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WP:Percent and Swedish

Status Fixed in the next release
Description From the 5.4.0.0-version, "5 %" will be changed to "5%" according to "Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/History". This is not correct Swedish. There should be a space between these letters according to sv:Procent (Swedish article about percent.) -- Lavallen (talk) 06:30, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: sv.*
Operating system all
.NET FW Version Unknown
AWB version 5.4.0.0
Workaround None
Fixed in version rev 8360 Magioladitis (talk) 08:36, 5 September 2012 (UTC)


As of rev 8360 FixPercent works only for enwiki and simplewiki. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:27, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Attention notice for typos no longer relevant

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Now that the edit summary for typo fixing has been changed, the attention suggestion to "Select typo fixing as the edit summary." is no longer relevant. GoingBatty (talk) 23:40, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5710
AWB version 5.4.0.0
Workaround Install the next SVN when it's available so I don't have to see the Attention message anymore
Fixed in version rev 8362


rev 8362 Rjwilmsi 13:26, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Reflist on dewiki (again)

Resolved

Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_20#Reflist_on_dewiki is marked as fixed, but the new version still has this wrong behaviour. (It changes <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"><references /></div> to a reflist template that doesn't exist on de.wikipedia). --FA2010 (talk) 12:12, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

rev 8361 Fixed correctly this time. In the meantime you can advise de-wiki users to untick "Replace reference tags" at the bottom of the Options menu. Thanks Rjwilmsi 12:55, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
I don't understand why this template(de:Vorlage:Reflist) was deleted and salted in dewiki. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:59, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Not fixing headlines that end with a colon

Status Fixed in the next release
Description If there are blank spaces after a headline, AWB will only delete the blank space and not remove the colon. AWB will remove the colon if the blank spaces are removed first (run AWB two times on same article). AWB will remove the colon in all other circumstances. Bgwhite (talk) 05:50, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try on John Doane, Self accelerating decomposition temperature, Shivaji University, or Valley High School (Texas)
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version SVN 8347
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8388


rev 8388 Reordered regexes to fix. Rjwilmsi 11:16, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Insertion of spaces in some articles

Status Fixed in the next release
Description With all setting off(no typo, no replace, no fixes etc) a space is added in some articles. Example this version of The Strain, "hard to believe he found time for such" becomes "hard to believe he found time for such" with extra space before the such. This is the second article today previously inserted a space before 'Forsaken'. The edit summary show nothing about the added space. The bug is repeatable, it happens everytime. Closing AWB and reopening etcetra makes no difference. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 22:04, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Process this version of The Strain with all settings off.
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5456
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.4.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.4.0.1), revision 8350 (2012-09-04 17:43:49)
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8792


wfm. The problem seems to be with typo fixing. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:32, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Again wfm. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:34, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Set off all forms of cleanup. Your clean up removed the problem, but once reverted the problem returns. The problem is not typo related, because firstly typos is set off and not even loaded and secondly it shows nothing in the edit suammry. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 22:57, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Confirmed. Wow! -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:09, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Started profiling: ProcessPage("The Strain") at 10/9/2012 2:14:18 πμ
	Initial skip checks	1
	Custom module	0
	External Program	0
	Plugins	0
	Categories	0
	Mainspace Genfixes	0
	Auto-tagger	0
	Append Text	0
	Images	0
	Disambiguate	0
By the way, this is an old error 5.3.1.0 does the exact thing also. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 23:20, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Hidden unicode character. I tried to copy paste it in Sandbox and space was replaced by newline. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:23, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
[1]. FrescoBot fixes these things. I would like AWB to fix them in the future too. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:24, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Bug fixed in rev 8792 by Rjwilmsi. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:49, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

List has articles that are not mainspace even with "Remove non-main space" checked

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Even with "Remove non-main space" checked, other types of pages show up in the list in SVN 8399. This worked OK with SVN 8350. Running the filter manually removes them, as usual. Chris the speller yack 15:37, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: With "Remove non-main space" checked, Make list from Wiki search (text): "partly-" yields 111 pages in the list, of which only 36 are mainspace pages. Filter with only "Content" checked cleans up the list.
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Vista Home Premium -->
.NET FW Version
AWB version SVN 8399
Workaround Run the filter manually.
Fixed in version rev 8410


I got 36 results from the filter. List->remove non-mainspace gave me 111 results. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:24, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Most interesting: Load list. Filter using "List" 111 pages. Redo: 54. Redo: 40. Redo: 37. Redo: 36. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:39, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

rev 8410 Rjwilmsi 18:03, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Don’t replace double hyphens in Ada, SQL, Eiffel and VHDL source code

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Double hyphens have a specific meaning in some programming languages (at least Ada, SQL, and VHDL), replacing them with m-dashes breaks the code: [2]. Maybe skip <syntaxhighlight> and related sections entirely; the rules of typesetting may not apply inside. Rathgemz (talk) 14:28, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Unknown
Operating system Unknown
.NET FW Version Unknown
AWB version 5.4.0.0
Workaround None
Fixed in version rev 8412


rev 8412 Treat <syntaxhighlight> like <source> tags: hide during genfixes. Rjwilmsi 18:18, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Slow

Status Not a bug/currently unresolvable
Description AWB goes slower then previously in 5.3.1.0 when bulk typo checking articles. A possible (but unconfirmed) explanation is the use of https://en.wikipedia.org rather then previous https://secure.wikimedia.org
To duplicate: Use pre-parse mode and check a number of articles.
Site URL: Each and every page in the Wikipedia namespace
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version .NET 4
AWB version 5.3.1.1 (5.4.0.0 does seem faster then 5.3.1.1 but can't be sure as nothing to compare at the moment).
Workaround Use 5.3.1.0 or similar
Fixed in version


Slower on what? What action is slower? How much slower than before? -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:01, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Slower on scanning a bunch of article(in pre-parse mode) for typos. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 13:05, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I just setup a test with identical settings on 930 dab pages. Results are:

  • 5.3.1.0 typo scan took 11 minutes 20 seconds
  • 5.4.0.1 typo scan took 11 minutes 57 seconds

Times are much closer then I expected, and for sure 5.4.0.x is faster then 5.3.1.1 so seems that is not much of an issue now. So this issue can be closed. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 13:05, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Fake spaces

Status Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description Numerous fake spaces added to Check The BOBs (weblog award) with all options set off.
To duplicate: Check The BOBs (weblog award) article with all options set off.
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7 (6.1)
.NET FW Version
AWB version 4.5.0.1 SVN 8399
Workaround
Fixed in version


The article seems to have U+2028 (Line separator) in many wikilinks. Is there a reason for this? Rjwilmsi 22:30, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
I fixed a similar one by fixing the line separators. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:48, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
It's still a bug. AWB is doing this and by having everything unchecked it is being asked to do nothing. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 22:51, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Still not an AWB bug. The edit box we use automatically replaces the character. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:57, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Database scan found 411 pages with line separator. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:54, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

I replaced them all. If the character is replaced improperly it may cause indented text. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:18, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
130 pages in January 2013 database scan. All fixed. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:54, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Stub tag status in edit summary

Resolved

This may be a minor complaint, but it seems to be a new glitch, and I could not find anything in the archives about it. AWB will automatically remove stub tags from long articles. Sometimes the articles are borderline stubs, and I will double-click on the diff to add the stub tag back to the article before saving any changes. Before, AWB has always modified the edit summary, to reflect the fact that the stub tag has remained. However, now it adds the words "removed stub tag" to the edit summary, even if it didn't actually remove the stub tag!

