Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive 4

Bugs from/fixed in Version 4.1 of AWB

Category (recursive) doesn't work
That's probably my fault; I updated the category content fetcher to use api.php instead of query.php, and I probably broke that. I'm extraordinarily busy, so if someone can fix that up that would be great. — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Does the normal one work? Reedy Boy 11:47, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed - . Mets must've accidentally removed a bit of code. No biggy :) Reedy Boy 18:38, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Database dump open exceptions

 * Are you definately sure that it isnt in use? Reedy Boy 18:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * - Error handling added... I presume that is what you are meaning, not that it had an error? Reedy Boy 18:42, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

No longer able to copy preview text

 * What do you mean by the preview pane? Ive just tried it on the diff, the preview and such, and they are all showing menu's... Reedy Boy 08:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I mean the top pane, the one that displays the article as it will be seen. I'll try it again at home tonight - I don't have AWB installed here at work. Colonies Chris 11:48, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Works fine for me... Maybe it didnt initialise correctlyReedy Boy 12:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I've just checked it again. If I select any text in the preview pane, then right click, no menu appears (there used to be a single-item menu, Copy). I've also tried doing the Copy with Ctrl+Ins, but that doesn't work either (when I try to paste, there's nothing saved to paste). Colonies Chris 16:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I removed/changed that menu over due to it not working for me. It should open the standard IE right click menu when you right click... Does for me.. Reedy Boy 16:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I had this same problem, no menu is showing up when I right click in the preview pane. --CapitalR 17:36, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed - It was one of the very few differences running in "debug" - It was being enabled by the debug code, but disabled by the designer code. Hence it "seeming" fine for me. Fixed for next release - Which may not be too far away due to other bugs and such. Thanks! Reedy Boy 18:36, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Save Edit Box exception

 * What were you doing to create this error? Reedy Boy 16:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.saveEditBoxText

That answers that... Was it ok on previous versions? Reedy Boy 16:40, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed - Reedy Boy 20:26, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Bug encountered when perusing Sonorous Susurrus
The problem is related to ambient. Reedy Boy 08:53, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Another -

People (magazine) Reedy Boy 15:15, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Fix the bad links - Reedy Boy 15:34, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception

 * I dont think this one is major - It was just unable to connect to the server at that point. Reedy Boy 08:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Marking as notbug - Purely from the nature of the exception, its not AWB, just a server error at that moment. Reedy Boy 15:39, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception

 * Same as one above

People (magazine)

Marking this as dupe. Reedy Boy 14:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Refresh status/typos doesn't work

 * Strange, it had become disconnected from its code somehow. Fixed - Reedy Boy 10:03, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception
Hi, i think it has something to do with the autosave editbox option. Another bug windows appear every 60 secondes. Duh. I'll just deactivate for now. TulipVorlax 01:59, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it is - Duplicate of Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_4. Will be fixed in next release Reedy Boy 10:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception

 * Hmm. MaxSem supposedly fixed it - Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_3 Reedy Boy 15:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Just tried with that in the sandbox. Currently unable to duplicate this. Reedy Boy 15:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Presumably, neither did this user Reedy Boy 18:54, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I think that this may have fixed that. — M ETS 501 (talk) 04:02, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Another exception
Its the [[|

Again

should have fixed it (seemed to when i was trying it). Try the SVN version Mets... Reedy Boy 10:54, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Minor: link not unpiped after underscore removal
Link unpiping should be tested after underscore removal (of course it would need testing). -- Kl4m Talk Contrib 20:19, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Code just probably need changing round... Reedy Boy 21:23, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The code is fine. It would unpipe it if the displayed text was exactly the same as the title of the article to which the text links. In this case capitalization differs. Jogers (talk) 21:27, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Database dump search utility regex error

 * Why are you using the 3 blocks in teh brackets? "\b([a-z]*) \1\b" surely would do the same? Can you tell me where you are putting what? Whats the exception you are being given? Reedy Boy 22:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

No matter where you put it the following exception is thrown:

Seems that the regex is simply invalid. Jogers (talk) 22:11, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The message should be probably more user-friendly :-) The same applies to special filter. Jogers (talk) 22:13, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Double back slash any better? "\\b([a-z][a-z][a-z]*) \\1\\b". As a regex tester i have, says the regex is fine - and it does fine duplicate words. So im wondering if its related to the escape characters.
 * Also, "\b([a-z][a-z]*) \1\b" works the same as "\b([a-z][a-z][a-z]*) \1\b" Reedy Boy 22:15, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


 * "Message: parsing "\b([a-z][a-z][a-z]*) \1\b" - Reference to undefined group number 1" - Its the regex in some form, or the way AWB is parsing it - Its telling us it doesnt have a defined group 1. Reedy Boy 22:16, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


 * You are right. The regex is OK and it works both in regex tester and special filter but not in database scanner for some reason. Jogers (talk) 22:26, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

It was because of ExplicitCapture regex option. Fixed in. Jogers (talk) 23:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Hide greyed out

 * What was the current state of the AWB window? Reedy Boy 18:54, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Never mind, just noticed it. Some code looks detached. Reedy Boy 18:59, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed - . The logic for the visible was the wrong way round for some reason. Also added it to enable "show" if the window is minimised. Reedy Boy 19:02, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception
It didn't like me not having spedcified a location to save my edit box to. It could be worth setting a default value of  or having it complain if you set it to autosave without specifying a location — OwenBlacker 23:00, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed/Improved -  Reedy Boy 14:47, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception
Full text of error message:


 * description = Exception: ArgumentException
 * Message: parsing "\b(?<[Rr]iver\s+)([Ss])ence(|s|d)\b" - Invalid group name: Group names must begin with a word character.
 * Call stack:  at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.ScanGroupOpen
 * at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.ScanRegex
 * at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.Parse(String re, RegexOptions op)
 * at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor(String pattern, RegexOptions options, Boolean useCache)
 * at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor(String pattern, RegexOptions options)
 * at WikiFunctions.Parse.TypoGroup.Add(String typo, String replacement)
 * at WikiFunctions.Parse.RegExTypoFix.MakeRegexes —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iridescent (talk • contribs) 17:16, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I assume this is (ironically) caused by a typo in the spellcheck file —  iride scent   (talk to me!)  15:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

This happened while the Updater was running. And the formatting of this debugging information appears incomplete even though I did a direct cut and paste from the alert box. Colonies Chris 18:07, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Correct, this isnt AWB - Theres something up with the typo list it seems - Its only loading ~2000 typos... Or something... Reedy Boy 19:25, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I think its me/im losing it - has fixed the exceptions! Reedy Boy 19:37, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm glad someone understands how that typo file works... —  iride scent   (talk to me!)  19:43, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Lol. That, or just bodge it ;). Least its sorted Reedy Boy 19:51, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Update Requires Manual File Moves in Vista

 * This came up before... I dont use vista, so even attempting to create a workaround would be hard.. Mets!! Im sure there was a work around... I'd just turn of UAC, seen as it isnt a "security feature", or so MS say... Reedy Boy 18:38, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Dupe - Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_1 Reedy Boy 18:43, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * - We could maybe get AWBUpdater to ask for administrator permissions... But its a bit OTT...? Reedy Boy 18:45, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict) Yeah, UAC is a pain in the ass. Here's how to get around it (this should work, if you test it out and it does we can add it to the FAQ).
 * Right click on the folder that contains AutoWikiBrowser.exe and select "Properties"
 * Click on the "Security" tab
 * Click the "Edit" button
 * Select "TrustedInstaller", check the "Full control" "allow" checkbox, and press OK twice.
 * Try that. Let me know. — M ETS 501 (talk) 18:46, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

ArgumentException when performing find and replace
Here's the rest of what it asked me to copy and paste here (which broke the template):

Message: parsing "=== \b" - Unterminatedunsigned comment added by Mike.lifeguard (talk • contribs)


 * Could you provide us with the settings file you used? We won't be able to recreate this error without it. Jogers (talk) 12:35, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * So far as I know, I've been using the default settings. The only thing I changed is that the default project is now en.wb. If you meant what was I trying to do with it... I was trying to turn every level 3 heading into a link to a subpage by the same name. It was my first time trying to use regexs, so I probably screwed it up. But the program shouldn't throw an error, even if it's my fault.  – Mike.lifeguard  | talk 16:36, 19 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Your regex was probably invalid. If you post it I could help you fix it. The error message should definitely be more user-friendly. Jogers (talk) 16:56, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

The message should be more user-friendly since. Jogers (talk) 19:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Bug when trying to save during recategorization
I seem to have been having some problems because I'm using the WikEd editor. This is for no.wikipedia.org. I could complete the recategorization once I disabled (commented) the WikEd editor in monobook.js. galar71 14:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The above bug has been fixed for the next version.
 * For the wikied thing, wrap your monobook.js in

if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE")==-1) {                  // Previous contents go here ....              }

