Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive 1

Google search not working on AWB
Google apparently changed the HTML of their search page a tiny bit, but I've fixed it. You can download the SVN version now if you're really desperate :-) (see AutoWikiBrowser) — Mets501 (talk) 23:56, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * That quick? Wow. I'm seriously seriously impressed. I can hardly believe it's fixed. Not that I don't believe you. I don't understand the SVN page, so I guess I'll haveta wait for the next release. Thanks for the fix! :) Firsfron of Ronchester  00:12, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I would release a new version for a bug that big, but I can't (only MaxSem can, since he's a project admin and I'm only a developer). — Mets501 (talk) 00:14, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. I don't mind waiting. I'm just glad it was an apparently easy fix. I also use CatScan, and that tool was out of order for six months. Thanks again, Firsfron of Ronchester  00:21, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Xp shut down bug
Sorry, I can't confirm this one since I'm not running XP (I'm running Vista). Perhaps someone else can confirm that this is not just a problem for Gnevin? — M ETS 501 (talk) 21:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Is this really a bug? It seems like this "bug" can be fixed by shutting down AWB before you shut down your computer. It's just hitting the red X and clicking "yes", after all. Sorry if this comment sounds impertinent. Firsfron of Ronchester  21:49, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This its a bug as AWB isn't working as intended, now if Mets comes back to me and says yes i know what the problem is but it will take 100 hours to fix so we arent going to put the effort in, i'd say fine it doesn't create any major issues and i'll just try to make sure to close AWB (Gnevin 23:35, 9 February 2007 (UTC))
 * It may be AWB trying to force the "are you sure you want to quit?" box open. Have you tried disabling that message box? (by selecting "don't ask again") — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:11, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah that seems to be the problem, when i disabled that box shut down worked no problem (Gnevin 01:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC))

mutlilink bug
All fixed. — M ETS 501 (talk) 04:43, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

custom wikis
I've redone a large portion of the custom wiki code, so everything should work perfectly. — M ETS 501 (talk) 04:27, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't work with Wikimedia Commons
I'm not experiencing that (see ). Is anyone else? — M ETS 501 (talk) 11:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It would appear to be a problem with my PC. I can't actually use a button on a web page using AWB (even the log in one). Lcarsdata 13:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation and redirects
Workaround is to use the redirect value instead, but if you don't realize this is the cause, you will be befuddled.
 * All fixed. It now just displays a message saying that the page doesn't exist or has no links. — M ETS 501 (talk) 19:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Removing category
I had this as well, but there was a blank line. It was and AWB wanted to remove that first interwiki as well, which was why I ended up doing it by hand. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 20:11, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Recent --> in File Menu
Fixed in SVN Rev 604 Reedy Boy 01:19, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Find & Replace: Normal: saving state of tickboxes

 * Fixed in SVN Revision 606


 * Wasnt actually being saved or loaded in usersettings.cs, and there was no declaration for it in SettingsClasses.cs


 * Reedy Boy 12:38, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Title bolding
Wants to change }}[[Image:Woburn, Massachusetts, Library with statue of Benjamin Thompson.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Statue of Thompson outside the library of

To }}[[Image:Woburn, Massachusetts, Library with statue of Benjamin Thompson.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Statue of Thompson outside the library of

Reedy Boy 12:53, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed in SVN Revision 607

if (regexBold.IsMatch(ArticleText)) {               NoChange = false; if (!(ArticleText.IndexOf("Image") != 0)) {                   ArticleText = regexBold.Replace(ArticleText, "$1$2$3", 1); }           }            else NoChange = true;

ArticleText = ArticleText + strSecondHalf; ArticleText = hider.AddBackMore(ArticleText); return ArticleText;

When searching for Article Text to bolden, if in the string, there is the Image:, it will not embolden it, it will skip it

Reedy Boy 13:46, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Reparse option not working at all?
Hmmm……it's refusing to work because I was replacing one category with another. If I go to the "Category tasks" selector and clear it down, the "reparse" works fine. Is it maybe halting because it has already done the category replacement, and doesn't realise that there are further changes to be made? I don't want to have to switch this damn thing on and off betwen articles! HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 16:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It's because when you have the category replacement/removal choice set, it automatically skips articles when no category is replaced/removed. Perhaps an extra checkbox on whether to skip articles when no category is replaced/removed is in order? — M ETS 501 (talk) 04:27, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, that would make sense. Maybe this and the corresponding option attached to the "Find and replace" facility could also be moved into the "Skip" section? HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 18:15, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed, in SVN Rev 613
 * Also did the same for the image replace, as the same problem could occur. Skip box is just currently with text 'Skip?', in the bottom of its relevant groupbox =) Reedy Boy 19:18, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

New Multilink bug
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnevin (talk • contribs)


 * I can't duplicate this bug in My SVN Version of AWB....
 * Loaded a Large Category ("Politics of" templates), scrolled to middle, selecting any link doesnt seem to make it move. Unless Mets has solved this? Reedy Boy 12:51, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * He's talking about the list of multiple links, not the listmaker list. AWB's just reselecting the line after you click on it, so it jumps to the top of the list, and then to the link, making the link appear at the bottom.  It's just a bit annoying, but I don't see any other way. — M ETS 501 (talk) 14:21, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, it now scrolls so that the link moves to the middle. It's the best I can do. — M ETS 501 (talk) 01:24, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Unintentional Template Deletion
I've fixed this. It is a major enough bug to force another upgrade? — M ETS 501 (talk) 23:52, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd say yes as you'll have people here soon enough giving out about how AWB is causing major problems (Gnevin 00:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC))
 * I released another version and added a global startup message warning people that there is a major bug with the general fixes option, and if they plan on running general fixes without carefully examining each edit for this bug, they should update. — M ETS 501 (talk) 01:11, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

DEFAULTSORT insertion gets confused by '*'
Either fixed in 3.1.1.1 or will be fixed in the next release. — M ETS 501 (talk) 04:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I am on 3.1.1.1, so I guess next one ;) &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 11:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Regex forms don't allow empty 'replace' fields
— {admin} Pathoschild 05:02:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed for the regex tester. — M ETS 501 (talk)

07:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

if (r.replace_ != null && r.with_ != null && r.replace_ != "" && r.with_ != "") Replaced with if (r.replace_ != null && r.replace_ != "") Fixed in SVN Rev 621

Reedy Boy 17:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

IPA template
I think this is related to a bug fixed in the next release, but I'm not 100% positive. — M ETS 501 (talk) 04:03, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This would be because someone had inserted an empty  and between now and December 7, 2006 nobody spotted it. AWB was simply lifting a template from the end of the article to just above the categories, as it normally does. Your edit did in fact remove it, which is why no further changes were suggested. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 14:45, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

-ing -s suffix
But links and links appear the same, because the s is taken into the link. The 's isn't taken into the link so Person's and Person's don't show up the same. Not that it's a big deal either way, but I assume the reason people include the 's in the link is because they think it looks nicer. I actually think it makes more sense logically not to link the 's (to be clear what article it's linking to), and it obviously takes up less space, but... just pointing out a difference. --Galaxiaad 00:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think we need to "fix this". It's better if only the name is linked anyway. — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, hadn't noticed what Galaxiaad had noted. I only noticed the issues because in that diff that I did by hand, the two bullet items above were both with the ' and 's outside, so I was basing it off of that. ;) &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 11:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Edit conflict bug
(Gnevin 13:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC))
 * For one thing, you shouldnt be doing insignificant edits like that one
 * Im sure my AWB registered Edit conflicts before.. Have to do some testing Reedy Boy 12:07, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Whats wrong with my edit ? I'm getting pretty tired of the  attitude of some of the people using awb(Gnevin 13:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC))
 * I'm really sorry if Reedy Boy and I come across as having an "attitude", it's not meant to be so, it's just that we have to be really efficient as we're the only two actively maintaining the project. We really appreciate all the bugs that you report :-) — M ETS 501 (talk) 14:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I apologise too. But, that is all but what is classed as an 'insignificant edit'. Ie sorta whitespace moves and such... And as Mets501 put it, im not just someone using AWB, im helping maintain it. Reedy Boy 21:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The edit isn't really the issue is it ? The real issue is the fact AWB ignored the conflict which is a major issue, as I've said before i don't know why your drawing/drew attention to this when i'm just trying to help the project by reporting these bugs (Gnevin 22:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC))
 * P.S but like man says i'll WP:AGF and move on (Gnevin 22:27, 20 February 2007 (UTC))


 * Back on topic
 * I have just been playing around, the mediawiki software doesnt log an edit conflict if the 2 edits are on the same account. But you are correct, there is nothing about the edit conflict if it is on different accounts. I shall add this in Reedy Boy 18:19, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * From my playing about, it is impossible to get MediaWiki to register an edit conflict between the same account.


