Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive 23

Stub and dead end tag addition to pages about decades
The decade pages transclude info from Events by year for decade so they don't have their own content. They just display content from other pages. I can exclude tagging from pages with this template. the pages still need cleanup since they contain empty/useless sections. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:15, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

fixes the problem. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:56, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

It works. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:59, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Converting (b. 1978 in Chicago) to (born 1978 in Chicago)

 * Rjwilmsi 11:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

ArgumentException in TraceManager.AddListener
I think I know how to duplicate. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:31, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

The bug is related to Database scanner.


 * 1) Start the database scanner.
 * 2) Load a dump file
 * 3) Select content or leave it blank (it doesn't matter), leave title and text blank
 * 4) From the "Searching" tab select "missing defaultsort"
 * 5) Press start
 * 6) Kaboom. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:35, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Has links AWB will simplify doesn't cause the same problem. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

AWB can't login to Meta
The problem persists with rev 9282. --Meno25 (talk) 21:18, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Try now... -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:10, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Still can't login to Meta or Commons. I can login to English or Arabic Wikipedias, though. --Meno25 (talk) 04:27, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Have you been able to login to Meta or Commons in the past with AWB? Rjwilmsi  11:03, 23 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Rjwilmsi: Yes, of course. check out my bot's contributions in October 2012. They were done using AWB. --Meno25 (talk) 11:53, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Using I can't login to: metawiki, commonswiki, specieswiki, incubatorwiki but I can login to enwiki, arwiki, enwiktionary, enwikisource. --Meno25 (talk) 11:57, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
 * This got broken by . fixes, I can log into Meta again.  Rjwilmsi  12:28, 23 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Confirmed fixed using rev 9289. Thank you very much for your effort. --Meno25 (talk) 12:45, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Top pane shows excessive white space.

 * Not clear what the problem is believed to be. Need screenshots please. Rjwilmsi  11:11, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Sun Creator we need more feedback from you please. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:37, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I've got a temporary computer and can't use AWB at present. Last time I checked there was a blank line above the display of the articles contents. Situation made worse by using a laptop with widescreen but little height. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 14:51, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * ,, Reduced diff whitespace at top & bottom, sides and within +/- column.  Rjwilmsi  15:19, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Doesn't include replacement text in edit summary
Fixed now. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:47, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

ArgumentOutOfRangeException in Tools.ReplaceWith
It is duplicable. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:21, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Try Clawfinger discography or Tong (surname) or Death of Jill Meagher. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:58, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

It won't happen in rev 9283. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm getting it too. An example is Spring Breakers.  It also won't happen in 9283.  I'm running 9296.  Bgwhite (talk) 08:26, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

It won't happen in rev 9287. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:27, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Don't add Template:Stub to articles containing more specific stub templates on arwiki
Meno25 We already have this piece of code. Can you please try in other pages to confirm the bug? -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:51, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Magio: Here are a few examples that I met when running my bot today:      --Meno25 (talk) 13:04, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Meno25 do you have the same problem in arzwiki? -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:42, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Magio: Yes, see test edit. AWB added the stub template (localized as arz:قالب:تقاوى) to the article although it contains arz:قالب:تقاوى تونس (Tunisia-stub). All stub templates on arzwiki contain the word "تقاوى" in them. --Meno25 (talk) 18:20, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Right, with I think both ar and arz are now correct. Please retest and confirm.  Rjwilmsi  19:34, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Confirmed fixed both on arwiki and arzwiki. Thank you. --Meno25 (talk) 19:45, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Takes two edits to fix infobox template
Rename templates is loaded before general fixes and I don't think we should change the order of things in this case. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:36, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 10:21, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Template:LSJ causes Unbalanced brackets alert
Yes. I've screwed up on this template too, more than once. Bgwhite (talk) 04:08, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 10:28, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

ArgumentOutOfRangeException in Article.Categorisation
Please update to a newer version and rereport if it happens again and provide some text onf the actions you were doing when the bug occurred. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:57, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Orphan or not when template?
The page is not orphan anymore and AWB won't tag it as orphan. Check my edit here. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:51, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

No underlinked is needed neither. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:53, 25 June 2013 (UTC)


 * (e/c) AWB relies on the "What links here" information. The problem here is that the job queue hadn't got round to re-processing the "What links here" information for the articles using Yemeni elections after yesterday's edit to the template. I've bypassed the job queue by doing a null edit to one of the articles, South Yemeni parliamentary election, 1978, and it is now listed as an article that links to Yemeni constitutional referendum, 2013. AWB should no longer suggest adding an orphan tag to the article.
 * I don't think there's a lot that the AWB programmers can do about this. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:56, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Swedish Wikipedia

 * , For first problem.  Rjwilmsi  10:45, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * , For second problem .  Rjwilmsi  11:07, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Auto tagger when Surnames
It's a rare bug. Template had 30 transclusions and now none. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:20, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 22:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Single click to focus the edit box to a line - no longer works with SVN9282

 * OK, so please find/download the file Microsoft.mshtml.dll and place it alongside your AutoWikiBrowser.exe and restart AWB. Rjwilmsi  16:24, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I could not find the library on my PC, not even in Windows\Microsoft.NET, so I downloaded one from http://www.dlldll.com/microsoft.mshtml.dll_download.html, but it did not help. Now what? Chris the speller   yack  22:07, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

We should add this to FAQ. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:39, 23 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Eh? Your saying we should download some external software to make AWB do what it used to do? This seems like a retrograde step to me. At least have the courtesy to tell us, if it can't be packaged with the rest of the software, otherwise you'll soon have a hoard of people like me who come here to report this as a bug. An  optimist  on the  run!   18:30, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * And downloading the dll file doesn't work for me either. An  optimist  on the  run!   18:37, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * You should not need the dll to retain the existing functionality. I was asking to see if that resolved the issue. In my testing single click to focus diff worked whether the dll was available on the system or not. I specifically tested to ensure that there would be no loss of current functionality, on the two systems I have. It seems on certain systems there is however a loss of existing functionality. I'll investigate further and report back (likely with more questions). Rjwilmsi  19:56, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * In the meantime, try downloading it here. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  20:17, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Mandarax, but that didn't work, either. Chris the speller   yack  00:24, 25 June 2013 (UTC)


