Hi Max, have you tried https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Cite_doi_templates ?
Cheers, Daniel -- http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/institution/mitarbeiter/mietchen-daniel/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Publications http://okfn.org http://wikimedia.org On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Maximilian Klein <isa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm working on the Open-Access Signalling Project[1], which aims to signal > and badge when a reference in Wikipedia is Open Access source. I'm writing > the bot at the moment to do this, and I'm encountering a question - how do I > keep track of the values of the template {{Cite doi | doi=value}}, in as > close to real-time as possible? > > The most efficient approach I can come up with is to query the SQL servers > on Labs in constant loop, returning the results of "What transcludes {{Cite > doi}}" and seeing if the last_edited timestamp is newer than previous? If > the last_edit is newer, then get the content of the page and see if the > {{Cite_doi}} value has changed, checking against a local database. > > This seems horribly inefficient still. Is there a hook to know when a > template on a page has been edited, rather than having to check every time > the page has been edited? > > This is possibly not the right list for this question. If not, which other > would you suggest? Wikitech-l did not seem right either? > > Thanks in advance, > > Max Klein > ‽ http://notconfusing.com/ > > [1] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_OA-ness > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