 * However, i know what needs to be done to fix/alert the user of the edit conflict, but i cant work out where to put it... Waiting on Mets501 to read his email =D Reedy Boy 19:44, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Mets found it for me. AWB is handling the error, it just does a force reload of the page, re-applying changes, it is just not notifying the user that there has been an edit conflict. I have added a messagebox to let the users know there has been a conflict. As previously stated, you cannot do an edit conflict with your own account (ie 2 edits on 1 account). Fixed in SVN Rev 622 Reedy Boy 18:11, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Good work, but believe it or not, it is possible to have an edit conflict with yourself; it has happened to me several times. Sometimes (very rarely) when you press "Save page", the changes go through but your web browser fails to navigate to the next page, and when you click "Save page" again you get a self-edit conflict. — M ETS 501 (talk) 00:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Someone did say on the #mediawiki channel they thought they had done it, but weren't sure. I was unable to duplicate it. I suppose, if the mediawiki software reports a edit conflict, this will handle that aswell. Reedy Boy 12:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Edit Summary Combo

 * Moved position of

chkLock.Checked = p.General.LockSummary;

to before the edit summary loaded, and set the label used if locked to the default edit summary cmboEditSummary.Text = p.General.SelectedSummary;

if (chkLock.Checked) lblSummary.Text = p.General.SelectedSummary;

Fixed in SVN Rev 629

Reedy Boy 19:41, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Admin bot skips protected pages
— {admin} Pathoschild 08:06:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Although i will be unable to duplicate this myself (Not being an admin), the fix will be easy enough, it would be a case of when the page is protected (and by default skipped), look if the account is admin, and if so, allow the edit to continue, rather than skipping. Will look at that later Reedy Boy 12:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

if (HTML.Contains("View source")) {                   if (Variables.User.IsAdmin) {                       return true; }                   else {                       SkipPage; return false; }               }

Im a bit confused to what exactly is needed. So, i'll commit that SVN Rev 625

That will mean, if the user is listed as an admin on the AWB checklist, they can edit the page, but of course, only if they are a proper 'wiki admin'

The bit about, adminbot was confusing. So i'll leave it as such until i've spoken to Mets501, or you can clarify. Ie, if they are just a bot, they cannot edit a page with full protect. If they were an admin, and a bot, they could, but the account would have to currently be listed in Admin, so, maybe a section for 'adminbot' and then AWB can handle that, meaning they can edit...?

As as far as i know, AWB just goes by its own checklists! Reedy Boy 14:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that should work. Our checklists are pretty accurate, and I don't think we have any admin-bots running AWB; if we do, we'll need a new checkpage section :-) Will test on my account tonight. — M ETS 501 (talk) 14:28, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'll leave it as so for the moment. =) Thanks Reedy Boy 14:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I encountered this problem while running Pathosbot through my account, and I'm listed as an administrator, so presumably it will be fixed in the next release. :) — {admin} Pathoschild 18:52:17, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Pathosbot is listed as a 'bot', you are listed as an admin for AWB. So, this change will affect you, but your bot still wont be able to edit it. As it does it from which ever account is logged on in IE Reedy Boy 19:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm aware of that. When I said I was 'running Pathosbot through my account', I meant I logged the AutoWikiBrowser into my administrator account. :) — {admin} Pathoschild 06:22:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Ah, ok, so doing its tasks on your admin account. Gotchya. That should be sorted then =) Reedy Boy 10:24, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

%%key%% includes namespace
— {admin} Pathoschild 02:02:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

public static string MakeHumanCatKey(string Name) {           string OrigName = Name;

Name = Regex.Replace(Name, "\\(.*?\\)$", "").Trim;

if (!Name.Contains(" ")) return OrigName;

int intLast = Name.LastIndexOf(" ") + 1; string LastName = Name.Substring(intLast); Name = Name.Remove(intLast); Name = LastName + ", " + Name.Trim;

return Name; }

I think it just needs some way to check for the namespace and remove it if needed... Reedy Boy 22:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmm, got a fix, that should work

if (Name.IndexOf("Author:") == 0) Name = Name.Replace("Author:", "");


 * But of course, that would only work for author... What other namespaces are there that would have the problem? Reedy Boy 22:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed by Mets501 SVN Rev 631 Reedy Boy 10:26, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Simple English interlanguage link separate from others

 * It would seem a bug, as the interwiki links want to be at the bottom of the page, not above/with categories. Reedy Boy 11:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

InterWikiList.Add(x);

When its cycling through, its not adding simple to the "InterWikiList", just need to work on a fix Reedy Boy 14:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * "InterWikisList" includes simple, so im not sure why its being moved Reedy Boy 14:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably because it was in caps in the example. — M ETS 501 (talk) 15:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It is, have to add the decapitalisation to the interwiki fixer thingy Reedy Boy 15:42, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

if (ArticleText.IndexOf("[[Simple:") != 0)               ArticleText = ArticleText.Replace("[[Simple:", "[[simple:"); Added that to removeInterWikis to change uppercase interwiki link of Simple to simple. SVN Rev 632 [[User:Reedy Boy|Reedy Boy]] 16:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Better option needed to cater for all interwiki's - RegexOptions.IgnoreCase needed, and a .ToLower needed on the language to force to lowercase. Reedy Boy 20:27, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Tried

for (int i = 0; i != InterWikisList.Count; i++) {               string txt = InterWikisList[i].ToString.Replace("\\", ""); //.Replace(".*?]]", ""); if (Regex.IsMatch(ArticleText, txt, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)) {                   ArticleText = Regex.Replace(ArticleText, txt, txt, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase); }           }

Ie, to loop through all the Interwiki's and see if they are in the text... And it is supposed to replace them if they are with their lowercase versions...

But doesnt seem to work... Waiting on Mets501 Reedy Boy 22:06, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Update

for (int i = 0; i != (InterWikisList.Count -1); i++) {               string txt = InterWikisList[i].ToString; //.Replace(".*?]]", "");

if (Regex.IsMatch(ArticleText, txt, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)) {                   ArticleText = Regex.Replace(ArticleText, txt, txt.Replace("\\", ""), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase); }           }

Its just the replace string thats the problem now =)

Reedy Boy 23:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Module Module1

Sub Main Dim InterWikiListsItem As New Regex("\[\[(? simple):(? .*?)\]\]", _          RegexOptions.Compiled Or RegexOptions.IgnoreCase) ' This object is pretending to be InterWikisList[i] inside your loop. ' The regexes in the list will have to be modified to provide and capture groups

' ArticleText is already declared in your scenario, but here's some wiki text for this little app to use: Dim ArticleText As String = "fication of the Royal Family]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r" & _ "\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOlga de Rússia (gran duquessa de Rússia)\r\n" & _ "Olga Nikolajewna Romanowa (1895–1918)\r\nOlga Nikolaievna Romanova\r\n" & _ "Olga Nicolaevna de Russie\r\nOlga Nikolajevna van Rusland (1895-1918)\r\n" & _ "オリガ皇女\r\nOlga Romanowa\r\nОльга Николаевна\r\nSi" & _          "mple:Olga Nicolaievna Romanova\r\nSimonStorfurstinnan Olga""" ' This code goes inside your i++ loop and checks for the match and calls the replacement delegate if there is a match: InterWikiListsItem.Replace(ArticleText, AddressOf IWMatchEval) ' this replaces your if .match and your ' if.replace. We simply match and replace at the same time (the replacement delegate won't get called        ' If there Then 's no match) End Sub

Public Function IWMatchEval(ByVal match As Match) As String ' This is a delegate function. It receives a match object for each match in ArticleText and ' returns the replacement text IWMatchEval = ("" & match.Groups("site").ToString.ToLower & ":" & match.Groups("text").ToString & "") Debug.Print(IWMatchEval) End Function

End Module

Some VB I gave to Sam. You might want to use it as "pseudo code". It works, the debug output is: Olga Nicolaievna Romanova Simon --kingboyk 00:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

c# Convert

for (int i = 0; i != (InterWikisList.Count -1); i++) {               ArticleText = interwikiregex.Replace(ArticleText, new MatchEvaluator(MetaDataSorter.IWMatchEval)); }

public static string IWMatchEval(Match match) {           string[] textArray = new string[] { "", match.Groups["site"].ToString.ToLower, ":", match.Groups["text"].ToString, "" }; string text = string.Concat(textArray); return text; }

Just a few more minor changes to do

Reedy Boy 01:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You can merge the last 2 lines into one by returning the result of string.Concat. --kingboyk 15:36, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * SVN Rev 644 - Fixed thanks to kingboyk =) Reedy Boy 16:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Edit process doesn't work with Cologne Blue skin

 * Agreed. But it seems fine on the other skins... I dont think this is a bug with AWB though, i think its a skin bug, but i'll try and find out what it is. Reedy Boy 23:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Falls over on

if (!this.Document.Body.InnerHtml.Contains("id=siteSub")) {               ProcessStage = enumProcessStage.none; if (Fault != null) this.Fault; return; }