For example, I updated the stub tag on the article Mr. Mugs, even though AWB said that the article didn't need one: [3]. But since AWB had initially tried to remove the stub tag, the edit summary read "Clean up, updated stub tag, removed stub tag using AWB". Just thought that I'd pass along this info, so that it can be corrected. Fortdj33 (talk) 16:34, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

The old behaviour wasn't as clever as you have described it. In your example of how it used to work, your double-click edited the text, AWB discarded most of the edit summary, and by accident the edit summary was sort-of-correct. But AWB used to discard most of the edit summary whatever edit was made to the text. If you'd fixed a typo in the first line, you would still have lost the "removed stub tag" part of the edit summary.
In the latest version, the AWB-generated edit summary is retained. This is much more flexible, but it does mean that AWB users have to be aware of the new behaviour and must fix up the edit summary to describe the edit actually made. (The edit summary in the "Edit summary" tab at the bottom right is now editable) -- John of Reading (talk) 16:49, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the information, I didn't realize that we now have the option of editing the AWB-generated edit summary. I will be more aware of that in the future! Fortdj33 (talk) 16:57, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

ArgumentException in ListSplitter.Save

Status Fixed in the next release
Description
Exception:ArgumentException
Message:Οι τιμές μετατόπισης και μήκους ήταν εκτός των ορίων του πίνακα ή η μέτρηση υπερβαίνει τον αριθμό των στοιχείων από το ευρετήριο έως το τέλος της συλλογής προέλευσης.
Call stack:
   σε System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentException(ExceptionResource resource)
   σε System.Collections.Generic.List`1.GetRange(Int32 index, Int32 count)
   σε WikiFunctions.Controls.Lists.ListSplitter.Save(String path, Boolean xml) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Controls\Lists\ListSplitter.cs:γραμμή 135

System.ArgumentException: Οι τιμές μετατόπισης και μήκους ήταν εκτός των ορίων του πίνακα ή η μέτρηση υπερβαίνει τον αριθμό των στοιχείων από το ευρετήριο έως το τέλος της συλλογής προέλευσης. 

  at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentException(ExceptionResource resource)
  at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.GetRange(Int32 index, Int32 count)
  at WikiFunctions.Controls.Lists.ListSplitter.Save(String path, Boolean xml) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Controls\Lists\ListSplitter.cs:line 135
AWBPlugins AWBBasePlugins ListMakerPlugins
  • No Limits Plugin
  • WhatTranscludesPageNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin
  • WhatTranscludesPageAllNSNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPagePlugin
  • CategoryNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin
  • CategoryRecursiveNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin
  • UserContribsNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin
  • UserContribsUserDefinedNumberForAdminAndBotsPlugin

Magioladitis (talk) 22:00, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate: Unknown
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version 4.0.30319.269
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.4.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.4.0.1), revision 8413 (2012-09-13 02:06:14)
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8419 by Rjw


My list had 405,000 items and I asked to be split in groups of 50,000 each. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:00, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Splitter created 8 files of 50,000 each. Almost OK. I got the message anyway. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:02, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

I tried again with a list of 119,490 pages and split size 20,000. Same problem. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:59, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

I tried again with a list of 25,00 pages and split size 123. Same problem. With split size 100 there is not problem. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:47, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

In auto mode, AWB does not skip create-protected pages automatically

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When running AWB in auto mode and the list of pages contain a fully create-protected page such as this page, AWB hangs instead of skipping the page automatically. --Meno25 (talk) 19:28, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: http://arz.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5456
AWB version SVN 8399
Workaround Remove the create-protected page manually.
Fixed in version rev 8420


(AWB hangs=enters restart loop) rev 8420 Add skip check for page creation permission (salted pages). Rjwilmsi 18:03, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't skip pages with left-to-right marks

Status Fixed in the next release
Description I tried with both my admin account and my bot account to skip Elvis' Greatest Shit‎ by pressing Skip with no success. Activating "Skip if no changes" and pressing start also fails. The page title has a left-to-right mark at the end. -- Yobot (talk) 23:35, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8421
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8422 -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:31, 18 September 2012 (UTC)


Profile.txt problem

Status Resolved
Description I'm getting the standard error stating: "The process cannot access the file 'C:\xxxx\profiling.txt' because it is being used by another process." I am running two AWBs at the same time. I used to get this every once in a great while. However, since updating to SVN 8399 from SVN 8348, I'm now getting it every five minutes. When it happens, it skips the next article in the queue. I'm not alone in having this problem. Bgwhite (talk) 04:48, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version SVN 8399
Workaround
Fixed in version


Confirmed. Reedy switched some profiling logic to a cleverer method, which doesn't seem to have worked correctly. Rjwilmsi 06:02, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

You don't have to downgrade. Just create two folders with the same version of AWB and run from each one. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:31, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

I already run my bot account in a separate folder because of the profile.txt problem when it very rarely happens, but I'd rather not create four other folders to run the other AWBs.
I believe Rjwilmsi should have written, "Reedy switched some profiling logic to a Bgwhite method, which never works correctly." Bgwhite (talk) 08:04, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Was this fixed in the SVN 8414 release? I haven't had a problem since I updated. Bgwhite (talk) 07:12, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
No problem here either. I believe this bug is fixed. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 10:21, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Memory throttling when 'Stop' button clicked

Status Resolved
Description When pre-parse typos scanning articles, if 'Stop' is clicked during the process on a machine with 1Gb it take 2 to 3 minutes to actually 'Stop' after the 'Stop' button is clicked. Task manager shows memory maxed out for the period before it really stops.
To duplicate: In a PC with low memory, i.e Windows 7 running in 1GB. Run a pre-parse typo scan on a 20+ articles then click stop before it finishes the list.
Site URL: en.wiki
Operating system Windows 7 (Windows version 6.1)
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.4971
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8399
Workaround delete profiling.txt and log.txt frequently. Reduce the size of current setting file by keeping a short make list and not using filtering.
Fixed in version


I've not got access to a machine with that memory configuration. Did the problem occur on earlier versions of AWB? Rjwilmsi 22:36, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
I've only got this machine recently so I don't know. What is the minimum hardware spec to run AWB? This begs the question why does AWB do anything when the 'Stop' button is clicked? Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 00:32, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Memory may not be relevant here. On Windows 7 with a couple of applications open and 1 GB of RAM you're going to be using close to all memory regardless. When you pressed stop did AWB eventually stop on that article? I suspect that it didn't register your stop click, and continued pre-parsing the rest of the list. At the moment in AWB as the processing is not on a separate thread you can't successfully press stop will a page is being processed, you can only press when the page is loading (status at bottom left). There's an old-school alternative I could put in as well though to have another way to stop pre-parse mode. Rjwilmsi 07:00, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
It stops on the current page, no more pages are pre-passed. It's quickly noticeable that it's not going to the next page which it typically would do in one second. The process is repeatable, it takes minutes to stop every time. Have tested with a reboot and no other application loaded, installation is new and has no clutter at all. Response on other aspects of AWB are good. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 08:13, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Okay, looks like when stop is pressed AWB updates the setting file. And when the setting file is 100MB+(but bigger in RAM) it takes a long time. So why does it write to setting and can that be stopped? Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 11:24, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
In which settings does it write? Do mean in the profiling.txt? Just delete it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:30, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
Okay, workaround added to above. Now that I understand what is causing this slowdown and know the workaround it is no longer an issue for me. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 10:19, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't count Main template when assessing dead end