 * To pre-empt your questions:
 * AWB Version 5.5.1.0
 * SVN 9282 (2013-06-22 21:07:27)
 * Internet Explorer version: 10.0.9200.16618
 * .NET version: 2.0.50727.5466
 * Windows Version 6.1 (which is news to me, I thought I had Windows 7)
 * (If I can slip a feature request in here, could you make the information on the "About" pop-up cut-and-pastable? It saves time!) An  optimist  on the  run!   20:16, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Rjwilmsi, would copying the interop.mshtml.dll file into AWB's directory fix the problem? I have to copy the file when I compile it myself against .NET 4.0 or I get the same click problem. Bgwhite (talk) 20:34, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I just wanted to add that I think the ability to cut and post the about data has come up a couple times before. I think I submitted it once, Lightmouse I believe and another time as well. Kumioko (talk) 20:47, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Fix derivation of whether Microsoft.mshtml.dll is loaded or not. Ensures single click to focus diff works either way. Rjwilmsi 21:23, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * How, and when, will I be able to download this revision? - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  21:35, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * This depends on our free time in fact. You can always compile your own version ofcourse. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:12, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Please don't assume we're programmers. An  optimist  on the  run!   18:18, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Still not working in latest version
I've restored this bug, as I've updated to the latest version (5.5.1.1) and it's still not working. An  optimist  on the  run!   17:22, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * It does not work for me either. (Windows 7, SVN 9312, IE version 9.0.8112.16421, .NET vesion 2.0.50727.5448, Windows version 6.1) - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  18:15, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Neither does for me on my Windows 7 64-bit machine. --Adamanttt (talk) 18:40, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

You can try to change line 47 in Globals.cs from true to false and recompile and see if it works. I'll upload a version with this variation soon. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:49, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Please try https://sourceforge.net/projects/autowikibrowser/files/autowikibrowser/Snapshots/ -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:22, 25 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Success  An  optimist  on the  run!    19:53, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Good. That explained the behaviour you were seeing. should handle this correctly for all users, so tomorrow we'll upload another snapshot and ask you to confirm again. Thanks  Rjwilmsi  22:10, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

I just uploaded rev 9316 in snapshots section. Please guys download and try it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:24, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
 * That's fixed it for me - thanks! (Windows 7 Home Premium, IE 10.0.9200.16618, NET 2.0.50727.5466). -- John of Reading (talk) 07:30, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
 * FYI, this fix is also good for Windows 7 Professional; same IE and NET. Inks.LWC (talk) 09:32, 26 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Rev 9316 works like a charm on my Windows 7 64-bit machine. --Adamanttt (talk) 11:30, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Stub and dead end tag addition to pages about decades BC
You didn't mention Events by year for decade BC back then. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:14, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Auto tagger error on pages with SCOTUSRow
All pages have title starting with "List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume". -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:19, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

AWB not removing dead end tag
This functionality was intentionally removed from AWB in version 5.5.0.0 as the definition of a "dead end" page evolved - see Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive 21. I just updated AWB's general fixes documentation to reflect this change. GoingBatty (talk) 03:27, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Good news: Less than 100 pages have the tag right now. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:01, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Does not fix wikilinks when brackets are separated.

 * Rjwilmsi 08:37, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Replacing brackets with bold

 * Rjwilmsi 09:12, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

ArgumentException: Can't save empty pages
Thats not the real problem. It seems to be if you click save in bot mode with "preview the Diff in BOT mode", the Bot timer still running and try to save the second item. So if the list has only one article left, it gives me this. The solution is to cut the timer if someone click the save and run the timer again until this saving is done.Justincheng12345 (talk) (urgent news here) 10:12, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Unable to reproduce the problem based on your scenario. Rjwilmsi  14:47, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit box positioning no longer working

 * It was already reported as a bug and fixed in 5.5.1.2, then archived on 26 June.
 * Please see WT:AWB to find the snapshot of 5.5.1.2 that will help you. Chris the speller   yack  16:05, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

This was fixed in rev 9316. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:03, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Disable the typo fixer inside "score" tags
See Help:Score as there could be more issues that AWB could get wrong. Score is a new element that was introduced around May 1. Bgwhite (talk) 07:11, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

fixes it but keep in mind that typo fixing is a manual procedure anyway. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:35, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

It doesn't work at all
Also, when I try to log in, it shows the message "Impossibile effettuare la connessione al server remoto" (Cannot connect to remote server); and, when I try to open some settings, it shows the message "Impossibile stabilire la connessione. Rifiuto persistente del computer di destinazione 127.0.0.1:21320" (Unable to establish connection. Persistent target machine 127.0.0.1:21320 refusal) and then the first message too. --Horcrux92 (talk) 13:04, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I turned the computer off and on and the issue has gone away (LOL it's always the same). Thank you anyway, --Horcrux92 (talk) 14:24, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Problem with Template parameter logic
{{AWB bug | status        = notawb | description   = I noticed a little issue with the Template parameter logic. It doesn't seem to recognize parameters before comments. Only | and } as far as I can tell. Would it be possible to modify the logic to incude recognition for < ? This would be a big improvement I think as a lot of projects (espeically the large ones) use comments as do many of the Mainspace templates like Infoboxes and citations. Kumioko (talk) 17:08, 5 July 2013 (UTC) | duplicate     = Try to delete or rename a template parameter with a < after it | site           = ENWP | OS            = Mutliple, Mainly Windows 7 | net           = 2.0.50727.5466 | version       = 5.5.1.1 | workaround    = Remove the field manually | fix_version   = }}

