Automatically archives dated nominations at WP:AFINOM, sorted by year/month. Approved entries are also added to the list of articles for improvement. Rotates nomination page sections. Adds {{Empty section}} template to empty sections. Working – Archive nominations as unapproved that have had no discussion in over 21 days.	GitHub	Running
Handling new selections	MusikBot	Task 7	Adding the new scheduled article to WT:AFI and removing the selection from WP:AFIL, then setting up the schedule pages, except adding an image and caption.	GitHub	Running
Article banner and talk page banner	MusikBot	Task 7	Automatically adds and removes {{AFI}} from articles selected as one of the articles for improvement; additionally adds {{Former AFI}} to talk pages of former AFIs.	GitHub	Running
Notifications	MusikBot	Task 7	Notifies WikiProjects when articles in their projects' scopes are selected for Articles for improvement, and notifies project members of the new weekly selections	GitHub	Running

Former bot tasks

Task	Bot	BRFA	Function overview	Source code	Status
Manage nominations page	ClueBot III		Automatically archives dated nominations at WP:AFINOM. Archives to a single archive page for both approved and unapproved nominations.	User:ClueBot III/Source	Approved nominations were manually added to the Holding area
Manage nominations page	Theo's Little Bot	Task 10	Automatically archives old nominations at WP:AFINOM, either moving them to an archive page (if unsuccessful) or to the TAFI holding area (if successful).	on github	Disabled as of Sept 16, 2014
Rotate nomination page sections	Theo's Little Bot		Shuffle the order of the nomination page categories. Per request at Wikipedia talk:Articles for improvement/Archive 7#Rotating_sections	on github	Disabled as of Sept 16, 2014
Manage TAFI's schedule	Theo's Little Bot	Task 14	Automatically manages and updates the schedule by selecting nominations from the holding area.	on github	Disabled as of Sept 16, 2014

Templates

Current templates

The following are templates used by the Articles for improvement WikiProject:

Template

Where to use

Example output

Placed at the top of articles (directly below hatnotes if they're present) during the time frame in which they are AFI articles, per this project's Schedule

Placed on article talk pages after the week's collaboration

This article was selected as the article for improvement for a period of one week.

Placed on WT:AFI every week. Serves to select and announce future articles.

The AFI article for Week 42 of year 2099

The selection for week 42 (starting 10 August 2099) is Berry.

Discussion

Please any comments or concerns about the selection here. If three net members elect to reselect the article, then the article will be reselected and the former one removed from the list of articles.

Sent weekly to users on the mailing list WP:AFI/Notify (usually using the Mass Message feature)

== This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2015) ==

A farmhouse (bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland

Hello, Articles for improvement.

The following is WikiProject Articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Farmhouse

Previous selections: Igloo • Dessert

Get involved with the AFI project! You can...

Posted by: North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:51, 4 August 2015 (UTC) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

Project advertising on the Community portal, user pages, or elsewhere.

Borderless version: {{AFI/Collaborations of the day (no border)}}

Place on a WikiProject's talk page when the current TAFI article is within their scope

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello,
Please note that Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/2024/47/1, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning Monday 18 November 2024. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing!
_{Delivered by ~~~~ on behalf of the AFI team}

Used on the List of articles page

This week's article for improvement is:

Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/2024/47/1

Previous selections: Stationery · Slow living · Space Age

Short-width box that can be used on user pages

This week's article for improvement is:

– Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/2024/47/1 –

Used within other templates

After joining the project, feel free to place one of the project's user boxes on your user page.

This user is a participant in WikiProject
Articles for improvement.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Articles for improvement.

To award a barnstar to editors who contribute to AFI articles and to this WikiProject. Copy and paste the code to a new section of their user talk page, adding in your message and signature (~~~~)

A barnstar for you!

		The AFI Barnstar
		Message

Used on the AFI nominations page (see instructions there)

Article – (page view stats • edit • talk • history)

{{subst:Choose random AFI}}

Used for scheduling, to choose a random article from the project's List of articles

Current notification templates

Template

Where to use

Example output

Used on user talk pages to invite people to join AFI

Invitation to WikiProject TAFI

Hello, {{subst:BASEPAGENAME}}. You're invited to join WikiProject Articles for improvement, a project dedicated to significantly improving articles with collaborative editing in a week's time.

Feel free to nominate an article for improvement at the project's Article nomination board. If interested in joining, please add your name to the list of members. Thanks for your consideration. {{subst:4~}}

Used on user talk pages to notify project members about discussions on the project's talk page. It is recommended to link directly to the new discussion section on the project's talk page.

Hello {{SUBST:BASEPAGENAME}}:

A (link discussion here) is occurring at the AFI talk page regarding _____. Your input is welcome at the discussion.

Used on the project's talk page to notify project members about discussions

Former templates

The following are former templates used by the Today's articles for improvement WikiProject:

Template

Where to use

Example output

No longer used
Sent weekly to users on the mailing list WP:TAFI/Notify (usually using the Mass Message feature)

== This week's articles for improvement (week 32, 2015) ==

A farmhouse (bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland

Hello, Today's articles for improvement.

The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections:

Previous selections: Igloo • Dessert • Kayaking

Get involved with the TAFI project! You can...

Posted by: North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:53, 4 August 2015 (UTC) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

No longer used
{{TAFI editor notice|Article=Article|Sign=~~~~}} was placed on a user's talk page

Hello,
The article, Article has been selected within the scope of our project to become one of Today's Articles for Improvement. The article is currently in the TAFI Holding Area, where comments are welcome about ideas to improve it. After the article is moved from the holding area to the TAFI schedule, it will be collaborated on for one week. Everyone is invited to participate in the discussion and encouraged to collaborate to improve the article.
Thank you,
~~~~
(From the TAFI team)

No longer used
TAFI talk page, weekly voting section for five weekly choices

Please indicate your top five choices in descending order of importance before 23:59 UTC Saturday. These will be allocated 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. The most popular articles will be scheduled for an upcoming weekly collaboration. Listings with 5 points or fewer are archived. Thanks for participating!

No longer used
TAFI talk page, weekly voting section for three weekly choices

Please indicate your top three choices in descending order of importance before 23:59 UTC Saturday. These will be allocated 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. The most popular article will be scheduled for an upcoming weekly collaboration. Listings with 3 points or fewer are archived. Thanks for participating!

No longer used
This template may be used to coordinate the weekly voting for Today's articles for improvement on the project's talk page.

(Extended content)

Choose the TAFI article for Week (add #) of (year)

10 randomly-chosen numbers, generated using this page from Random.org. ~~~~

Articles

Per the random numbers above, relative to numerically-listed entries at the Holding area

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Notifications

Pinging –
{{TAFI ping list|1}} ~~~~
{{TAFI ping list|2}} ~~~~

Messaging – Users on the Notifications list have been messaged about this week's vote. ~~~~

Votes and comments

Please indicate your top five choices in descending order of importance before 23:59 UTC Saturday. These will be allocated 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. The most popular articles will be scheduled for an upcoming weekly collaboration. Listings with 5 points or fewer are archived. Thanks for participating!