This user account is a bot operated by GalStar (talk). It is not a sock puppet, but rather an automated or semi-automated account for making repetitive edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually. Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please block it. tasks • contribs • count • logs • page moves • block user • block log • flag log • global contribs • flag bot

This bot creates .tab and .chart files for old graphs that use the graph extension on the English Wikipedia. These graphs no longer display, however using the new chart extension requires .tab and .chart files, which are repetitive, and usually can be automatically generated with the information that is already available. All graph generation is invoked by displaying the en:Template:PortGraph template on the english wikipedia.

To shut this bot down, create the page User:GraphBot/Shutdown.

Progress/Roadmap

1. Initial Setup  Done
2. Test edits  Done
3. Better inputting system  Done
4. Approval to operate in wikipedia commons In progress, Commons:Bots/Requests/GraphBot
5. Approval to operate in english wikipedia  Done, en:Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/GraphBot
6. Trial on en wikipedia  Done
7. Support for broader ranges of templates
8. Support for the <graph> tag
9. Support for other languages and potential use in non-english wikipedias

See also

• en:User:GraphBot, usage instructions
• User:Tomastvivlaren/graphDataImport, a user script with similar functionality.