Reedy Boy 16:17, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Exception: TypeInitializationException

 * Did it not give you any more information? Reedy Boy 11:46, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Strange, I have similar problem with the most recent SVN version. The exceptions is thrown every time I click "Start the process". It doesn't happen in 4.1.0.0. Jogers (talk) 11:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Working fine for me on SVN.. Reedy Boy 12:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The problem was on my side. Sorry for the confusion. Jogers (talk) 10:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Do you have "Wikidiff2.dll" present in your AWB folder? Jogers (talk) 13:27, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * As a side point of this - I've just realised that AWBUpdater didnt actually cater for Wikidiff2.dll, so this may have some relevance to the problem! Reedy Boy 13:39, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

UpdateWikiStatus exception/Object reference not set to an instance of an object

 * And what were you doing to create this error? Reedy Boy 15:19, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Log in to Wikipedia. I.E. is logged on.  Possible point of interest is that this is through a proxy server (w/no userid/password required).  It works fine at home. -- KelleyCook 03:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Could quite likely be the Proxy server - AWB may not be following the path (well, from other requests, i presume it doesnt) to the internet via the proxy server. Reedy Boy 13:40, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs

Does it stop you logging in or doing anything? Reedy Boy 21:24, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It stops AWB until the error is cleared. Rich Farmbrough, 15:58 14 September 2007 (GMT).


 * I think this must be related to internet connectivity, with KelleyCook saying it was on a proxy, as a possible reason... Reedy Boy 11:06, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception

 * Can you please tell me which Make From you were using, and also, what page you had entered. Thanks, Reedy Boy 19:52, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Were you on a wiki which doesn't have api.php installed? That seems the most likely answer. — M ETS 501 (talk) 01:30, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Problem with reverse subst of main
Here is the regex that causes the problem: ^.*Main article:\s?'{0,3}\[\[([^\|]*?)(\|(.*?))?\]\]\.?'{0,3}\.? It should probably check if there is newline at the end but could somebody provide some examples where the replacement should happen so I can do some tests? Jogers (talk) 14:08, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed in but it needs some testing. Jogers (talk) 16:18, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks fine Jogers - Means it'll only do it if its like

main article: Thuringenwald main article: Thuringenwald

Not

some main article: Thuringenwald

Reedy Boy 18:04, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Regex bug

 * Can you post your whole regex's? Reedy Boy 15:00, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * ,([a-ząćęłńóśżź\>\[]) -> $1, $2 this is the whole regex that produces mistake --84.234.42.68 00:08, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The case sensitive option apply to regular expressions as well. This is intentional. Jogers (talk) 23:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

ArgumentNullException when declining an optional upgrade

 * I can only presume that it didnt get the versions correctly from the checkpage... Reedy Boy 19:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Could somebody who experience this problem tell which AWB version is actually used? Jogers (talk) 22:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4.1.0.0--Balloonguy 21:52, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I were able to reproduce it. Just press "no" when AWB offers an optional upgrade. Jogers (talk) 22:00, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Its because its still trying to download from a blank link. should prevent it trying to download if the optional upgrade is declined. Also, there as a check for the string being "", but not being null. So they were intialised, but nothing entered for them, meaning they didnt get caught.  Reedy Boy 22:03, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * More improvements - Reedy Boy 22:09, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Note - It will do the same till you get an updated updater version on teh next AWB release! Reedy Boy 22:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm glad this common bug has been fixed. Well done, Reedy Boy! Jogers (talk) 22:14, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

DEFAULTSORT again
Should we disable changing to defaultsort until this issue is addressed? Jogers (talk) 19:55, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Seems a slightly rare occurance, so I would guess not. Rich Farmbrough, 12:28 21 September 2007 (GMT).

It was actually fixed in. There is no change to default sort when some categories have a sortkey and some don't anymore. Jogers (talk) 10:31, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Out by one error in avoid sub calculation?
Could you give a specific example? I can't reproduce it. Jogers (talk) 13:48, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like this may have been fixed in a recent release.... Will look for example and re-open if found. Apologies. Rich Farmbrough, 11:51 21 September 2007 (GMT).
 * Citizens for Global Solutions AWB does not recognise the template. Rich Farmbrough, 13:54 21 September 2007 (GMT).
 * It works for me. Jogers (talk) 13:59, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

This is a bug in WikiRegexes.ExternalLinks: (?:[Hh]ttp|[Hh]ttps|[Ff]tp|[Mm]ailto)://[^\ \n]*|\[(?:[Hh]ttp|[Hh]ttps|[Ff]tp|[Mm]ailto):.*?\] For example, in following text:
 * xxx

it matches
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

instead of
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Jogers (talk) 12:03, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed in . Jogers (talk) 12:50, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception

 * I believe that Reedy Boy has fixed that recently. Jogers (talk) 13:11, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

GetDiff Exception
--Erasoft24 02:32, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

In English: "Exception: NullReferenceException Message: The reference of object is not defined in an authority of an object"

Reedy Boy 13:33, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

"Fixes" typos in reference name and this may break the reference
If I had to guess, I'd say this is related to the Regex AWB uses to find references. — M ETS 501 (talk) 22:54, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, it's because WikiRegexes.Refs:
 * ]*?>[^<]*<\s*/ref\s*>
 * doesn't match and similar. Jogers (talk) 14:09, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed in . Jogers (talk) 14:33, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Exception: ArgumentNullException

 * Try manually updating it, as the updater has been sorted to fix that error (1.3.3.0) Reedy Boy 21:28, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

AWBupdater - can't close without closing AWB when nothing to do

 * I cant duplicate this behaviour. But i did notice it didnt take the correct route through the code - My fault, inverse logic on a null/empty check. Even with how it was before, it would skip through the code, but would incorrectly tell you that it had updated AWB successfully (a lie!)... But it would exit after that. You probably cant close it with the X button, but if you let it run through, it will close itself after asking if you want to start AWB. fixes the incorrect logic. Reedy Boy 16:02, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, steps to reproduce (fingers crossed_
 * Be up to date...
 * open AWB
 * open AWBUpdater
 * Nothing to update... click OK
 * now get asked to close AWB.
 * You may well have fixed with the above patch. Rich Farmbrough, 11:44 27 September 2007 (GMT).

AWB encountered WebException

 * Entering "Newpages" (without the quotes), has just returned me a list of 1000 newpages... Entering "new pages" throws the exception. Not a bug. Reedy Boy 11:10, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * So it shouldn't suggest reporting a bug. Handled more elegantly since . Jogers (talk) 11:37, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I keep forgetting about this. Definately these special cases adding for bugs that are errors like the above. Thanks Jogers! Reedy Boy 12:11, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception

 * This isnt really a bug par se.. The file doesnt exist, so it has problems. I'll add checks to make sure the files are there.... Reedy Boy 21:01, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Reedy Boy 21:34, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

IRCM doesn't import admin and bot lists
"Reference to undeclared entity 'nbsp'. Line 3, position 225." Reedy Boy 11:37, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Ive tried it and it works fine on ar.wp, and en.wp.. So im wondering if its some other misformatting on the russian wp.. Reedy Boy 12:10, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's exactly the message that appears when I try to import lists. It works after clicking 'Continue working', but without these lists. --213.170.112.173 18:46, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll look into it further (would probably be a bug that Mets usually fixes ;), as it sounds like it may be a bug related to the output of the query.. Reedy Boy 19:00, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * For no apparant reason, the above, is there on the ru.wp one near the end of the string from the webpage.. But not on the en.wp or ar.wp one... Reedy Boy 19:28, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Not AWB - has fixed it. It was an extra nbsp in the ru:MediaWiki:Retrievedfrom .Thats been removed, and solves the problem! So it is now fixed Reedy Boy 19:58, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB Updater: Cannot handle redirect from HTTP/HTTPS protocols to other dissimilar ones.

