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 == Bot for updating and tabulating CIA Factbook Data == 

 I would like to assist you in creating this bot.  I will need some specifications in what exactly you intent for it to do and I assist in designing one for you to operate.    

 : The bot will take data from the CIA World Factbook and insert the values into Template:Military, which will then be applied to the individual ""military of..."" articles. For example, the template at Military of Afghanistan contains data from http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html#Military. I've never used a bot before and don't know the technical limitations and the specifics of operating one. Presumably, it will just generate the template wikicode and I'll insert them manually? I would like to have the template applied, with fresh CIA data, to all the military of articles. This could be expanded to other articles in wikiproject countries like demographics.   

 :: It can either one of two things: 
 ::# Use, for example, based on the Afghanistan data, {{subst:military|age=22 years of age (2004 est.)|availability=6,785,414 (2004 est.)|service=3,642,659 (2004 est.)|reaching age=263,406 (2004 est.)|dollar figure= $61 million (2003)|percent GDP= 1% (2003)}}.  This means that the taxobox is hardcoded into the page, rather than including the template into the page. 
 ::# Use it without the subst: tag, meaning it uses the template on the page with the facts and information based on the CIA page. 
 :: The specifics of operating one is that you must get it approved at Wikipedia talk:Bots first before using it.  However, because this is a yearly thing, I don't think you necessarily need it approved. 
 :: Regarding the technical limitations...  There is two I can forsee.  The bot would need a list of the article names with cooresponding URLs.  We're not certain for 100% that the URLs will stay static year to year.  The second one is the color issue. 
 :: However, I have solutions for this: 
 ::# The bot is actually manually run and manually assisted 
 ::# The article and URL is entered manually (prompted part of the program) 
 ::# The color number is also requested by the bot 
 ::# Any additional text to be added. 
 :: There is one requirement on your part.  You must have Python 2.3 installed on your system, as it will be using the pyWikipediaBot framework.  I will assist you in the details of how to set up the framework for your needs. 
 :: Also, it can update and replace existing taxoboxes / templates / insert in the top of the article.    

 == Technical question about subst and VFD == 

 Please see my question here (it really needs proper context). 
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 == bot for adding BBC on this day == 

 My guess is that it would be best to add to the bottom of the articles (but before the four dashes, the previous and next days and the {{months: 

 == External links == 
 * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/$month/$date BBC On This Day] 

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