Manual:Pywikibot/category redirect.py/en

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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:

<translate> Parameter</translate>	<translate> Description</translate>
`-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]

<translate> Global arguments available</translate>

<translate> These options will override the configuration in <tvar|1>user-config.py </> settings. </translate>

<translate> Global options</translate>
<translate> Parameter</translate>	<translate> Description</translate>	<translate> Config variable</translate>
`-dir:<translate> PATH</translate>`	<translate> Read the bot's configuration data from directory given by PATH, instead of from the default directory.</translate>
`-config:<translate> file</translate>`	<translate> The user config filename.</translate> Default is user-config.py.	`user-config.py`
`-configfile>user-config.py</>. <tvar`	xx>xx</> should be the language code.</translate>	`mylang`
`-configfile>user-config.py</>.</translate>`	<translate> Set the family of the wiki you want to work on, e.g. wikipedia, wiktionary, wikitravel, ...</translate> <translate> This will override the configuration in <tvar	`family`
`-xyz>xyz</>' instead of the default username.</translate>`	<translate> Log in as user '<tvar	`usernames`
`-xyz>xyz</>. (only use for bots that require no input from stdin).</translate>`	<translate> Immediately return control to the terminal and redirect stdout and stderr to file <tvar
`-help`	<translate> Show the help text.</translate>
`-1>-bot.log</>' Logs will be stored in the logs subdirectory.</translate>`	<translate> Enable the log file, using the default filename 'script_name<tvar	`log`
`-xyz>xyz</>' as the filename.</translate>`	<translate> Enable the log file, using '<tvar	`logfilename`
`-nolog`	<translate> Disable the log file (if it is enabled by default).</translate>
`-1>config.py</></translate>`	<translate> Sets a new maxlag parameter to a number of seconds.</translate> <translate> Defer bot edits during periods of database server lag. Default is set by <tvar	`maxlag`
`-putthrottle:n` `-pt:n` `-put_throttle:n`	<translate> Set the minimum time (in seconds) the bot will wait between saving pages.</translate>	`put_throttle`
`-debug:item` `-debug`	<translate> Enable the log file and include extensive debugging data for component "item" (for all components if the second form is used).</translate>	`debug_log`
`-verbose` `-v`	<translate> Have the bot provide additional console output that may be useful in debugging.</translate>	`verbose_output`
`-cosmetic>cosmetic_changes</> setting made in <tvar` `-cc`	config>config.py</> or <tvar	`cosmetic_changes`
`-simulate`	<translate> Disables writing to the server.</translate> <translate> Useful for testing and debugging of new code (if given, doesn't do any real changes, but only shows what would have been changed).</translate>	`simulate`
`-<<translate> config var</translate>>:n`	<translate> You may use all given numeric config variables as option and modify it with command line.</translate>