Wikibase:Analytics/IABot: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:36, 3 November 2026

InternetArchiveBot has been operated by the Internet Archive since 2015, based on the earlier Cyberpower II. James Hare has been supporting the InternetArchiveBot effort since February 2020.

Versions

InternetArchiveBot 1: ?
InternetArchiveBot 2: The current version, flexibly supports many different kinds of wikis
- Cycles through each wiki in alphabetical order
- Supports all manner of wiki templates (or lack thereof)
InternetArchiveBot 3: The future
- Event-centric workflow: link found dead, usage throughout wikis searched, replaced

Tracking deployments

Deployment information has moved out of Airtable and into Librarybase. Each wiki InternetArchiveBot runs on, or might run on, has an item here. There are 789 wiki items as of November 2026.

Librarybase stores only what people decide or record: setup stage, approvals and the reasons behind them. Anything another system can answer more accurately is not stored here:

Whether the bot is running comes from the InternetArchiveBot management interface. This includes who disabled it and why.
Whether a wiki allows global bots comes from Meta's opted-out-of-global-bots wikiset.
Bot flag, blocks and last edit come from each wiki's API.
Whether a wiki is closed comes from the site matrix.

Properties

Property	Name	Potential values	Comments
P34	database code	Text, for example `enwiki`	The wiki's database name. Every wiki item has one; tools match wikis on it. MD Wiki's code is `mdwikior_wiki`, but the management interface calls it `mdwiki_wiki`, which is kept as an alias on the item.
P35	title	Text (English)	The wiki's full name, for example "English Wikipedia".
P41	official website	URL	The wiki's address, for example `https://en.wikipedia.org`.
P1	exact match	URL of a Wikidata item	The wiki's Wikidata item, where Wikidata has one. Left off where Wikidata attaches the database code to an organization, not a wiki (some affiliate wikis).
P37	host	Wikimedia Foundation (Q246922) Miraheze (Q246923) Weird Gloop (Q246924) independently hosted wiki (Q246925)	The organization the wiki runs on.
P38	wiki family	Wikipedia (Q246926) Wiktionary (Q246927) Wikisource (Q246928) Wikinews (Q246929) Wikiquote (Q246930) Wikiversity (Q246931) Wikivoyage (Q246932) Wikibooks (Q246933) special Wikimedia wiki (Q249001)	Wikimedia wikis only; non-Wikimedia wikis are identified by host instead. "Special Wikimedia wiki" covers the site matrix's specials: Commons, Meta, MediaWiki.org, Wikidata, Wikispecies, Incubator, test wikis and affiliate wikis.
P36	InternetArchiveBot deployment status	deployment candidate (Q246914) seeking bot approval (Q246915) pending approval request (Q246912) stalled approval request (Q246916) test operation (Q246919) stalled test (Q246918) deployed (Q246920) shelved (Q246921) wiki closed (Q249002)	Records the setup stage only, not whether the bot is running now: a deployed wiki where the bot is switched off stays deployed, and the switch-off is in the management interface. "Wiki closed" overrides every other value. A wiki with no P36 has not been evaluated, which includes every wiki the management interface doesn't list. Item type: bot deployment status (Q246911). Retired: defined in management interface (Q246913), which the management interface itself shows, and stopped due to issues (Q246917), which is operational state; no item uses either. Q246920 was formerly labelled "ongoing operation".
P39	InternetArchiveBot approval status	local approval for fixing links (Q246935) local approval for linking to books (Q246936) global approval for fixing links (Q246937)	Item type: bot approval status (Q246934). Global approval is recorded only where the Airtable said the wiki relies on global bots and the wiki hasn't opted out of global bots on Meta (wikiset 14). Opt-out membership alone isn't enough: some wikis (English, Russian, Swedish and Japanese Wikipedia, for example) aren't opted out but still bar global bots from this task by local policy. On non-Wikimedia wikis, approval by the site operator is recorded as local approval.
P40	InternetArchiveBot approval request URL	URL	Used as the reference on P39 statements, not as a main statement: first the approval discussion, then the wiki's rights log (`Special:Log?type=rights&page=User:InternetArchiveBot`) where the dates below come from it.
P45	start time	Date	Qualifier on P39 local approvals: when the local bot flag was granted, from the rights log. Where the flag was granted, removed and granted again, the latest grant.
P46	end time	Date, or "unknown value"	Qualifier on P39 local approvals: when the bot flag was removed. "Unknown value" means the approval ended on an unknown date.
P47	end cause	inactivity (Q249474) revoked by community (Q249475) superseded by new approval (Q249476) withdrawn by operator (Q249477) wiki closed (Q249478)	Qualifier on P39 local approvals, with P46. Item type: approval end cause (Q249473). In use: inactivity (French Wikipedia 2026-02-28, Polish Wikipedia 2025-03-15) and wiki closed (English, Dutch, Russian and Portuguese Wikinews).