 * Anything specific that might point to the cause of this? Reedy Boy 16:02, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, just trying to run the updater IIRC. Rich Farmbrough, 11:39 27 September 2007 (GMT).
 * It looks like maybe SF may have redirected you to another file source other than http/https...? Marking as notawb Reedy Boy 19:43, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, see if it happens again. ... Rich Farmbrough, 11:52 30 September 2007 (GMT).
 * OTOH could catch the exception and display some information? Rich Farmbrough, 11:52 30 September 2007 (GMT).
 * It will be a standard message box since . Jogers (talk) 11:56, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered TypeInitializationException
I get this error whenever I find a page to edit. I execute the search algorithm and when it finds a page that needs fixing, it throws the error. If I hit continue, it will let me edit, but it won't let me save the edit(s). If I hit Ctrl+S (the shortcut key), it simply repeats the error and I lose the changes I make. --WillMcC 19:26, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If you select General, then change the "On load: Show changes" to "On load: Show preview" and see if you can save. As it would seem that its related to the get diff... But im not sure why on that bit - as DiffHead is one of the simplest parts... Reedy Boy 19:35, 27 September 2007 (UTC)


 * What do you mean by "the search algorithm"? Jogers (talk) 19:35, 27 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Changing to "Show preview" seems to fix the problem. As for the search algorithm, I'm referring to when I "start the process" --WillMcC 19:42, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Your not trying to use a custom sytle sheet with the diff are you? Reedy Boy 19:44, 27 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I just made a change for another reason - adding the check for the the file existing, this threw the error as customstyle was null, and it is looking for a size.. Reedy Boy 20:55, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Made the DiffHead code more robust - Reedy Boy 21:31, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

NullReferenceException when applying special filter
Filling in the blanks here, this happened after doing a database scan to regenerate the DEP project. I sorted alphabetically (and noticed the first line appeared blank), then I went to filter and checked "keep main space" and "remove duplicates". I don't know if there's a work around -- I'm going to skip that step, as they should all be main space with no duplicates anyway.--Fabrictramp 15:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Im not overly sure how to duplicate this... Reedy Boy 19:39, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Follow the steps listed at WP:DEP. Jogers (talk) 22:55, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Gah... Need a 'mini' image dump, or something. Reedy Boy 18:09, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed - . Changed from using the constructor overload, to use the public listbox for assignment. Removed the other constructor overload as its not used Reedy Boy 12:29, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

inappropriate DEFAULTSORT values

 * I noticed this also and have had to turn off 'Apply general fixes' to avoid the trouble this causes. What AWB should do is that when it inserts DEFAULTSORT, it should add a '|xxxx' sort key to each category link that originally had no sort key and was sorting based on the article/category name itself.  This is a do no harm fix to get closer to what the category link was originally.   Hmains 21:44, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * where "xxxx" is the title, I assume. This would be appropriate bahaviour for cases where there are already categories that use the title as sort key by default, and therefore an improvement. But it wouldn't address the problem of articles whose most appropriate default sort key is the title, but which just happens to be only in categories that overrule that default. Hesperian 04:08, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, 'xxxx' is the title. The current behavior is fine for bio articles, but terrible for others.  Yesterday (before I turned it off), I had to stop and type in alternative sort keys in every category that I was processing with AWB.  This involved geography articles where the name of the country became the defaultsort key--which was fine for categories above the country level (such as 'Lakes by country', but I had to type in the geographic feature (like 'Lake') as the sort key in all the categories at the country level--otherwise in the 'geography of foo' category, all the articles on lakes, rivers, mountains, etc were sorted as 'foo' in instead of 'lake', 'river' 'mountain', etc as they should be. Hmains 17:32, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't see a problem here. With the article's current content all changes were correct. If someone will need to add another category to the article, it will be their responsibility to make the article sort properly within it. AWB cannot make crystal-ball assumptions. Max S em 10:27, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately crystal-ball assumptions are just what is needed in order for AWB to do correctly what it is currently doing wrongly. It is not possible to guess an appropriate default sort key based on a set of actual sort keys. But you seem to be saying that since there is no solution, there must not be a problem either. Hesperian 11:15, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I would like to AGF, but it seems as though you are mis-characterizing things here. Obviously, if there was a problem, there would be a solution; if necessary, the devs would just remove the functionality.  It's not that the code is deficient or that the developers are not clever, it is just that they have a difference of opinion with you regarding that this is a problem.  If all that exists is a single sort key, then it makes sense for that to be the defaultsort.  You have the option to override it and any subsequent editor has the ability to change it later.  Anytime that 2 keys exist, it will not create the defaultsort.  This is a sound algorithm that does no harm and saves time and future errors potentially caused by typographical errors.  --After Midnight 0001 02:18, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The difference in opinion appears to be this:
 * You guys think that where a DEFAULTSORT value has not been provided, it is safe to assume that no-one has given any thought to what an appropriate default sort key would be, and so it is appropriate for AWB to provide a sensible one.
 * I think know from personal experience that sometimes people do think about what an appropriate default sort key would be, decide that the article title is the most appropriate default sort key, and therefore make an active, informed decision to omit a DEFAULTSORT value, on the grounds that the default default doesn't need to be over-ruled. In such cases, AWB's intervention is simply incorrect.
 * Shall I assume the dev's response to this bug report is a WONTFIX? Hesperian 02:46, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * How about this: if the DEFAULTSORT value would have a comma (indicating it is most likely a name), then AWB will keep doing what it's doing. If it doesn't have a comma, we can set the threshold to 3 incidences of the key.  For example, assuming there is no comma, if you have only 2 categories in the article, AWB will do nothing (no DEFAULSORT), and if you have 4 categories (for example) with two having no sort keys and two having a sort key, it won't do anything either.  It will need to find the sort key in 3 categories to make it the DEFAULTSORT key.  This (I think) should eliminate basically all of the problems. — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I am now wondering whether it wouldn't be better to add to the Wikipedia documentation on category sort keys / DEFAULTSORT values, suggesting that a DEFAULTSORT value should always be provided, even when the default sort key is the article title. If the community approved this as a "social" solution to this problem, then what you're doing would cease to be a bug. Can you keep this bug open for a few days while I look into it? Hesperian 03:12, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem :-) — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:27, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * My changes to Categories remain unchallenged after more than a week. I won't object to this bug being closed. For the sake of consistency with this closure, you guys might consider updating AWB to always provide a DEFAULTSORT value, even when it matches the title. Hesperian 00:33, 12 July 2007 (UTC)


 * why not this: if the DEFAULTSORT key would have a comma, keep doing what AWB is doing, as this is mostly likely a biography article; otherwise, if the a sort key was not previously coded for the article/category (no |xxxx]] ) then insert the article name as a coded |xxxx]] on the article/category name while at the same time adding a DEFAULTSORT key in the way that AWB is currently doing. This would create the least harm to WP sort sequences and not expect again that editors would have to wade through and manually change countless sort keys of article and categories to fix this problem that new version of AWB is currently creating. Hmains 04:53, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Note
There are two separate issues, one addressed by this bug, and unfixable, one addressed by another bug and eminently fixable (possibly even fixed).
 * 1) Sometimes all existing cats use the same sort order, but future cats might not.  This is a reasonable WONTFIX, as remarked above.
 * 2) Sometimes some existing cats have a blank sort order - they get given the new default which is distinct from pagename. Here we can fix.

A third class of problem is when a transclusion includes categories. Here it is up to the transclusion to specify pagename where appropriate, and if it matters (for example, in many cleanup cats, the sort key is not terribly relevant (especially if we move from cats)).
 * Rich Farmbrough, 14:28 23 September 2007 (GMT).
 * Interestingly the example article was a Banksia-stub for a while, where only a good deafultsort would sort it properly.


 * The second one is already fixed. AWB will now change to DEFAULTSORT only when all sort keys are the same. Can we mark it as "wontfix" then? Jogers (talk) 15:48, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * SOunds the ticket to me. Ot maybe "notabug"... Rich Farmbrough, 11:49 30 September 2007 (GMT).

Monobook
Are you in fact using the monobook skin? When exactly does this occur? What were you doing at the time? — M ETS 501 (talk) 16:05, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Whats skin it use if your not logged in...? As Rich' duplicate reason would sound right to me - AWB thinks it logged in, but if its logged out due to inactivity, it does its skin check, and finds its not the skin it wants to be...? Reedy Boy 11:04, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes I use monobook. And this has happened again, when AWB has been suspended due to an error or version change advice, I thought IP's had monobook but I may be wrong.  You really do need to restart, attempts to login/out bring up the error again. Rich Farmbrough, 10:01 16 September 2007 (GMT).
 * WOuld seem simple to check for logged in before issuing this warning? Rich Farmbrough, 14:20 23 September 2007 (GMT).

Not seen this for some time now, however see. Rich Farmbrough, 11:32 27 September 2007 (GMT).


 * Marking as notbug Reedy Boy 16:57, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Monobook 2

 * Difference is that it happens during a run, and no logout has occurred: moreover can be restarted (almost?) always. Seems to occur on a save (as opposed to an ignore due to no changes). Rich Farmbrough, 11:31 27 September 2007 (GMT).
 * May be happening on a restart, when it re-checks to see if logged in. Rich Farmbrough, 11:45 27 September 2007 (GMT).


