User:MordantMaenad/scripts/blockweaponry.py
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import wikipedia import userlib import urllib2 import time site = wikipedia.getSite('en', 'rationalwiki') site.forceLogin() url = 'http://rationalwiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=yaml&list=allusers&augroup=bureaucrat&aulimit=500' opener = urllib2.build_opener() infile = opener.open(url) contents = infile.read() users = [] for line in contents.splitlines(1): if line[6:12] == 'name: ': users.append(line[12:]) escapees = [] for user in users: me = userlib.User(site, 'Blue2') if me.isBlocked(): me.unblock(u'Oh no.') user = user[:-1] print '\nBlocking ' + user toblock = userlib.User(site, user) try: toblock.block(u'30 seconds', u'NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!', anon=False) #duration, reason #time.sleep(30) except: print '\n Problem blocking ' + user escapees.append(user) continue if escapees != []: co = wikipedia.input('Continue? [Y/N] ') if co == u'y': for escapee in escapees: escapee = escapee[:-1] print '\nBlocking ' + escapee toblock = userlib.User(site, escapee) toblock.block(u'30 seconds', u'Don\'nt try to escape, it will only be more painful.', anon=False)