Updates

Tracking Librarybase IDs in Airtable. Next task is to update existing records that already have Librarybase entries, and create new items for those that don't. Harej (talk) 03:35, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
Migrated all 789 rows of the Airtable "Wikis" table: updated 319 existing items, created 470 new ones, and added approval history from rights logs. Airtable's "Issues", "Resolved" and "Priority Area" columns were not migrated: issues live on Phabricator, and the priority areas are Phabricator tags. Harej with Claude (AI) 16:25, 3 November 2026 (UTC)

Deployments

Wikimedia
- Ongoing
Miraheze
- On a handful of wikis, broken on a few wikis due to those wikis changing domain names
- OAuth grants are broken as well
- Idea: account creator script that uses a limited-scope bot password to log in as InternetArchiveBot and force local account creation for a specified wiki
Weird Gloop
- Only four wikis
- The reason we're not deployed there is because they want to be able to have dry runs that show the edits without actually making them

@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 * '''Whether a wiki is closed''' comes from the site matrix.
-=== Wiki facts ===
+=== Properties ===
-* Database code ([[Property:P34|P34]])
+{| class="wikitable"
-* Title ([[Property:P35|P35]])
+! Property !! Name !! Potential values !! Comments
-* Official website ([[Property:P41|P41]])
+|-
-* Wikidata match ([[Property:P1|P1]], exact match)
+| [[Property:P34|P34]] || database code || Text, for example <code>enwiki</code> || The wiki's database name. Every wiki item has one; tools match wikis on it. MD Wiki's code is <code>mdwikior_wiki</code>, but the management interface calls it <code>mdwiki_wiki</code>, which is kept as an alias on the item.
-* Host ([[Property:P37|P37]]): the organization the wiki runs on
+|-
-** [[Item:Q246922|Wikimedia Foundation (Q246922)]]
+| [[Property:P35|P35]] || title || Text (English) || The wiki's full name, for example "English Wikipedia".
-** [[Item:Q246923|Miraheze (Q246923)]]
+|-
-** [[Item:Q246924|Weird Gloop (Q246924)]]
+| [[Property:P41|P41]] || official website || URL || The wiki's address, for example <code>https://en.wikipedia.org</code>.
-** [[Item:Q246925|independently hosted wiki (Q246925)]]
+|-
-* Wiki family ([[Property:P38|P38]]): Wikimedia wikis only. Non-Wikimedia wikis are identified by host instead.
+| [[Property:P1|P1]] || exact match || URL of a Wikidata item || The wiki's Wikidata item, where Wikidata has one. Left off where Wikidata attaches the database code to an organization, not a wiki (some affiliate wikis).
-** [[Item:Q246926|Wikipedia (Q246926)]], [[Item:Q246927|Wiktionary (Q246927)]], [[Item:Q246928|Wikisource (Q246928)]], [[Item:Q246929|Wikinews (Q246929)]], [[Item:Q246930|Wikiquote (Q246930)]], [[Item:Q246931|Wikiversity (Q246931)]], [[Item:Q246932|Wikivoyage (Q246932)]], [[Item:Q246933|Wikibooks (Q246933)]]
+|-
-** [[Item:Q249001|special Wikimedia wiki (Q249001)]]: Commons, Meta, MediaWiki.org, Incubator, Wikidata, Wikispecies, Outreach, Foundation Governance wiki
+| [[Property:P37|P37]] || host || [[Item:Q246922|Wikimedia Foundation (Q246922)]]<br>[[Item:Q246923|Miraheze (Q246923)]]<br>[[Item:Q246924|Weird Gloop (Q246924)]]<br>[[Item:Q246925|independently hosted wiki (Q246925)]] || The organization the wiki runs on.
+|-
-=== Deployment status ([[Property:P36|P36]]) ===