Status Resolved
Description When assessing if an article needs the {{dead end}} template, AWB is not considering links in the {{main}} template. GoingBatty (talk) 22:43, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try List of Degrassi: The Next Generation books
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5710
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8399
Workaround Manually skip
Fixed in version


Should it count them? -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:53, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

I think so, but it may make sense to consider what others think when deciding how to deal with {{wikify}} and {{dead end}}. GoingBatty (talk) 00:06, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
This page is an extreme case anyway and most probably will be deleted. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:58, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Article was deleted. Pages should have wikilinks not only via Main anyway. -- Magioladitis (talk)

Memory and size of default.xml

Status Resolved
Description My default setting file is over 100Mb. I notice it stores hundreds of thousands of article I looked at! It's sheer size is causing memory problems. I have no idea why it would save past articles. It would go some way to account for the AWB memory usage of about 800MB. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 10:28, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Use AWB a lot!
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5456
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.4.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.4.0.1), revision 8414 (2012-09-15 09:05:55)
Workaround Delete profiling.txt and log.txt. Switch off logging.
Fixed in version


Do you use the extra logging function? -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:30, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Where is extra logging? Because of the ongoing and numerous problems I've been having I switched off things I could find. In options -> preferences, general tab I have 'Enable logging' unticked and in options -> preferences, privacy I have include username unticked. If there are more options please let me know. In the directory I run the executable both the log.txt and profile.txt continue to grow rapidly despite those setting. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 19:34, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Next to the Edit box tab on the right there are more tabs. Check "Logging to file". It's the last tab after "Page logs". It should be turned off. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:02, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
In that tab it's all unticked and the status is read. However, in a short period of days since upgrading to SVN 8414 profiles.txt has grown to 9Mb and log.txt about 500Kb. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 16:47, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
So when you say "it stores hundreds of thousands of article I looked at", where is AWB showing these articles, how many articles do you have in the list on the left hand side, and how have you interacted with this many articles? Rjwilmsi 18:14, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
Debug versions (for instance 5.4.0.1) store in the hard disc profiling.txt and log.txt. to help bug reports. You can delete them if you like. For the size of default.xml: Avoid saving list of pages to the settings file. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:19, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. Deleting profiling.txt and log.txt helps greatly. I suggest output of these debug files are made scalable, perhaps a new file each day. Anyway, it's no longer an issue for me as I'll clean up these files often. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 10:27, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Fix duplicated interwikis should be first letter case insensitive

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [[es:Foo]] [[es:foo]] → [[es:Foo]] -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:12, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Do this
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8421
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8426


Also check:

rev 8426 For this log. Rjwilmsi 12:18, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Duplicated interwiki not removed when comment next to it

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Do this -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:16, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8421
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8430


rev 8430. Rjwilmsi 12:55, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

More on unbalanced brackets

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Some cases:
Magioladitis (talk) 18:26, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version


rev 8428 1 of 3 done. Rjwilmsi 12:40, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
rev 8429 2 of 3.Rjwilmsi 13:09, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

The last one is very rare. I found only 2 items via database scan which I fixed them. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:53, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Born: not fixed if in capital

Status Fixed in the next release
Description I had to fix this manually: [4] -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:52, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8431
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8433


rev 8433 Rjwilmsi 08:52, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Find & Replace changes are not always added to edit summary

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Find & Replace changes are not always added to edit summary. This is far from serious, but it is certainly strange. Chris the speller yack 18:49, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run this rule in normal settings against List of albums released in 2011: find="\b([Aa]tt|[Cc]ont|[Dd]ist|[Rr]et|T|t)[aeiou]?r[aeiou]?b[aeiou]?t(?<!tribut|irebit)([a-z]+)\b(?<!trubed)" replace="$1ribut$2" with "Case Sensitive" and "Regex" checked. The spelling is fixed, but is not added to the edit summary. Run it against Green Naugahyde. The spelling is fixed, and the edit summary is correct. It also fails on Primus (band). My default edit summary is "typos". The option "Do not use section edit summaries" has no effect on adding the changes to the edit summary, but it may be more than coincidence that the misspelling is in section 0 of the article where it works, but not in the articles where it fails. When using a much simpler rule, like find="Distrob(\w+)\b" replace="Distrib$1" the problem disappears.
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows Vista Home Premium
.NET FW Version
AWB version SVN 8414
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8434


The reason the edit summary didn't always work was that your rule had four matches on the albums list article, but only one of those changed the article on replace.

F&R logic was using success and find/replacement values of first match of rule, but if the first match was a no-change replacement, the F&R would have an incorrect edit summary, incorrect match count and incorrect change status.

rev 8434 Rewrite PerformFindAndReplace to derive the edit summary based on the first match that creates a change, make the count the count of changes not matches, correctly determine whether changes made. Rjwilmsi 11:02, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Impressive work, getting to the bottom of this. Much appreciated. Chris the speller yack 13:17, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Bug merging Expert-subject into Multiple issues

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When AWB tries to merge {{Expert-subject|Military History|date=February 2009}} into {{Multiple issues}}, it converts the template to

|expert = Military History={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}|date = February 2009
-GoingBatty (talk) 23:19, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate: Try Sloped armour
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5710
AWB version 5.3.1.1 SVN 8207
Workaround fix manually
Fixed in version rev 8432


Fixed by custom module referenced in this feature request. GoingBatty (talk) 18:40, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Bug merging multiple Expert-subject templates into Multiple issues

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB does not merge multiple {{Expert-subject}} templates into {{Multiple issues}} properly. GoingBatty (talk) 23:28, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Data envelopment analysis
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5710
AWB version 5.3.1.1 SVN 8207
Workaround fix manually
Fixed in version rev 8432


How do you add multiple expert-subject templates on MI? How do you do it if they have different dated parameters? -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:37, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Changing it to the new format works:
{{Multiple issues|
{{Confusing|date=December 2006}}
{{Expert-subject|Mathematics|date=November 2008}}
{{Expert-subject|Economics|date=February 2009}}
}}
Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 04:51, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Fixed by custom module referenced in this feature request. GoingBatty (talk) 18:41, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Bug merging Expert-subject template with parameter 1= into Multiple issues

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB does not merge {{Expert-subject}} templates with the undocumented but valid |1= into {{Multiple issues}} properly. GoingBatty (talk) 23:37, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Music of Arkansas
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5710
AWB version 5.3.1.1 SVN 8207
Workaround enable a F&R rule to convert "expert-subject|1=" to "expert-subject|" before fixes
Fixed in version rev 8432


Fixed by custom module referenced in this feature request. GoingBatty (talk) 18:48, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Not fixed. See this. It isn't accepted. Ryan Vesey 20:46, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Are you using the custom module too? -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:31, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Er, no. What's a custom module? Ryan Vesey 21:32, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Explained to your talk page. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:20, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't remove space when percent is within parentheses

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB now removes space and non-breaking space between number and percent symbol. However, it does not remove the space and non-breaking space when within parentheses - e.g. (1.47 %) GoingBatty (talk) 23:01, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Biochemistry
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5710
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8414
Workaround manually fix
Fixed in version rev 8435 Magioladitis (talk) 19:59, 24 September 2012 (UTC)


Unbalanced incorrectly fixed causes mass side-effects

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Instead of fixing an unbalanced bracket on line 224, AWB starting treating everything below the unbalanced bracket as it were inside it. Check what happened and what it should be done. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:45, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8436
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8443


rev 8443 Rjwilmsi 07:50, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Invalid date fix

