User:DustaBot/source

Between the powerful modules LWP::Simple, XML::Simple and MediaWiki and the mediawiki API, this script is able to do a hell of a lot in only 84 lines.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use LWP::Simple;
use XML::Simple;
use URI::Escape;
use MediaWiki;

my $c = login();

my $cat_list_url = 'http://en.wiki.x.io/w/api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmprop=title&cmlimit=20&cmtitle=Category:Wikipedian%20usernames%20editors%20have%20expressed%20concern%20over&cmsort=timestamp&cmdir=asc<CMSTART>&format=xml';
my $user_blocked_url = 'http://en.wiki.x.io/w/api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=<USERLIST>&usprop=blockinfo&format=xml';

my $cmstart = '';
my $done = 0;

my $count;
until ( $done ) {
  my $url = $cat_list_url;
  $cmstart = "&cmstart=$cmstart" if ($cmstart);
  $url =~ s|<CMSTART>|$cmstart|;
  print "Fetching a page of 20 users in the category...\n";
  my $xml = XMLin(get($url));
  $cmstart = ${$xml}{'query-continue'}{'categorymembers'}{'cmstart'};
  my $ra_userlist =  ${$xml}{'query'}{'categorymembers'}{'cm'};
  my $user_list;
  foreach my $rh_user (@{$ra_userlist}) {
    ${$rh_user}{'title'} =~ m|User( talk:)?(.*)$| || die ${$rh_user}{'title'};
    $user_list .= uri_escape($2).'|'
  }
  chop($user_list);
  my $url = $user_blocked_url;
  $url =~ s|<USERLIST>|$user_list|;
  print "Checking if they are blocked...\n\n";
  my $xml = XMLin(get($url));
  my $rh_userlist = ${$xml}{'query'}{'users'}{'user'};
  foreach my $userkey (keys(%{$rh_userlist})) {
    my $rh_userdata = ${$rh_userlist}{$userkey};
    if (${$rh_userlist}{$userkey}{blockreason}) {
      my $summary = 'Removing cat, user blocked by [[User:'.${$rh_userlist}{$userkey}{blockedby}.']] with the reason: '.${$rh_userlist}{$userkey}{blockreason};
      remove_cat_from_page($userkey,$summary);
    }
  }
  $done = 1 unless ($cmstart);
  $count++;
}
print "Read $count pages\n";

sub remove_cat_from_page {
  my ($title,$summary) = @_;
  my (@prefixes) = ('User talk:', 'User:');

  foreach my $prefix (@prefixes) {
    my $page_name = "$prefix$title";
    print "Downloading: $page_name...\n";
    my $page = $c->get($page_name, 'rw') || die;
    if ($page->{'content'} =~ s/\[\[Category:(Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues|Usernames editors have expressed concern over).*?\]\]//ig) {
      print "Succeeded in removing at least one instance of the category: $1\n";
      print "Saving...\n";
      $page->{'summary'} = $summary;
      $page->save();
      print "Done.\n\n";
      return 1
    } else {
      print "I did not see the category on that page...\n\n";
    }
  }
  return 0;
}

sub login {
  open(USER,'username');sysread(USER, my $username, -s(USER));close(USER);
  open(PASS,'password');sysread(PASS, my $password, -s(PASS));close(PASS);

  warn "Connecting to Wikipedia...\n";
  my $c                  =   MediaWiki->new;
  $c->setup
                          ({
                            'bot' => {'user' => $username,'pass' => $password},
                            'wiki' => {'host' => 'en.wiki.x.io','path' => 'w'}
                          }) || warn "Failed to log in\n";
  my $whoami              =  $c->user();
  warn "$whoami connected\n\n";
  return $c;
}