So, for some reason, that skin doesnt include "id=sitesub" wherever it is supposed to... A media wiki bug? Reedy Boy 23:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think that's something for bugzilla. — M ETS 501 (talk) 01:49, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Reported as Bug 9086 Reedy Boy 17:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Cannot log out
This could be fixed by making 'log in' work when logged in (which MediaWiki allows) or allowing the user to follow links in the AutoWikiBrowser window. — {admin} Pathoschild 05:10:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I think you can either let the users click on everything, or nothing, which wouldnt be very much use if it was the first. Im sure we can do it to override the login. Or, just put a logout function on the file menu - Special:Userlogout? Of course, with the relevant wiki link prefixed. If you would just like a logout, we can do that, and then, we can put the login override, ie if user clicks login, and whether actually logged in or not, they are taken to teh login page? Reedy Boy 09:34, 26 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Added Logout on File Menu. Displays a message box asking user to confirm they want to do that. I havent set it to load the login page. Reedy Boy 21:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Debugger opens upon clicking "Start the process"
The old version worked fine. I am not familiar with the Microsoft Script Editor at all. Any suggestions on what might be causing this would be appreciated. —SaxTeacher (talk)  16:39, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Can you post the message from the Just in Time Debugger? Reedy Boy 16:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * "An exception of the type 'htmlfile: Unexpected call to method or property access.' was not handled." It then opens http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php and highlights a line of code that reads
 * —SaxTeacher (talk)  19:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The Start process fires multiple events. Could you try unticking the boxes for general fixes and such, and see if you can narrow down where the error is coming from? Reedy Boy 17:53, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I tried unticking the boxes, and even not loading any of my settings, but the debugger still pops up as soon as I click "Start the process". —SaxTeacher (talk)  15:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Is your .NET Framework v2 up to date? Reedy Boy 22:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * My .NET was v2 and worked fine with the prior version of AWB. Today I upgraded to .NET v3 and the problem is unchanged.
 * Dot Net Cleanup Tool. Take a look at that, use it to remove your .NET framework, and then try reinstalling it on the bad machine
 * V3 wouldnt make any difference. Its just V2 with some added stuff. Reedy Boy 20:13, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Strange conversion of newline in advanced find/replace

 * Verified. See what you mean, the square, if you say, copy the some[]thing to like my irc client, it shows it one line. But press enter, and it pastes it on 2 lines. So it would seem the FAR is still correct, but it needs saving in the xml as like some\r\nthing, and then when loaded, c# would parse it and show it on 2 lines. Will look at changing the save tommorow, its 2am for me, and i need some sleep. Signing off Reedy Boy 02:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * That would be great. A bit of a waste to see all my settings go down the drain (I had the feeling there was also something else going wrong when I loaded that file (old settings format, it contains several rules with subrules, not one rule with subrules with subrules ..)).  As a note, some programs do convert unix-style newlines correctly, but wikipedia does not, i.e. I did not dare to save the page to see if it would go right after saving, but it does not show correctly in the edit-box.  Thanks already!  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 09:53, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, it saves correctly; MediaWiki converts the newline boxes to newlines. This problem is purely aesthetic. :) — {admin} Pathoschild 22:04:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * And here is the cosmetic fix

From ReplaceTextbox.Text = r.replace_;

WithTextbox.Text = r.with_;

To ReplaceTextbox.Text = Regex.Replace(r.replace_, @" ", "\r\n");

WithTextbox.Text = Regex.Replace(r.with_, @" ", "\r\n");

Ie it looks for the new line thing, and replaces it with \r\n which is newline in C#

Fixed in SVN Rev 660


 * Oh, and it will do it for both the text boxes, if you didnt realise from the code ;) Reedy Boy 23:11, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Replacement category not saved
Can you do me a favor and try this on the latest SVN version? I thought I fixed it in the most recent release, but I may have fixed it since then. — M ETS 501 (talk) 01:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't have this any more…I'll see if I can get hold of someone to build it for me. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 20:43, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * There's no need; just wait until the next version. I'm basically positive I've fixed it (it's fixed for me as far as I can see), so if it's still not saving after the next version, then we'll think about it. — M ETS 501 (talk) 21:50, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I was able to get hold of a version from SVN, and indeed the replacement category is now saving: sadly the "skip if no category replacement happens" option seems not to be. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 16:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Both are saving and loading it seems now Reedy Boy 23:16, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

%%key%% does nothing in advanced regex
— {admin} Pathoschild 02:02:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Text = Text.Replace("%%key%%", Tools.MakeHumanCatKey(Title)); Is the code in the normal AWB. Just need to work where it needs to go in Adv FAR Reedy Boy 23:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Old string replace = r.replace_.Replace("%%title%%", title);

string with = r.with_.Replace("%%title%%", title);

.....

text = Regex.Replace(text, replace, with, r.regexOptions_);

New string replace = r.replace_.Replace("%%title%%", title); string replace2 = r.replace_.Replace("%%key%%", Tools.MakeHumanCatKey(title));

string with = r.with_.Replace("%%title%%", title); string with2 = r.with_.Replace("%%key%%", Tools.MakeHumanCatKey(title));

.....

text = Regex.Replace(text, replace, with, r.regexOptions_); text = Regex.Replace(text, replace2, with2, r.regexOptions_);

Found the %%title%% in the Advanced FAR, duplicated lines to include title. Fixed in SVN Rev 662 Reedy Boy 23:32, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Kingbotk AWB Plugin Error

 * You probably didn't copy both DLLs per the instructions? I copied just the one DLL and was able to observe the same error message. --kingboyk 19:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Loading file with multiple rules results in all rules being a subrule of the preceding rule
Comment: I have had lots of problems with this. It is very frustrating when attempting to organise rules logically to suddenly find them muddled up. A heirachy of rules can depend on the parent rule being enabled or satisfying the if condition; disrupting the order makes a mess of this. Gaius Cornelius 13:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Max S em 22:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

The category ... does not exist
Category is empty. Wrong Error Message Reedy Boy 20:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Category now deleted, but it existed when this was reported. --kingboyk 20:34, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I tweaked error message to address this problem. Currently QueryAPI makes no difference between empty and non-existant categories when returning results, so there's not much can be done. Max S em 22:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Strange language template replacement
Fixed in r684, but title bolding needs major rewrite anyway. Max S em 19:04, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Special filter causes an unhandled exception

 * Fixed. Max S em 08:32, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Footnote formatter problem
NB: I understand that the main editor of Blue crab and other similar articles is particularly fond of his non-breaking spaces.

There is another minor problem with references adjacent to "!!" in tables. Try editing Electricity Supply Board for example. This is not common. Gaius Cornelius 19:05, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Done, some fixes are disabled until someone uh... fix 'em. Max S em 16:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Unexpected regex-ing of input.
Have fun! ʍαμ$ʏ5043 17:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Argh, why file a bug request when I said FIXED?! :D Max S em 18:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Just-in-time-debugging prompt at every page load
Same thing happened to me. Try going to (on Internet Explorer) tools -> internet options -> advanced and the check "Don't warn me about every script error" and see if that fixes it. — M ETS 501 (talk) 01:32, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Not a bad idea, thanx. However doesn't fix it for me. "[228] C:\Program Files\AutoWikiBrowser.exe" Opens what I think must be VBScript or Javascript. I don't see any errors though. Can any1 help me out? --Jabbi 15:29, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Have you checked your PC for spyware and adware? Max S em 15:38, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Found out it was actually a bug in Common.js. Serverside bug. --Jabbi 16:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Images become title-changed
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Slash (talk • contribs)
 * Sorry, I don't understand. Can you clarify? — M ETS 501 (talk) 21:58, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess it's about replacing underscores with spaces inside links which is OK, isn't it? Slash made this edit just before posting here which makes me think that it is only a misunderstanding because in this case it had nothing to do with AWB. Jogers (talk) 10:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This edit was not AWB. Max S em 11:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)


 * No response, marking this bug as invalid. Max S em 22:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Switches to wrong browser
— {admin} Pathoschild 00:46:11, 09 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Do you edit through a proxy? Max<;;font size="+1">S em 05:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)


 * No, I don't. — {admin} Pathoschild 08:30:17, 09 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I have an impression that something between you and servers caches pages and therefore sometimes edits are made with wrong session ID. Please try to analyze how to reproduce it. Max S em 08:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It occurred repeatedly on 09 March 2007, despite various attempts to fix any local problem. Strangely, it has not occurred since then. I've marked this bug as Not a bug/currently unresolvable. — {admin} Pathoschild 20:24:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Silly 'No Category' Notice

 * Perhaps AWB could get all categories (including templated categories) from #catlinks in the XHTML output of the page. This would resolve a minor problem on the English Wikisource, where author page categories are mostly templated. — {admin} Pathoschild 20:29:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * That's what it's supposed to do now. I'm wondering why it doesn't. — M ETS 501 (talk) 20:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It doesn't do that for me. Can anyone else reproduce this?  Are you sure you're using the latest version? — M ETS 501 (talk) 20:35, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3.1.3.3 - AFAIK this has been a problem since I started using AWB (3.0.1.4 is the oldest ZIP I seem to have). I just verified it again on the Rocket example. Under Alerts I get "No category." &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 21:54, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I am also seeing this alert, although I can't say if I've noticed it before. --After Midnight 0001 00:51, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I forgot about the alert. When I fixed it, I told it not to add nocat, but forgot to tell it to hide the alert.  Will be fixed in the next release. — M ETS 501 (talk) 01:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, I didn't really fix it, I just added to the message that a category may be in a template. Right now it's difficult to actually fix it without loading the page HTML again, which would significantly increase wait time before AWB is ready to make the next edit. — M ETS 501 (talk) 01:47, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Breaking a template
Fixed. AWB now ignores templates, images, external links, etc. when fixing decades. — M ETS 501 (talk) 07:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Interwiki re-ordering
--213.170.94.120 17:24, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