Status Fixed in the next release
Description 2010 April, 14 2010 -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:40, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8436
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8444


rev 8444 Rjwilmsi 08:00, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Extra line when adding Multiple issues and removing template

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB adds an extra line when it adds {{Multiple issues}} and removes {{dead end}} or {{wikify}}. (The "Fix all excess whitespace" option doesn't remove it.) GoingBatty (talk) 23:56, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Bavarian Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic and Micronesian Empire
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 4.0.30319.269
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8436
Workaround remove manually
Fixed in version rev 8445


rev 8445 Rjwilmsi 08:28, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Another bug on italics

Status Fixed in the next release
Description <i>foo</i><i>bar> should change to foobar (''foobar'') and not to ''foo''''bar''-- Magioladitis (talk) 14:32, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: en
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8452
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8455


I blanked the talk page at zhwp

Status Not a bug/currently unresolvable
Description
Exception:Exception
Message:Extra validation for debug builds (don't use a debug build if you want to save blank pages): Attempted to save page with zero length txtEditText
Call stack:
   在 AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.Save()
   在 AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.btnSave_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   在 System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   在 System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   在 System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   在 System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   在 System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   在 System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
   在 System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   在 System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   在 System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   在 System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

System.Exception: Extra validation for debug builds (don't use a debug build if you want to save blank pages): Attempted to save page with zero length txtEditText 

  在 AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.Save()
  在 AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.btnSave_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  在 System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
  在 System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
  在 System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
  在 System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
  在 System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
  在 System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
  在 System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
  在 System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
  在 System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
  在 System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

113.200.77.10 (talk) 06:56, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate: Unknown
Site URL: https://zh.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.1433
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.4.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.4.0.1), revision 8414 (2012-09-15 09:05:55)
Workaround
Fixed in version


You can't save empty pages in debug builds. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:27, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

False positive fixing of file names

Status Fixed in the next release
Description General fixes changing file names Regards, Sun Creator(talk)
To duplicate: Apply general fixes to Bacău.
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system Windows 7(6.1)
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5456
AWB version 5.4.0.1 rev 8414
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8456


Note: File is inside <gallery>. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:45, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

The problem is somehow caused by the special character ă. Check that the bug does not happen if the special character ă is not there. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:08, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Text it seems to be hidden correctly by HideMore per rev 8450. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:38, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

FixDateOrdinalsAndOf seems to work fine for images too per rev 8451. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:01, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

So this is fixed in SVN 8451? Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 16:57, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Not yet. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:11, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

FixDateOrdinalsAndOf seems to work fine for image galleries too per rev 8452. Still investigating. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:12, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Adding underscores prevents AWB of modifying the given page. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:28, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

rev 8456 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 11:05, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Skipping prose when typo checking

Status Not a bug/currently unresolvable
Description Skips checking prose.
To duplicate: Check Stuart Turner (musician) with typos on and it should find that 'distribued' is a typo but AWB doesn't. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 18:34, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system 7(Win 6.1)
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5456
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8414
Workaround
Fixed in version


Works for me with SVN 8436. GoingBatty (talk) 20:01, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
My bad. It now detects the typo. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 20:13, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Stub with spaces not moved at the bottom

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [5] -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:35, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try general fixes with a page with {{ Foo-stub }} not at the bottom
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8455
Workaround trim spaces inside stub templates
Fixed in version rev 8457


jbo wiki is first-letter case sensitive!

Status Fixed in the next release
Description jbo.wiki is the only (I checked that) project that has first-letter of title case sensitive i.e. our last addition (rev 8426) on correcting interwiki casing should not apply for jbo. jbo.wiki has 1,000 articles (some of them start with a number so problem there. Don't completely revert the related change to our code. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:10, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: everywhere
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8456
Workaround Mediawiki could change on that.
Fixed in version rev 8458


AWB hangs while processing

Status Resolved
Description While processing a page, AWB will hang. CPU goes to 100%. High disk activity. If two AWB's are open at the same time, while one AWB is processing, the other AWB will also hang, even if both AWBs are launched from separate directories. Bgwhite (talk) 21:20, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version SVN 8414 and SVN 8399.
Workaround Downgrade to SVN 8350
Fixed in version


Can you please check log.txt and copy the last entry before AWB hangs? -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:24, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Only thing in log.txt are a bunch of "object: MainForm Time: 3:41:54 PM Message: Starting" messages. Bgwhite (talk) 21:52, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Can you be more specific. I've used AWB 8414 with 6 copies running at once with no processor or memory issues, although I was doing only typo checking and not general fixes.(Strike, as in retrospect is was possibly 8350). Plus can you rename the debug files of profiling.txt and log.txt as that seems to cause some issues. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 21:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
I've already tried renaming the debug files. Tried deleting them. Tried putting a new AWB into a virgin directory.
I'm running with general fixes, RegexTypoFix, and a few find/replace when doing an article. It hangs on talk pages with everything off except a custom module. SVN8350, on a big article, will process faster than SVN8414 on a 3 line talk page. Bgwhite (talk) 21:52, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Can you please process let's say 30-40 talk pages with 8350 and 8414 and provide us the profiling.txt for these pages so we can compare differences on speed? At least "Alerts" should be faster now since we limited the namespace for all of them (8355, 8357). 8397 reduces regex backtracking on TemplateArgument. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:50, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

I just emailed you the two profiling.txt files.
SVN 8350 took 21 seconds to process. 8414 took 110 seconds to process.
What is initial skip checks? The number for each talk page on 8414 is an order of magnitude higher than 8350. Bgwhite (talk) 22:27, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Alerts became a bit faster as I see. Am I right? -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:45, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm in my usual state of confusion. What do you mean by faster? The value for alerts on both versions say 2. Bgwhite (talk) 22:52, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
You are right in this one. Not much difference there. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:55, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
So the value is time? That mean initial skip checks have gotten alot slower in the newer version? Bgwhite (talk) 23:03, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
The value is milliseconds (ms). -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:06, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
OK, make sense. I ran both versions of AWB on an article. Initial skip check on 8350 was 10 and on 8414 was 347. Alerts on 8350 was 23 and on 8414 was 17. Something is wrong with Initial skip check on the newer version. Bgwhite (talk) 23:13, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
So is the only significant difference in the profiling.txt of the two versions the "initial skip checks" times? Do the differences add up to the 110 versus 21 seconds totals mentioned? Rjwilmsi 11:14, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
"initial skip checks" is the only significant difference in the profiling.txt file.
If the numbers in the profiling.txt file are milliseconds, then 347 milliseconds doesn't account for the 2-5 second hang each time AWB processes an article.
I am running SVN8459. The "initial skip checks" number is way lower, down in the 10-20 range. The new AWB is more responsive and faster. Been running both versions of AWB on the same pages. Profiling.txt numbers are about the same. I'm not seeing any dramatic speed differences between the two. Bgwhite (talk) 18:00, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Saving problem

Resolved

Hi, I am trying to get AWB running on a laptop and find it will not save any changes rather displaying initially "The underlying connection was closed: A connection that was expected to be kept alive was closed by the server" followed by "Restarting in ...". Is there some configuration or other that needs to be done before it will operate? It works fine on my desktop machine but that is an XP machine. Laptop is running OS windows 7 64-bit, connecting to English Wikipedia. Keith D (talk) 22:27, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Some connection problem. Not AWB's fault. Try again. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:57, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Have tried several times and still unable to save though loads page OK. May not be an AWB problem but may be you can give some pointers to what to look at? Keith D (talk) 19:09, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
I had the same problem -> the first computer with WinXP + ABW 5400 + net by wire saves pages properly but the second computer with WinXP + ABW 5400 + net by air -> unable to save any page. I triad many times, for few days - nothing changes. Dosn't want to save anyting. Eventually, on the second computer I triad newest ABW 5401 SVN 8414 and it saves pages properly... So it is not the problem with the connection, but it is a bug of ABW version 5400. Electron (talk) 23:31, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for that information. I have just tried that version and it saved the page. Keith D (talk) 11:26, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