 * Im wondering if your monobook could be a bit buggy... As no one else seems to have/reports any problems Reedy Boy 19:47, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * What does it check? (This too seems to have gone away...) Rich Farmbrough, 11:57 30 September 2007 (GMT).

Get scripting var - "returns value of one of JavaScript scripting variables set by MediaWiki"

Thats what it checks...

Reedy Boy 20:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * May be a caching issue. Clearing offline content seems to help. Rich Farmbrough, 07:05 1 October 2007 (GMT).
 * Yeah. If you agree, i'll close these as notawb, and we can stick it in the FAQ, if people are having issues with monobook with AWB, clear cache's and try again? Reedy Boy 09:03, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Marking as notbug Reedy Boy 16:56, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Speed of Google / wiki queries has degraded

 * Its a weird one - A google search of "useable" returning nearly 800 results, takes about 8 seconds. Which isnt too bad... 20 seconds for a wikisearch for the same..
 * I dont think anything was really changed with relation to listbuilding, or at least, generally (couple of bug fixes and alike were done - to specific searches)... Hmmm. Has anyone else noticed the same? Reedy Boy 22:44, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I did few tests to compare 4.0.0.0 and the newest version. The difference wasn't very significant but the SVN version was actually slightly faster for the same queries. I'm marking this as "notawb". Jogers (talk) 09:24, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect external link formatting

 * Confirmed. I think its related to the regex in the FixExternalLinks section. Reedy Boy 20:47, 30 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed in . Jogers (talk) 08:59, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Abortion of page retrieval

 * Did you press stop? Or was it just processing and threw this? Reedy Boy 09:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Pressed stop. —O (说 • 喝) 01:00, 03 October 2007 (GMT)
 * Confirmed. Jogers (talk) 07:19, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Fixed in. Jogers (talk) 09:59, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception
It told me to add this issue to this talk page so ..here it is ;) I can duplicate the problem, it comes when I'm trying to do the AWB updater. The updater progress bar just stops indefinitely before its done, and then a message box pops up saying I need to close AWB for the update to finnish, but it wont let me click on "OK" or even the "X" at the top right to close the message box and I can't get the full update :P Thank you all for your wonderful work on this program, I love it! --Naha|(talk) 16:49, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, and I have no idea why it says I'm running 1.2.3.0 when I'm clearly running 4.1.2.0 as it says both on the splash screen when AWB starts up and also on the "About" menu. Odd. --Naha|(talk) 16:52, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * That version is the AWB version :). This should have been fixed for the next release... So no worries! Reedy Boy 16:53, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes I know its the AWB version, but that version isn't even installed on my computer ...just AWB version 4.1.2.0 ;) --Naha|(talk) 16:58, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I didnt write the correct thing (I'm hungry! - I blame it on that). I should've said "That version is the AWBUpdater version :)". This bug has probably been reported 10 times already... lol Reedy Boy 17:02, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh! My bad :) I'm hungry too, someone cook us some food! ;) Thank you, Reedy! --Naha|(talk) 17:05, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered NullReferenceException
I think I've fixed it in. Jogers (talk) 08:28, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception
Note: I realise I have posted the same bug before, but I still have this error everytime I try to update to the latest version (i.e., the optional update, which is the only thing that I lack, since if I choose not to download that I get the message "nothing to update"); also, the diff engine always returns an error. Maybe this has to do with the optional update? And finally, when I try to download the optional update, after I get this bug message, the uploader always gets stuck in the middle of the process... Waldir 16:15, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Its because this new version is still in the SVN, and hasnt been released yet. Should be released soon! Reedy Boy 21:16, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * So, that optional means "beta", or something? Anyway, I'm curious, why showing an option to download it if it can't be downloaded? Waldir 22:10, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No. Optional are just bugfix releases - No need to force users to download them, and hence, are "optional". It can be downloaded, just the updater is having a wobbly - You can download it manually if you want. Reedy Boy 22:50, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Interesting why its offering a newer version.. Are you on 4.1.2.0 for AWB? Reedy Boy 22:59, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I have the version 4.0.0.0, I can't download anything else since the updater says there's only an optional update and even if I accept it it gets stuck.. I'm going to try the manual download. On the other hand, shouldn't that "wobbly" that the updater is having be fixed? Waldir 23:29, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I updated AWB manually, and the updater now says "nothing to update". The diff engine now doesnt return an error, but looks strange -- Do you have a style.css that makes it look like before? Waldir 23:47, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * You shouldnt need one... I suspect, its due to the error which i noticed and fixed in /

Is the default. Which you wont need come the next release Reedy Boy 16:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * "just the updater is having a wobbly" -- what about that, what was the problem, and can it be fixed? I mean, it looks like it wasn't a one-case issue.. Waldir 10:01, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, the exception has been dealt with. With the nature of the updater, you wont get the benefits of the new version till the upgrade after. But i will make sure the errors are fixed for the next release. You may just get the problem again with the next update, but the one after, should work fine Reedy Boy 19:09, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

French typos ignored

 * Ok, i've got AWB access on fr.wp now. The typo list does load fine - it reports about 540 typo's, which looks about right from the typo page. I can quite easily see, that for whatever reason, the accented e's are being converted. This only happens when typofix is enabled. Reedy Boy 13:58, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok the problem was on our side in facts, an user introduced a typo a little too powerful. Thanks for identifying the problem ! Chico75 22:49, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Cheers for letting us know! That string in the message box does need fixing however! Reedy Boy 11:30, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * removes the thing making the last part of the link look strange! Reedy Boy 21:58, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Memory Bug

 * Most likely. What is the size of the physical memory and also the page file size? Reedy Boy 18:36, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * notbug - Going to add a seperate error handler so exception isnt thrown like that! Reedy Boy 10:53, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * - Changed! Reedy Boy 13:45, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered OutOfMemoryException
This has happened each time I start AWB 4.1.2.0. The program proceeds to run just fine - David Gerard 23:20, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. How much RAM do you have? You can check by right clicking on My Computer -> Properties, and then a window should pop up with a "Memory: xxxx MB" or "RAM: xxxx MB" or something similar. — M ETS 501 (talk) 00:12, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * 512MB. Programs running: AutoWikiBrowser (VM size 116MB), Firefox (VM size 116MB), Outlook 2003 (VM size 47MB), about 160MB of rubbish required for our VPN (don't think any of this uses .NET), various other cruft ... Commit Charge 612M/1248M. It's a Dell Latitude D600. Aaand it just did it again! This happens every startup, then the program works fine - David Gerard 09:51, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, I should probably note that I'm doing a run on Category:Living people, which is 220,000 articles to go, and so default.xml is 19.5 megabytes! Maybe that has something to do with it ;-) If you want to duplicate this, just load that category, save, shutdown and restart and see if it happens for you in 512MB RAM ... - David Gerard 12:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Just out of intrest, make a copy of that file, then create a new default.xml (or open AWB without one there), see if you get the error then. I'd suspect not, based on that... You could always use the listsplitter to cut it down into smaller chunks ;) Reedy Boy 18:45, 27 September 2007 (UTC)


 * notbug - Going to add a seperate error handler so exception isnt thrown like that! Reedy Boy 10:53, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * - Changed! Reedy Boy 13:46, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered COMException
This was a long run, and could have been resource exhaustion of some kind. Rich Farmbrough, 06:59 25 September 2007 (GMT).
 * I reported this before, but i archived it, as it was difficult to duplicate.. - Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_3 Did it just pop up for you? Reedy Boy 14:07, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, not muh more to say about it. Could be some handle not being unallocated or something? Rich Farmbrough, 11:57 27 September 2007 (GMT).
 * Best i can dig up is it being related to MDI children... But we dont use that in the way it was described... Seems like a 'wontfix' maybe to me... Reedy Boy 19:45, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Again can we catch the exception, and provide a diagnostic? Rich Farmbrough, 11:54 30 September 2007 (GMT).
 * That is caught and handled.. I dont think we can get it to tell us much more... Reedy Boy 19:59, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * OK mark wontfix and wait for a reproducible example.... I have explored there seems to be something on the pay-for forums, and a hint elsewhere that you can clear the error by resetting IE which need IE7... Rich Farmbrough, 10:55 11 October 2007 (GMT).
 * Cheers Rich - Feel free to mark things as such if you feel appropriate! The only way i ever produced this was by clicking like a maniac on the web control! Reedy Boy 13:36, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Typos fixed in reference fields (again)
For reference: original bug is "Fixes" typos in reference name and this may break the reference Rjwilmsi 15:14, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I didn't know that there can be named ref tag without quotes. Will be fixed in a minute. Jogers (talk) 15:34, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed in . Jogers (talk) 15:40, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