\b causing regex won't match

 * Hello gregul. I think I see the problem.   is an anchor which matches one of these zero-length positions:
 * between the start or end of the string and a word character (digits or letters).
 * between a word character and a non-word character.
 * In the case of the string "tyś.", \b will only match before the t or between ś and the dot (word and non-word character). Since the dot is not a word character, \b will not match after it unless it is immediately followed by a word character (for example, "tyś.f"). — {admin} Pathoschild 20:20:00, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Newline-bug #2
Now I'm absolutely sure that .NET was invented by GNAA. Fixed. Max S em 15:10, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah! Thanks!  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 15:11, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I misplaced this message. Not yet fixed. Max S em 15:13, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Now it's really fixed. I'm such a drama queen %) Max S em 15:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I was going to try to see if exists, but I maybe I should now use .  I hope it works.  Saving the settings, killing the excess newlines and reloading the settings is just too much.  Thanks!  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 15:54, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Does not remember whitespace-only replace
— {admin} Pathoschild 20:36:44, 08 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I have experienced this bug on 3 different versions of AWB. I have an advanced search and replace where I search for two spaces " " and replace with one " ".  Every time I load my settings I have to go back into Advanced search & replace, and type in the two spaces and the one space. —SaxTeacher  (talk)  15:42, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. Max S em 15:14, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Weird replacement of a commented sentence
I know where the File >> log in is coming from, I just can't figure out why it's left in that form. AWB uses File >> log in calls to hide certain things from the parser, but then is supposed to put them back. Will investigate this further. — M ETS 501 (talk) 07:12, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Can't find why this is happening at all. Added List of musical works in unusual time signatures to the "no general fixes" list for now. — M ETS 501 (talk) 06:31, 17 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Martin Heidegger is another one with the same weird replacement.---AM 0 88 20:30, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. Max S em 09:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

AWB corrupts the trademark (TM) special character.
Fixed. Max S em 13:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Redirect template problem

 * I can't reproduce it on this article. Did you run with some replacements? Max S em 13:32, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Cannot reproduce, now it is acting fine. Oh well. &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 01:41, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

IRCM: Blanking not reverting

 * This bug is known, but does need fixing!! Reedy Boy 20:07, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * MaxSem, I've done a commit (rev 693??), where ive changed a few things, and i think i may have fixed the page blanking. Can you check this for me? Cheers Reedy Boy 21:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Second loading of edit page makes reverts rather slow. I'll try to fix original code by reverting back to November version and gradually adding later modifications. Max S em 15:40, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm.... I suppose at least, it works for the moment!! Reedy Boy 14:18, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Image links from a database scan

 * Fixed. Max S em 19:45, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Index was outside the bounds of the array
'Comment I've just noticed that this is almost the same as a bug report above. Harryboyles 07:58, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Max S em 08:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

"Save file as" - XML filename doesn't change in main form caption
I can probably fix this if nobody else does, but reporting anyway so not forgotten. --kingboyk 14:08, 25 March 2007 (UTC) Actually I think it might be a little worse than that; it doesn't seem to set the new settings file as the current settings file at all. Too busy to investigate at the moment. --kingboyk 16:45, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed it in SVN r805. Mart inp23 23:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Problems with new version ("Index was outside the bounds of the array.") and mangling comments
Fixed. Max S em 08:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Category pages commented out become uncommented out
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Slash (talk • contribs)
 * I can't reproduce it. Please give more details. Max S em 11:17, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think he's meaning that AWB will automatically uncomment a category...? If so, it looks like you've fixed this MaxSem? Or are you meaning in the   bit, where it should stay the same?? Reedy Boy 21:40, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Poked user today to ask to try and give some more information before we close it as invalid. Reedy Boy 09:26, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It happened to me. I just deleted the commented out category manually afterwards. { Slash -|- Talk } 01:43, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It's been fixed. { Slash -|- Talk } 01:49, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Auto-update bug
I'm running the latest version; I've been told twice that I had to update, proceeded to run the updater, and then was told to update again. Ral315 » 17:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I had the same issue last night while testing a version I'd built from source. Restarting the program seemed to work for me though - at least I know I wasn't imagining it :) Mart inp23  17:59, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, co-incidentally, i've already fixed that and commited it to the SVN. I've added the version check of the online version against AWB version (the exe), and it wont download AWB unless needed now. So its fixed, well, on the updater side at least. Reedy Boy 18:24, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Was the error message like the below?

MessageBox.Show("This version is not enabled, please download the newest version. If you have the newest version, check that Wikipedia is online.\r\n\r\nPlease press \"Yes\" to run the AutoUpdater, \"No\" to load the download page and update manually, or \"Cancel\" to not update (but you will not be able to edit).", "Problem", MessageBoxButtons.YesNoCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Information);

Reedy Boy 18:37, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes - could it be that the program was (for some reason) unable to connect to WP? Mart inp23 19:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think so, that is probably the generic error from AWB when it cant get the check page at wikipedia. Reedy Boy 19:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect behaviour for "Inside template calls "
— {admin} Pathoschild 07:43, 23 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The following patterns will heuristically work around the problem in most cases if the templates you are modifying are never nested (but can nest other templates). This is not an ideal solution, of course. If you expect nested nested templates, just run it an extra time for every extra level.


 * — {admin} Pathoschild 22:43:09, 24 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Merged into a new bug report reporting that covers all the related bugs. — {admin} Pathoschild 04:50:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Persondata scrambling

 * It's because of polytonic (in fact, every template included as a parameter will break our template-moving code). Not sure what to do. This would require full parsing instead of regexes :-/ Max S em 18:14, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd like to have support, perhaps in WikiFunctions or WikiFunctions2, for WikiProjectBanners. The same challenge will be faced with that no doubt, as it contains other templates and goodness knows what strange parameters could be lurking within... --kingboyk 18:24, 24 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The following patterns (entire text, single line mode) might fix the problem if this is done with regex. They will temporarily replace one template nested in with delimiters that don't cause the conflict; run them two or three times if you expect up to two or three nested templates. This is heuristic at best, unfortunately.


 * The same patterns, with minor changes, can be used in the usual 'Replace special' boxes to correct the problem with other templates, as Pathosbot has done with on Wikisource. — {admin} Pathoschild 22:59:56, 24 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Merged into a new bug report that covers all related bugs. — {admin} Pathoschild 04:50:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Prod altering
It wants to change the text to: }|month = March|day = 26|year = 2007|time = 14:28|timestamp = 20070326142804}}

University of Health Sciences is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

{{dated prod|concern = {{{concern|non notable stub}} Presumably it's because it says stub? mattbr 14:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC)


 * This seems to be a problem with nested templates; notice that it ignores the third bracket when moving the concern parameter. See "Incorrect behaviour for 'Inside template calls {{..}} '" and "Persondata scrambling". — {admin} Pathoschild 04:42:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Merged into a new bug report covering all related bugs. — {admin} Pathoschild 04:50:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Timeout too brief on dialup
— {admin} Pathoschild 05:48:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

this.webBrowserEdit.TimeoutLimit = 30;

Whats it want setting to...? 60? Reedy Boy 14:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * That might work. Would it be difficult to make this user-configurable, so one could increase it as much as needed when dealing with unusually large pages? — {admin} Pathoschild 22:00:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Its not difficult, its just not a quick thing to do. Added Userchangable timeout limit. Default 30 seconds, max 120 seconds. SVN Rev 850 Reedy Boy 18:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Version check too late

 * Added, needs code cleaning up. Will give you a shout when done!! Reedy Boy 17:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Cleaned up. Reedy Boy 18:16, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Typo fixing not ignoring secure URLs
Fixed, https:, ftp: and mailto: prefixes are now supported. Max S em 15:20, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, mattbr 16:20, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Substing Problems
I won't call this "fixed" per say, because I haven't fixed anything, but I've reverted back to using normal subst techniques rather than Special:ExpandTemplates for now. — M ETS 501 (talk) 16:03, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

AWB 3.3.0.1 zip file has incorrect directory setup - updater throwing exceptions

 * I've been working on trying to fix this; it was originally my error for some reason sourceforge won't change it. I'm working as hard as I can on this one. — M ETS 501 (talk) 04:21, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I just renamed the version to 3.3.1.0 and now everything's in order. — M ETS 501 (talk) 04:47, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Updater bug

 * Can you tell us how you generate this error? Reedy Boy 18:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, i think i know what it is. I hadnt set the overwrite overload on a couple of the file copies. AWBUpdater.exe.new being one of them. Fixed that. Reedy Boy 18:29, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Edit summaries on find & replace using regex

 * The edit summary seems dependent on the original find/replace, even if editing subsequent to the proposed changes is done. In this case, I chose to not go with the adjusted format of the ASINs but to replace with OCLCs. The edit summary speaks to the original find/replace, even though I edited the article to be otherwise before issuing 'save.' I've also seen this behavior when I opt out of spelling changes suggested by AWB. The article saves as I request, but the edit summary indicates I did something I did not. Keesiewonder talk 01:15, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed, now dynamic edit summaries will be discarded if the user changed the text manually. Max S em 18:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Link de-piping false positive
I hope that makes sense. I don't think this kind of situation is a very regular occurrence and probably only a problem with links with commas. mattbr 23:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I've added an extra condition: links with comma in the left part will be ignored. Hope it's enough. Max S em 15:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Pasting into list of pages to go through
I don't encounter this. Are you sure it wasn't just a fluke thing one time? — M ETS 501 (talk) 16:04, 31 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed with TeckWiz

User talk:Page User talk:Page

Try adding the above

It adds it as

User talk:Page User talk:Page

The offending line is string[] splitTextTBA = TextTBA.Split;

Reedy Boy 23:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

string[] splitter = { "\r\n" };

string[] splitTextTBA = TextTBA.Split(splitter, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

Added a string array for 'splitter characters' - ie what it is looking for between 'lines', and put that as an overload for split, and set the option (needed .Remove... or .None) to clear out any blank entries.