Kumioko Can you please provide a live example? Did you check if the page has/had unbalanced brackets? -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:01, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem here are a couple: Talk:Alfred Genz, Talk:August Becker. If you try and delete the empty parameter directly before the comments it doesn't work.Kumioko (talk) 13:36, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I should clarify that is using the Template parameter logic on a custom module. But it misses stuff with the build in AWB code too if the parameter comes before a <. It will take me a little while to find another example of that. I also want to clarify it only seems to be in cases where qualifiers like .Length == 0) or ").Equals("no")) are used. If you just delete the field without qualifying if its empty or contains a certain thing it works. Since this will likely be ignored as a problem with the custom module coding. Which I know its not specific too, I will see if I can find some examples of where the built in code isn't working and report that so we can get this fixed. Kumioko (talk) 13:44, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * In the Genz example you want to delete the Weaponry parameter? I am dubious about making a change in general as there are other templates where parameters may be included with comments as the content on purpose (e.g. citation templates), so it's not going to be correct to remove parameters only with comments. Are you using RemoveTemplateParameter? How about you change your logic to remove it if the content is just a comment or length zero. Rjwilmsi  17:24, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes that is correct I was trying to delete Weaponry. I agree that we shouldn't be deleting the parameter if it has something in it and in fact there are some parameters we shouldn't delete even if its empty (like class in WikiProject banners or title or url in citation parameters). I am focusing on the ones that are empty, =no or are duplicate parameters. So in the case listed above, it doesn't make sense to me to allow it to be deleted if its empty followed by a | and } but not if its followed by a comment < . I understand if you need to leave it more generic though since its used on so many things. To answer the last question, for the most part I am only deleting them if they are zero length, but the < in comments won't let some be deleted. The code is here. Its not perfect by any means but I don't think its the code stopping it from deleting the parameter. I think its the comment that stops it. Kumioko (talk) 17:57, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * You're removing the field if the length is zero. The length will be > 0 if there is a comment. If you want to delete the field if it has a comment only, then you can implement that in your custom module. I'm not going to change the generic Tools functions since we've agreed comment use is different in different templates. Rjwilmsi  09:31, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * That's fine. I don't really agree that just having a comment means the parameter contains content but I understand you wanting to keep the logic as generic as possible. Kumioko (talk) 11:48, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

XmlException in DatabaseScanner.btnBrowse_Click
Automatik do you remember which settings did you choose in Database scanner to catch this bug? -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:55, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Magioladitis no I didn't check any option, I just choose a database file in a local file on my computer. Automatik (talk) 13:42, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Automatik any chance the database file is corrupted? Was the file unzipped? Can you please tell us which file was it? -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:59, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, you're right, the file was compressed. Sorry again, I'm really not good with regard to file formats. The tool is great, thanks for it. Automatik (talk) 22:46, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Automatik maybe there are more who did/will do the same mistake... One step forward: . File will be loaded only if with .xml extension. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:44, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmm, on one of my machines I rename the XML file to DLL (!) so that Windows Backup doesn't waste 40 GB of my backup device making a copy of it. But don't reverse this software change, I'll think of another way round my problem. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:27, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

ArgumentException in DatabaseScanner.btnBrowse_Click

 * Rjwilmsi 07:48, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Don't add Template:Uncategorized stub twice on the same article on arzwiki

 * One for Magio to look at. Rjwilmsi  09:33, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 * but I think we can simplify things in our code for this one. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:50, 10 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Problem persists with . Test edit --Meno25 (talk) 13:16, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 * . I copy pasted the wrong template. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:22, 10 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Confirmed fixed. Thank you, Magio, as usual for your work. --Meno25 (talk) 14:44, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

IndexOutOfRangeException in MainForm.lbDuplicateWikilinks_Click
Sir Christus. Click on Duplicate wikilinks. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:00, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Don't consider links without targets for duplicate wikilink counting. Rjwilmsi  08:21, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

OperationFailedException in ApiEdit.CheckForErrors
While editing Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album). -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:38, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
 * and  Rjwilmsi  08:02, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

AWB doesn't add special characters in Persondata

 * Done. See Wikipedia_talk:Persondata/Archive_5 when this was discussed, generally agreed before but not really followed up on. Rjwilmsi  09:29, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

General fixes - problem with &ndash
It's a bug but... ndash should not be expected in sortkey. It should be replaced with minus per WP:SORTKEY. I fixed it for you. It should be very rare to see a non-unicode form of ndash to be used inside a sortkey. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:42, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
 * May be better that we only replace & when not part of an HTML character e.g. when no ; in key. Rjwilmsi  17:33, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 14:52, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

NullReferenceException in MainForm.SetProject
Note: I updated the software and the bug disappeared. For information, the bug was I could not load my preferences. Now, it seems to work normally. But, the update was optional and without do it, the bug was present. Regards, Automatik (talk) 00:57, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

sia
Note that adding sia to WP:AWB/TR didn't solve this issue. Also, AWB adds orphan to articles with sia or set index, such as 2-Epimerase and List of NCAA Coaches. GoingBatty (talk) 23:38, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
 * AWB also adds stub to articles with, such as Anglo-Sikh wars. GoingBatty(talk) 23:52, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
 * AWB also adds stub and orphan to articles with set index article, such as Cantuzumab. GoingBatty (talk) 00:11, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * AWB also adds Persondata to articles with sia, such as Sher Agha. GoingBatty (talk) 00:15, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * , Fixed  Rjwilmsi  06:53, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

space between the description changes and "Using AWB"

 * Fixed Rjwilmsi  06:41, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Moving a header WRONG
The page you refer to has been deleted. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:30, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Takes two tries to load list from saved settings

