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:''Now with examples! Now with information presented in a table!''
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PetScan is a powerful querying tool. A query is prepared in the PetScan submission form. See ''[
http
://
tools
.wmflabs.org/
PetScan/PetScan.php
this PetScan new query form, with defaults set]''.
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PetScan is a powerful querying tool. A query is prepared in the PetScan submission form. See ''[
https
://
petscan
.wmflabs.org/ this PetScan new query form, with defaults set]''.
===Defining your query===
===Defining your query===
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===Examples===
===Examples===
===='''Articles in a WikiProject'''====
===='''Articles in a WikiProject'''====
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A request on the Talk page of this Manual: Find all mainspace articles within "WikiProject UK geography". Starting with a default PetScan submission form, just add "WikiProject UK geography" to the first box of the Categories row, and, just below, select "Use talk pages instead". ''[
http
://
tools
.wmflabs.org/
PetScan/PetScan.php
?templates_yes=WikiProject+UK+geography&templates_use_talk_yes=1 Here is the query filled out.]'' Hit "Do it!" at bottom. When run on 16 August 2015, the query required 1.5 seconds to run, and yielded a list of 21,408 articles. The list appears BELOW the submission form (which remains on your screen), so you have to scroll down to see the results.
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A request on the Talk page of this Manual: Find all mainspace articles within "WikiProject UK geography". Starting with a default PetScan submission form, just add "WikiProject UK geography" to the first box of the Categories row, and, just below, select "Use talk pages instead". ''[
https
://
petscan
.wmflabs.org/?templates_yes=WikiProject+UK+geography&templates_use_talk_yes=1 Here is the query filled out.]'' Hit "Do it!" at bottom. When run on 16 August 2015, the query required 1.5 seconds to run, and yielded a list of 21,408 articles. The list appears BELOW the submission form (which remains on your screen), so you have to scroll down to see the results.
===='''Dablinks within a WikiProject'''====
===='''Dablinks within a WikiProject'''====
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::::#Articles within WikiProject Canada have "Template:WikiProject Canada" on their talk pages, so paste "WikiProject Canada" into PetScan's "Has any of these templates" field, and just below select "Use talk pages instead" as a qualifier.
::::#Articles within WikiProject Canada have "Template:WikiProject Canada" on their talk pages, so paste "WikiProject Canada" into PetScan's "Has any of these templates" field, and just below select "Use talk pages instead" as a qualifier.
::::#Only regular articles, not disambiguation pages, are wanted, and disambiguation pages are distinguished by having template:disambiguation, so paste "Disambiguation" into PetScan's "Has none of these templates" field, and make sure "Use talk pages instead" is not selected.
::::#Only regular articles, not disambiguation pages, are wanted, and disambiguation pages are distinguished by having template:disambiguation, so paste "Disambiguation" into PetScan's "Has none of these templates" field, and make sure "Use talk pages instead" is not selected.
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:::*These criteria are implemented by ''[
http
://
tools
.wmflabs.org/
PetScan/PetScan.php
?depth=9&categories=All+articles+with+links+needing+disambiguation&templates_use_talk_yes=1&templates_any=WikiProject+Canada&templates_use_talk_any=1&templates_no=Disambiguation this PetScan submission form, filled out]''. To submit the query, select "Do it!" at the bottom.
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:::*These criteria are implemented by ''[
https
://
petscan
.wmflabs.org/?depth=9&categories=All+articles+with+links+needing+disambiguation&templates_use_talk_yes=1&templates_any=WikiProject+Canada&templates_use_talk_any=1&templates_no=Disambiguation this PetScan submission form, filled out]''. To submit the query, select "Do it!" at the bottom.
:::*When submitted on 16 August 2015, the query took 31 seconds to run, and results were a list of 255 articles. The results show BELOW the PetScan submission form, which remains in place, so you may see no change on your screen. You have to know to scroll down to find the results! That request was run with default Output format "HTML".
:::*When submitted on 16 August 2015, the query took 31 seconds to run, and results were a list of 255 articles. The results show BELOW the PetScan submission form, which remains in place, so you may see no change on your screen. You have to know to scroll down to find the results! That request was run with default Output format "HTML".
:::*To obtain the results in a Wikitable, in order to share them at a subpage of the WikiProject, the request could be revised to select Format "WIKI". This time the results, in wikitable markup, replace the PetScan submission form on your screen.
:::*To obtain the results in a Wikitable, in order to share them at a subpage of the WikiProject, the request could be revised to select Format "WIKI". This time the results, in wikitable markup, replace the PetScan submission form on your screen.
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The English language code is "en"; the Romanian language code is "ro". To find uncategorized photos uploaded by users using Romanian language, a version of the query (with html output, and without autorun) is:
The English language code is "en"; the Romanian language code is "ro". To find uncategorized photos uploaded by users using Romanian language, a version of the query (with html output, and without autorun) is:
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http
://
tools
.wmflabs.org/
PetScan/PetScan.php
?language=commons&project=wikimedia&depth=1&categories=Media+needing+categories&ns%5B6%5D=1&templates_yes=ro&ext_image_data=1&file_usage_data=1
http
://
tools
.wmflabs.org/
PetScan/PetScan.php
?language=commons&project=wikimedia&depth=1&categories=Media+needing+categories&ns%5B6%5D=1&templates_yes=ro&ext_image_data=1&file_usage_data=1]
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https
://
petscan
.wmflabs.org/?language=commons&project=wikimedia&depth=1&categories=Media+needing+categories&ns%5B6%5D=1&templates_yes=ro&ext_image_data=1&file_usage_data=1
https
://
petscan
.wmflabs.org/?language=commons&project=wikimedia&depth=1&categories=Media+needing+categories&ns%5B6%5D=1&templates_yes=ro&ext_image_data=1&file_usage_data=1]
As of 15 March 2016, after hitting "run" the query requires about 105 seconds to finish, and yields 1748 uncategorized photos.
As of 15 March 2016, after hitting "run" the query requires about 105 seconds to finish, and yields 1748 uncategorized photos.