Reedy Boy 23:17, 31 March 2007 (UTC)


 * As a side thought

if (entry != "") Add(entry); Shouldnt be needed now should it? As the above checks that. Suppose, having a 2nd check wont harm it!! Reedy Boy 23:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Non English Characters
Seems to be already fixed. Max S em 10:10, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Timer won't start automatically

 * What timer are you referring to? Reedy Boy 23:21, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I am referring to the timer in the lower right of the window next to the Edits/min, Edits, Ignored, etc., which is turned on by going to the General menu and selecting "Show timer". --After Midnight 0001 01:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Ahh, ok, thanks for the clarification. Sounds like its enabled status isnt setup to be saved/loaded with the settings file. Will have a look later on. Reedy Boy 11:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Its there in reset settings, save and load... Reedy Boy 15:55, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Found it, although it was marking it as checked, it wasnt making it visible or anything. I've moved the code out to a sub, and called it on the menu item selection, reset and load of settings. Reedy Boy 16:00, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Error saving settings
Fixed. Max S em 14:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Defaultsort and O' names
I'm not quite sure what you're saying. Are you saying that it should change to, or that it is and it shouldn't? — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:31, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes it should change to  as ' is sorted before everything else  (Gnevin 10:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC))


 * Surelt its {{defaultsort ? Reedy Boy 12:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes it should be {{defaultsort:OHagan, Damien}} (Gnevin 19:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC))
 * This is so not the kind of thing that AWB should be doing automatically. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 14:36, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Why not ? AWB is currently adding incorrect key which it should fix (Gnevin 15:56, 21 February 2007 (UTC))
 * Do you have a consensus or policy which says that the defaultsort should not have the '? I believe you, but I think it's better if we make sure first. — M ETS 501 (talk) 01:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I asked here Wikipedia_talk:Categorization, also its only natural we should be sorting by letters not ascii or whatever order mediawiki uses(Gnevin 20:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC))
 * I suppose the simple fix for this, is to remove ' from the name for the string. Reedy Boy 20:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, "O'Hagan, Damien" should be sorted as "Ohagan, Damien", because all capital letters sort before any lowercase ones. --Stemonitis 06:46, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Again, this is not the kind of thing which should be hard-coded into AWB, which has to deal with all languages and conventions. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 22:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * You keep say this Phil but inst the sorting convention alphabetic not mediawiki (Gnevin 14:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC))


 * Any concensus of what we are going to do with this bug? Reedy Boy 09:25, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It would appear this would need a policy proposal too be 100% sure we can do it, at the moment i dont really care that much to do it so you can close this(Gnevin 10:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC))

Subst Bug

 * In Mart inp23  22:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Exporting with double quotes

 * Bonus points - have "Category" and "Images" on exports be prefixed with colon so that they aren't interpreted (yay for column mode!). &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 03:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No ideas? &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 11:59, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed, the bug was actually in loading from watchlist, not export. And bonus points are mine, too. Max S em 14:33, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Awesome. If you're ever near BWI, you get a beer. Or a cookie, age dependent. ;) &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 18:05, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

AWB kept-alive if closed early
Does it work in the regular mode (not in the debugger)? Maybe it's just a problem with the debugger? — M ETS 501 (talk) 16:38, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You sure the exe doesn't hang around in memory? (I haven't checked) --kingboyk 16:39, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I've seen it in other cases where it stays alive (im sure). In the same way. I tend to do a Application.Exit or similar on the last form closing... Kills it off. Just check it out and we'll do something about it if necessary. 83.218.148.13 16:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC) (Reedy Boy)


 * Another bug, almost certainly caused by the new startup code: Load a settings file containing plugin settings as soon as AWB starts, and the plugin settings aren't applied because the plugin hasn't been initialized yet. Another bug, in debug mode: the sandbox doesn't get added to the article list for a few seconds (first thing I do is clear list).


 * I'm all in favour of checking we're good to run early, but evidently we're not even getting properly set up before doing it. --kingboyk 17:11, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It just needs its call moving. Reedy Boy 18:37, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Done, moved after plugin load and such! Reedy Boy 18:38, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Is that why I've been getting some strange messages from AWB on start-up recently? Phew, thought I'd done something wrong, or the Auto-Updater had screwed up. Cheers —Phil | Talk 15:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * For the not closing, i've found a line in the web browser

while (ReadyState != WebBrowserReadyState.Complete) Application.DoEvents;
 * The web browser control has been disposed of, the state isnt going to change to Complete, so its never going to exit = Infinite Loop. Reedy Boy 09:38, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Seems to be fixed, please verify. PS: MDAs suck! Max S em 10:26, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You've done the right thing Max, but it gets stuck in its loop earlier than that, so it doesnt get changed before. Would it be safe to move that line of code up to the top? Reedy Boy 10:47, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Moving seems to have sorted it. Commiting Reedy Boy 10:51, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Now all but perfect. Cheers MaxSem. I've also fixed a bug where the updater was being started when it shouldnt have been. Reedy Boy 11:22, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Subst=subst: problem
If you try the same thing manually, e.g.  , you'll get similar results, so it's a problem of templates, not AWB. Shall we remove |subst=subst:? Max S em 10:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's a problem manually also. I know WP:TW is programmed to use the regular subst when no parameter is provided and to use the subst=subst: when there is a parameter. If AWB can be programmed to do this, that would be great. If it can't, just take out the subst=subst: part. It'll just make the coding a little long. The subst=subst: hack just shortens the coding a bit for the parserfunctions. --TeckWiz Parlate Contribs@(Lets go Yankees!) 14:03, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * (I've moved this down to the bottom so it gets a little bit more attention. This is a big problem that needs to be solved soon. It's been causing many problems.) --TeckWiz Parlate Contribs@(Lets go Yankees!) 17:27, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * As MaxSem says, this is more of an issue with templates. However, I believe that Special:Expandtemplate does the job properly, and this function is in the current release (but I'd advise against using it due to a unicode bug).  The unicode bug is fixed in SVN, and will be in the next release (possibly this weekend).  This is the sort of result ExpandTemplates gives. Mart inp23  18:26, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * To clarify - in the next release, AWB will subst user warnings using Expandtemplates. Mart inp23 18:27, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Just out of curiosity, how does it do this? Does it query the Special:Expandtemplates page in the background, or is there another way? — {admin} Pathoschild 03:40:27, 07 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep - it has to query the page. Hopefully, at some point, there will be something like "subst" that we can put in front of a template to run it through ExpandTemplates.  For now, though, we've got to wait for this fix to arrive! Mart inp23  11:21, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

"startIndex cannot be larger than length of string."
Argh, HTML output has changed! Looking at it. Max S em 20:09, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * =) Thanks Reedy Boy 20:21, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Max S em 20:41, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Max, are you sure this is fixed? I tried to do the logging upload, but it was still getting an error, but this time it was the plugin not recieing/being sent the username. Cheers Reedy Boy 22:26, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Uh, I need to install VB to fully test this. Max S em 06:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it. You solved the html problem, and we thought there was another problem, but it seems there isnt, it was just my computer playing up. My fault for not saying. Thanks Reedy Boy 09:27, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Make list from special pages

 * See how Special:Allpages work: you won't get any articles until you specify the &from parameter (or simply use default parameter like Special:Allpages/foo). Both constructs are supported by AWB and work well. Note that Special:Allpages do not support &limit</tt> parameter. Max S em 05:20, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Ref after punc bug

 * Example http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ASCII&diff=prev&oldid=117098537


 * "Fixed" by disabling the whole ref formatter. Max S em 04:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Splitting ref onto separate line

 * Example http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Denver%2C_Colorado&curid=8522&diff=117510968&oldid=117465838


 * "Fixed" by disabling the whole ref formatter. Max S em 04:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Tools.MakeHumanCatKey
Partially fixed: "Fred Bloggs, Jr." should work ok, but not "Fred Bloggs III". Max S em 13:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Max. My plugin uses that routine so we'll get some immediate feedback. --kingboyk 14:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * BTW, is it possible to have "Fred Bloggs I"? Max S em 14:56, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * As far as I know it is, yes, but that system isn't one we use much in the UK except for monarchy. --kingboyk 15:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

A slight bug with names of baronets. I've also had it confirmed to me that names with a "III" suffix aren't being handled properly. Not the hugest of deals mind you. --kingboyk 13:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess you ran with older version of WiiFunctions. Try <tt>MessageBox.Show(Tools.MakeHumanCatKey("William Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge"));</tt> with SVN ver. Max S em 14:12, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Should be the latest svn version. I updated and compiled this morning. I will however check, with so many DLLs floating around it's possible I made a mistake. --kingboyk 14:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Btw, I've just commited remaining part of the problem - names with Roman numbers but no commas. Max S em 14:38, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Please might peers list-as=title, forename, surname, nth Baron of .... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kittybrewster (talk • contribs).

