Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive 15

Removing interlanguage links
Since upgrading to 3.1.0.0 and using the CFD plugin, AWB has occasionally removed interlanguage links at the same time as categories e.g.. I have general fixes turned off. the wub "?!"  13:47, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * probably that's too greedy! like ignore for [[image:...|, which catches also description of the image!
 * so it could not corrent a mistake in pl:Pami%C4%99%C4%87_cyfrowa, thumb|right|200px|Karta dziurkowana używana do wprowadzania programów do komputerów do [[Lata 80-te XX wieku|lat 80-tych XX wieku (np. Odra)]] – 2 incorrect strings

Using AWB on other wikis
Does one need to register here, before using AWB on another wiki (for example Dutch wiki) or is it enough to let the admins of that wiki know about the case? --huji— TALK 21:27, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Most wiki's have their own check page; the Dutch one is at nl:Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage. — Mets501 (talk) 21:39, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Admins on Checkpage
Why is there a separate heading for Admins on the CheckPage? Do admins have extra options compared to approved users? Just curious... Niels |-nl talk (faster response)| 23:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Admins are permitted to approve themselves. --After Midnight 0001 23:52, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok. Tnx. So it's purely for aministrative purpose, already suspected it'd be something like that. Niels |-nl talk (faster response)| 00:07, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, admins can move a delete pages through AWB too. There are also a couple of extra options for admins. — Mets501 (talk) 03:16, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Start up problem
Hi. I had AWB running just fine yesterday and now I can't even get it to open. Instead I get "AutoWikiBrowser has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience" In a IE "Send report" problem box. Should I redownload AWB or something else. Thanks Jask99 06:43, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Redownloaded and now its fine again 21:41, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

3.1.0.0 and Vista
Just wanted to let you all know that AWB 3.1.0.0 works flawlessly, at least for me, in Vista Ultimate. Whereas:


 * "Occasionally it stalls when loading. This might well be because you have navigated to a different window: AWB needs to remain in the foreground while loading up a new page. Just click "start" again to give it a nudge."

This doesn't seem to be an issue anymore, whereas I was experiencing it quite often with XP SP2. In case it matters at all, installed framework versions include 1.0.3705, 1.1.4322, 2.0.50727, and 3.0. Hope it helps someone! thadius856talk 18:17, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Great that it works for you; unfortunately I can't say the same. I have to run it through Visual C# or else it crashes on startup. — Mets501 (talk) 18:30, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * In Vista? Hrm, sorry to hear that. Dumb question, but have you tried emulating it as an XP SP2 program? thadius856talk 19:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, strange, it just started working... Vista sure is weird.  That's not the first problem that's been fixed simply by not doing anything for a couple of hours. — Mets501 (talk) 19:25, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

July 4th
It's all very nice that AWB edits dates to match the MOS, but you need to add an exception for July 4th for editors who are using AWB on autopilot, or who are unfamiliar with American holidays.  Blank Verse  10:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Erm…that's a REDIRECT. If you want it to point to the holiday, maybe it would help to relink to Independence Day (United States) instead. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 15:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think I have now done this. If someone could check, we can get down to obliterating all those incorrect links. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 20:12, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Google search not working?
For some reason, AWB isn't working for me now. I've got the latest version (3.1.0.0), but when I do a google search that normally should produce hundreds of article names, it says "getting list" and then "list complete!" with no results. As a test, I even tried "the", with no results. What's going on? Firsfron of Ronchester 21:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm been having the same problem. :( --Thiseye 03:32, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to hear that. I was hoping it was just me. As frustrating as that would be, at least I'd know it wasn't a problem with the program itself. Firsfron of Ronchester  04:15, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Right-to-Left languages
A relevant question. Will AWB support right to left languages like Arabic or Persian? huji— TALK 18:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, AWB will support such languages to the extent that IE will, although quite how the edit-box will behave is beyond me. Maybe you could try and let us know? TIA HAND —Phil | Talk 09:16, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think for IE you are right. But the text box would experience a problem. There is an option for RightToLeft - "Indicates whether the component should draw right to left for RTL languages". Set as No, with options for inherit and Yes. I think AWB would need to include something based on the system locale, and turn it on. Or just have it on that by default...? Reedy Boy 10:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Duplicated entries in list
The list is failing to remove duplicated entries. If I click "Make List" to refresh the list when I'm still part-way through, duplicated entries get added and there seems to be no way to persuade AWB to strip them out. Sorting used to do the trick: what changed? TIA HAND —Phil | Talk 15:58, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Have you tried clicking Filter and then checking 'Remove Duplicates'? thadius856talk 20:26, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Gah! Thanks for that…I've been using the damn thing so long some of these nice features sneak up on me without me noticing. Cheers HAND —Phil | Talk 09:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Annoying cross-talk between "multiple links" and "search" facilities
If you use the "multiple links" box to find the corresponding entries, when you finish one entry and click on a different entry you get the "no more occurances" message that you would have done had you carried on. This also happens if you click on the "find" button in similar circumstances. (Oh, and isn't that supposed to be "occurrences"?) HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 16:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

