I have contributed to py wikipedia bot, which could easily enable functionality like this.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot The user specifies an article or range of articles, the substitution to be performed, and the bot prompts you with each instance in the text, something like > "blah blah start an *unmanned* space mission to find out blah blah blah... > Replace this instance (y/n/cancel)? Anyways, I think anyone who would like to make such automated changes would have to install and learn how to use PyWIkiBot (which I have done) and then I think you need some bot authorization for a bot account on English Wikipedia (which I have not done). Cheers, -Travis On 24 February 2015 at 19:09, JJ Marr <jjm...@gmail.com> wrote: > You should ask down at the village pump, then if the response is > favorable, start a BRFA. > On Feb 24, 2015 10:04 PM, "Maia Weinstock" <mai...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> There have been numerous discussions among folks in the space exploration >> community that use of the word "manned" and "unmanned" in Wikipedia is >> outdated and gender-biased. Unfortunately, going in and fixing all of these >> by hand would be rather labor-intensive... >> >> Someone recently created a browser plugin that replaces "manned" with >> "crewed." (See https://twitter.com/mcnees/status/570409472818061312) It >> would be such an awesome thing if a bot existed that updated these >> instances for real on English Wikipedia. Anyone have ideas for making this >> happen, perhaps just limiting it to space exploration? I do see some issues >> with it being done wholesale for the whole site, as certain terms might >> contain terminology that would create confusion if changed automatically. >> (For instance, "unmanned aerial vehicles," for better or for worse, is a >> known term that I wouldn't advocate changing at this time.) >> >> Anyway, just thinking out loud... >> >> Maia (user:Girona7) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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