 * Works for me based on those steps. Must be a more specific scenario. What is your Make List Source at the time, please post your settings file. Rjwilmsi  08:54, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * An example of the settings I use is posted at User:GoingBatty/Sandbox/AWB settings. This was created using source What transcludes page (all NS) (NL, Admin & Bot).  Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 02:38, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * To reproduce: have default settings with "remove non-mainspace" checked. Then load a settings file with some non-mainspace pages: these will not be imported. If settings file is reloaded, that file will have "remove non-mainspace" off, all pages will load as expected. Rjwilmsi  09:34, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 09:43, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Uncategorized stub

 * AWB merely reformatted the two uncategorised/uncategorized tags that were there already. I don't think it is worth adding code to detect this and remove one of them, as it should be quite rare. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:21, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * It should not be difficult to remove duplicate tags if they are exactly the same (same date value etc.), so I'll do that if it's straightforward. Rjwilmsi  17:43, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Duplicate stub stag removal. Rjwilmsi  09:25, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Misleading edit summary when typo fixes are cancelled but other fixes are still performed
If you cancel the results then also change the edit summary. It's editor's responsibility. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:48, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Inappropriately removed stub tag
This article is huge, that's why. Stub tag is only meant for pages with a few sentences. You can use expand section. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:49, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

WP:STUB reads "A stub is an article containing only one or a few sentences of text that, although providing some useful information, is too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject, and that is capable of expansion." -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:50, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

NullReferenceException in TraceManager.RemoveListener

 * should prevent this. Rjwilmsi  15:29, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Added }} with no reason.
to this article with this edit. I cant seem to find out why. I even got a message by. (t) Josve05a  (c)  10:16, 1 August 2013 (UTC) | duplicate     = | site          = en.wikipedia.org | OS            = Windows 7 | net           = | version       = 5.5.1.2 | workaround    = | fix_version   = }}

AWB completed the missing brackets in line 40. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:46, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 13:23, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Talk page general fixes broke WikiProject Banner shell

 * Rjwilmsi 15:38, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Soft redirect
These two are improper soft redirects. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:54, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Both pages were deleted. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:57, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

ThreadStateException
When my bot runs AWB continuously for a long time, I see this error when I wake up. I am unable to process additional pages, and unable to exit AWB gracefully. GoingBatty (talk) 11:15, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

might fixes it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:10, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Talk page general fixes not including maths rating in the WikiProject Banner Shell
We only include banners that start with WikiProject... WikiProject Mathematics denies to change their template name. Not AWB's problem. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:08, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I think I can adjust my bot to accommodate for this:
 * Update my version of User:Magioladitis/WikiProjects so it will also change to
 * AWB will see the banner starts with "WikiProject" and include it inside WikiProjectBannerShell
 * Create a find and replace rule to change "{{WikiProject BattyBot " to "{{" after general fixes
 * Besides {{tl|maths rating}} and {{tl|maths banner}}, are there other WikiProject templates that don't start with "WikiProject"? GoingBatty (talk) 05:00, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * No there is not right now. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:00, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * My proposal worked - see {{diff|Talk:Analog_computer|565395530|554469291|this diff}} for an example of the changes I'm making now. GoingBatty (talk) 22:59, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

It takes two runs to remove whitespace and break line tag in the same line

 * Rjwilmsi 15:11, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Adds and removes comma
Here too -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:43, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 14:45, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Not handling double whitespace in sortkey

 * Rjwilmsi 14:18, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Spacing and whitespace

 * Rjwilmsi 14:57, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

AWB editing inside tags
I can't reproduce the bug:. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:24, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Bgwhite? -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:06, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I can reproduce. So, what stupid thing am I doing now?
 * I have general fixes checked and nothing else under the Options tab. Bgwhite (talk) 06:12, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Bgwhite Is something activated in Custom module and/or Find & Replace? Maybe you send me your settings file by email? Can you please try with the latest commit? -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:58, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 * No custom module and no Find & Replace. SVN9440 and 9399 shows the problem.  I'm emailing you my settings. Bgwhite (talk) 07:07, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Bgwhite I tried it in article namespace with 9440:  Nothing happens. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:08, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Bgwhite I tried it with your settings after I disactivated the custom module: Nothing happens. The bug occurs while the custom module is activated. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:15, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

More specifically bug is in CustomModule1. You run syntax fixes in unhidden text. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:19, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Ran Custommodule1 with no general fixes and no other module. Kaboom! -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:22, 22 August 2013 (UTC)


 * You need to update User:Yobot/FixSyntax. Might need to update Yobot's settings.  I can't remember who else used that. Bgwhite (talk) 07:35, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

See also in alert box
It is not supposed to. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:03, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Why? Shouldn't it behave like every other alert? Bgwhite (talk) 04:25, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Not every alert is clickable. For example, the no categories alert is not, because, well, what do you highlight when the alert is about something missing entirely? However, we could make the see also alert clickable so I'll get this done. Rjwilmsi  07:42, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Add highlighting for alert, so now clickable. Rjwilmsi  11:18, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

InvalidOperationException in ListMaker.LoadArticleHistoryInBrowser

 * Rjwilmsi 07:09, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Unbalanced gallery tags alert needs fix
Same bug at User:Magioladitis/Sandbox and same workaround. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:40, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Problem appears when gallery comes with caption or other parameters. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:16, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 06:17, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Talk page general fixes reordering do not honor Talk page layout guide

 * I brought this up a while back. At the time the dev's didn't want to build talk page logic into the general fixes. Since then that has changed so I second the request to do this If possible there are quite a few things on the talk page layout that AWB doesn't do which would also be nice to have. Kumioko (talk) 23:23, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

I don't think it's move above GA nominee:,. I think it's only talk header. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:15, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