lij-iwiks
AWB (ru-wiki, version 3.0.6.1) is working with of lij-iwiks incorectly. :-(

Before AWB: [ [Категория:Города Италии]] ... Mediolanum Milan Milan (citaa) After AWB: Milan ... Mediolanum Milan (citaa) --Alex Spade 17:48, 5 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Looks kinda strange for me to not see the Russian IWL as foo . Though, yes, bar appears to be sorting incorrectly. thadius856talk 20:31, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

ABW and regexes

 * how to match a string that is not contained in the text? is [^'][^'] an equivalent to not '' ?
 * if a regex contain [a-zA-Z], should I set "case sensitive"? does A-Z expression contain also characters from other languages like ą etc.?
 * sometimes changing [a-zA-Z] to [A-Za-z] causes another behavior of a regex, is it a bug or what? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.234.42.68 (talk) 15:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC).
 * As a rule of thumb, I tend to always put caps first for alpha characters ([A-Za-z]) just to be safe. [A-Za-z] would not match non-English characters, as they are in an extended section of each font &mdash; some have them, others not, and often times the unicode for them is different. As far as the first question goes, I hope I understand you correctly... [^'][^'] would match anything except '', though it is usually easier to write as [^']{2}. thadius856talk 20:24, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * in second I meant if "CaseSensitive" option should be set when case is included into [a-zA-Z] anyway? in other words, what's the difference between [a-zA-Z] with "CaseSensitive" set and without setting that? --84.234.42.68 00:07, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Case-sensitive applies more to non-regex replace criteria. For example, say I want to replace all instances of "US" with United States in an article or series of articles. If I do not select the case-sensitive option, I would change every instance of "us" to United States as well. Make sense now? thadius856talk 19:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Make list from cat and all sub-cats
Is there a way to make a list from a category and all of its sub-categories, and the sub-categories of the sub-catgories, and so on (i.e. propagate all the way down the category tree)? I realize this would create a huge list for a category that is high up the tree, but it would be useful for tagging all articles under a low-level category with a WikiProject banner, for example. - Jwillbur 05:15, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Because the category isn't a true hierarchical system (not a tree) there is the possibility of infinite loops, where one category is a sub-category of the other and vice-versa. I'm not too sure whether this would cause a system failure or not, but it would be a major consideration as to whether the feature goes ahead or not. Developers? Harryboyles 11:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * There is no such function at the moment. What you need to do is to apply systematics and go through the relevant branches of the category tree. Systematics is everything. Copy-paste the name of a category and build a list from its articles, then do the same with the next etc. Remember to save the list before you begin sorting out irrelevant entries. Then right-click the list of articles and select that all duplicate entries be removed. If you plan to tag talk pages for a WikiProject, you should also use the right-click function to remove all "non-article" entries. Finish off by converting everything to talk pages (right-click again). If you plan to do large chuncks of material, create one giant list of articles first and work on it from time to time. Remember to save the list everytime you've worked on it. I tried dividing the material for WP:HV into two lists and when I went through list no. 2, 80%+ of it turned out to be duplicates from the first. Multiple lists cannot be recommended. If a stub type is associated with your wikiproject, remember to check these categories as well. In my experience, 80% of the material will already be covered by any list you've made out of the category tree, but there is always a number of articles without proper categorization. You might also want to check out User:Kingbotk/Plugin. Valentinian T / C 12:20, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Make Module - VB .NET
Imports System.Collections.Generic Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions Imports WikiFunctions

Namespace AutoWikiBrowser Public Class Module1 Implements WikiFunctions.Plugin.IModule

Public Function ProcessArticle(ByVal ArticleText As String, ByVal ArticleTitle As String, ByVal Namespace AS Integer, ByRef string Summary, ByRef Skip As Boolean) As String Skip = False Summary = "test"

ArticleText = "test" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & ArticleText

Return ArticleText End Function End Class End Namespace

Hope that helps you non VB'ers out

Then it can be implemented into the Make Module

I know a Imports System isn't needed, not sure about Imports System.Text

Reedy Boy 17:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The plugin page needs an update aswell... As that has the old XML methods for settings on the VB .NET... But me and steve haven't solved that for his plugin... New example is there in c#... Reedy Boy 17:28, 14 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Added by Myself to SVN Reedy Boy 21:47, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

SVN Write Access/Adding as a Developer
Hi, Could i have Write access for SVN/be added as a developer?