AWB disabled

Resolved

To whoever it applies. {{trout}} Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 15:22, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

You can download the new version here. Unfortunately it keeps crashing my IE but I'll try it with Firefox a little later. Kumioko (talk) 16:19, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
The new AWB is usable for me, so I require the old one to work. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 16:22, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
I can understand if the software doesn't work for you that you're frustrated, but would you please describe in detail what problems you're having? "unusable" doesn't give me any information to help you. Rjwilmsi 17:35, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Well, I thought the discussion was on my talk page and here would duplicate it. How about fixing the problem by enabling 5.3.1.0 Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 22:28, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Now most issues have been set. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:52, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

AWB not save edited files on Commons

Status Need more information
Description AWB not save edited files on Commons. Snowman (talk) 10:03, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Use it on Commons.
Site URL: Commons
Operating system Vista
.NET FW Version ?
AWB version 8062
Workaround Use an old version of AWB
Fixed in version


As far as I am aware, this error prevents AWB being used on Commons, so I presume that it is a significant problem. I would be grateful if this error was fixed. Snowman (talk) 13:27, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

It seems to take a long time to get a reply here. Snowman (talk) 09:39, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
If you're unable to save what happens then? Timeout / exception? Something else? Thanks Rjwilmsi 14:26, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
AWB counts down to a restart. Then if you save again AWB counts down to another restart, but the time to restart is longer, and even longer after the next failure to save, and so on. Snowman (talk) 13:07, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
I was able to edit the commons sandbox just now using AWB snapshot 8097 and also current SVN 8145. So questions: can you edit the commons sandbox with AWB? Have you tried using the latest AWB snapshot? Are other commons users reporting AWB problems? If you're still having problems please provide a real-page example with the edit you want to make, I'll then try it. Thanks Rjwilmsi 15:19, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
I have narrowed it down a bit. When I open a new instance of AWB and put in setting for commons, then it works. When I open a new instance and use old settings for commons editing (setting include regexes), it does not save edits with new versions of AWB, but is saves with old versions of AWB. Snowman (talk) 19:22, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
OK, I don't have access to check this right now, but suspect it's a difference in the settings file in the site settings. If you open old and new settings files in Notepad are there any differences in the site portion of the file? You might be able to fix the old file by correcting that portion of it, make a backup first. Rjwilmsi 10:31, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
I copied parts between settings files, but the newer versions of AWB would not save when using my old settings. Snowman (talk) 20:35, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
There's a slight difference in the settings files between versions due to adding HTTPS support. Try this: open old settings in new AWB, save settings to a new file. Close new AWB. Open new AWB, open new settings files, see if you can then edit OK. Thanks Rjwilmsi 09:49, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
I have tried that and it does not work. Snowman (talk) 17:25, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Please post your settings file to a sandbox and I'll see if I can convert it to a working version for you. Rjwilmsi 18:33, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Is there another way of doing this, because my settings are not going on the Wiki. Snowman (talk) 19:39, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Then I've run out of ideas. I cannot reproduce any commons saving error using old settings files. You can use new settings files successfully, there seems to be a problem with one or more of your old settings files but you can't or won't provide me with access to them. So I've no idea how I can help you. Perhaps you can rebuild your desired settings by copying portions over manually from your old settings file, backing up the file periodically and testing it so you identify if a particular item in the settings file causes the problem. Rjwilmsi 20:09, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Unusable

Resolved

AWB is unusable due to the options being cut off. I'm also not able to resize the sections of the GUI. Here's a screenshot: [6]. This is very frustrating, as I'm a first-time user, and AWB is complicated and confusing enough for a newcomer without GUI errors such as this. My screen is 1920 × 1080 and 17 inches wide, so it's not a resolution or size issue.—Yutsi Talk/ Contributions ( 偉特 ) 15:47, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Just to clarify, I presume you're referring to the KingbotK plugin tab content shown in your screenshot? - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 17:41, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
I have trouble using that too, it never seems to work right for me either so I gave up. Kumioko (talk) 17:47, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Yes, I am using that particular tab.—Yutsi Talk/ Contributions ( 偉特 ) 19:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Now, whenever I start up AWB, I get this error (however, the program still works if I click "continue"): [7]—Yutsi Talk/ Contributions ( 偉特 ) 19:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
This is due to old settings. Delete your old settinngs and download the latest snapshot from toolserver.org/~awb/snapshots/. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:35, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
I did what you said, and the error message didn't appear, but I still have the original problem of AWB being completely unusable.—Yutsi Talk/ Contributions ( 偉特 ) 14:07, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Which OS do you use? -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:46, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Have you changed the Windows default font size, it seems that your font scaling is causing problems for AWB. Are you able to test it with Windows font sizes at default? Rjwilmsi 12:48, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
  1. I use Windows 7 x64
  2. I haven't changed the Windows default font size.—Yutsi Talk/ Contributions ( 偉特 ) 01:32, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Example of AWB under 64 bit Windows-7. Go to Commons to see the annotations.

I have a similar problem when running AWB on 64 bit Windows 7. AWB seem to use different fonts than under Windows XP and the text does not fit in the spaces provided, which seriously limit some features of the program. See the example image. Is there a Windows 7 version of the code somewhere? --Jarekt (talk) 11:49, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Create a style.css with a copy/paste of the code from Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/style.css and put the style.css in the folder you run AutoWikiBrowser.exe, that should sort out your font problem. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 11:54, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
I did that, and ... nothing changed. --Jarekt (talk) 18:28, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Well, timing is everything. The page wasn't corrected until September 5 prior to that it wouldn't help much. Do it again. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 19:09, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Create a style.css file in AWB folder and changing the font seem to affect the font of the diff panels, but not the font used in the rest of the GUI. "Remove" and "Filter" buttons are still missing and tabs do not fit in the tab bar and "Skip" tab still has a lot of unreadable text and missing controls (see here). --Jarekt (talk) 13:26, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
I see, my mistake. style.css only is for the diffs and your getting the situation on the whole display. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 14:38, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

AWB v5.4.0.0 inconveniences

Resolved

AWB version 5.4.0.0 has 3 inconveniences for me:
1) In the 'Start' tab, why did you change the label caption from "Summary" to "Default Summary"? Less space is now available for the edit box. And when I enter + Category:My images and lock the box, all I can see there is egory:My images]]. Teyandee (talk) 18:04, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

We enhanced the behaviour of the edit summary in the new release, and updated some of the descriptions and tooltips to clarify the new use. The sizing issue when "lock" is used is a problem, so I'll investigate. Rjwilmsi 11:07, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
rev 8386 Display issue fixed. Rjwilmsi 21:06, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

2) This is how the "changes" editor used to look. I liked that view. Look at it now: http://oi49.tinypic.com/33ud8nt.jpg - plain white boring background with no changes highlight. It may be hard to tell what have changed. Were there any reason to disable the highlighting ?