GoingBatty are you sure GA nominee should go before Talk header? I know that this is written in WP:TPL but maybe it was by mistake? Talk header contains the blp tag in many cases which is stronger than the GAN. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:19, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * - If WP:TPL isn't the most relevant rule of thumb, I don't know what else would be. Do you mean that Talk header contains the blp tag, or that WPBS contains the blp tag? GoingBatty (talk) 14:10, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * you are right. I'll just leave a question at WP:TPL's talk page to ensure the consensus won't change. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:12, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

correct order is: Skip to talk, Talk header, GA Nominee, WPBS / wikiprojects. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:01, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 06:41, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

OperationFailedException in ApiEdit.CheckForErrors

 * Already fixed, please update your AWB. Rjwilmsi  05:51, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

MissingMethodException
In Windows Vista. Reported by Rich. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:51, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

While searching {{[^}]*\[\Magioladitis (talk) 19:13, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Problem in The Templator plugin. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:03, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

The Templator is not a fully supported plugin. I sent Rich a recompiled version of the plugin. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:50, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Removes Underlinked...

 * The problem here is that after this discussion, the definition of "dead end" was changed. This unfortunately means that it is too hard for mere software to decide when it is safe to remove a dead end tag. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:15, 18 July 2013 (UTC)


 * (More) I posted about this at Template talk:Dead end, and the user concerned,, has undone the change to the meaning of Dead end. It should be safe to undo code change 8946. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:44, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't like the idea that a template that is used that often changes wording that easily. This is a sign of a not strong consensus. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:34, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Rollbacked changes of 8946. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:33, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Converts instruction for user into real code, causing miscategorisation

 * Rjwilmsi 11:18, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

NotImplementedException in LinearGradientBrush.TranslateTransform
Please update to version 5.5.1.2 or later and rereport if bug reoccurs. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:09, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

"Fixing" repeat words in filenames breaks links
HiEv and Klemen Kocjancic this is not a AWB bug. It was done manually. Evidence. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:14, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

ArgumentException in AsyncApiEdit.CallEvent - Ver. 5.5.1.3
I don't understand what is going on here. AWB was working just fine yesterday on version 5.5.1.2 and now that I updated it, I get this same error message on anything I run. I searched for this bug, and it says it's not a bug, but it is, because everything was working fine yesterday. TombRaiser (talk) 21:49, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Hmains does it work now? Maybe there was a delay on sourceforge server to upload the files. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:18, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Hmains try downloading from here directly: https://sourceforge.net/projects/autowikibrowser/ -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:26, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * too many steps that lead nowhere, stop working, no way for just an editor to figure out what to do next Hmains (talk) 21:38, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmains so your AWB starts, asks for update, you press yes and then the Exception appears and crashes? -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:43, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is what happens Hmains (talk) 21:52, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmains The update works for me. Please Press here to download a clean new version of AWB. Then unzip it in a folder. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:55, 8 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I deleted my AWB folder and started over again. Same result.  Hmains (talk) 22:40, 8 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm getting the same error too with the download version. If I compile it myself, it works fine. Bgwhite (talk) 23:16, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Bgwhite I downloaded 5.0.1.2 and then upgraded and I had no problems. Weird. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I've tried all the suggestions that were mentioned. Still same error. TombRaiser (talk) 00:13, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * So Magioladitis must have a development/test/use environment/platform that is different from us users who can no longer use AWB. Platform now seems to involve specific windows versions, browser versions, security software and local options.  Can we get back to a AWB version that works until this is sorted out.  Hmains (talk) 00:54, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

I've also started getting the same error as soon as I've upgraded from 5.5.1.2 to 5.5.1.3 using "check for updates" function inside the AWB. The error kept popping on every English Wikipedia page I've tried. cherkash (talk) 00:59, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I am getting it also, with even the simplest edits. Thurstan (talk) 05:05, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

As always, you can still run the old version, which is available here. Anything older than 5.5.1.2 has been turned off per policy. Bgwhite (talk) 05:19, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

I re-eanabled 5.5.1.1 till I sort out the problem. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:42, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

It's the first time I used VS 2010 express to compile. I am not sure that can be the problem exactly though. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:47, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

This time I had to compile plugins and I used a new untested compiler. Something must have gone wrong. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:49, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Does it work for anyone except from me? -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:13, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

I get the problem in RELEASE version (5.5.1.3) and not in DEBUG version (5.5.1.4) -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:29, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Bgwhite, Thurstan, Hmains, cherkash, TombRaiser I reuploaded the zip file. Now it should work. I tested it and it works.


 * Thank you, this version works for me now. Thurstan (talk) 06:49, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Moreover, I uploaded a snapshot (5.5.1.4). This is a debug version and it is tested to work in more than one machines. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:40, 9 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Please redownload files. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:54, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Check update doesn't work. How can I update the package? --151.40.93.59 (talk) 06:56, 9 September 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.40.93.59 (talk)
 * Copyed from http://sourceforge.net/projects/autowikibrowser/?source=dlp ...however you should create 5.5.1.4 to officialy fix the problem of 5.5.1.3 and to simplify user's life. --151.40.93.59 (talk) 07:17, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * No "fix" was needed. It was a compile problem.  5.5.1.3 does work just fine now. Bgwhite (talk) 07:33, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

AWB should igonore the content of &lt;nowiki&gt; sections

 * Rjwilmsi 21:00, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

FixLivingThingsRelatedDates is too greedy

 * Should this fix be restricted to the lead section? -- John of Reading (talk) 16:34, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * John of Reading till now it worked fine in fixing lists where entries like "John Doe (b. 2000)" existed. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:44, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I've tracked down an edit where I fell into the same trap: [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_members_of_the_judiciary_of_Jersey&diff=prev&oldid=459610845 diff]. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:29, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 13:31, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

On the other hand, it seems not to fix (b. 2000) case. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:16, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Adds duplicate reference templates

 * Rjwilmsi 13:19, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation and disambiguation cleanup are permuted indef