Then i can help Mets501 and MaxSem out?

Sourceforge username: reedy_boy

Cheers

Reedy Boy 20:02, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yay! You're a developer :-).  Good timing too, because I'm going away for a week in 2 days, and we need an active developer just in case at all times. — M ETS 501 (talk) 20:57, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Wooo! Strange, SF doesnt list me as having a role/position... Reedy Boy 21:24, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hm...well, as long as you can write to SVN, it's all good :-) — M ETS 501 (talk) 21:27, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Just added to the Custom Module for VB .NET.... Commited fine =) Reedy Boy 21:40, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Awesome! — M ETS 501 (talk) 21:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Problem with Multiple wiki links alert function
There are two bugs in this function
 * 1) When one has completed the last link which is duplicated, that name disappears from the list.  Then when you click on the next link on the list, a message appears which reads "No more occurances".   In the previous version this message appeared when clicking on the link which was last completed and which subsequently removed from the list.  This is preferable because it confirms that no more duplicates exist.  As it stands now, it seems that the program isn't finding any duplicates of the next name on the list, but if that is clicked again the first occurance of that link is highlighted.
 * 2) To expand on this. The bug is the AWB will search too the last occurance of a word so if i have 3 multilinks in the list  Apple, Car and Boat and I hit apple first it will find the first apple link but if I hit car or boat next it will jump to the next occurance of apple and will continue to do so until its shown me every apple link . I hope i've made that clear (Gnevin 01:28, 26 January 2007 (UTC))
 * 3) After finishing the complete list an error message occurs which reads:  "Unhandled exception has occurred in your appliation.  If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error ..."  etc.  This error was not noticed in the previous version.

While on the subject of this Multiple links function a couple of enhancement seem to me:
 * 1) Allow a user to remove a link from the alerts list if one chooses to leave duplicates (like when a link appears in an info box and somewhere else in the article).  It is inconvenient to have a number of links which have already been reviewed when working with a long list.
 * 2) Have the program propose a replacement for the link (ie. the text highlighted, but without the link brackets.)  Permit the user to accept this proposal, or modify it, but have it stick until the occurances of that link have been reviewed.  -- J A X HERE  | T a l k 17:01, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Any chance of a fix for this bug? (Gnevin 20:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC))
 * Can a developer comment on this (Gnevin 13:52, 6 February 2007 (UTC))
 * We got your message, no worries :-) I'm working on fixing the bugs. — Mets501 (talk) 01:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think I have to defer to MaxSem on this one. I can't see the problem on first glance. — Mets501 (talk) 02:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok sorry for being impatient i just wasn't sure anyone had noticed this (Gnevin 12:13, 7 February 2007 (UTC))
 * Both problems . — M ETS 501 (talk) 04:40, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Drag'n drop
Is the absence of a possibility to drag and drop selected text a feature or a bug?Circeus 18:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Drag and drop text from where and to where? I can't think of much of a use for it, but you may use AWB far differently than myself. thadius856talk 19:17, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I remember asking once about the possibility to be able to copy highlighted/selected text from the preview pane, but I believe that something was precluding that at the time. Is this what you are asking for?  --After Midnight 0001 00:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Inside the edit area. I did a series of template conversion, and not having that possibility was a real annoyance. Especially when you expect it.Circeus 02:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I still don't understand. You want drag 'n' drop?  How would that help? — Mets501 (talk) 12:06, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think they mean in the manual edit space take for example this edit where drag and drop would of been useful  but not 100% required  . Ie it would handy handy to drag Hurling Championships instead of cutting and pasting (Gnevin 12:30, 7 February 2007 (UTC))
 * Ah yes. I tend to do all sort of little extra edits there, and it'd be useful.Circeus 18:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Neither. Drag and drop isn't implemented. It's as simple as that. The edit window uses class System.Windows.Forms.TextBox from the the .Net Framework Class Library provided by Microsoft. If you want to have drag and drop implemented, specific reactions to some "events" (like DragEnter, DragDrop, DragLeave, etc) must be handled. Currently they aren't. --Ligulem 19:24, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * With the preview pane a lot of functionality's disabled to stop people making mistakes. It would be nice to be able to cut and paste from it though. Rich Farmbrough, 16:11 12  February 2007 (GMT).


