The alternative would be to check logs of the bots that are doing the GAN updates like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WugBot
On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 at 12:52, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: > For featured articles there is > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log, > presume there is also a similar log attached to good articles > > On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 at 10:21, Abraham Israeli <isab...@umich.edu> wrote: > >> Hi there, >> I have a question about the right way to extract the accurate time (or >> revision ID) of when an article becomes a featured article (FA) or a good >> article (GA). >> >> The first and most straightforward method I tried was to extract the >> first time that a {{featured article}} tag (or a {{good article}} one) is >> found in the article revision text. >> However, in some cases, this yields weird results, such as an article >> being an FA on the same day it was created. >> >> Another method I tried (without much success) was to extract this >> information from the article talk page under the "Article History" section. >> However, not all pages have this section, and I'm not sure how reliable >> this information is (are all editors adding the date when the article got a >> promotion or maybe the nomination date?) >> >> So, I wonder if anyone can advise on the best way to extract this >> information in the most accurate way. Isn't there any database table that >> holds such information? >> Thank you all in advance! >> Abraham >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/FSIFUK7AELZ72TAYHFV6WVGKQ54PNG5S/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> > > > -- > Boodarwun > Gnangarra > 'ngany dabakarn koorliny arn boodjera dardon nlangan Nyungar koortabodjar' > > -- Boodarwun Gnangarra 'ngany dabakarn koorliny arn boodjera dardon nlangan Nyungar koortabodjar'
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