 * Magio to add logic to tagger, disambig section that on en-wiki disambiguation should be removed if disambiguation cleanup is present. Rjwilmsi  13:05, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

but maybe we need some more general function to remove a template when other exists and use it in many places. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:33, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Update valid parameters for cite web alerts
GoingBatty I don't see these parameters in Template:Cite web/doc. After you update it I can update citeWebParameters in Parsers.cs. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:16, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Documentation updated - thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 14:58, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Expand section adds unnecessary newline

 * Rjwilmsi 16:11, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Talk page genfixes ignore tags
Removed some crap. Maybe a rare case? -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:49, 14 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Definitely a rare case. Gallery on talk pages a rare to start with, and that bug seems to need to have a gallery at the start of the talk page, without a level 2 header. Personally, I would do dishes and watch grass grow before fixing this bug, but it's a bug nonetheless. An alternative would be to do a DB scan and just manually fix those instances to get rid of them. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:55, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 16:20, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Not honouring Not a typo
confirms it is not a AWB bug. I bet it is your settings' fault... again. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:56, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Feature name conflict: "Options" and "Options"

 * The second is a tab, not a menu. If the documentation says "Options menu" or "Options tab", respectively, I think it should be clear enough. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:38, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Menu versus tab seems sensible. Does anybody else think the current naming is a problem? Rjwilmsi  09:23, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Delinker doesn't work with secure links
Werieth can you please provide me a page that Delinker doesn't work. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:52, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * See Wikipedia_talk:WPSPAM • https links Try using it to remove any of those secure links. Werieth (talk) 17:56, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Werieth how is Delinker supposed to work? I never used it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:36, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * You give it a URL or hostname, example (note this was random from the list in the previous linksearch) feed the delinker  in the link to remove field. and run it on Middle Fork John Day River. It should remove the 3rd reference. (The tool is designed to remove spam). Werieth (talk) 18:42, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Werieth Nothing happens :( -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:02, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Did you ensure that the plugin was checked (IE enabled, and not just configured) :P Werieth (talk) 19:11, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Werieth How do I enable it? (I know, something is wrong with my IQ today) I created AutoWikiBrowser/Delinker for future reference. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:17, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Just make sure there is a checkmark next to its name when you select the plugin menu, if its not checked just click the delinker entry. (Just like all the other plugins) Werieth (talk) 19:19, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Finally. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:22, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

expands regex logic. This fixes it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:06, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this is a first, giving instructions on how to use a tool to someone who programs it. Werieth (talk) 19:37, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Werieth this is because these plugins were there before I get involved with AWB. I learn new things every day. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:54, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Not a problem, jokes dont tend to come across as well over the internet :P Werieth (talk) 20:00, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * You certainly made me smile when I read your comment :) -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:05, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Delinker 1.0.1.0 -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:19, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Blank line insertion between anchor and associated heading
Brought here per request of at User talk:Magioladitis. —Sladen (talk) 08:52, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * So we'll change FixHeadings. Put in a new regex, include any redirects for anchor. Then in FixHeadings after the HeadingsWhitespaceBefore line,   and add appropriate extra unit tests.  Rjwilmsi  12:10, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

I have never seen before an anchor before the heading. According to documentation anchor goes inside heading. I have seen it many times exactly after. Rjw's patch works but maybe we need something more here. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:50, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Anchors are expected inside header and not before. Anchor before header is a rare case and not an expected one. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:20, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

It takes two runs to remove an empty multiple issues tag

 * Rjwilmsi 18:50, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

series is a valid parameter of cite web
{{AWB bug | status        = new | description   = AWB says the parameter 'series' is an "invalid citation parameter".... {{cite web | series=  The {{tl|cite web}} template does have series listed as a parameter. Bgwhite (talk) 23:47, 2 October 2013 (UTC) | duplicate     = See 2013 NFL season | site          = | OS            = | net           = | version       = 9506 | workaround    = | fix_version   = {{Awbsvn|9508}} -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:23, 3 October 2013 (UTC) }}

KeyNotFoundException in MainForm.UpdateUserName
Can anyone reproduce this bug? We need specific steps of how to reproduce it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:51, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

It takes two runs to remove date/year

 * Rjwilmsi 10:45, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Category move messes with newnlines

 * Rjwilmsi 19:19, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

After merging template into WPBS, reparsing required to remove whitespace

 * Rjwilmsi 19:32, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Creates WikiProjectBanner shell above other high-priority/importance, warning/attention templates
and. Implemented all but only for the templates shown as example. I need a list of templates to copy-paste in the code if you need full functionality. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:25, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:35, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


 * OK, using the numbering at Talk page layout
 * 4. High-priority/importance, warning/attention templates:
 * COI editnotice (e.g. Talk:Boom! Studios)
 * Notice (e.g. Talk:Break-up of the Beatles)
 * warning (e.g. Talk:Star Trek Into Darkness)
 * 5. Specific talk page guideline banners:
 * British English (e.g. Talk:John Lennon)
 * British English Oxford spelling (e.g. Talk:George Harrison)
 * Calm talk (e.g. Talk:Paul McCartney)
 * 6. Article history banners:
 * ArticleHistory (e.g. Talk:Bruce Springsteen)
 * 8. Image requested (e.g. Talk:ITunes Live from Capitol Studios)
 * Also, it seems GA should remain above the WikiProjects (e.g. Talk:The Who)
 * Where should Translated go? (e.g. Talk:Leontyna Halpertowa)
 * Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 23:24, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

GoingBatty I need you to add GA to the Manual and start a discussion with a suggestion for Translated in WP:TPL's talk page. Thanks, Magioladitis (talk) 07:20, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I added GA at the same level as GA nominee. Translated redirects to Translated page, which is already the subject of Wikipedia talk:Talk page layout.  GoingBatty (talk) 16:35, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

GoingBatty expands lists for 4 and 5. I guess 6 can be done via bypassing the redirect. I wait instructions for the new additions. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:41, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the SVN update. Since WP:AWB/TR doesn't work on talk pages, how do you suggest we bypass the redirect?  Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 16:35, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * GoingBatty (talk) you can use User:Magioladitis/WikiProjects. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:23, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

I added ArticleHistory and GA. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:24, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * It all looks great with SVN 9527 and using the entire User:Magioladitis/WikiProjects module, except for Image requested (e.g. Talk:ITunes Live from Capitol Studios). Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 22:44, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * - Oops, spoke to quickly - it's moving ArticleHistory before British English (e.g. Talk:Paul McCartney)
 * I like the Beatles but their talk pages are a real pain :) -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:50, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Problem 1: Image requested will go below WPBS but not every WikiProject.

