User talk:Lupin/Anti-vandal tool/Archive 2

Summaries missing
When I use "non-admin rollback" with the Anti-Vandal Tool, it's not inserting anything in the summary field. I've never had this problem before; it's only been going on since July 6. See my contributions. ... disco spinster   talk  19:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * This works properly for me. Which browser, browser version and operating system are you using? Lupin|talk|popups 20:59, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I use Firefox v1.5 on Windows ME on one computer, or Firefox v1.5 on Windows XP Professional on another computer. FWIW, I also have Wikipedia toolbar installed, AfD Helper, and Vandal Warning Toolbox.  The autosummary shows up in the URL, but not in the summary field itself.  It appears to work OK in Internet Explorer v6.0. ...  disco spinster   talk  21:22, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Please try removing all that stuff and see if it helps. Lupin|talk|popups 21:38, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, I've done that, and now I can't rollback at all. I have "non-admin rollback" checked, but when I click "rollback" nothing happens.  No window comes up (I have popups allowed for Wikipedia) and there's no error message to tell me what's wrong.  I'm stumped! ...  disco spinster   talk  17:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)


 * You should have a popup message window telling you to install popups for rollback functionality. I don't know why you don't. Can you try with a clean firefox profile and a pristine js file? Lupin|talk|popups 22:34, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I've created a new Firefox profile, and set it to accept pop-ups from Wikipedia (and it does). I've cleared out my monobook and only installed Anti-vandal tool.  I can revert, but there is still no summary.  One thing to note: On June 15 I installed Cacycle's editor tool.  It still shows up when I edit a page, even though I've taken it out of my monobook.  I can't find any instructions on "uninstalling" it.  I've left Cacycle a note in his/her talk page. ...  disco spinster   talk  01:10, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete everything in your cache and restart firefox. Assuming you're not using a caching proxy, that should clear any recalcitrant scripts. Lupin|talk|popups 01:33, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I've cleared out my monobook and the cache, and re-installed the anti-vandal tool. The summaries have reappeared.  Maybe there was a conflict, but darned if I can tell what it was.  Thanks for your help! ...  disco spinster   talk  01:08, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Rollback Dead?
I've used the tool alot in the past month, and up until recently, everything's been dandy. Every time now I try to click the rollback link, nothing happens. I've got "Use Non Admin Rollback" checked like I always do, and it's still not working. I've also re-installed it on my monobook. Any suggestions?--Fractions 06:00, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I too am having this exact problem. --24fan24 22:38, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Which browser are you using? It works for me with firefox 1.5.0.5 on OS X. Lupin|talk|popups 23:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I am using firefox 1.5.0.5 on XP home, I tested with portable firefox 1.5.0.3 and got the same problem. Also tested it in IE with no results. On ie I was able to find the error it read:
 * Line: 549
 * Char: 3
 * Error: 'autoEdit' is undefined
 * Code: 0
 * URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lupin/Recent_IP_edits
 * --24fan24 01:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I have a work around for this problem. Installing the popups user script makes the nonadmin rollback link work. --24fan24 02:06, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Which popups? The navigational ones? Fractions 16:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes navigational popups --24fan24 19:41, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Warn Text
Is there any way to change the text that is inputted when you click the warn link? --24fan24 02:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah that would be great, as I only get random text!--Katieh5584 21:56, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Do you have the popups script installed? I had a similar problem and installing popups solved it.24fan24 22:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Now on uncyclopedia
I have copied this over to uncyclopedia under my username, and after adapting it very slightly it now works there. Is this ok? If you wanted to have it put under your username on there (which I think doesn't exist) then I could do that for you. Otherwise, thanks for a great tool! --Spang 16:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC)


 * That's a laugh. Still, have fun fighting the spammers with it. --  Netsnipe  (Talk)  20:29, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Add option to watchlist monitor
Would it be possible for you to add an option to User:Lupin/Monitor my watchlist so it ignores edits by oneself? I know perfectly well what my edits to articles on my watchlist are... --maru  (talk)  contribs 16:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. Lupin|talk|popups 07:58, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Anti-Vandal tool
Could you please install this tool for me, I want to use it. I've tried you instructions, I can't follow it. -- Lego@lost EVIL, EVIL! | 06:26, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd much prefer you to tell me how the instructions are unclear so that I can remedy that. Lupin|talk|popups 14:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Autosignature with warning
When using this tool to warn users, it automatically signs the warning using ~ (4) tildes. When I sign comments, the date is already included, so I use (3). Is there any way for me to have this tool sign the warnings with only three tildes instead of four? -- AuburnPilot talk 06:00, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No, this is not currently customizable. You could create a private copy of the script and change it there if you like. Lupin|talk|popups 14:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