 * Hmm, i reckon, it shouldnt be difficult to add a context menu to all you to copy from it... Depends if highlighting/selecting text is disabled somewhere... Will have a look Reedy Boy 21:53, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


 * ✅ Done


 * Added Context Menu to the webBrowser Control, with just 'copy'. Allows you to copy text from the control now. Just need to sort out shortcut key.


 * See here Reedy Boy 23:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Google search
Not sure if it's because of the new version or something else, but Google search on AWB hasn't been working (as in it gets 0 results) since I got the new version. Any ideas? Thank you! --Galaxiaad 04:40, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This was fixed in a new version a week ago, but they haven't uploaded the new version. I tried to contact the guy who is in charge of that, but got no response. :( Firsfron of Ronchester  04:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Oo, thank you! --Galaxiaad 05:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops, I misread that. Still, thanks for the info. --Galaxiaad 05:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Add selected to list from category
Doesn't work for me unless I manually remove "Category:" from the categories. Rich Farmbrough, 11:02 16 February 2007 (GMT).
 * Same here: I'm sure this used to work, did anything change? HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 16:32, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * . — M ETS 501 (talk) 19:45, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Eh?
Seems to want to replace citation needed with ===See also===. ??? Rich Farmbrough, 11:05 16 February 2007 (GMT).
 * This may have been a glitch... I'll come back if it's still a problem. Rich Farmbrough, 11:18 16 February 2007 (GMT).
 * The article is Ada (programming language). Can someone test it please with general fixes. Rich Farmbrough, 11:40 16 February 2007 (GMT).
 * also strangeness with [{Boxing]]. Rich Farmbrough, 15:11 16 February 2007 (GMT).


 * Ada, - changes the tag to ==see also==... Reedy Boy 20:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * . It would be great if you could file these on the /Bugs subpage. Thanks. — M ETS 501 (talk) 20:43, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Searching article source
I just started with AWB the other day, so please forgive me if this question is too obvious. Is there a way to search the source of many articles for text that would not appear in a Wiki or Google search (for example, to correct spacing of &lt;ref&gt; tags)? -- BlastOButter42 See  Hear  Speak  09:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * To clarify a little, I mean is there a way to make a list of articles with a certain phrase in their source. -- BlastOButter42 See  Hear  Speak  10:29, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, try downloading a database dump. — M ETS 501 (talk) 14:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Help please
I want to use AWB to replace with  in the catalan wikipedia. With AWB i can do it? Thanks, ca:User:Albertsab. Sorry, i have a very little level of english


 * just enter into find and replace: FIND:  REPLACE:, all options=empty, it just replaces the string
 * I think that won't work, he means that the problem lies with the "dot"-removal Dryke 16:56, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Advanced search and replace questions
I started using AWB 2 days ago and am loving it, but there are several things I haven't been able to figure out.

1. Is there a way to search throughout all the archives of this talk page to see if my questions have already been answered?

I am searching for pages that contain the misspelling "saxaphone".

2. Is there a page somewhere that gives detailed help information and/or explanations of the use of the advanced search and replace functions? I'm looking for a definition of "subrule" an an explanation of the "if" tab.
 * See MWiki-Browser. --Ligulem 18:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Multiline / Singleline (regular expressions)?
3. In the Advanced Search and Replace ("Replace Special" window), what do the terms Multiline and Singleline mean? I checked MWiki-Browser - it refers to those terms, but does not explain them.

How to add and to a word but only when it's not there already
5. When I find "saxaphone" I want to change it to " saxophone". I tried doing this, but the problem is that some cases of "saxaphone" were already surrounded by double-brackets, so the result is [[saxophone]]. (In plain English, what I want to do is: replace "saxaphone" with "saxophone", unless "saxaphone" already has brackets around it, in which case replace it with "saxophone". )

I thought I could solve this by searching for saxaphone and replacing it with saxophone, but when I tried that as a Find string in Advanced Find and Replace, it was a disaster (finding every ocurrence of dobule-bracket in the article!) Is the slash ( / ) character the answer? If so, do I need to search for /[/[ ? Or do I need to set up a Subrule?