I've made some more changes in r923 and, please review. --kingboyk 20:58, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Protected Pages
{{AWB bug | status     = fixed | description = Before the recent version update, AWB would skip pages that were fully protected. With the new version, AWB no longer skips these pages and when set to "auto save" and "quick save" in bot mode, it tries to change and save the page anyway, which makes the bot stick in "Saving" mode. Nick—{{sup|Contact}}/{{sub|Contribs}} 01:43, 25 March 2007 (UTC) | duplicate  = Using "auto save" and "quick save" in bot mode, try performing template substitution on a fully protected user talk page. | OS         = Windows XP, Win2k | version    = 3.2.0.0 | workaround = skip articles containing " {{ \s*protect" - regex, case insensitive. }} Unfortunately, the workaround provided does not solve the problem I am experiencing. My bot serves to substitute user warning templates on user talk pages and when user talk pages are protected, generally there is no protection tag placed on the page. --Nick—{{sup|Contact}}/{{sub|Contribs}} 15:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Is it still not working? I think I may have fixed this for the most recent version. — M ETS 501 (talk) 15:59, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Should be, and theres the nudge feature in it now! Marking as fixed Reedy Boy 21:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Unhandled exception
— {admin} Pathoschild 04:05:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I believe i've fixed/handled this a while back in the SVN versions, it just hasnt been released as of yet. Thanks for reporting anyway! Reedy Boy 21:00, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

spaces changed inside « »
Example: http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_%28bateau%29&diff=next&oldid=7122940

Looks to me like there are some "space-like characters" there, maybe something like  but "unicodified": is this how those French quotes are set off from the contained text? What I can't tell is whether AWB was adding or taking away… AWB was set to "no changes at all", you say? How…odd. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 15:10, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, I was not aware that a  could be unicodified. Do you now a way to display the Unicode codes for a character?
 * On the french wikipedia, it is possible to add « » using the link "« »" just bellow the edit textarea.
 * I confirm that my AWB was configured to only touch each article (null edit).
 * So, no idea for a fix at the moment?
 * $pooky 09:36, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I've just fixed it, but this required a change in the very core - the way article content is fetched. GET READY FOR NEW BUGS, BWA-HA-HA!!! Max S em 08:22, 12 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot. $pooky 08:36, 12 April 2007 (UTC)


 * MaxSem's on a Roll today!! Keep it up! Reedy Boy 09:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Keywords do not work in Replace Special
— {admin} Pathoschild 03:40:27, 07 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Strange, it works for me. Could you post the whole config you're experiencing problems with? Max S em 15:44, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Has something maybe been changed in the SVN Versions?? I dont know if 3.1.1.0 is a typo, but the current version IS 3.3.1.0 Reedy Boy 16:30, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * A typo it may be, though it's still occurring for me with the current version (see [ enws revision 371973]). The settings file used for that test is pasted below:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <AutoWikiBrowserPreferences xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xml:space="preserve" Version="3.3.1.0"> <Project>wikisource</Project> <LanguageCode>en</LanguageCode> <CustomProject /> <List> <ListSource /> <ArticleList /> </List> <FindAndReplace> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <IgnoreSomeText>false</IgnoreSomeText> <AppendSummary>true</AppendSummary> <AfterOtherFixes>false</AfterOtherFixes> <Replacements /> <AdvancedReps> <IRule xsi:type="Rule"> <enabled_>true</enabled_> <Name>test</Name> <ruletype_>OnWholePage</ruletype_> <replace_>^.*$</replace_> <with_>title: %%title%%</with_> <regex_>true</regex_> <regexOptions_>IgnoreCase Singleline</regexOptions_> <numoftimes_>1</numoftimes_> <ifContains_ /> <ifNotContains_ /> <ifIsRegex_>false</ifIsRegex_> <ifRegexOptions_>None</ifRegexOptions_> </IRule> </AdvancedReps> <SubstTemplates /> </FindAndReplace> <Editprefs> <GeneralFixes>true</GeneralFixes> <Tagger>true</Tagger> <Unicodify>true</Unicodify> <Recategorisation>0</Recategorisation> <NewCategory /> <NewCategory2 /> <ReImage>0</ReImage> <ImageFind /> <Replace /> <SkipIfNoCatChange>false</SkipIfNoCatChange> <SkipIfNoImgChange>false</SkipIfNoImgChange> <AppendText>false</AppendText> <Append>true</Append> <Text /> <AutoDelay>15</AutoDelay> <QuickSave>false</QuickSave> <SuppressTag>true</SuppressTag> <OverrideWatchlist>false</OverrideWatchlist> <RegexTypoFix>false</RegexTypoFix> </Editprefs> <General> <SelectedSummary>[bot] test</SelectedSummary> <Summaries> [bot] standardization </Summaries> <PasteMore> </PasteMore> <FindText /> <FindRegex>false</FindRegex> <FindCaseSensitive>false</FindCaseSensitive> <WordWrap>true</WordWrap> <ToolBarEnabled>false</ToolBarEnabled> <BypassRedirect>true</BypassRedirect> <NoAutoChanges>false</NoAutoChanges> <OnLoadAction>0</OnLoadAction> <Minor>false</Minor> <Watch>false</Watch> <TimerEnabled>false</TimerEnabled> <SortInterwikiOrder>false</SortInterwikiOrder> <AddIgnoredToLog>false</AddIgnoredToLog> <EnhancedDiff>true</EnhancedDiff> <ScrollDown>true</ScrollDown> <DiffFontSize>150</DiffFontSize> <TextBoxSize>10</TextBoxSize> <TextBoxFont>Courier New</TextBoxFont> <LowThreadPriority>false</LowThreadPriority> <FlashAndBeep>false</FlashAndBeep> <Beep>true</Beep> <Flash>true</Flash> <Minimize>true</Minimize> <LockSummary>true</LockSummary> <SaveArticleList>true</SaveArticleList> <TimeOutLimit>30</TimeOutLimit> <IgnoreNoBots>false</IgnoreNoBots> </General> <SkipOptions> <SkipNonexistent>true</SkipNonexistent> <SkipWhenNoChanges>false</SkipWhenNoChanges> <SkipDoes>false</SkipDoes> <SkipDoesNot>false</SkipDoesNot> <SkipDoesText /> <SkipDoesNotText /> <Regex>false</Regex> <CaseSensitive>false</CaseSensitive> <SkipNoFindAndReplace>true</SkipNoFindAndReplace> <SkipNoRegexTypoFix>false</SkipNoRegexTypoFix> <SkipNoDisambiguation>false</SkipNoDisambiguation> <GeneralSkip>0</GeneralSkip> </SkipOptions> <Module> <Enabled>false</Enabled> <Language>0</Language> </Module> <Disambiguation> <Enabled>false</Enabled> <Link /> <Variants /> <ContextChars>20</ContextChars> </Disambiguation> <Plugin /> </AutoWikiBrowserPreferences>
 * — {admin} Pathoschild 17:02:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I assume that recent changes in code fixed that, however I confirm that this bug exists in 3.1.1.0. Max S em 17:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Replacing _ with space in external links
Unfortunately, this was due to malformd link to Canadian Museum of Civilization a bit before the url. I don't see a way for AWB to detect such errors. Inclined to mark this as not a bug. Max S em 07:00, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed there MaxSem, the link is  ie wikilinks, which is therefore not AWB's fault that it changed it, as in wikilinks it can. Agreed with changing to notbug. Reedy Boy 09:24, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Is it possible to make AWB ignore everything that input into the url parameter in Template:cite* (or maybe actually for any template) or just have it ignore the cite web template as people often don't surround links it with [ and ]. Yonatan talk 12:05, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Search includes replace...?
— {admin} Pathoschild 06:06:25, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

There's definitely a problem - I encountered it yesterday, but I just can't figure out the details. What I have tried: before experimenting I reset all setings and checked "Regular expression" and "Singleline" checkboxes. Of course, I'm running latest SVN version, but still I don't understand what's going on. Max S em 06:44, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * <tt>^.*$</tt> → <tt>foo $1</tt>. Result: <tt>foo $1</tt> (no capture group).
 * <tt>^.*$</tt> → <tt>foo $0</tt>. Result: <tt>foo </tt>.
 * <tt>^.*$</tt> → <tt>foo $0</tt>, apply # of times: 2. Result: <tt>foo foo </tt>, similar to Pathoschild's one.


 * I get the same problem when using <tt>$0</tt>. — {admin} Pathoschild 17:18:27, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * (Laughs like a dunno who). Once more, already fixed in, but I swear that I was fixing absolutely another issue:) Max S em 17:45, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Whee. — {admin} Pathoschild 17:48:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Saving setting requires a connection to the wiki
— {admin} Pathoschild 16:42:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Already fixed in . Max S em 18:27, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

DEFAULTSORT placement
This is the arrangement I would like: Text of article.