A couple of problems
Hi, i just installed this (Internet Explorer by the way) and I've run into a few problems. Firstly, the rollback tool didn't work, even after I had checked the non-admin rollback box. I also was wondering... on the actual page of the tool it said that the links will show up in 'my toolbox'. What's the toolbox? Thanks- and nice tool-  Cat tleG irl  '' talk 09:39, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, found the toolbox- on the left hand side of the screen, and installing popups did the trick for the rollback, don't ask me why though. Nice tool! I've been using it a lot lately-  Cat tleG irl  '' talk 08:31, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Anti-vandal tool (and RSS feeds) delayed couple of hours behind realtime
I know it is not your fault but anti-vandal tool is often delayed behind real time.Sometimes only couple of minutes, but right now it was several hours (it is 10:52 UTC and AVT was showing "done to 0:58"). I checked RSS feed on the recent changes and it was also showing time 0:58. I checked it was not a problem of different time zone. I know I should preferably alert developers but maybe it is the same bug you are linking from AVT page, so I prefer to contact you first. --Jan.Smolik 10:55, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delays of a couple of minutes are not unexpected, but delays of many hours point to something else being wrong. Usually this sort of thing starts working again after a little bit, though, so the wikipedia devs are probably aware of it. Lupin|talk|popups 14:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Problems with Anti-Vandal tool
The Anti-Vandal tool sometimes doesn't display the diffs completely. For example, large blocks of text cannot be displayed in the diffs. Sometimes, it even tricks me into believing the editor is blanking. What's the problem? -- ¿Exir? ¡Kamalabadi!  07:08, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * There's clearly a bug here somewhere. Could you let me know the next time you see it happening, and mention the exact diff that the tool is having trouble with? Thanks, Lupin|talk|popups 14:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Request for a new features
Great tool. Wish I'd thought of it.

1) Is there any way that you could add a tickbox so that users can prevent pages that they have reverted form being added to their watch lists.

2) Can rolled back pages be automatically closed once rolled back.

3) Last week Iaccidentally rolled back a page with a legitimate edit because I clicked on "rollback" instad of "Hide details", a button to reverse the rollback and leave an appology message would be usefull.

4) I'm not an admin so I can't block a persistant vandal, but button to report them to someone who can do it would be usefull.

perfectblue 11:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I have another request: I think that this tool should add a header before the test template which is inserted into a user's talk page when the warn link is used. Other similar antivandal programs do this and it is a good practice to follow in order to keep talk pages organized. For example instead of entering Title ~, I think it would be best to enter: ==Your recent edits to Title== Title ~ --24fan24 21:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I second this request. -- Ben (talk) 04:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

admin rollback
Hi. This tool seems great; thanks to RC patrol for all their help. I do have a question. It appears that non-admins are exactly mimicking admin rollback using this tool. Is this possible and, if so, can something be done about it? I see the admin rollback syntax as shorthand - e.g. if I see a user that I know is at test4 get rollbacked, I assume that the admin has followed up with a block. This obviously gets entirely confused if I can no longer tell who is an admin and just means that I spend more time doublechecking. Thanks, BanyanTree 14:28, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't really see what can be done about this, or that there's a need for it. Sorry! Lupin|talk|popups 21:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Ignore edits to pages MEANT to be played with?
Made a goof when I rolled back Introduction overlooking that users are asked to edit and monkey with the page. Is it reasonable to put in a feature req. that Anti-vandal tool ignore changes to special pages like that? TIA. ~D BS Talk / Contribs 03:15, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Seconded! This would make an already great tool even better.  I have to stop myself every time I see crap placed into Sandbox and the like as well. —Krellis 00:34, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Good idea. I've added another checkbox to control this which should appear if you shift-reload. It currently only ignores the two pages you mention - are there any others? Lupin|talk|popups 21:48, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * You're asking me? I wish I knew ... maybe there's a category (translation: fat chance). I'm sure there are plenty, and now I've got you wandering into the dark, scary woods of "WP pages which are intended to be edited...." Mua-ha-ha-ha. >;) &mdash; David Spalding ta!k y@wp / Contribs 05:09, 7 December 2006 (UTC)   A-ha, I found a few...
 * wp:sand (already mentioned)
 * []
 * []
 * []
 * []
 * []
 * Thanks! Pages of the form Wikipedia:Tutorial.../sandbox should now be ignored. Lupin|talk|popups 14:34, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Auto subhead
Hi. Been using this amazing tool for a while now...one thing that might make life easier is to make the autosummary read "Your recent edits to NAME OF ARTICLE" and to include a subhead above the subst test to say "Your edits to NAME OF ARTICLE on DATE". Gzkn 12:29, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * After some fiddling around, I made the change at User:Gzkn/recent2.js. I decided the subhead should just include the date, since after some testing, the subhead often became rather long... Gzkn 02:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Monospace.js page
Hi I'm wondering where do I find the monobook.js file?Axle12693 21:58, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Click the link on the installations and it will create yours. Please don't edit users' pages, add your questions on THE TALK PAGES. ;) &mdash; David Spalding ta!k y@wp / Contribs 23:16, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

rollback button not responding
Let me start by saying that I love this tool. It's great. It makes patrolling recent changes much easier.