Thanks for any help, and apologies if these are questions that have been asked and answered before. —SaxTeacher (talk)  23:12, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * How about searching for " saxaphone " and replacing it with " saxophone "? --After Midnight 0001 03:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I can do that, but much of the time, the word has some punctuation around it (a comma or period) or appears in (parentheses). —SaxTeacher (talk)  14:38, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * simply search for saxaphone and replace with saxaphone then search for saxaphone  and replace with saxaphone ,this can be done in one go as the find and replace is done in order (Gnevin 14:47, 2 February 2007 (UTC))
 * Note this wont work with piped links (Gnevin 14:50, 2 February 2007 (UTC))
 * Update for piped links add a final add and replace of [[saxaphone and replace with unsigned comment was added by Gnevin (talk • contribs) 15:02, 2 February 2007 (UTC).
 * Perhaps this has already been fixed, but you could regex this to make it easier. [^\[]saxophone[^\]] would match any instance that doesn't have brackets before and after it. It wouldn't be thrown off by punctuation or spaces, and any bracketed instances would be skipped. thadius856talk 20:17, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Here's a different approach which might work (I haven't rried it in this case but in a similar situation). What you're effectively doing is allowing the 4 brackets to be put in then running a separate replace to remove them if they do happen to get put in. J A X HERE | T a l k 15:00, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) do a replace of "saxaphone" → "saxophone"
 * 2) do another replace of "[[[[" → "[[""
 * 3) and another of "]]]]"  → "]]"


 * Alternatively search for ([^[])(Saxahpone) and replace with $1Saxophone . But there should not be lots of links to the same article close together. Rich Farmbrough, 16:05 12  February 2007 (GMT).

AWB hangs on XP shutdown
I am generally someone who doesn't close all my programs before i turn off my pc .I just  go to shut down and let windows close them ,now AWB always hangs when i do this and it doesn't even do like other programs and automatically end process after 10 seconds  it just stops the entire shut down  process till I click end now.

Has anyone else experienced this ? (Gnevin 12:17, 7 February 2007 (UTC))
 * Shutdown provokes an "are you sure" dialogue box IIRC. Rich Farmbrough, 16:12 12 February 2007 (GMT).

highlighting changes

 * now whole paragraph is highlighted in preview if a small change is done there, FireFox has a nice mechanism to highlight founded text, maybe it could be applied in AWB to highlight changes that are done, to be better visible --84.234.42.68 13:23, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * i request for a regex to change first small letter into [[image: 14:25, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I can't really understand your first comment and the "=(a|b|c|...)" part of your second comment. Can you clarify? — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think he means that when showing a diff when it's ready to save, AWB highlights the entire paragraph of the diff, and it would be better if it highlighted only the change (in the manner that FireFox does when searching a page). However, it also highlights the exact change in red, so I don't see the problem. And I have no idea what his 2nd comment means. -- BlastOButter42 See  Hear  Speak  10:06, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * when I do a small change it's a problem to find this red text when WHOLE paragraph is highlighted, as you know FireFox highlights only the background of the searched text so it's clear and i dont need to get my eyes close to the screen, "=(a|b|c|...)" - I want to change =blabla= to =Blabla=, =history of USA= to =History of USA= etc., I masked first small letter in the section name, now you understand? --84.234.42.68 20:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * a little suggestion, maybe an ignoring option (in "find and replace") should ignore \[\[:?image, not only \[\[image ? and I insist to not ignore the description of the image --84.234.42.68 20:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Interesting construction
A user complained that his clever construction which ( construction which ) works like that, is broken by AWB. Should AWB allow for it, or is it "too clever", so that it will be broken by other editors and should be changed to pipe syntax? Rich Farmbrough, 16:15 12 February 2007 (GMT).
 * AWB doesnt seem to do that when i use it, also that sort of pipe links are useful for things like All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final (Gnevin 16:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC))

