VNbot

This user account is a bot operated by Georgeryp (talk). It is a legitimate alternative account, used to make repetitive automated or semi-automated edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually.
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VNbot is based on the Python Wikipedia Robot Framework.

What VNbot is doing?

Sleeping now, hoping his owner will have time to wake him up again

I am programmed to...

Create vernacular name "{{VN... }}" entries based on interwikis currently on the page being modified (in other words, I can't (yet?) search other sites (*.wikipedia.org) for article pages - I only see what's on the taxon page in front of me)

See conversation: Vernacular Names (Village Pump)*

Removes unnecessary "__NOTOC__" (It's alread in the {{Main}} template of every taxonavigation).
Removes asterisks on interwikis (e.g. "*[[en:Cow]]")
Removes unnecessary spaces in subheadings and interwikis
Removes unnecessary "right|" parameter in image links

Could have more functionality coded - see "could do" below.

(In the past, it was waiting see what happened with Template:VN2)

*Be careful of parenthesis like Polski: Hortensja (roślina) on Hydrangea.

Examples of VNbot's initial work:

What VNbot could do

Some tasks are similar to HarrivBOT (inactive since early January 2007)

Place the vernacular name section below the reference section if it's not there already.
Format existing {{VN|de=...}} to one entry per line** (to easily add/remove/edit entries and read "diff" history).
Does it now! ~~Make the "==Vernacular names==" section heading consistent (Variations that exist: "== Vernacular Names ==", "== In Wikipedia ==", "== Interwikis ==", etc)~~
Does it now! ~~Make the "==References==" section heading consistent (in most cases add an "s") and add an asteriks/bullet point for each reference given.~~
Format reference section entries consistently (e.g. +{{aut|Carolus Linnaeus}} to Systema Naturae and Species Plantarum entries)
Reorder interwikis alphabetically or whatever makes most sense on meta:Interwiki sorting order
Does it now! ~~Remove __NOTOC__~~
Convert hard-coded urls (e.g. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?425579) into template {{GRINnomen|425579}}. Other URL templates: GRINgenus, ITIS, PLANTS, etc.
Fix minor inconsistencies: "[[image:..." to "[[Image:..."
Add italics (if genus or lower) and wikilinks to image captions
Other things in the future... ?

Suggestions?... post them on my talk page or send me an email.. Thanks.

**Example of "one entry per line":

{{VN
|bg=Птици
|de=Vögel
|en=Birds
|es=Ave
|fr=Oiseau
|nl=Vogels
...etc.
}}

Instead of:

{{VN|bg=Птици|de=Vögel|en=Birds|es=Ave|fr=Oiseau|nl=Vogels ...etc.}}