We changed AWB to use the new MediaWiki standard diff colouring. AWB does allow you to choose your own CSS style, see Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/style.css if you'd rather keep the old diff style. Rjwilmsi 11:07, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the link. Teyandee (talk) 18:42, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

3) Versions older that 5.4.0.0 seems to be disabled (not accepted) by Wikia. Why did you have to restrict the usage of older versions? Teyandee (talk) 18:04, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

There were a number of bug fixes made in the new version, we disable the old versions to ensure that users don't continue to use versions with known problems. Rjwilmsi 11:07, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Ok. Teyandee (talk) 18:42, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

4) I am about to add Category:Some category to http://samuraipizzacats.wikia.com/wiki/Gone_with_the_Ginzu and the changes editor preview is now width-reduced (not occupying the entire form width): http://oi46.tinypic.com/9jqc8x.jpg. Why did it shrink? I don`t remember older AWB version to act like that. Teyandee (talk) 18:42, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Can we re-enable this, 5.4.0.x is so buggy it's reduced my output to less then half. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 22:18, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Interwiki moved away from list of interwikis

Status Fixed in the next release
Description anwiki in elwikiMagioladitis (talk) 22:02, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: elwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8456
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8463


Have you checked for nonprinting characters in/around the interwiki? Rjwilmsi 08:04, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
I see no nonprinting characters in/around. I retyped the text and still it is moved. I also closed any unclosed brackets. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:15, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
rev 8463. Rjwilmsi 10:54, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Skip if only general fixes

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Skip if "only genfixes" does not always skip when true. Regards, Sun Creator(talk)
To duplicate: Apply general fixes to Bahía de los Ángeles.
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system Windows 7(6.1)
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5456
AWB version 5.4.0.1 rev 8414
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8462


Hmmm - my guess was that WP:AWB/TR isn't part of genfixes, so I changed {{seealso}} to {{see also}}, but that wasn't the issue, as I can still duplicate it in SVN 8436. GoingBatty (talk) 17:10, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Page fixing also involves white space fixing on the very first line. I removed it and now page skips properly. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:09, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Another Interwar unemployment and poverty in the United Kingdom. Not a bug but a comment that it's become impossible to find a setting that works to fix typos and general fixes but doesn't violate AWB's terms of use. One has to check diffs not only for correctness but also for there insignificance. Surely it was never the intention that a changes entirely by general fixes (i.e. a new line insertion) would not be skipped when skip on only general fixes is checked. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 00:28, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Looks like this is another article that has white space on the very first line. Since you're doing typo fixing, you're checking each suggested change before manually hitting the Save button. While it's not convenient that this article isn't skipped, the only violation of AWB's terms of use would be if you clicked Save without making some other improvements (such as fixing the unbalanced brackets, or removing any unnecessary multiple wiki-links). GoingBatty (talk) 05:38, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
By the way, this article contains "world wide". That's not a typo to be fixed? GoingBatty (talk) 05:39, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
"world wide" is quite valid and used by the bbc and others. What your implying by that example is to know many more errors to fix, as if the 3000 typos rules are not already enough to handle, in doing so the whole process becomes more and more impractical for a human. What I would of expected is a way to make using general fixes easier - so that all could use it - rather then making it a burden to apply. I can understand now why others such as John of Reading turn it off most of the time. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 20:38, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Actually I keep the genfixes turned on except when processing the large "List of Foo" articles. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:41, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
I stand corrected! Maybe Chris the speller‎ then. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 00:05, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
rev 8462 Fixed specific issue of skip check not working when article text starts with whitespace. Rjwilmsi 10:08, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

"Show edit page" does not work

Status Fixed in the next release
Description The option "On load: Show edit page" in the preferences (Options -> Preferences -> General) does not seem to work. I assume that the preview would show the edit box that would be submitted instead of the diff. This option sounds helpful for tasks that I do on Wikimedia Commons, so it would be appreciated if someone looks into that. Thanks! --ZooFari 04:18, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.4952
AWB version 5.1.0.0.
Workaround I've been using On load: Show diff or On load: Show preview as an alternative.
Fixed in version rev 8461


Now that we use the API for editing this option is probably redundant, so should have been removed as an option. I'll check with Reedy. Rjwilmsi 08:41, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
What do you mean redundant? Is there a similar method that's not "show preview" or "show diff"? I was wondering because something that shows the edit page rather than the diff or preview would be useful for my work in another project. --ZooFari 21:20, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Redundant in the sense that I don't think we open the article page for edit any more since we use the API to get the page and save the changes, so there's no edit page available to show. I will confirm with Reedy. Rjwilmsi 22:06, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
rev 8461 Option removed, can't be used now we use the API for editing. Rjwilmsi 09:27, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Not all paragraph tags fixed

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Paragraph tags followed by space no removed. They should be removed along with space. If space is left then indented text is created. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:51, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8459
Workaround Trim space after paragraph tags?
Fixed in version rev 8469


Note: This bug is CHECKWIKI error #39 related. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

rev 8469 Rjwilmsi 16:08, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

AWB fails to substitute template

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB fails to substitute "{{Template:Welcome|realName=REALNAME|name=NAME}}" using the template substitution feature. [8] [9] [10] Meno25 (talk) 16:06, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try to substitute "{{Template:Welcome|realName=REALNAME|name=NAME}}" using the template substition feature.
Site URL: https://meta.wikimedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8463
Workaround Fix the template manually.
Fixed in version rev 8464


rev 8464 Rjwilmsi 13:01, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Unclosed bugs within template

Status Fixed in the next release
Description {{Infobox|foo=bar (OMG} }} changes to {{Infobox|foo=bar (OMG}} }} instead of {{Infobox|foo=bar (OMG) }} -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:20, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: line 80
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8451
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8468


rev 8468 Rjwilmsi 15:52, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Can't open AWB

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When downloading a snapshot from here unzipping it and clicking on "AutoWikiBrowser.exe", AWB doesn't start. Instead it gives the error "AutoWikiBrowser has stopped working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." Snapshot SVN 8414 works correctly on my computer. Meno25 (talk) 07:50, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Download snapshot SVN 8470, unzip it and try to open AWB.
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8470
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8471


rev 8471. Rjwilmsi 10:24, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

AWB doesn't recognize Template:Hndis-cleanup

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB doesn't recognize Template:Hndis-cleanup as a disambiguation template, so, it tags pages such as Edmund Thomas (disambiguation) as stubs. [11] Meno25 (talk) 13:27, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run AWB with default settings and AutoTagging enabled on Edmund Thomas (disambiguation). AWB tags it as stub where it shouldn't.
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8414
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8479


Magio one for you. Wikiregexes line 126 and unit tests. Rjwilmsi 15:11, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
rev 8479 -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:33, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

NullReferenceException in Parsers.TemplateRedirects

Status Fixed in the next release
Description
Exception:NullReferenceException
Message:Δεν έχει οριστεί αναφορά αντικειμένου σε μια παρουσία αντικειμένου.
Call stack:
   σε WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.TemplateRedirects(String articleText, Dictionary`2 TemplateRedirects) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Parse\Parsers.cs:γραμμή 1893
   σε WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags, Boolean restrictDefaultsortAddition, Boolean noMOSComplianceFixes) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Article\Article.cs:γραμμή 1256
   σε AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\AWB\Main.cs:γραμμή 1548

System.NullReferenceException: Δεν έχει οριστεί αναφορά αντικειμένου σε μια παρουσία αντικειμένου. 