Bug with category removal
I'm using AWB to remove some category from it.wiki. I used the command "Remove Category:" of the "More..." menu. When there is no blank line between the category and the first interwiki, AWB remove the first interwiki too.--Moroboshi 23:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Please file this in the /Bugs subpage. Thanks. — M ETS 501 (talk) 02:15, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm not having this problem. Do you have the latest version? — M ETS 501 (talk) 02:40, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Opsss. moved the discussion in the bugs subpage. I added an example - apparently I was wrong and the cause is not tre presence/absence of a blank line.--Moroboshi 12:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Partial Version
I know that some people would like to have that kind of a tool. All features would not be needed and features could be taken out. Only people with strongly positive edits would be allowed to use. I don't know. It's just a thought but I don't really have that much time on my hands so I would like something like it. Redskunk 04:35, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't quite get what you're saying. Can you clarify? — Mets501 (talk) 01:42, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I know there are some people that want to help wikipedia but are discouraged by the lack of software to help them. I thought if you developed a kind of "lite" version that gave a few features, but lacked the power of repetitive edits of AWB.  Redskunk 04:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * There are javascripts that are good for that sort of thing. Rich Farmbrough, 16:08 12 February 2007 (GMT).


 * Yeah, install popups for example. Put this on your monobook, and use firefox Reedy Boy 21:51, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Save Changes to XML Dump File
Need to make edits/changes and save them back to the XML SQL dump file.


 * I cant find who posted this :/. Are you meaning, in the same way the Database Scanner loads from the XML file, you want to be able to commit changes back to it? Reedy Boy 13:10, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

AWB on my wiki
I want to setup AWB to work on my wiki, i select custom then enter the url en.(mywiki).org/w/ but it won't work.--RyanB88 07:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Which version of mediawiki are you using? Reedy Boy 13:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This is a bug in the software: most custom wikis aren't wokring. It would be great if you could report this to the /Bugs subpage.   — Mets501 (talk) 19:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Cool, Cheers for Fixing it. On the latest SVN commit, when i try to load pages/categories, i get an error of 'The 'img' start tag on line 30 does not match the end tag of 'a'. Line 30, position 60 - Is this something on the wiki? Reedy Boy 12:14, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Is this on Wikipedia, or on custom wikis? Do you have an example? — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:15, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * This one was on the Hak.5 Wiki Reedy Boy 12:18, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It is a problem with their wiki. You should write to them about that to remind them that in XHTML, all tags must either end with a tag directly following or the tag must have a forward slash at the end (). — M ETS 501 (talk) 14:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Another problem on a different wiki.

for int i = 1 to 99999 { Log in; start process; You are not logged in; }
 * I am showed as logged in at the top of the window, i can browse using the awb web browser bit, just no chance of making any edits


 * If needed, i can give links to these wiki's =)


 * Reedy Boy 12:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Its doing the login loop on both of the wiki's... Fine on Wikipedia Reedy Boy 12:26, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you give an example of the Wiki? Or is it all custom wikis? — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:15, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The 2 wiki's i was looking at editing are: ProCooling Wiki and the Hak.5 Wiki - Both had the login loop


 * To save you having to sign up, if you do any SVN commits for this, give me a shout on here or my talk, and i'll download and try it - Thanks =) Reedy Boy 12:14, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I signed up to see anyway, and it looks like that there's no reliable way to get the login status for those two wikis. Both of them don't pass the wgUserName variable, so there's no way of checking whether a user is logged in.  Have any other suggestions? — M ETS 501 (talk) 14:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Unless theres a way to get round the AWB login on each of them? Ie, if it is a custom wiki, therefore not following the AWB userlist, there is an option to override the logged in status...? So, it would still be loggedin, and the edits would be attributed to you...? Reedy Boy 15:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I could, but I think that might have too much potential for abuse. It would allow people with dynamic IP's to edit forever without being blocked. If you have a specific Wiki in mind, I can email you a new version of Variables.cs that you could compile with the rest of the code so that you could use AWB there without having to log in. — M ETS 501 (talk) 15:47, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, at the moment, it is just those 2 wiki's... If you wouldnt mind, that'd be good =) My Email is authentisicated with Wikipedia, so you should be ok to use that! Reedy Boy 16:13, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Had chance to look at this Mets? =) Reedy Boy 20:45, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You didn't get my email? I sent it on the 11th or maybe yesterday. — M ETS 501 (talk) 20:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I just checked my spam box on my isp's mail server. The other, and todays had been marked as spam. Lol - Thankyou!! See how it goes! Reedy Boy 21:00, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem :-). — M ETS 501 (talk) 21:01, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Just noticed an annoying bug on the custom wiki link text box. If the user doesnt put a / on the end, it doesnt like it. Could you add to the regex for that bit, so that if there isnt the / on the end, it adds it to try it? Reedy Boy 20:49, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ Done We really need another version, but MaxSem's not around.  I need to become an admin, not just a developer, so I can release a new version. — M ETS 501 (talk) 21:01, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

