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Script-generated mapper stubs: new section
: Option 2, with separate categorization for trivial decisions. --[[User:Xymph|Xymph]] ([[User talk:Xymph|talk]]) 12:27, 30 August 2018 (CDT)
 
== Script-generated mapper stubs ==
 
After developing my [[User:XymphBot#mapperMaps.php|latest bot script]] based on WAD/map/author information collected in the .ini files, my next idea was to use that same information to create new mapper pages as well. These naturally cover only an author's WADs and maps that are already covered on the wiki ''and'' configured in the .ini files, but it could be an acceptable start. I considered searching the idgames/levels/ text files for Author fields with the mapper's name/alias as well, but that is quite difficult because the Author field in the [[Doom file template|template]] is multi-line (so a simple 'grep -r' won't do), and .txt files are often inconsistently formatted anyway.
 
So for starters, the createMapper.php script only includes known, covered works along with a standard intro and the category/sortkey (if applicable). Author names with and without "(alias)", or just alias, are handled correctly (I hope, until the first case where the code fails is encountered). Works can be [[Steve Muller (Kyka)|grouped per year]] if extensive or [[Ray Schmitz (shitbag)|lumped together]] if concise. (Actually, the latter person's works may be extensive enough to group annually too, but that's easy to update.)
 
My questions: is this indeed an acceptable beginning to create missing mapper pages (and not just because any stub is better than no page, please)? And, any suggestions to change/improve the intro or other parts of the generated page? --[[User:Xymph|Xymph]] ([[User talk:Xymph|talk]]) 13:07, 30 August 2018 (CDT)