The path is not of a legal form.
I went back to version 4.1.2.0 after upgrading to 4.1.3.0. On launching 4.1.2.0, the updater asked me if I'd like to get the optional upgrade. I clicked on "no", and got this error. --Fabrictramp 16:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Already fixed/Duplicate. Latest AWBUpdater does not have this error (ie i fixed it!). Reedy Boy 16:49, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Will I have a problem if I try to use the latest AWBUpdater with the version 4.1.2.0 of AWB?--Fabrictramp 16:58, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Nope. You wont. Well, the only problems you may encounter are any old bugs in the software. The AWBUpdater version isnt hardcoded to only update certain versions. So if you want to use the latest updater from SF, that will be fine Reedy Boy 17:30, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Leading "- "

 * That will be from me simplifying the number of declerations of settingsfile. Fixed - Reedy Boy 12:16, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Fixed in, but gotta fix why did AWB call MakeHumanCatKey on this page in the first place. Max S em 13:28, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Apparently, everything's ok. Max S em 13:34, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

When no WP contact...
It also tells you to check that Wikipedia is online if you have the newest version... Jogers (talk) 15:27, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * ...and then won't connect. I'm having this bug with version 4.1.2.0 (the latest) on Windows XP. The workaround is not working for me. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 18:50, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Fixed in. Max S em 19:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

does not skip arabic wiki #REDIRECT
You can skip articles that does contain "#تحويل \[\[.*\]\]" as a workaround. Jogers (talk) 17:52, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Without hardcoding the redirects in other languages... As AFAIK there is no way to get it on the fly (unless someone wants to prove me wrong), the workaround would seem good to me... Reedy Boy 19:46, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Added in. Max S em 15:22, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered MarshalDirectiveException
When I click Stop button at Data Base Scanner.--OsamaK 12:22, 17 October 2007 (UTC)


 * - Fixed via removing the Flash thing, seemed a bit un-needed to me Reedy Boy 18:13, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Multiple DEFAULTSORT template problem
Fixed in, AWB will skip metadata sorting on such pages. Max S em 17:26, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered MarshalDirectiveException
Fixed, my bad. Max S em 14:51, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Freezing on [Month] [Year] in Britain and Ireland articles
Hmm, it's RegExTypoFix.RemoveTail. Any ideas how to optimize this regex, guys? Max S em 14:52, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you post the actual regex Max? I've got no VS, or AWB svn version atm due to being in the middle of a pc reinstall/upgrade. Would allow more people to easily see it too... Reedy Boy 22:21, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It's (:?[\s\n\r\*#:]|⌊⌊⌊⌊M?\d*⌋⌋⌋⌋)*$ Jogers (talk) 22:32, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Whats the random ⌊ and ⌋ ? /me wonders if there is somewhere that we can ask really regex savvy people for suggestions... Reedy Boy 11:33, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * That's tokens left by HideText</tt>. As of <tt>RemoveTail</tt>, I use that regex to strip metadata at the bottom of the page before running typo regexes on it, thus improving performance on larger pages, therefore I don't want to remove it w/o trying to make it not hang on some pages first. Max S em 15:26, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Weird, turning the non-capturing group into a capturing one solved this problem. Committed in . Max S em 15:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Freezes with "F-86 Sabre" too. Snowman 20:37, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks all, mattbr 18:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Minor bug with settings

 * - Fixed. Offer to save as default, if user says no, show normal save box. Reedy Boy 14:56, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Odd Edit Summary
It was a flaw in the rule. Max S em 15:09, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Interwiki comment moved in GF
Fixed in and. — M ETS 501 (talk) 18:28, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Seizing up

 * Note I had a similar freeze on a number of articles where the infobox was all in one long line. Splitting it to the standard format resolved these issues. Rich Farmbrough, 14:02 4 October 2007 (GMT).
 * It goes nut on <tt>((?:(?:B|b)orn|(?:B|b)irth(?:_|-| |)date|(?:d|D)ate(?:_|-| |)of(?:_|-| |)birth)\s*=\s* \s*.*\|*\s*\r*\n*(?:.*\r*\n*|)(?:.*\r*\n*|)(?:.*\r*\n*|)\s*\|*\s*(?:(?:D|d)ied|(?:D|d)eath(?:_|-| |)date|(?:d|D)ate(?:_|-| |)of(?:_|-| |)death)\s*=\s* </tt>. Is it possible to rewrite this regex without using too broad quantifiers? Max S em 09:38, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Marking as not AWB... Reedy Boy 13:54, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Unknown error

 * It will let me do it fine - Or at least, get to save... Does it work doing other stuff? Reedy Boy 19:50, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Anyone else having problems? Reedy Boy 21:17, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Marked as invalid; no user response and no one else is having this problem (or so it seems). — M ETS 501 (talk) 18:31, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Behaviour of List -> Filter out non mainspace / Sort alphabetically

 * Good bug hunting. The middle one, im not sure if its a "bug" par se, as i dont think it was supposed to be coded like that. But it wouldnt harm being done. Wont take someone long with VS/an AWB SVN copy long to sort. Reedy Boy 23:50, 30 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 1 - Reedy Boy 12:02, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 - Reedy Boy 12:26, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 - Reedy Boy 12:44, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Wrong namespace when trying to get Typos from Icelandic Wikipedia.

 * - All namespaces added! Reedy Boy 19:50, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect namespace
Lantonov 08:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Which plugin? If its Kingboyk's, make sure they are on talk pages. Reedy Boy 09:53, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, it is Kingboyk's. Thanks. Lantonov 10:46, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB sandbox page appears in "Make list" when loading

 * Sounds like MaxSem has released a debug rather than a release... Not really a bug - Just a debug setting we use. Reedy Boy 13:05, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception (SecurityException)

 * Occurred on starting up AWB. Rich Farmbrough, 12:39 4 November 2007 (GMT).
 * OK this is not important. It's caused by trying to start AWB on a "network place". Rich Farmbrough, 12:40 4 November 2007 (GMT).
 * Not a lot we can do about it. At least you identified teh cause! Reedy Boy 13:06, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered IOException
This bug is being appeared, when I am starting second copy of AWB. Alex Spade 22:59, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It is because you are running 2 copies of the Debug version from teh same location. They are both trying to write to the same text file, but cannot, as one has the file open. Copy to another directory, or run a release version. Reedy Boy 23:02, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception

 * Should already be fixed in the version maxsem should've released. Or this is an error with your internet connection Reedy Boy 22:01, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Open page in browser error

 * Easy fix - . Mets commited the try catch fixes before for nearly all of these. Seems he missed one. So thats now in Reedy Boy 21:08, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

It asked me to tell you this

 * This error message isnt AWB - "Unable to connect to the remote server" - I suppose, the best we can do is look for these exceptions, and tell the user that its a bad internet conection/connection to teh server Reedy Boy 11:50, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Edit toolbar setting doesn't save
- Fixed. It was using the setting for the "Tool Bar" - ie the one with start, stop, save and such as its loading setting, but saving the setting fine. I suspect, with the other minor change i've made, will fix the missing top line bug! Reedy Boy 13:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered an exception during update from 4.1.3.0 to 4.1.4.0

 * Knew this one would come up - MaxSem didnt put the CFD plugin in its own directory... Not a lot can be done about this till the next release. Surpised no one reported this before! Reedy Boy 14:59, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I got this one too. However we like to replicate bugs before reporting them! Might be worth a bugfix release for some of these things. Rich Farmbrough, 15:23 4 November 2007 (GMT).
 * Everyone using the updater should get this... A bugfix release would be good.. I'd rather wait until we sort this one that has been reported 10000000 times... As we're just going to get more requests Reedy Boy 16:20, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * so there is no way using AWB right now? --schlendrian •λ• 18:20, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You can download the new version manually. Just remember when you run it to use a setting other than "show changes".--Fabrictramp 18:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * thanks --schlendrian •λ• 18:28, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * What he said. Thanks Fabrictramp =). Funny how MaxSem can view diff's fine, my vista box wont Reedy Boy 18:27, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered SEHException