2 More requests if you would be so kind Mets.
 * 1) Change the text box for custom wiki to say a combo? And then have it save the multiple links on save settings - i noticed it will save 1, but multiple would be good, then load these for selection with AWB.
 * 2) If there isnt a typo page on the custom wiki on Regextypofix enabling, offer to load from en.wiki? =)

Oh, just noticed another problem. When regextypofix is enabled and saved as default settings, on loading, the link is like http://www.hak5.org/wiki//wiki/Hak5:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos .... Some duplication i think? But it does correct typo's

Reedy Boy 10:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Just looking at the RegEx Code string text = Tools.GetArticleText(Variables.Namespaces[4] + "AutoWikiBrowser/Typos");

So that will load the page..

If we wanted to tell it to load say, en.wiki regextypo, as the other article doesnt exist, so text still = ""

if (!(text != "")) {                   text = Tools.GetArticleText(""); }

Just what needs to go in there... Reedy Boy 13:22, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Put the multiple links on the Feature request. Reedy Boy 22:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Arabic Wikipedia
We sysops in Arabic Wikipedia have created a page for users and BOTs that can use AWB and it's located at ar:ويكيبيديا:قائمة الويكيبيديون المسموح لهم باستخدام الأوتو ويكي براوزر so we hope it works for the ِArabic Wikipedia and here is a prove that I am a sysop there (protct log)  Menasim ( discuss  |  ) 19:01, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * And I adde the comments to the list  Menasim ( discuss  | [[Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|22px]] ) 19:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I confirm Menasim work. user:Tarawneh, berurcrat at ar.wiki --19:16, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I will add ar.wiki to the dropdown list and enable that checkpage, I just need a few things:
 * A list of all namespaces.
 * A string to use in place of "using AWB" (i.e. a string that will be appended to edit summaries and that contains a link to AWB.
 * You may have some problems with the right-to-left stuff, but you can let me know how it goes and I'll do my best to fix it. — M ETS 501 (talk) 02:14, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok thank you the list of name spaces as sorted in the recent changes page(without all):

and the translation of that string with nowiki (using AWB) is "باستخدام الأوتو ويكي براوزر "(you might have problem copying it becuse it's RTL and there are LTR letters inside)  Menasim ( discuss  |  ) 10:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) main
 * 2) نقاش
 * 3) مستخدم
 * 4) نقاش المستخدم
 * 5) ويكيبيديا
 * 6) نقاش ويكيبيديا
 * 7) صورة
 * 8) نقاش الصورة
 * 9) ميدياويكي
 * 10) نقاش ميدياويكي
 * 11) قالب
 * 12) نقاش قالب
 * 13) مساعدة
 * 14) نقاش المساعدة
 * 15) تصنيف
 * 16) نقاش التصنيف
 * 17) بوابة
 * 18) نقاش البوابة
 * and about RTL I think thr AWB is working good using custom wiki(3.0.6.1)  Menasim ( discuss  | [[Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|22px]] ) 10:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I've committed ar.wiki to the dropdown list. Can you do me a favor and test it out?  (You have to download the newest SVN version, see WP:AWB for info.) — M ETS 501 (talk) 20:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It worked but the problem that I logged in with a user that is not on the check page and it was editing can you please see what's the problem and I forgot to give you the Special name space It's:
 * خاص
 * thank you  Menasim ( discuss  | [[Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|22px]] ) 21:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. Both fixed. — M ETS 501 (talk) 00:20, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to disturb you but three namespaces are wrong and that's is:
 * بواب should be بوابة
 * ويكيبيدي should be ويكيبيديا
 * نقاش ويكيبيدي should be نقاش ويكيبيديا
 * and when I try to convert a Cat to talk page it becomes نقاش:تصنيف:foo (Engliah example: Talk:Category:foo) instead of نقاش التصنيف:foo. that's all and thank you 1000000 times 12:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * (un-indent)Sorry, I can't recognize the incorrect namespaces are. Can you identify them by number in the list below? Thanks. — M ETS 501 (talk) 21:26, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Namespaces[1] = "نقاش:"; Namespaces[2] = "مستخدم:"; Namespaces[3] = "نقاش المستخدم:"; Namespaces[4] = "ويكيبيدي:"; Namespaces[5] = "نقاش ويكيبيدي:"; Namespaces[6] = "صورة:"; Namespaces[7] = "نقاش الصورة:"; Namespaces[8] = "ميدياويكي:"; Namespaces[9] = "نقاش ميدياويكي:"; Namespaces[10] = "قالب:"; Namespaces[11] = "نقاش قالب:"; Namespaces[12] = "مساعدة:"; Namespaces[13] = "نقاش المساعدة:"; Namespaces[14] = "تصني?:"; Namespaces[15] = "نقاش التصنيف:"; Namespaces[100] = "بواب:"; Namespaces[101] = "نقاش البوابة:";
 * OK, nevermind, I figured it out. My browser was displaying everything wrong, but when copying it to an external program it all became clear :-) — M ETS 501 (talk) 15:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Updated ar Namespaces with updated versions sent by Menasim via IRC SVN Rev 610 Reedy Boy 16:47, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