Problem 2: If there are two templates of the same kind then we are in trouble. Right now we have 6 kinds of templates: Skip to talk, Talk header, WPBS, GANomineeTemplate, TalkWarningTemplates, TalkGuidelineTemplates, TalkHistoryTemplates, ImageRequested. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:48, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

, I split TalkGuidelineTemplates into parts based on common practice so far. I'll check the issues soon too. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:20, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

The bullets than contain a single banner or banners that are mutual excluded are handled with no problems. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:31, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Just a small reminder. It's been more than 4 years since that day. I am very proud of this page expanded. :) -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:34, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

better handle TalkGuidelineTemplates and EnglishVariationsTemplates. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:22, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Now Talk:Paul McCartney is handled correctly. Unless we need to sort protection templates too. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:19, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

The bug happens when we have more than on TalkWarningTemplates or TalkGuidelineTemplates. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:09, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
 * ,  fixes the problem (Problem 2 of above). -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:47, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for all your hard work on this! GoingBatty (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:03, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

SecurityException in IAutoWikiBrowserForm.get_LogControl
A version of this error comes up whenever I try to load any plugin. This, like other SecurityExceptions seem to be, is probably caused by being on a network shared H drive. Dragging AWB's folder to the desktop didn't fix it.~ neko-chan :3 (talk) 19:17, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Please update to version 5.5.1.3 or later and rereport if it happens again. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:53, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

It won't remove underscores from wikilinks with sections

 * Rjwilmsi 11:30, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Does not add Uncategorized to articles with Proposed deletion

 * Looking at the proposed deletion category, many of the pages are already categorized. Please provide an example of a page you think should be tagged as uncat? Thanks Rjwilmsi  11:06, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Try 2014 Copa Nemesio Camacho, Aasmanon Pay Likha, Adam Allouche, Adjectives for shell etc. Note that the Prod BLP template is handled correctlty e.g Andrybosk --Racklever (talk) 11:49, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Thanks Rjwilmsi  13:40, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Talk page-template parameter is being removed

 * WikiProject Songs doesn't support the importance parameter. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:06, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh. I did not see/think of that my bad. - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  20:12, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Auto-tagger: Don't add maintenance templates to pages containing Template:Soft redirect

 * Rjwilmsi 10:09, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Auto-tagger: Don't add blank line between maintennace templates on arzwiki

 * Rjwilmsi 10:19, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect alert - Unknown parameters in WPBannerShell

 * Rjwilmsi 09:59, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Tweak ISBN fix
GoingBatty Per ISBN ISBN-13 is not expected. How common is it? We still need to fix this but I just wonder. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:54, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

reverts last change in ISBN logic till we fix it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:33, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Maybe use this logic:
 * "ISBN-10 " "ISBN-13 " followed by 10 or more digits/dashes: remove the "-10" or "-13"
 * "ISBN-" followed by 10 or more digits/dashes, remove the "-"
 * "ISBN-10" or "ISBN-13" followed by punctuation or letters - do nothing.
 * GoingBatty (talk) 20:00, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * There are alot of bad ISBN numbers with less than 10 digits. I've seen quite a few bad ISBNs that start with X, Here is a current list, plus other letters.  Old checkwiki program specifically skipped one page when looking for bad ISBNs... International Standard Book Number.  Batty's suggestion is the right place to start on if AWB should automatically fixes a problem or not...  Batty's logic doesn't take into account cases of ISBN-10=0123456789.   However, we should just wait till next month's dump.  In October's dump, checkwiki used new logic to find bad ISBNs and cases of ISBN- were cleaned up.  Next month, we should have an idea if this is a wide spread or limited problem, plus we can see what false positive cases look like.  Bgwhite (talk) 20:38, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Spacing after categories move to the bottom I

 * So in MetaDataSorter in MoveSeeAlso function try changing  to   and update unit tests as needed.  Rjwilmsi  10:38, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * as you said. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:28, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Did not move template

 * Ping! - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  15:28, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
 * User:Josve05a this banner doesn't not follow the "WikiProject..." format. You need to run the custom module in addition to general fixes. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:02, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

User:Josve05a please don't ping for every bug report. We don't have a time schedule for fixing bugs. We fix bugs in our free time. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:34, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry. It was just that...no-one had edited the page in 1-2 day, so thought that there might be something wrong with the page, so I added a ping. - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  16:17, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Marked as "notbug". We only check the zeroth section in order not to mess around. Moreover, we can only detect Wikiproject banners when they follow the WikiProject pseudonamespace otherwise the list is to long and changes very often. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:24, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect addition of dead end / underlinked

 * I think I understand the issue as AWB is not grabbing the tranclusions of the Portal and checking for links and the page does not have any links to other main space content in its editing text. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:27, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