  σε WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.TemplateRedirects(String articleText, Dictionary`2 TemplateRedirects) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Parse\Parsers.cs:γραμμή 1893
  σε WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags, Boolean restrictDefaultsortAddition, Boolean noMOSComplianceFixes) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Article\Article.cs:γραμμή 1256
  σε AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\AWB\Main.cs:γραμμή 1548

Magioladitis (talk) 19:48, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate: [encountered while processing page [12]]
Site URL: https://el.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version 4.0.30319.269
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.4.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.4.0.1), revision 8479 (2012-10-25 14:35:15)
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8480


This didn't happen in rev 8463 for elwiki. I can't reproduce it for enwiki. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:54, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Problem is caused by commit 8474. It happens when the redirects' page does not exist. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:22, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Duplicate: Open awb -> switch to el wiki -> load random page -> login -> start -> NRE. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:37, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

ApiErrorException in ApiEdit.CheckForErrors

Status Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description
Exception:ApiErrorException
Message:Bot API returned the following error: 'Namespace doesn't allow actual pages'
Call stack:
   at WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.CheckForErrors(String xml, String action)
   at WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.QueryApi(String queryParamters)
   at WikiFunctions.Lists.Providers.ApiListProviderBase.ApiMakeList(String url, Int32 haveSoFar)
   at WikiFunctions.Lists.Providers.WhatLinksHereListProvider.MakeList(String Namespace, String[] searchCriteria)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.TagOrphans(String articleText, String articleTitle, Boolean restrictOrphanTagging)

WikiFunctions.API.ApiErrorException: Bot API returned the following error: 'Namespace doesn't allow actual pages' 

  at WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.CheckForErrors(String xml, String action)
  at WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.QueryApi(String queryParamters)
  at WikiFunctions.Lists.Providers.ApiListProviderBase.ApiMakeList(String url, Int32 haveSoFar)
  at WikiFunctions.Lists.Providers.WhatLinksHereListProvider.MakeList(String Namespace, String[] searchCriteria)
  at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.TagOrphans(String articleText, String articleTitle, Boolean restrictOrphanTagging)

Inks.LWC (talk) 21:45, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate: [encountered while processing page [13]]
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5456
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.4.0.0), WikiFunctions (5.4.0.0), revision 8347 (2012-09-03 23:58:43)
Workaround
Fixed in version


Same problem reported in Twinkle at the very same day. Wikipedia_talk:Twinkle#Bug. It was an API glitch. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:43, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Now fixed. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:48, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Unnecessary new lines before stub template

Status Fixed in the next release
Description In ru-wiki only one line before stub template is required (in case when AWB does "general fixes" and moves stub template above categories and interwikis). However, several more lines were added in various edits today ([14] and so on). ♪ anonim.one ♪ 15:18, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run with default setting (enable "general fixes").
Site URL: ru:
Operating system Win 7)
.NET FW Version 3.5
AWB version 5400
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8483


rev 8483 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 08:22, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

When the Toolserver is down AWB hangs when trying to send stats

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When the Toolserver is down (such as now) and AWB reaches the 100th edit, it hangs because it tries to upload statistics to it. It should skip uploading stats to the Toolserver when it is down. Clicking on "Reset saved/skipped counts" does not help because again it tries to contact the stats server. --Meno25 (talk) 15:53, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Make 100 edits, AWB will hang.
Site URL: http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5456
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8414
Workaround Close AWB before the 100th edit and open it again to make another 99 edits, etc. Normal closure does not work because AWB tries to upload stats to the server, so, you have to kill the AutoWikiBrowser process using Windows Task Manager.
Fixed in version rev 8486


It hangs when trying to send data to stats server. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:20, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes. Isn't the stats server hosted at the Toolserver? --Meno25 (talk) 16:29, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
Yes. I mean the problem in not in the number "100". Trying to manually send stats earlier will still cause the problem. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:41, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
Yes, it will still cause the problem. --Meno25 (talk) 16:45, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Log.txt reads: " object: UsageStats Time: 7:20:31 am Message: Ο απομακρυσμένος διακομιστής επέστρεψε ένα σφάλμα: (504) Χρονικό όριο πύλης." -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:51, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

In the past I also got "Message: Ο απομακρυσμένος διακομιστής επέστρεψε ένα σφάλμα: (500) Εσωτερικό σφάλμα διακομιστή." after running for a long time with two AWB sessions from different folders. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:52, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

rev 8486 Put 15 second timeout on PrepareWebRequest, so that failed stats submission will time out after 15 seconds if toolserver down. Rjwilmsi

Adding WPBS adds a lot of newlines

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [15] -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:37, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8484


If it will help to have more examples, see my report from about a month and a half ago. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:25, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

This bug happens with me as well. --Meno25 (talk) 09:19, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
rev 8484 Rjwilmsi 09:03, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Dupe category is not removed when inline comment exists

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Dupe category is not removed when inline comment exists. It did this when it should do this. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:19, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8434
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8509 by Rjwilmsi


Note: This is CHECKWIKI error 17 related. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:35, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Find and replace - Normal settings - Don't Ignore ignored

Version: 5.4.0.0 (I'm pretty sure this is new since 5.3.1.0.)

I have noticed my changes defined in Find and Replace > Normal settings are not made within <ref>{{cite templates|<replacements should be made here but aren't>}}</ref> even though I only have the first checkbox checked.

I.e. I don't want "external/interwiki links, images, nowiki, math and <!-- -->", but I do want "templates, refs, link targets, and headings". (BTW I would like the caption part of images to be processed -- I guess they're "link targets".) However text inside templates inside ref tags are not being changed.

I'd test with my sandbox and see exactly what is being skipped, but I assume the current developers can do that more usefully anyway. Mark Hurd (talk) 15:20, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

One constraint that does apply is that in hiding external links we hide any |url= within a citation template, and because of common encoding errors we hide anything from the start of the URL until the next space or newline, rather than to the next pipe (which if all is correct would be the parameter delimiter). This could be why the replace you expect to run isn't running. Please provide an example of your find & replace rule and a citation in an article where your find & replace rule isn't working as expected. Rjwilmsi 17:23, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, sorry, I should have mentioned the actual instance, and in reviewing it myself I realise it is more complex than I thought. Here's the final diff where I manually changed the ’ and ‘ in " TV’s ‘Law & Order’, " (and manually adjusted the edit summary), where as ' “Law & Order” and ... in “Tootsie” ' was changed for me. What I see now is that BOTH of these are within the template and ref, the former in title= and the latter in quote= (so it might be intentional, either since 5.4 or always).
To confirm my existing settings should change " TV’s ‘Law & Order’, " automatically, I edited my sandbox and got AWB to run over it without otherwise changing my settings. It did change all the curly quotes as searched for.
Mark Hurd (talk) 03:03, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
I think there is logic to also hide |title= within citation templates as well, I've not got access to check this at the moment. Rjwilmsi 22:32, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Confirmed, the first hide option includes |title= in citation templates. I've updated the user manual. Rjwilmsi 18:55, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Duplicate ref names, different content

AWB Version: 5.3.1.0

This diff shows an AWB change I allowed through where it did the same as the current page rendering (i.e. it was pedantically correct), following the ref names being the same and ignoring that the content for apf-78 (at leastonly, luckily) actually changed.

I feel I should have been at least warned of this. I believe the content of the ref should be more important than the ref name, except for white-space.