+| [[Property:P38|P38]] || wiki family || [[Item:Q246926|Wikipedia (Q246926)]]<br>[[Item:Q246927|Wiktionary (Q246927)]]<br>[[Item:Q246928|Wikisource (Q246928)]]<br>[[Item:Q246929|Wikinews (Q246929)]]<br>[[Item:Q246930|Wikiquote (Q246930)]]<br>[[Item:Q246931|Wikiversity (Q246931)]]<br>[[Item:Q246932|Wikivoyage (Q246932)]]<br>[[Item:Q246933|Wikibooks (Q246933)]]<br>[[Item:Q249001|special Wikimedia wiki (Q249001)]] || Wikimedia wikis only; non-Wikimedia wikis are identified by host instead. "Special Wikimedia wiki" covers the site matrix's specials: Commons, Meta, MediaWiki.org, Wikidata, Wikispecies, Incubator, test wikis and affiliate wikis.
-P36 records the '''setup stage only'''. It says how far InternetArchiveBot's setup on the wiki has progressed, not whether the bot is running right now. A deployed wiki where the bot is stopped stays ''deployed''; the stop is recorded in the management interface. Item type: [[Item:Q246911|bot deployment status (Q246911)]].
+|-
-* [[Item:Q246914|deployment candidate (Q246914)]]: we intend to deploy, and the approval process has not started
+| [[Property:P36|P36]] || InternetArchiveBot deployment status || [[Item:Q246914|deployment candidate (Q246914)]]<br>[[Item:Q246915|seeking bot approval (Q246915)]]<br>[[Item:Q246912|pending approval request (Q246912)]]<br>[[Item:Q246916|stalled approval request (Q246916)]]<br>[[Item:Q246919|test operation (Q246919)]]<br>[[Item:Q246918|stalled test (Q246918)]]<br>[[Item:Q246920|deployed (Q246920)]]<br>[[Item:Q246921|shelved (Q246921)]]<br>[[Item:Q249002|wiki closed (Q249002)]] || Records the '''setup stage only''', not whether the bot is running now: a deployed wiki where the bot is switched off stays ''deployed'', and the switch-off is in the management interface. "Wiki closed" overrides every other value. A wiki with no P36 has not been evaluated, which includes every wiki the management interface doesn't list. Item type: [[Item:Q246911|bot deployment status (Q246911)]]. Retired: [[Item:Q246913|defined in management interface (Q246913)]], which the management interface itself shows, and [[Item:Q246917|stopped due to issues (Q246917)]], which is operational state; no item uses either. Q246920 was formerly labelled "ongoing operation".
-* [[Item:Q246915|seeking bot approval (Q246915)]]
+|-
-* [[Item:Q246912|pending approval request (Q246912)]]: a request has been filed and not decided
+| [[Property:P39|P39]] || InternetArchiveBot approval status || [[Item:Q246935|local approval for fixing links (Q246935)]]<br>[[Item:Q246936|local approval for linking to books (Q246936)]]<br>[[Item:Q246937|global approval for fixing links (Q246937)]] || Item type: [[Item:Q246934|bot approval status (Q246934)]]. Global approval is recorded only where the Airtable said the wiki relies on global bots '''and''' the wiki hasn't opted out of global bots on Meta ([[meta:Special:WikiSets/14|wikiset 14]]). Opt-out membership alone isn't enough: some wikis (English, Russian, Swedish and Japanese Wikipedia, for example) aren't opted out but still bar global bots from this task by local policy. On non-Wikimedia wikis, approval by the site operator is recorded as local approval.
-* [[Item:Q246916|stalled approval request (Q246916)]]
+|-
-* [[Item:Q246919|test operation (Q246919)]]: approved for, or running, a trial