(if in article)

iw I have re-written this bug and added part 3. Thanks, mattbr 18:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Is this ok? Max S em 13:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good, thanks. Just a couple of points, shouldn't be above  (I know it is highly unlikely to have both, but will it do the same with a nav template) and does it still place two spaces between a stub and the categories? Thanks, mattbr 17:32, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, corrected this, too. Everything seems to be in order, closing it. Max S em 19:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Kicking me off
Hmm - could you paste the text of the error here please (like Pathoschild has done below)? Mart inp23 09:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Is it the generic there has been an error and the program needs to close? Ie with the send error report to MS? Reedy Boy 13:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Yah. It worked the first time but never again did it.Mitchazenia 15:32, 12 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Does it display an exception or anything? You may want to try deleting your whole AWB folder, downloading a fresh copy, and trying again. Reedy Boy 16:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Overeager updater behaviour
— {admin} Pathoschild 19:11:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks. The first bit i fixed quite a while back, a few revisions after the last release. However, the 2nd bit i hadnt done anything about. But that is now fixed. Reedy Boy 19:25, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Quick auto mode skips pages when errors occur
— {admin} Pathoschild 01:22:00, 01 March 2007 (UTC)
 * In the next version, pages which are skipped will be logged, then you can easily add them back into the main list. This log also records the reason that the page wasn't saved, so you can pick up on false positives in the list generation (etc).  Hopefully this is a suitable workaround for the issue :) Mart inp23  10:56, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The nudge timer in 3.9.0.0 should fix this - please let us know if you still encounter the problem :). Thanks, Mart inp23 19:34, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

AWB "hides" (sometimes) when i adjust Normal and Adv. F&R boxes
Good that this is happening to someone else; I thought it was only me. Either way, investigating now. — M ETS 501 (talk) 06:55, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * yay i'm not crazy... ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria


 * ok... now this has become a serious issue... with the latest update whenever it "hides" and i try to click on it in the start bar, AWB just closes. -ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 22:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * ok... doesn't actually close... icon still visible in tray, button just disappears.... -ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 22:39, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Possibly you have "minimise to system tray" checked in General\User and project preferences? That might actually be a clue to what's happening, if AWB is hiding itself in the tray then the minimise code is kicking in. --kingboyk 22:43, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * that did sound like a good idea, but sadly, no. i even tried enabling it on purpose, no. and then i thought maybe clicking it off might trip a missed switch, nope. grr.... good news is that it seems the advanced F&R doesn't do it anymore. this is going to be one of those stupid little weird flaws in logic you know that? -ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 23:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Heh - this is really strange... Mart inp23 20:05, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Seems fixed - let me test quickly though :) Mart inp23 20:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Usernames with two whitespaces don't get recognized..

 * When does this happen? Mart inp23 09:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * That'll be "Sam's" bug in logging then. How many times did I say "maybe it's because his username has 2 words"? (rolls eyes) --kingboyk 10:53, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Nah - it's to do with the checkpage. MaxSem's fixed it. Mart inp23  20:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Skips pages on Wikipedia error
— {admin} Pathoschild 21:07:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed in 3.9.0.0 already Released. Message noticed as changed, and fixed to handle. And try ten times over a few minutes before skipping Reedy Boy 21:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

No easy way to re-add skipped pages to the list
— {admin} Pathoschild 21:07:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed in 3.9.0.0 already Released. Right click it, and add to article list. Or select and press button. Reedy Boy 21:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Incorporating words to match piped destination

 * I ran into that the other day and liked it. Why is it over-eager? That was the article that was being linked to anyway. I'm going to make a second copy here with nowiki to show better: sea-grant university ==> sea-grant university &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 12:03, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like a really great edit to me. The original is bad form. --kingboyk 12:05, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't go as far as saying bad form. It may have originally been sea-grant university and the second link was later removed... but I do like the feature! &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 12:26, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The example you gave is definitely bad form :) (in my own conceited opinion of course! ;)). Running links aren't good, and university is a bad word to be linking there. Let folks click through to sea-grant university and then click on to university from that article if they want that level of detail :P Running and excessive links get frowned on at WP:FAC I can tell you that much... --kingboyk 12:39, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm - I've marked this an not being a bug, as it is an intentional change by the program, and in most cases, tie sin ties in with the obvious good form :) Mart inp23 20:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

over-large edit box

 * Thats actually a new feature, that can be reverted. It is there to give users a larger editing area if needed. To change back, Click on General --> Enlarge Edit Area. That should solve the problem. =) Reedy Boy 09:47, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I thought of that, but my problem is that the edit box is too large in its "small" state, i.e. when the "Enlarge Edit Area" is unchecked. (When it's checked, it completely fills the bottom of the screen; when it's unchecked, it takes up 2/3rds of my screen and, as I said, covers the other boxes).  Would you like to see a screenprint?  Bencherlite 11:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It would probably help if you could upload one somewhere - what is your current screen resolution? Mart inp23 11:47, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * And font size? Max S em 11:54, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for trying to help, much appreciated. Screenprint now at User:Bencherlite/sandbox 1920 x 1200 pixels (large laptop screen), font size normal. Haven't changed the screen resolution or font size since the previous version of AWB, which was fine. Bencherlite 12:01, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The way the bottom bit was laid out was changed in the current version, to allow the enlarging edit box. I presume its something to do with the anchoring and the resolution you use. Mines only 1280x1024.. Take it yours is a 19" monitor. Your make list area looks a bit funny too.... Whats it like if you dont have it maximised? Does it look ok then? Reedy Boy 12:03, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

(removing indent) Still same issue when it's not maximised. The top half of the AWB page adjusts to fit, but the left-hand edge of the edit box stays fixed as you make the page larger / smaller (until it reaches the minimum page size). Have tried a couple of different screen resolutions (including 1280x1024) with no success. Bencherlite 12:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * This does seem strange - when I get a chance, I'll try it out on my 19" monitor, but I suspect that I wouldn't have a problem, considering that you've said that you've tried different resolutions. I'm confused about what could cause it - do you have any unusual settings active? Mart inp23  14:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * None that I can think of - the only other change I made recently was to switch from IE to Firefox, but I still have the same problem with AWB even after uninstalling Firefox and restarting. Have tried a few more screen resolutions, restarting AWB/the computer, giving the computer a good talking-to, etc, without success... Bencherlite 15:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you try downloading a fresh AWB manually, and running it from a new directory for me? Cheers Reedy Boy 16:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Downloaded 3.9.0.0 to new folder and still had the same problem. If only I could drag the left side of the edit box about four inches to the right! Bencherlite 17:11, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Same here, downloaded fresh AWB manually after updater stopped. --Polarlys 17:05, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've got a version here which works for me - can both of you email me please, so we can test it? Thanks Mart inp23  18:00, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * email sent. I think Polarlys's comment relates to a different bug.  Bencherlite 18:11, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Same bug, I just wondered if the broken update process was a reason for the strange behaviour. --Polarlys 09:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd highly doubt it. Bencherlite did it manually from SF with the same result, and also, for something like that to happen, the updater would have to modify the files... Reedy Boy 09:28, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * OK - thanks :). I've replied, btw Mart inp23  18:14, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * and I've replied to your reply - fingers crossed, but your tweak worked for me. Bencherlite 18:22, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Polarlys also had this problem, so I've done an optional release which fixes the problem (taken from ). 3.9.1.0 is contains the fix. Mart inp23 12:31, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

& vanishing
Fixed. Max S em 09:30, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Log out, log in
Seems to be a problem with logout. I've added an extra <tt>Wait</tt> to be sure that it fully load the logout page, please check if it helped. Max S em 16:55, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No - the problem is that the Wikidiff web control is in front of the Webcontrol for editing (in which the login window appears). I've put a this.BringToFront on the login loading code, and it seems to work.  Shouldn't interfere with Wikidiff, but I've not tested it properly yet. Mart inp23  17:09, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Meh - MaxSem put a better BringToFront in somewhere else, but the problem should be fixed from r 1043 :P Mart inp23 17:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Seems to be fixed, thank you both. --kingboyk 15:43, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Problem when substing page with "&"
Fixed. Max S em 08:20, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

AWB Updater needs permission

 * I've got no chance of testing this myself as i dont have vista... Not sure if any of the other dev's do.. Does mets..? 1.2.0.0 is out, you may just have to do it manually for now Reedy Boy 23:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't have to do it manually. It just keeps everything in the temp folder so I have to transfer it manually. --TeckWiz Parlate Contribs@(Lets go Yankees!) 23:32, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll test tomorrow. Mart inp23 00:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I think this wont be an AWB bug... As it cant be the updaters fault Vista's security policy is strange... Unblock it, should sove it Reedy Boy 10:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Unhandled exception (htmlfile: Unexpected call to method or property access.) when loading index.php

 * Errrm... That s aproblem with your monobook it would seem... As that looks like javascript... Reedy Boy 11:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I just blanked my monobook and it seems to have been fixed. I only had Twinkle there.... Hmmm, I'll try to figure it out. -- Kimon <font color="#008080">talk 12:42, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Righto. There could've been some changes to the mediawiki pages again. Report it on whoever maintains the java script, see if they can look into it. Marking as not AWB. Reedy Boy 13:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * As an aside, I use TWINKLE fine. I used to use a wrapper to display AWB stuff differently (since it uses IE engine) that may help, you can add TWINKLE in an else statement:

&mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 13:21, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Screen is messed up
Already fixed. Max S em 05:39, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I ran AWBUpdater.exe with no luck. Tagging the image as unneeded. &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 10:35, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've reversed the speedy deletion request, as this doesn't seem to be sorted (there's plenty of admins here, you can ask one of us to delete it when we're done). You said "no luck", i.e. still broken for you with the latest version? Please confirm the version number you are using. --kingboyk 10:42, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You've put 3.9.0.0, which the bug for some people was present. Was fixed in the 3.9.1.0 release Reedy Boy 11:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That's what I'm trying to establish. You think it was fixed in 3.9.1, let's wait for him to confirm whether it's still broken in that release or not! --kingboyk 11:25, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm fairly sure it was 3.9.0.0 - but when I ran AWBUpdater it said nothing to do (this morning). Now I am at work so cannot confirm until tonite, sorry. &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 12:24, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I cant remember if the updater will do optional updates... You may need to grab it manually Reedy Boy 13:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, it was fixed. How about being able to adjust the pane between (1) and the (2)..(n) tabs? :) Please delete the image too. &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 12:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Put splitting in Feature Requests. Reedy Boy 08:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Attempted to read or write protected memory
Same happened to me on the day I installed Wikidiff2, but the problems has disappeared now. Mart inp23 18:43, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I think this can be fixed by cleaning the solution and rebuilding, but I'll run more tests to check if there's really a persistent problem here. Max S em 19:00, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Crashing without even getting as far as fully starting up now (i.e. fatal crash even when in VS; get the send error report to MS form). --kingboyk 19:21, 21 April 2007 (UTC) (another reboot fixed it)

Talk:Monty Oxy Moron with all AWB fixes turned off, kingbotk plugin installed, WPBiography plugin switched on, Musicians checked auto-stub checked. Seems to throw the error without fail. I was able to get a diff and save a later page in my run, however.