ChrisGualtieri I don't understand why the 2013 pages transclude from Portal while previous years don't. Is this expected? -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:21, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * January 2005 is the first month built from transclusions of daily pages. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:44, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * John of Reading January 2005 still contains its own wikilinks. January 2011 contains this ugly "This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from January 2011.". -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:02, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * January 2005 has a subst'd copy of Portal:Current events/Sidebar, but the bulk of the page is transcluded from the daily current events pages such as Portal:Current events/2005 January 1. From May 2006 onwards the sidebar was archived to a separate subpage such as Portal:Current events/May 2006/Sidebar; that's the first monthly page with no/few wikilinks. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=%22This+is+an+archived+version%22+%22current+events+portal%22&fulltext=Search 66] of the monthly pages start with the message "This is an archived version..." - it seems to be traditional! -- John of Reading (talk) 08:44, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

I would be happy to help if these pages all shared the same style more or less. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:46, 21 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I've just de-tagged some of these pages again - this is going to get tedious! Most of them use the template Portal:Current events/Month Inclusion to transclude the daily pages - can the AWB code check for that? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:14, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * for that. Can you please remove the comments now? We are planning to make a proper new release soon. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:03, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the fix. I'll leave the HTML comments until the new release comes out. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:39, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

It won't simplify wikilinks in redirects

 * Instructions for change given to Magio. Rjwilmsi  08:30, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect alert - Invalid citation parameters for contribution
GoingBatty The parameter is not in Template:Cite web's documentation. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:50, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick response! I requested someone update documentation at Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 3.  GoingBatty (talk) 20:05, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * GoingBatty in order to save time, in the future please check that the requested parameter is already in the documentation. I'll add it as soon as it gets in to the manual. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:22, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 08:02, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Removes collapsed=no from WikiProjectBanners

 * Currently we remove any of blp=no, blpo=no, activepol=no, collapsed=no. Is it just collapsed to be removed from that list? Rjwilmsi  07:53, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

GoingBatty the correct version in not WikiProjectBanners with no but just WikiProjectBannerShell. I think it is a rare case. We had this part of code since the days WikiProjectBanners was only a redirect of WikiProjectBannerShell to be honest. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:16, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

this is what should happen: -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:23, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * blp=no, blpo=no, activepol=no should be removed from both WikiProjectBanners and WikiProjectBannerShell
 * collapsed=no should be removed from WikiProjectBannerShell
 * collapsed=yes should be removed from WikiProjectBanners
 * Rjwilmsi 09:53, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Moved Talkpage header to the bottom

 * - Yes, that's an issue. However, please don't save edits that make a page worse.  Also, please don't save edits that just change WPBS to WikiProjectBannerShell, as some people get cranky when their watchlists are filled with edits that don't change how the page is presented to the reader.  Thanks, and happy editing!  GoingBatty (talk) 00:42, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Extremely rare. Talkpage header had a single transclusion. Now has none. if you use the custom module, this won't happen. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:19, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you guys. I know I am a pain in everyones a**. But I really appreciate all the things you guys have helped me with! - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  14:17, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * You're not a pain - we're all in this together and appreciate your help. I've added a note about ' custom module to AutoWikiBrowser/General fixes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoingBatty (talk • contribs) 14:27, 28 October 2013‎ (UTC)
 * Maybe not a bug, but I still need help...AWB moved talk header to the bottom of the list of templates here. Why? - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  14:56, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * there was an inappropriate comment inside the template. Are you trying to find all rare cases? :) -- Magioladitis (talk)
 * ...maybe...Hahha, no. I'm just running random pages and they show up. - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  15:07, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Don't expect 100% fixes in talk pages anyway. Templates in talk pages are misused. Many pages contain talk header and skip to talk even if there is no discussion at all in the page. Moreover, new redirect are created every day. Talk header has 17(!) redirects. Most recent created 2-3 months ago. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:07, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * 17??? WOW, thst is a lot. Why aren't somebody just changing inside every talk page to the right one and just keep the 5 most used? - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  15:11, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Reflist (2)
The only alert I got was that the article did not have any cats.- (t)  Josve05a  (c)  22:41, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Could change MetaDataSorter.RemoveCats to extract uncat templates and redirects if no categories, but need confirmation that uncat is ordered in article at same place categories would be. Rjwilmsi  08:33, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 18:15, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

uncategorized stub x2 (it's back)
some advice: Please do not to save the page with the bug. Just report it so we can check it too. Check how GoingBatty reports the bugs.

Moreover, a workaround is never "undo the change". The field is more on giving us a suggestion on the programming part or something similar. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:49, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * , Okey. I will remember this newx time I report bugs. - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  18:52, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 20:06, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Spacing after categories move to the bottom II

 * Rjwilmsi 20:13, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

New lines

 * Excess newline removal does not run if the page has poem tags with blank lines in. So no change will be made for this. Generally I do not consider articles tagged for deletion as valid for minor bug reports about spacing etc. Only major problems would need to be fixed for such pages. Rjwilmsi  20:04, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Adding blank line(/s) in talk pages
for the 1, 4 and 5. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:43, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

3 is not done. Wrong templates in the wrong place anyway. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:14, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

2 is not done. The template below is an archive box so it is not a big deal anyway. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:02, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

NullReferenceException in Tools.RenameTemplate

 * Rjwilmsi 20:46, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Forgot to remove blank line in talk pages

 * Rjwilmsi 21:12, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Removed blank line in talk page

 * I also run the module for the WikipediaProjects. - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  22:00, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * AWB also tried to remove the blank line between a template and the above header on Talk:Airbus A340. - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  22:04, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * there is not rule saying that a whitespace should exist, is it? -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:16, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * , I just thought that that was a rule, since (almost) everywhere it seems to be a line between them. Just as in normal pages. Like an "unspoken"-rule. But I might have been wrong. - (t)  Josve05a  (c)  22:21, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * It is true that till now we were doing it like this. We'll see what we can do. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:30, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

and me: Problem didn't appear when there was only Talk header and a header. When I added the Not a forum the blank line was removed. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:08, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjwilmsi 21:33, 30 October 2013 (UTC)