You also need to avoid making such a change in uRLs and quotations, or at least quotations that were originally in English.
Regards Jonathan > On 25 Feb 2015, at 03:29, Travis Briggs <audiod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 outdated and gender-biased.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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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