 * Not AWB. Reedy Boy 13:22, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

First lines of edit box not displayed

 * Most likely related to something with the edit toolbar. Could you try loading it with a new settings file/loading AWB with no settings file there. Reedy Boy 10:45, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Chiming in here... This problem also happened to me on upgrading to 4.1.3.0 (using XP Pro), and happened on all of my old settings files. Restarting AWB with just the default settings eliminated the problem. --Fabrictramp 15:22, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * However, when I checked "show edit tool bar" in my new settings, it floats over the top of the edit box and won't let me edit the first two lines of text. --Fabrictramp 15:32, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I have the same behaviour. --Silvonen 15:30, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I've noticed the exact behavior described above in Vista as well. --<font color="#CC0018">T <font color="#0000C0">M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 21:32, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Quite probably... Its as the way that the expand/shrink is done, isnt the most robust. Try a new settings file and then re-enable/disable it. If it says its enabled, but its actually disabled after a new settings file, or vice versa, could someone let us know? As i cant check now as im about to go to bed. I suspect it will be something like that Reedy Boy 21:56, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Here's a log of what I did, just now: I renamed my old default settings from v4.1.2 and earlier to "Default1.xml" so that AWB would use all-new settings. Upon opening AWB, the edit toolbar was there, shown as enabled in the "General" menu, and did not interfere with the edit box. I also disabled and re-enabled the bar, with and without text in the edit box, and the bar behaved as intended. Makes me wonder what line was altered in the settings... --<font color="#CC0018">T <font color="#0000C0">M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 23:17, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * - It was added to the settings in that revision, and therefore for the 4.1.3.0 release... I wonder if AWB's just got a bit confused..? Reedy Boy 09:00, 19 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Further update: I went back and renamed my default settings file so that AWB would pick it up upon loading. With the old settings from 4.1.2.0 and older in place, the edit toolbar briefly appears on startup (while the AWB splash screen is up) before disappearing. Although the bar is gone, "Show edit toolbar" is still checked in the "General" menu. Upon dechecking the option, the edit box "expands", adding two lines above the area of the box that is visible that cannot be scrolled to - essentially identical to Silvonen's screenshot above. After reenabling the edit toolbar, the extra two lines go away and the toolbar appears, but now, the toolbar hovers over the first two lines of the edit box. --<font color="#CC0018">T <font color="#0000C0">M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 18:27, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I think its probably the way the enabling/disabling and the settings are handled. Due to the lack of the entry in the settings file, its probably just taking the default, hence showing it and then it disappearing. - That makes sure the checked-ness is set. Reedy Boy 18:40, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Another update: I renamed my settings again so that I could load AWB with no settings. I then saved the fresh settings from 4.1.3.0 as the new default settings. However, after closing and re-opening AWB with the new settings, the results were the same as the 4.1.2.0 settings - briefly shows then disappears, even though the setting for the toolbar is present and saved ( <EditToolbarEnabled>true</EditToolbarEnabled> ). Since I'm not familiar at all with how AWB is coded, I dunno if this was fixed in the revision linked above or not. But I'll post this for reference either way. --<font color="#CC0018">T <font color="#0000C0">M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 19:07, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The above would only make a difference if you were using the SVN Version... Reedy Boy 19:22, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Nowhere I did imply that I thought it was instantly fixed. I understand what revisions are; what I said was I don't know if you fixed the bug I just described (re the 4.1.3.0 settings not making a difference) in that revision. --<font color="#CC0018">T <font color="#0000C0">M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 19:37, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I'm tired. Reedy Boy 19:50, 19 October 2007 (UTC)


 * - That should have fixed this error too... Reedy Boy 13:22, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Now it won't even let me use the older version.
What have you entered in the "make list" field? Jogers (talk) 08:48, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * - 2 from the same GetLists thingy... Reedy Boy 09:39, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I was looking to list transclusions from wiktionary:Template:en-noun-reg-y a deprecated template on Wiktionary. Cheers! bd2412  T 14:37, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * ...and now it works. Sorry to bother! bd2412  T 14:41, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Converting superscripts
AWB should not convert &lt;sup>2&lt;/sup> to ² because this is wrong in many cases (see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (mathematics)). I and others already had to revert many AWB edits because of this. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 17:14, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * It's already fixed. Jogers (talk) 17:22, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, and sorry for not checking. I'll tell the people involved to upgrade then. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 20:15, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * They should only be able to use the version where its been fixed.... Reedy Boy 20:17, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Problem with the Updater

 * Not a problem with the updater. 4.1.4.0 caused problems for so many people, i disabled it. 4.1.2.0 is the "current release", and anything newer, that is enabled on the checkpage is classed as "optional". Please upgrade to 4.1.4.2 Reedy Boy 16:17, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered NullReferenceException
Lantonov 10:38, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Any chance of enlightening us to how you got the error? Reedy Boy 13:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Sure. When I start IRCMonitor, I get "Method not found:'Void Wiki functions.Updater..ctor'. Button Details gives:'See the end of this message for details on invoking

just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

Button Continue enters IRCMonitor. From its menu File, Profiles, button "Login as selected" gives the first message formatted as an email with subject and content. Lantonov 13:36, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Removed bits of it - Not needed. Just the method =) Reedy Boy 16:18, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

The way to supress the Just In Time debugger messages: In Internet Explorer, go to Tools --> Options --> Advanced. Make sure 'Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)' and

'Disable Script Debugging (Other)' Are both checked. Press apply and close.

The other error, i'll look into. If you could let us know if the above sorts one part of your error

Reedy Boy 16:22, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The two debugging boxes in IE were checked already. The JIT error persists with boxes checked. Lantonov 06:12, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * And you have got the .NET framework installed? Reedy Boy 12:08, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Installed .NET framework before using AWB. It didn't want to start without it. I suspect something is wrong in my settings file: Default.xml. If I have a good settings file, maybe the problem will disappear. Lantonov 12:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

may help the problem in IRCM... As it only in IRCM? Are you ok with AWB? (Apart from the current major error) Reedy Boy 14:33, 6 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I am Ok with AWB. The problem is with IRCM only. Lantonov 12:53, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Tried the latest release? Reedy Boy 15:16, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Just tried it -- both JIT and profile errors are gone. Thanks a lot. Lantonov 15:29, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Great! did fix it.. Reedy Boy 15:40, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered TypeInitializationException

 * We are investigating this. You can use AWB, but you cant do any diff's atm. If you select the general menu, and then change "On load: Show changes" to one of the other options.. You can edit, just not see any diff's Reedy Boy 22:09, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Just FYI - I get this personally too. Just its going to teh wikidiff module.. Reedy Boy 23:06, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thing is, I'm trying to append text, a Newsletter for a Wikiproject I'm part of, and it just shows up when I try to edit at all.  ✗iℎi✗  (talk) 01:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Adding a heart-felt plea for a quick fix to this one. AWB forced me to update from 4.1.2.0 this morning. Without being able to see the changes, I can't use any of the auto cleanup stuff (because I don't know what it's changing). This eliminates about 80% of the usefulness of AWB to me. :(--Fabrictramp 17:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong agree - without being able to see the diffs, this has knocked out my main use for AWB of skimming through new accounts' contributions & tagging/typo fixing/wikifying to try to prevent their good faith contribs being prodded. Even if it means going back to an earlier version of the software I'd urge a quick fix to this.<font face="Trebuchet MS"> — <font color="#E45E05">iride <font color="#C1118C">scent  17:35, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The forced upgrade was to fix this 2 issue... The cause of the problem relates to teh C++ Wikidiff Module... Nothings changed with it, so why its started this, we're not sure Reedy Boy 18:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Can we go back to the old version, at least temporary, until there's a fix? This pretty much broke AWB for me. Rocket000 22:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * We could try.. Whats anyone else think? The reason for the forced upgrade was to fix this 2 issue causing quite a lot of problems. Nothings changed with the related code to teh wikidiff, so why this is an issue, is quite weird. Reedy Boy 11:54, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I would say yes. I don't appear to be able to use AWB for disambiguation at all in its current state. -- SteinbDJ · talk · contributions 14:58, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Please use the older version until this issue is fixed. Jogers (talk) 15:26, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, 4.1.2.0 isn't enabled and 4.1.3.0 isn't usable (for me) because of edit box problems. Any chance 4.1.2.0 can be re-enabled?--Fabrictramp 16:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I temporarily re-enabled 4.1.2.0 too. Jogers (talk) 18:32, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You're my new favorite person. :) Thanks!--Fabrictramp 18:47, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Can anyone who experience this problem tell if it also happens in the SVN version? Jogers (talk) 19:05, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Per your talk, yes... And other SVN versions i've already tried... Reedy Boy 19:36, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Anyone with this issue, whoes gone back to an older version, has this solved it for you? Reedy Boy 19:40, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes! 4.1.3.0 works for me. Thanks for re-enabling it and good luck with fixing teh other bugs :) Rocket000 22:13, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 4.1.2.0 solved it for me. :) (Didn't try 4.1.3.0 because of the edit box stuff) --Fabrictramp 22:45, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Buggar... Nothing works for me... Reedy Boy 22:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Excuse the newbie questions, but (1) how do I get the previous version?, (2) How do I replace the current version with the previous version?, and (3) How do I stop the updater from automagically trying to update the previous version to the current version? Regards&mdash;<font color="Purple">G716  &lt;T·C&gt; 21:19, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Downloads - 2), Unzip and paste, 3) Remove the updater? Its a known/fixed bug in the older versions, just manually close it Reedy Boy 21:47, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! 4.1.3.0 works fine for me Regards&mdash;<font color="Purple">G716  &lt;T·C&gt; 03:48, 6 November 2007 (UTC)