+| [[Property:P40|P40]] || InternetArchiveBot approval request URL || URL || Used as the '''reference''' on P39 statements, not as a main statement: first the approval discussion, then the wiki's rights log (<code>Special:Log?type=rights&page=User:InternetArchiveBot</code>) where the dates below come from it.
-* [[Item:Q246918|stalled test (Q246918)]]
+|-
-* [[Item:Q246920|deployed (Q246920)]]: setup complete (formerly labelled "ongoing operation")
+| [[Property:P45|P45]] || start time || Date || Qualifier on P39 local approvals: when the local bot flag was granted, from the rights log. Where the flag was granted, removed and granted again, the latest grant.
-* [[Item:Q246921|shelved (Q246921)]]: we decided not to deploy
+|-
-* [[Item:Q249002|wiki closed (Q249002)]]: the wiki is closed; this overrides any other status
+| [[Property:P46|P46]] || end time || Date, or "unknown value" || Qualifier on P39 local approvals: when the bot flag was removed. "Unknown value" means the approval ended on an unknown date.
-* Retired: [[Item:Q246913|defined in management interface (Q246913)]], which the management interface itself shows, and [[Item:Q246917|stopped due to issues (Q246917)]], which is operational state. No item uses either.
+|-
-* A wiki with no P36 statement has not been evaluated.
+| [[Property:P47|P47]] || end cause || [[Item:Q249474|inactivity (Q249474)]]<br>[[Item:Q249475|revoked by community (Q249475)]]<br>[[Item:Q249476|superseded by new approval (Q249476)]]<br>[[Item:Q249477|withdrawn by operator (Q249477)]]<br>[[Item:Q249478|wiki closed (Q249478)]] || Qualifier on P39 local approvals, with P46. Item type: [[Item:Q249473|approval end cause (Q249473)]]. In use: inactivity (French Wikipedia 2026-02-28, Polish Wikipedia 2025-03-15) and wiki closed (English, Dutch, Russian and Portuguese Wikinews).
+|}
-=== Approval status ([[Property:P39|P39]]) ===
-Item type: [[Item:Q246934|bot approval status (Q246934)]]. Each statement is referenced to the approval discussion with [[Property:P40|P40]].
-* [[Item:Q246935|local approval for fixing links (Q246935)]]
-* [[Item:Q246936|local approval for linking to books (Q246936)]]
-* [[Item:Q246937|global approval for fixing links (Q246937)]]: recorded only where the Airtable said the wiki relies on global bots '''and''' the wiki has not opted out of global bots on Meta. Opt-out membership alone is not enough, because some wikis (English, Russian, Swedish and Japanese Wikipedia, for example) are not opted out but still bar global bots from this task by local policy.
-* On non-Wikimedia wikis, approval by the site operator is recorded as local approval.
-Local approvals carry their history as qualifiers, taken from the wiki's rights log (which is added as a second P40 reference):
-* Start time ([[Property:P45|P45]]): when the local bot flag was granted
-* End time ([[Property:P46|P46]]): when the flag was removed. "Unknown value" means the approval ended at an unknown date.
-* End cause ([[Property:P47|P47]]). Item type: [[Item:Q249473|approval end cause (Q249473)]].
-** [[Item:Q249474|inactivity (Q249474)]]: for example, French Wikipedia (2026-02-28) and Polish Wikipedia (2025-03-15)
-** [[Item:Q249475|revoked by community (Q249475)]]
-** [[Item:Q249476|superseded by new approval (Q249476)]]
-** [[Item:Q249477|withdrawn by operator (Q249477)]]
-** [[Item:Q249478|wiki closed (Q249478)]]: for example, English, Dutch, Russian and Portuguese Wikinews
 === Updates ===