tools-archiving

Configuration files for an automatic archiving service working for Wikimedia wikis: https://archiving.toolforge.org/

Notes to operators

• This repository has submodules. Use git clone -r ssh://$YOUR_ACCOUNT@dev.toolforge.org/data/project/archiving/.git to clone.
• See crontab for periodically run commands — each line corresponds to a target site. Run crontab ~/crontab after you update the file.
• All accounts operated under https://archiving.toolforge.org/ should be attached to tools.archiving@tools.wmflabs.org. ** Optional: Use OAuth. If you do this, grant "High-volume editing", "Edit existing pages" and "Create, edit, and move pages".
• When adding a new wiki, you need to have a local bot account created. You may use python ~/pkgsrc/core/pwb.py login --autocreate --lang LANG --family FAMILY for this. (Replace LANG and FAMILY with those of the new site.)
• The bot runs normally without supervision. The log pages do not automatically cleaned up — move old files into a subdirectory, maybe every 2-3 months.
• The bot does not use the latest Pywikibot automatically. When updating, test the bot manually; if it breaks, revert the change before the next run.