 * 4.1.4.2 has been released. Would appreciate it if people could test it and let me know if this fixes this error! Reedy Boy 11:02, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I had the error with 4.1.4.0 as well (although I never signed above), but I no longer have it with 4.1.4.2. Here's to hoping it's been fixed... --<font color="#CC0018">T <font color="#0000C0">M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 14:22, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I disabled old versions again. Jogers (talk) 15:59, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 4.1.4.2 is working for me. Thanks! --Fabrictramp 16:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You wont believe how happy i am to hear that! Reedy Boy 16:18, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

An exception occurred during a WebClient request. Call stack: at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(Uri address, String fileName)

 * 1.3.4.2 which has been released should've fixed this. —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  18:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Recent settings

 * Hmm. I seemed to be getting this, but i couldnt decide if that was from the new pc, and not using AWB much on it... But after fiddling. It does seem fine. Hmpf Reedy Boy 13:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * OK perhasp it will "go away". Rich Farmbrough, 15:24 4 November 2007 (GMT).
 * Marking as wontfix for the moment.. Will leave it here, see if anyone else has any problems/it come back for you. Yours may have gone missing with this being a debug build released... Reedy Boy 14:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered NullReferenceException
Not sure what's up here, it worked for the last 12 edits and no settings were changed... -- <font color="#3A66A7" face="Palatino">Editor at Large •  <font color="#325C74">talk  20:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Just did 15 more edits with no problems then it happened again. -- <font color="#3A66A7" face="Palatino">Editor at Large •  <font color="#325C74">talk  20:46, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Still teh same? Marking as wontfix... As its rare.. Reedy Boy 22:27, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Cats after interwikis
Hmm, can't reproduce it. Max S em 13:08, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Tricky - neither can I in user space. But it does work on the trireme article itself. Rich Farmbrough, 16:37 23 October 2007 (GMT).
 * That sounds like somethings running only in mainspace then... Reedy Boy 21:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * This movement of a :Image to the end may be part of the same fix. Rich Farmbrough, 16:31 28 October 2007 (GMT).
 * Can anybody else reproduce this? Max S em 16:07, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Have you tried applying Gen Fixes to trireme? (And not saving of course.) Rich Farmbrough, 15:00 1 November 2007 (GMT).
 * I just tried it. Cant duplicate it either.. Reedy Boy 12:56, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Seems to be OK in 4.1.4.0. Rich Farmbrough, 23:23 3 November 2007 (GMT).

Using version 4.1.4.0 and now 4.1.4.2 with win2k, I am asking for a category to be added and it always adds them at the bottom below the interwiki links or stub labels (if present). One diff. Seems to be independent of general fixes on or off. --Tikiwont 12:53, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Seems so... Same on the AWB Sandbox. "Reparsing" after the showing of the diff does fix it.. Maybe its the code order Reedy Boy 13:14, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * In the main process, general fixes are done before recategorisation... So therefore dont get moved.. should've fixed that. Moved the code to before teh general fixes. Reedy Boy 13:22, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * My mistake. I changed the order in to address this issue. Jogers (talk) 19:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Crash when initialization
I've tried to download the source and run it. It shows some exceptions.


 * System.TypeInitializationException was unhandled
 * Message="The type initializer for 'AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm' threw an exception."
 * Source="AutoWikiBrowser"
 * TypeName="AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm"
 * StackTrace:
 * at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm..ctor
 * at AutoWikiBrowser.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\work\autowikibrowser\AWB\AWB\Program.cs:line 65
 * at System.AppDomain.nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)
 * at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
 * at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly
 * at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
 * at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
 * at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart

Under the Exception
 * InnerException
 * [System.AccessViolationException]={"Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt."}
 * Data={System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal}
 * Message="Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt."
 * Source="System.Drawing"
 * TargetSite={Int32 GdipCreateFontFamilyFromName(System.String, System.Runtime.InteropServices.HandleRef, IntPtr ByRef)}
 * StackTrace:
 * at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.GdipCreateFontFamilyFromName(String name, HandleRef fontCollection, IntPtr& FontFamily)
 * at System.Drawing.FontFamily.CreateFontFamily(String name, FontCollection fontCollection)
 * at System.Drawing.FontFamily..ctor(String name, Boolean createDefaultOnFail)\r\n
 * at System.Drawing.Font..ctor(String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet)
 * at AutoWikiBrowser.Splash.InitializeComponent in C:\\work\\autowikibrowser\\AWB\\AWB\\Splash.designer.cs:line 48
 * at AutoWikiBrowser.Splash..ctor in C:\\work\\autowikibrowser\\AWB\\AWB\\Splash.cs:line 33
 * at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm..cctor in C:\\work\\autowikibrowser\\AWB\\AWB\\Main.cs:line 59"

I'm not sure it is related to the original problem or not.&mdash; HenryLi (Talk) 02:54, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thats the SVN version, isnt it? And no, its a different problem, it would seem.... Reedy Boy 10:11, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, it might not be the real cause of the release crash. The problem happened long ago this year since an update I cannot now specify. I have reinstall .NET and autowikibrowser in several times and that cannot help.  The error message is so cryptic that I cannot tell what is wrong.  &mdash; HenryLi (Talk) 05:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)
Rather than the diff error that was coming up for others before.. Reedy Boy 19:29, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Watch

 * Yeah. We knew it was broken, i just forgot to disable it in the last release —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  16:14, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Marking as fixed. Its not as so, it will be disabled, or fixed for the next release. But we know about it. —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  13:24, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Error Software disabled because not monobook...

 * Rich - You've found a bug friend ;) Reedy Boy 12:25, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks... I would prefer another form of richness lol --Gdgourou 14:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Same problem. Pontiff Greg Bard 10:32, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Killing AWB on my machine, for several months, I am running SB on one of the children's computers... It seems to be "Loading page to check if we are logged in." Rich Farmbrough, 14:57 1 November 2007 (GMT).


 * Really if I could disable this check it would be a major step forward. Rich Farmbrough, 14:58 1 November 2007 (GMT).
 * I suppose the workaround would be to tell the user that it really needs monoboox, rather than because AWB doesnt think its monobook, stopping them doing anything. As you are using monobook arent you? Reedy Boy 14:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The bug was deleted after i delete the Custom style.css... --Gdgourou 20:42, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you mean it went away after deleting the custom style.css? Reedy Boy 11:05, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


 * My bot account on my other pc just did that. Log out and login fixed it... Reedy Boy 00:06, 11 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Its that... I wonder if theres some other way to make this more robust... As for whatever reason it doesnt always pick it up... I set my monobook.js and monobook.css to my bot one.. It was a bit better... But it still gets confused... Reedy Boy 11:52, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Any suggestions what we do here... Max? —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  21:50, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thing is I know I'm using monobook, so I don't need the software to check it for me. So any of the following would work for me: remove the check, allow a permanent/session/settings override, fix the underlying problem (whatever that is). Rich Farmbrough, 13:24 15 November 2007 (GMT).
 * Yeah - I knew i was with my bot account, just seems to be on one pc. Its which way we fix it. I dont think removing it altogether is the best idea, some form of override would make more sense to me... —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  16:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Hopefully fixed in. Max S em(Han shot first!) 19:15, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Case sensitive
Fixed in. Max S em(Han shot first!) 13:14, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * My fault then.. I presume, i renamed it due to bad spelling... —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  13:18, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Mismatching [ ]

 * Note: I logged a similar bug some time ago - however we have had a release since then I think. Rich Farmbrough, 13:02 9 October 2007 (GMT).