 * I've just got this also... Reedy Boy 20:23, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Talk:Monty Oxy Moron also... Seems not to like creating new pages for some reason... Looking where it falls over its GetDiff in Main.cs... Or at least, thats where the error is being caught! Reedy Boy 20:53, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

public static unsafe string GetDiff(string text1, string text2, int context) {           if (text1 != "") {               byte[] buf1 = ToUTF8(text1); byte[] buf2 = ToUTF8(text2);

string res; fixed (byte* p1 = buf1) fixed (byte* p2 = buf2) {                   byte* diff = wikidiff2_do_diff(p1, p2, context); if (diff == null) return ""; res = FromUTF8(diff); wikidiff2_free(diff); }

return EnhanceDiff(res); }           else return EnhanceDiff(""); } Added a check if the current article text is not nothing, then if it isnt, will do a diff. A bit of a hack until the diff is fixed. Reedy Boy 21:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Suppose the other way, is get the GetDiff to look if TheArticle.ArticleText =="", then if so, do something different... Reedy Boy 21:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Done it a better way

public static unsafe string GetDiff(string text1, string text2, int context) {           byte[] buf1; if (text1 == "") buf1 = new byte[1]; else buf1 = ToUTF8(text1); byte[] buf2 = ToUTF8(text2);

string res; fixed (byte* p1 = buf1) fixed (byte* p2 = buf2) {               byte* diff = wikidiff2_do_diff(p1, p2, context); if (diff == null) return ""; res = FromUTF8(diff); wikidiff2_free(diff); }

return EnhanceDiff(res); }

If text1 (ie current article text) is nothing, a new blank byte array is declared. Otherwise, it just does the normal on the text. This allows blank pages to be diffed against a page with additions! Reedy Boy 22:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Remove duplicates

 * Fixed by MaxSem Reedy Boy 19:54, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Filter articles by namespace

 * Fixed. Max S em 15:19, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Substitute templates
Thanks, fixed. Max S em 15:34, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Save log dialog

 * Thankyou! Reedy Boy 19:51, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

No line between text and categories
I agree, this spacing issue needs to be fixed. Onco_p53 10:43, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed, I hope. Max S em 10:24, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

New Message Problem

 * There's a good chance this isn't AWB's fault. There have been new message issues on and off for days with WP. You may want to wait on it and see... &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 20:31, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh. I think I found the problem. You have to be logged into Internet Explorer before you click it (you have to log in directly on IE, not on AWB). I don't know why though, as I would expect AWB to log itself in since it uses IE. -- TeckWiz is now R Parlate Contribs@(Lets go Yankees!) 20:45, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds like an IE issue. Or, maybe you don't click "remember me" when logging in? If you've told Wikipedia to remember you the cookie which AWB and IE share should take care of it. --kingboyk 18:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Not a bug? It's actually expected behaviour in Vista/IE.  Cookies and that in a web browser control are generally not applied to the actual browser session.  Solution: Logout of your user account, login to the bot account, clear the message and log back into your user account.  You don't need to do this for AWB though.  Thought: Open up talkpage messages in AWB instead of another browser, with the option of giving a reply. --NigelJ talk SIMPLE 12:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Interesting. I don't have Vista... so, I could be logged in as kingbotk in AWB and kingboyk in IE at the same time in Vista? (Not that I would, I use Firefox for my editing). --kingboyk 13:06, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thats what I do on Simple WP, logged in as User:NigelJ in IE7 and User:NigelJBot with AWB, it's part of the additional security layers in IE I believe. --NigelJ talk SIMPLE 13:55, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Interwiki Update
AWB needs updating to reflect changes to the interwiki sorting order, there is now a interwiki 'be-x-old' which is not recongised by AWB atm, you could please add 'be-x-old' to after 'be' in all cases and possibly release a version bump reflecting this change (as it causes all users selecting 'apply general fixes' to move the link to the wrong place. diff --NigelJ talk SIMPLE 14:09, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * The change can be made, but doing a release is quite difficult. AWB has had some major overhauls that havent been tested, and the new diff engine is still in development... Reedy Boy 20:33, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Obviously the source for 3.9.1.0 still exists (on SVN at least), whats wrong with grabbing that, add the fix and release as 3.9.1.1? --NigelJ talk SIMPLE 23:00, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I suppose, that could be done. But is it really a major fix? Ie is it breaking a lot of links... If it is major, then sure, its important and we can sort it. Reedy Boy 08:38, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, because be-x-old is not classed by AWB as an interwiki link, it gets moved to just under the article, and looses sorting. In a way, it'd be nice if the three interwiki link orders where to be grabbed from a wikipage instead of hardcoded, (like typo fixes), but that isn't as urgent as been able to run general fixes without destroying interwiki ordering at the moment. --NigelJ talk SIMPLE 23:48, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Added be-x-old, it just doesnt sort it... Not sure how the interwiki sort works... MaxSem? Reedy Boy 20:25, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Lines 48-50 /AWB/WikiFunctions/MetaDataSorter.cs --NigelJ talk SIMPLE 23:50, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Heh - Cheers, will fix/add that when i get home. Reedy Boy 11:50, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Done - Thanks Reedy Boy 13:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Won't make list from user contribtions
PS. I just downloaded and installed 3.9.1.0, and it does the same thing. --Kathy A. 16:48, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed in . It was due to the changes in the way the special:contribution worked. AWB wasnt updated to reflect it. Have done now. Reedy Boy 16:51, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Solution file messed up

 * Bump. Max? I think we might need you to sort this one, mate. Cheers. --kingboyk 13:55, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Should be fixed now. I think. Mart inp23  20:57, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Still building to /debug for me. I removed any VS-generated settings files I could find. --kingboyk 14:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC) Definitely not fixed, a fresh download from svn has the same problem. --kingboyk 19:16, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Weird, works correctly for me. Are you using VS Express? Max S em 09:51, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Just done a fresh download from SVN, and it works for me, using "Debug|Mixed platforms" and "Release|Mixed platforms". Mart inp23  10:35, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It didn't work straight out of the box, but it does seem to work now if I change the build option per Martin. --kingboyk 12:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Screwing up commenting
This looks like normal behavoir to me. Mart inp23 10:31, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Unhandles exception
When you get the error message (some of which was copied above), could you give us everything up to references to mscorlib.dll and/or System.(something). Failing that, just copy the whole message and one of us will trim it :) Mart inp23 10:27, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Or at least let us know what you were doing to create the problem Reedy Boy 14:45, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I was substing user warnings with my bot. -- TeckWiz is now R Parlate Contribs@(Let's go Yankees!) 15:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * On which page? Max S em 16:25, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * User talk:61.2.65.16. -- TeckWiz is now R Parlate Contribs@(Let's go Yankees!) 17:07, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Skip articles when no change made skips all articles

 * Probably some minor breakage in the version 4 code refactoring; I think some changes were made in the code which controls AWB's decision whether or not to skip. --kingboyk 11:17, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed . The logic had gotten mixed up on the new diff checker.

if (!skippable || chkSkipNoChanges.Checked || toolStripComboOnLoad.SelectedIndex != 0 || doNotAutomaticallyDoAnythingToolStripMenuItem.Checked) return false; On the Or, it was !chkSkipNoChanges.Checked - ie if that checkbox wasn NOT checked. Working now Reedy Boy 14:14, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

AWB doesn't embolden titles

 * Do you know if the titles need to be emboldened, and AWB is not. Or is it a false positive in the DB Scanner? Reedy Boy 19:13, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The database scanner finds the bad titles like it's supposed to. Also, after AWB loads the article, it seems to identify the title in text that needs to be emboldened. It's just the actual emboldening that doesn't happen. --Hautala 19:26, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * - Thanks for this report. It highlighted 2 problems. 1, the diff checker was skipping articles when there were changes, and it shouldn't have been (part of your problem) - this wasnt needed, as this had already been checked. Also, the title emboldener was looking for an image... For some strange reason! Reedy Boy 14:57, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Filter bug

 * This isn't really a bug, I don't think, as AWB has always had this behaviour. However, it is something I think should be fixed, and I'll certainly look at doing so. Mart inp23  17:41, 17 April 2007 (UTC)