I'm having some trouble with the rollback button. I can usually use it once (successfully). After that I move on to another change... and the button does not work. Is there anything that I can do to help debug what's going on here? Could it be that my browser is busy doing some other javascript at the time? I am using Firefox 1.5.0.8 under Windows XP. Is anyone else experiencing this? -- Ben (talk) 14:55, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I understand that it *could* be slow (considering everything it has to do... but I don't think it's doing anything... I can try to be more patient. :) -- Ben (talk) 14:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Are you using the admin or non-admin rollback? Lupin|talk|popups 15:21, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


 * non-admin. -- Ben (talk) 15:48, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I've been using the non-admin rollback successfully just now with FF 2.0 on OS X, so I don't know what's going on here. Lupin|talk|popups 16:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Is there anything that I can do to help debug what's going on here? What's a normal wait-time for it to perform the rollback actions? Will it update the window while it's "doing its thing?" -- Ben (talk) 18:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


 * It's usually a 1 to 2 second delay for me (although sometimes longer if the script is "updating" the new changes). I've had no problems with the non-admin rollback function. Try opening up the FF's error console (Tools --> Error Console) and seeing if something's amiss. You could also see if upgrading to FF 2.0 helps. Gzkn 02:07, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I upgraded to FF 2.0. No help there. The error console seems pretty useless. I'm making do with some creative use of the popups... just a little slow-down. -- Ben (talk) 04:41, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, I suspect it might be your monobook that's causing you problems. VOA's monobook already includes Lupin's anti vandal tool and popups, so there's no need to include all three like you've done. Just remove the popups and anti vandal tool code and I think your problems may go away. Gzkn 05:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Just saw that you had only added VOA's monobook stuff today, so I guess that wasn't the problem...hmmmm Gzkn 05:15, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The first thing I'd suggest to start debugging this is to install the firebug extension. Then restart FF. If you click the green tick in the lower right corner of the browser then you should bring up a console. Make sure that the "Show XMLHttpRequests" option (in the options menu at the top of the console) is on, and try doing some rollbacks from the filter recent changes page. Each time you hit rollback, you should see a new line in the console containing "query.php" and "what=revisions". Do you see that line when the rollback fails? Do you see a very long line of data when you click the triangle to the left of those lines? Lupin|talk|popups 09:16, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Yay!!! Thanks for all your help, guys. I added firebug and played around with it a while. That got me looking down into the lower right hand corner of my window. You know what else is over there? The little red window thingie that indicates that firefox blocked or is blocking popups. (Yeah. Good times.) So I set it to allow pop-ups from en.wikipedia. And all seems right with the world. Thanks again, guys, for all your help. -- Ben (talk) 14:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * This solution fixed the same problem for me. Good work. JoeSmack Talk 06:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

New feature request: query rc on button
I admit it... I am a slow reader. Usually I don't get through a group of recent changes before the next set is loaded. It seems to me that there is a lot of stuff getting downloaded that I'm not getting to. Would it be possible to add a button to allow the user to indicate when they are ready for the next group of changes? Maybe at the bottom of the group (or at the head of the next group before it is loaded. -- Ben (talk) 04:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I would find this helpful as well. Tom Harrison Talk 15:29, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I third. --24fan24 20:38, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I've given this a little thought. I don't think it can really be that much of a burden on the servers. I just feel guilty seeing all that content go by that I'm not dealing with. If the end result of this is that there is no change, I will not be too upset. The tool is the bee's knees already. -- Ben (talk) 22:07, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The pause button works great. Thanks, Tom Harrison Talk 20:33, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Feature Request: Newbie edits
Well, I find myself usually watching either ip edits or those of newbies. I also sometimes do new page patrol. Is it possible to add either of those 2 into the tool. Great job, thank you. Xiong Chiamiov   :: contact ::   01:20, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

User:Gzkn/recent2.js
Hey there Lupin...added a few more options at my recent2.js that I've always thought might be useful. Take a look if you're interested. I added: Not sure if those are useful for the everyone who uses your tool though. Those interested can include User:Gzkn/recent2.js. Gzkn 05:52, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Two report to AIV buttons (one for IP and one for regular Vandals)
 * four more test warning messages (so now it looks like t1 | t2 | t3 | t4 | bv)

Problem with anti-vandal tool
I am using the anti-vandal tool on firefox 2.0 on windows XP and when I go to filter recent changes I always get the same thing:(0) updating...done up to 18:00:00 remove earlier output. I first noticed this about 5 minutes ago.--Res2216firestar 00:58, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * This seems to be about right, there may just be no edits that passed through the bad word filter. Try going to All recent changes and see if any changes are displayed. If not than there is something wrong. --24fan24 02:12, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It seems to be fine now, I was just worried because I was using it at 00:50 not 18:00 UTC.--Res2216firestar 16:55, 23 December 2006 (UTC)