Fixed in. Max S em(Han shot first!) 19:40, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered ArgumentException

 * additionally an unhandled exception using the "copy to clipboard" fn of the bug reporting dialog box.. Rich Farmbrough, 19:22 15 November 2007 (GMT).
 * should fix the latter. Did it copy it still? —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  19:30, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Dubailand.jpg|thumb|150px| [[]]]] Causes the error i bet.. The overbracket use? —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  19:33, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I wonder if it's safe to simply remove all occurences of <tt></tt>. Max S em(Han shot first!) 14:19, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I did add something a while back that did remove some occurances of blank templates, categories and such, cant remember if i added one for empty brackets... It cant cause any problems, as if theres nothing between the brackets.. Theres nothing thgere... —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  14:24, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * So, it was you who wrote <tt>FixEmptyLinksAndTemplates</tt>? I tried to fix it, but don't quite understand how its regexes work. Anyway, I patched <tt>FixLinks</tt> not to cause exceptions in . As of improvement of deadbeef removal code, it can be splitted to feature requests. Max S em(Han shot first!) 15:13, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * No.. Its not the easiest to follow, well, the template isnt that bad - Its looking for anything in the template, and if that only equals | or "" when trimmed, remove it.. The category/image one is harder to follow. I've just made some tweaks to improve the overall code of that section.. —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy   Boy  18:50, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered XmlException
Brought back from archive

Davnel03 20:49, 3 November 2007 (UTC)


 * What did you do to create this error? Ie, what had you entered i the "what links here" Reedy Boy 22:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I entered King of the Ring, but came up with the above error. I wanted to change the pages that link there so that they link to King of the Ring (1995). I don't think it likes the "#".  Dav <font color="Green">nel <font color="Blue">03   15:29, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed in, and no, you can't get a list of links to specific location in the page - it's simply not supported by MediaWiki. Max S em(Han shot first!) 15:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect reflist fixing
Fixed in. Max S em(Han shot first!) 21:44, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB bug reporting
–MDCollins (talk) 16:20, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Does the file "wikidiff2.dll" exist in your AWB directory? —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  19:23, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, somewhat surprisingly... –MDCollins (talk) 23:36, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Don't worry, I've cleared out the folder again, rebooted, re-downloaded the latest version, and all is well. If it comes back, I'll reopen the discussion. Thanks anyway. –MDCollins (talk) 23:55, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, cheers —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  14:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Won;t add a category
Fixed in. Max S em(Han shot first!) 14:14, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, that's service. Thanks. &mdash;Moondyne 14:37, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

category added in wrong place

 * Have you general fixes on? Actually.. When did i move the code of this back again... As it may not be right till the next release again... —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  23:31, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * - Fixed just after the last release. Will be sorted for next release.. —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  23:33, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Hmains (talk) 04:11, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered ArgumentOutOfRangeException

 * Was this caused by clicking login without having anything selected...? Reedy Boy 11:28, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No... I created a list before logging in, then went File>Profiles>account>login and it gave me this (I'm pretty sure). – <font color="Indigo">Mike.lifeguard  &#124; <font color="Indigo">talk 01:08, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It doesnt seem duplicatable just by clicking on the form - If nothings selected, most of them aint enabled.. Its got to be from something such as the log uploading. If you could play around and try and duplicate it, then come back and tell us what you exactly did to duplicate it, it'd be mucho appreciado Reedy Boy 21:16, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * This seems to have disappeared. Whether an update did it, I can only guess; it was a one-time error. I'll certainly let you know if this/something similar happens again, and I'll pay more attention to exactly what caused it. – <font color="Indigo">Mike .<font color="Indigo">lifeguard  &#124; <font color="Indigo">@en.wb 02:55, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, if you could. Its easier to debug if something goes wrong processing articles, but when its like this, and hard to duplicate, its hard to fix... Marking as wontfix. Do let us know if you get it again! —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  12:39, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Double End of line
Is it still there in 3.9.3, taking in account absence of \r's? Max S em 10:56, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, and I've come up with a better method of duplication, two rules both advanced regex in singleline mode, replace 1:  → , replace 2:   →   (tested on Template:DOClink).  Another work around is to remove trailing white space with   →    —Dispenser 18:04, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

According to some forum conversations, this is a known .NET bug, and can be easily reproduced with <tt>Console.WriteLine(System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace("\n\n", "$", "EOF"));</tt> Changing AWB code to bypass this may be possible, but undesirable due to side effects. Max S em(Han shot first!) 08:51, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

unwanted orphan tag on List articles.

 * Suppose we can check if the title includes "List", and not add the tag? —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  23:32, 18 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Lists still must have at least one link to them. The tag is added only if the mainspace is empty. Therefore, this is not a bug :) -- Magioladitis (talk) 01:48, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Not auto-tagging Lists with this tag would be fine with me. Is there some rule somewhere that all articles must have a link or something bad will/should happen to them?  (There are many lists that only have links from user pages--no value there.)  Something else peculiar I saw is that when using AWB to replace one category with another most of the Category:Birds by country lists got tagged as orphans, but when using AWB to change some text in the same articles, only a dozen or so articles got tagged as orphans!  This minimum tagging would make more sense, but not as good as no tagging, in my opinion.  Thanks Hmains (talk) 04:06, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry but I really have to insist that this tag stays in AWB. When reviewing a news article I always check if it orphan or not. Tagging an article as an orphan means that someone will try find articles to link to it. Something good will happen to it :) (No article will be deleted only because it's orphan if this worries you). Moreover, if the tagged article needs no links the tag can be removed. Lists are very difficult to find if there is no link to them. Linking from user pages really is not enough. Lists are usually parts of articles or they should be. Like for example a list of Jazz musicians rally must be found via Jazz music.

The second think you mention really sound like a problem and I hope it's fixed. Friendly, --- Magioladitis (talk) 15:16, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, thanks anyway. I understand.  Hmains (talk) 04:13, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It is preferable that all articles should have links from other pages in main namespace (see Orphan, Build the web and WikiProject Orphanage). I see no reason to make an exception for lists. If any page got incorrectly tagged please let us know. Jogers (talk) 16:59, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB bug reporting
Reviving archived issue:

–MDCollins (talk) 16:20, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Does the file "wikidiff2.dll" exist in your AWB directory? —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  19:23, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, somewhat surprisingly... –MDCollins (talk) 23:36, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Don't worry, I've cleared out the folder again, rebooted, re-downloaded the latest version, and all is well. If it comes back, I'll reopen the discussion. Thanks anyway. –MDCollins (talk) 23:55, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, cheers —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  14:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It came back. No idea why, (the wikidiff2.dll still exists). I see that it thinks I am using Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2. I'm running XP so should that effect anything? –MDCollins (talk) 00:40, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I just got this same one myself. Wizardman  17:17, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

New AWB version will have no wikidiff2.dll, marking as fixed. Max S em(Han shot first!) 19:15, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB inserting bad latitude/longitude coordinates

 * AFAIK, AWB doesnt actually do this automatically. It must be some specific users. Please provide diff's —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  09:54, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * . Obviously, not AWB. Such thigs should be discussed with users who made it. Max S em(Han shot first!) 18:45, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

AWB encountered BadImageFormatException
New diff system is coming shortly. Max S em(Han shot first!) 07:08, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * New AWB version will have no wikidiff2.dll, marking as fixed. Max S em(Han shot first!) 19:15, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

\r bug in regex mode
AWB now use Unix line ends for F&R, therefore you don't need to use \r anywhere anymore.
 * PS: should we filter \r out then? Max S em 20:32, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It should work like the diffs in Wikipedia, probably. So \r\n becomes \n and \r\r\n becomes \n\n.  —Dispenser 02:35, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Filtering isn't a good idea if your sending it to the server, since \r by its self is interpreted as a newline, so ideally properly converting for the diff view. —Dispenser 18:10, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * SVN 1399 seem to break wikidiff if there is a new line added. 1396 works fine.  —Dispenser 19:04, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thats weird. No changes related to that have been made... Reedy Boy 20:52, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * (regex find \n\n(={1,4})zobacz też(={1,4})\n regex replace \n\n$1Zobacz też$1\n, this \n doesn't work well and breake articles, after the change \r\n -> \n AWB added me lot of reduntand lines, which I must now erase by hand (I saw a bolds on diff at the end of the lines but I thought that were a redundant spaces removed, but it were the lines addition!) --84.234.42.68 20:02, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * as I now discovered is has sth to do with "case sensitive" unchecked - that's a bug I think, look like then it assumes the \n as a string, but don't know why "case sensitive" applies to regex anyway --84.234.42.68 20:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Its incase you dont want to have to do all the things in upper and lower case - ie Category: [Cc][Aa][Tt][Ee][Gg][Oo][Rr][Yy], you do it however, and case insensitive will match them all Reedy Boy 20:13, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * but "CaseSensitive" affect \n somehow and I think that's the main problem, look at the regex I posted and the ABW behavior in the screen --84.234.42.68 20:43, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * why does that put the string "\n" in the article? find: ([^=]) +\n replace: $1\n --84.234.42.68 20:14, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * please agree or disagree, am I doing something wrong in that regex for removing redundant spaces from the end of the line?, because I had to stop editing for that reason --84.234.42.68 23:33, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * ] how to get this to work? it was OK when \r\n was used --84.234.42.68 13:40, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Diff system has been fully revamped, closing this bug. If there still are some problems, please open a new bug. Max S em(Han shot first!) 19:15, 24 November 2007 (UTC)