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E.g. > [[Αρχείο:Tselina.png|σύνδεσμος=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Tselina.png/220px-Tselina.png|μικρογραφία| Σελινόριζα που για φαγητό]] should be changed to > [[Αρχείο:Tselina.png|μικρογραφία| Σελινόριζα που για φαγητό]] Query to find such pages: https://global-search.toolforge.org/?q=%22%3D%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%22&namespaces=0&title= Summarizing investigation so far: * Per the query, thousands of pages across many (hundreds?) of languages are affected. * The replacement is pretty simple, removing link=XXX from image syntax. ** This is complicated by localized namespaces and `link` attributes. ** There is a risk for false positive matches, but that can be reduced by filtering down the results to only pages created by CX * Due to amount of pages affected, automation is needed Possible solutions suggested * Maintenance script ** Language-team has experience in scripts, could use a common maintenance account * Bot ** E.g. pywikibot ** Language-team has less experience in bots ** Don't have pre-existing bot account --> Would need to create a new one and request global edit/bot rights *** Community process is at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Bot_status **** Is community process appropriate for WMF staff? It would be good for community review **** Requesting access takes at least two weeks **** Following this policy, there are some Wikipedias where we could not run the clean-up per policy *** WMF process? So far I haven't found any good precedents to guide us choosing a solution.

E.g. > [[Αρχείο:Tselina.png|σύνδεσμος=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Tselina.png/220px-Tselina.png|μικρογραφία| Σελινόριζα που για φαγητό]] should be changed to > [[Αρχείο:Tselina.png|μικρογραφία| Σελινόριζα που για φαγητό]] Query to find such pages: https://global-search.toolforge.org/?q=%22%3D%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%22&namespaces=0&title= Summarizing investigation so far: * Per the query, thousands of pages across many (hundreds?) of languages are affected. * The replacement is pretty simple, removing link=XXX from image syntax. ** This is complicated by localized namespaces and `link` attributes. ** There is a risk for false positive matches, but that can be reduced by filtering down the results to only pages created by CX * Due to amount of pages affected, automation is needed Possible solutions * Maintenance script ** Language-team has experience in scripts, could use a common maintenance account * Bot ** E.g. pywikibot ** Language-team has less experience in bots ** Don't have pre-existing bot account --> Would need to create a new one and request global edit/bot rights *** Community process is at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Bot_status **** Is community process appropriate for WMF staff? It would be good for community review **** Requesting access takes at least two weeks **** Following this policy, there are some Wikipedias where we could not run the clean-up per policy *** WMF process? ** Are there any existing bot operators who could incorporate this clean up if requested? So far I haven't found any good precedents to guide us choosing a solution.

E.g. > [[Αρχείο:Tselina.png|σύνδεσμος=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Tselina.png/220px-Tselina.png|μικρογραφία| Σελινόριζα που για φαγητό]] should be changed to > [[Αρχείο:Tselina.png|μικρογραφία| Σελινόριζα που για φαγητό]] Query to find such pages: https://global-search.toolforge.org/?q=%22%3D%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%22&namespaces=0&title= Summarizing investigation so far: * Per the query, thousands of pages across many (hundreds?) of languages are affected. * The replacement is pretty simple, removing link=XXX from image syntax. ** This is complicated by localized namespaces and `link` attributes. ** There is a risk for false positive matches, but that can be reduced by filtering down the results to only pages created by CX * Due to amount of pages affected, automation is needed Possible solutions suggested * Maintenance script ** Language-team has experience in scripts, could use a common maintenance account * Bot ** E.g. pywikibot ** Language-team has less experience in bots ** Don't have pre-existing bot account --> Would need to create a new one and request global edit/bot rights *** Community process is at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Bot_status **** Is community process appropriate for WMF staff? It would be good for community review **** Requesting access takes at least two weeks **** Following this policy, there are some Wikipedias where we could not run the clean-up per policy *** WMF process? ** Are there any existing bot operators who could incorporate this clean up if requested? So far I haven't found any good precedents to guide us choosing a solution.