Wikipedia:WikiProject Orphanage/Petscan
 | Petscan tool |
Introduction
Petscan can produce a selected list of orphan articles. The list can be filtered by topics, such as geography, history, sports, science, time, etc. Minimum depth setting is one, however that number may need to be increased to receive more results.
| Setting | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Depth | 2, 3, or 4 | Higher depth for more results |
| Categories | Astronomy Orphaned articles |
Minimum of two |
| Categories | Association football Orphaned articles United Kingdom |
Three categories |
Examples
Orphan list for a specify country
| Setting | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Depth | 2 | Higher depth for more results |
| Categories | Canada Orphaned articles |
Any country |
| Categories | Africa Orphaned articles |
A continent |
Orphan list for time
| Setting | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Depth | 4 | Higher or lower depth |
| Categories | Science Orphaned articles from August 2022 |
A specifc category |
| Categories | January Orphaned articles |
A month |
Additional functions
At the top Petscan toolbar, click on "Output" tab.
- Output plain text
- At "Format" line, click "Plain text" button.
- Instead of camping at the Petscan results, plain text can be copy/paste into a text editor (Notepad) for off-line update of Orphan articles.
- Sort sequence
- At "Sort" line, click "default sort" button.
- Optional for article order.
Find shortest articles
Many short articles are candidates for Proposed deletion or AfD. Petscan can produce a list using single or multiple categories. For "Output" click on "size" button to Sort smallest articles first.
| Setting | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Depth | 1 | |
| Categories | Orphaned articles Orphaned articles from February 2011 |
A month |
| Categories | American people stubs | Stub articles |
Wikicode
WP:Petscan • Example link
[https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?language=en&project=wikipedia&depth=4&categories=Sports%0D%0AOrphaned%20articles%0D%0ASouth%20Africa&ns%5B0%5D=1&search_max_results=500&interface_language=en&active_tab=&doit= Example link]
Predefined Petscan request
The most basic way to create a frequently used request is to
- Generate the request with satisfactory results
- Copy the request's entire URL
- Paste into "External links" format at the desired location (User, Talk).
- For Example: [full-URL-here Petscan-request-name] • Need to use both single ([ and ]) brackets, one space after URL and before request-name