New version help
Hi I was told that I needed to update to a new version last night. Having downloaded the new version I cant login. Can anyone help please? Pit-yacker 16:48, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Suggest you log in using I.E. and "remember me", then fire up AWB.  (Also use your task manager to check AWB has actually closed down first.) Rich Farmbrough, 16:58 16  February 2007 (GMT).
 * Have cleared IE's cache, rebooted and then logged back into Wikipedia (with remember me) in IE. However, when I try to log in to AWB I just repeatedly get the following error message:

"You are not logged in. The logon Screen will now load, enter your name and password, click "Log In", wait for it to complete, then start the process again.

In future you can make sure this won't happen by logging into Wikipedia using Microsoft Internet Explorer —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pit-yacker (talk • contribs) 18:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC).
 * Are you on a custom wiki or on the English Wikipedia? — M ETS 501 (talk) 19:30, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I am working on English Wikipedia. Pit-yacker 19:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you have cookies enabled in IE? (See ) — M ETS 501 (talk) 21:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. Trying a bit further AWB doesnt seem able to see my Internet connection at all.  When I attempt to make a list it says The remote name en.wikipedia.org could not be resolved? However, I am connected to the net (I'm writing this).  Any suggestions to what might be wrong? Pit-yacker 21:12, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No idea. Try downloading version 3.0.4.1 from sourceforge and test it out.  That's the other old enabled version. — M ETS 501 (talk) 21:21, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Got it working. Was a problem with my Firewall, sorry! Pit-yacker 22:28, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. It's actually good that you reported it; now if anyone else has that same problem I'll know another possibility :-) — M ETS 501 (talk) 22:42, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Find and Replace question
Hi. I don't know exactly how to explain my question in general terms, so I'll just say what I want to do: I'm trying to clean up usage of the. To do that, I have to find any instance of " ." and replace it with ". " while ignoring everything that I just represented above by a number sign. How do I do that? -- BlastOButter42 See  Hear  Speak  22:58, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Coincidentally enough, that's enabled by default in the general fixes of the most recent version. Try downloading 3.1.1.1 with general fixes on, and you should see it in action. — M ETS 501 (talk) 23:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Strange Removal
Why was a category removed in this diff? --TeckWiz Parlate Contribs@ 21:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Not sure, maybe just a glitch... Just quickly running AWB through the category that was removed, and its not wanting to remove them on any other article....

You are supposed to check edits before you commit them....

Reedy Boy 22:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. I did check it. And I saved it just so I could show the diff. Then I added it back on, at least I thought I did. --TeckWiz Parlate Contribs@ 22:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It was removed because it was a duplicate. It is a general fix.  Any category which appears twice in the list is removed.  --After Midnight 0001 22:58, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Yup, After Midnight, your right. I should really check stuff properly!! Reedy Boy 14:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Automatic
If I wanted to use AutoWikiBrowser to go through a category of 9,000 user talks in, and use it to find and replace the cat with , how would I set it to automatically submit, and would I need bot approval for a one time thing? --TeckWiz Parlate Contribs@ 01:35, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You need bot approval. Happy Editing by  Snowolf (talk)CONCOI on  01:41, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay. But after approval, how do I get it to autosave? --TeckWiz Parlate Contribs@ 01:56, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The function is already include in AWB, but you can use it only if you're an approved bot. Happy Editing by  Snowolf (talk)CONCOI on  02:07, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh. Then I will submit a bot request. Thanks. --TeckWiz Parlate Contribs@ 02:09, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * And then, your bot must be in the bot section in the awb checklist. Alphachimp tends to do most of the approvals, and if its a bot, he waits forthe Bot approval group to approve, and he'll add it to the bot section for you =) Reedy Boy 09:48, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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