Mark Hurd (talk) 15:43, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

As I actually start to fix this, it looks like AWB does know of this situation: The first different content is kept -- but the names remain the same. Perhaps I was "Alerted" and missed it or missed the significance. Mark Hurd (talk) 16:00, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
AWB General fixes states: "Where an article using named references (see WP:REFNAME), duplicate copies of the same reference are condensed to the abbreviated format of <ref name="Smith" />." In your example, the references were not duplicate copies. Therefore, if I'm reading the documentation correctly, AWB shouldn't condense these, so this is a bug. I think adding a new alert to the list of alerts would be a feature request. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:29, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
All references condensed where exact duplicate copies. The problem was that there were also some non-duplicate references under the same name. Rjwilmsi 23:00, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
rev 8527 DuplicateNamedReferences: Checks for instances of named references with same ref name having different values, does not modify article text in this case. Rjwilmsi 19:23, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

AWB shouldn't move stub templates after categories in arwiki

Status Fixed in the next release
Description In Arabic Wikipedia (arwiki), stub templates are put before categories. AWB moves them after categories [16] like English Wikipedia. It should not. {{Stub}} in Arabic is ar:قالب:بذرة. Meno25 (talk) 14:59, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run AWB with general fixes enabled on any page that has a stub template before categories. AWB moves the stub template after categories.
Site URL: http://ar.wikipedia.org
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8523 -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:00, 3 November 2012 (UTC)


rev 8524 sorts stubs before categories. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:13, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Add Wikivoyage to list of projects

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Please add Wikivoyage to the list of Wikimedia projects in Options -> Preferences -> Site. Meno25 (talk) 13:20, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: http://en.wikivoyage.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8512
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8537 Magioladitis (talk) 13:42, 11 November 2012 (UTC)


AWB not using the bot flag on en.wikivoyage

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When using AWB on Wikimedia's newest, project, Wikivoyage (at least on the English one), my edits are not getting flagged as bot ones, and hence show up in the RCs, this despite my bot voy:User:Snowbot being a flagged bot. I am using AWB's custom site config thingy as there is not an option for wikivoyage yet. Snowolf How can I help? 09:09, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: en.wikivoyage
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5456
AWB version 5.4.0.0
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8537


We already added support to wikivoyage. Wait for the next release/snapshot. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:11, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Dubious fix to isbn10

Status Fixed in the next release
Description See this edit. Before the edit, there were calls to {{cite book}} which specified both isbn10=XXX and isbn=YYY. isbn10 isn't a supported parameter, and the article displayed only the 13-digit ISBN. The general fixes changed "isbn10" to "isbn", leaving the calls with two "isbn" parameters. As it happens, in each case here the "isbn10" parameter was placed first, so it was still ignored and the appearance of the article did not change. But in general I don't think AWB should change "isbn10" to "isbn" if there is already an "isbn" parameter. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:25, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Gen fixes on Golden age of physics
Site URL: en
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version 5.4.0.0 SVN 8347
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8559


Changing |isbn10= to |isbn= is part of AWB's Rename template parameters functionality. It could remain or it could be removed, but there isn't conditional functionality to only change the parameter under certain circumstances. GoingBatty (talk) 02:03, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm suggesting a logic change. I think it is too dangerous, or at least very confusing, to obey WP:AWB/RTP and change FOO= to BAR= if the template already has a BAR= parameter. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:33, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
This is sensible. rev 8559 RenameTemplateParameters: don't rename old parameter to new if new parameter already present with a value. Rjwilmsi 10:15, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Extra whitespace removed

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [17] -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:13, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8535
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8616


It takes two runs when it should take only one. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:22, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

rev 8616 Rjwilmsi 17:25, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

It takes two runs to add complete DATE OF BIRTH in Persondata

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [18] -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:08, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8562
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8617


It was the mis-placed comma in the date that was culprit. Same goes if the month is abbreviated or the date is wikilinked. Bgwhite (talk) 13:17, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

rev 8617 Rjwilmsi 17:50, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

FixHeadings needs to remove more whitespace

Status Fixed in the next release
Description FixHeadings when removing some Headings it produces an extra whitespace which is removed when AWB run second time on the same page. Check [19] -- Magioladitis and [20] (talk) 13:51, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev8626
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8628


rev 8628 Rjwilmsi 21:59, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

ArgumentOutOfRangeException in HideText.AddBackMore

Status Fixed in the next release
Description
Exception:ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Message:Ο δείκτης βρισκόταν εκτός περιοχής. Η τιμή του δεν πρέπει να είναι αρνητική και πρέπει να είναι μικρότερη από ή ίση με το μέγεθος της συλλογής. Όνομα παραμέτρου: index
Call stack:
   σε System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException()
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.get_Item(Int32 index)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.HideText.AddBackMore(String articleText) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Parse\HideText.cs:line 344
   at WikiFunctions.Article.UnHideMoreText(HideText removeText) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Article\Article.cs:line 1189
   at WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags, Boolean restrictDefaultsortAddition, Boolean noMOSComplianceFixes) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Article\Article.cs:line 1312
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\AWB\Main.cs:line 1566

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Ο δείκτης βρισκόταν εκτός περιοχής. Η τιμή του δεν πρέπει να είναι αρνητική και πρέπει να είναι μικρότερη από ή ίση με το μέγεθος της συλλογής. Όνομα παραμέτρου: index 

  at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException()
  at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.get_Item(Int32 index)
  at WikiFunctions.Parse.HideText.AddBackMore(String articleText) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Parse\HideText.cs:line 344
  at WikiFunctions.Article.UnHideMoreText(HideText removeText) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Article\Article.cs:line 1189
  at WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags, Boolean restrictDefaultsortAddition, Boolean noMOSComplianceFixes) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\WikiFunctions\Article\Article.cs:γραμμή 1312
  at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess) στο c:\Users\user\Desktop\AWB\AWB\Main.cs:line 1566

Magioladitis (talk) 19:26, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate: [encountered while processing page [21]]
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version 4.0.30319.296
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.4.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.4.0.1), revision 8654 (2012-11-20 18:42:15)
Workaround Replace amp with &
Fixed in version rev 8655


The problem is caused when trying to Unicodofy "&". -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:50, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

rev 8655 Rjwilmsi 09:25, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

AWB keeps on adding and removing Template:Uncategorized when processing the same page again on arzwiki

Status Resolved
Description AWB keeps on adding and removing Template:Uncategorized when processing the same page again withe general fixes enabled on arzwiki. Examples [22] (3 times) [23] (2 times) [24] (2 times) [25] (3 times) I believe this is because AWB thinks that the page is categorized due to the category transcluded in Template:Uncategorized, so, it removes the template, then, it adds it again because the page is uncategorized, etc. Meno25 (talk) 10:51, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run AWB with genaral fixes enabled on any of the provided pages on arzwiki.
Site URL: https://arz.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8564
Workaround
Fixed in version


I made the uncategorized category hidden and this solved the problem. --Meno25 (talk) 10:22, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't remove duplicated category: Case no key vs key eq. articletitle and no defaultsort

Status Fixed in the next release
Description It should do [[Category:bar]][[Category:bar|foo]] → [[Category:bar]] in page foo. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:10, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Examples: [26], [27]
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version 8655
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8656


Sortkeys are case insensitive. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:18, 21 November 2012 (UTC):rev 8656 Rjwilmsi 17:25, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Full list of cases:

  • [[Category:bar]][[Category:bar]] → [[Category:bar]] (no key)
  • [[Category:bar|foo]][[Category:bar|foo]] → [[Category:bar|foo]] (same key)
  • [[Category:bar|foo]][[Category:bar|foofur]] → [[Category:bar|foofur]] (key 1 substring of key2)
  • [[Category:bar]][[Category:bar|foo]] → [[Category:bar]] in page foo. (a key matches pagetitle)
  • [[Category:bar]][[Category:bar|foo]] → [[Category:bar]] in DEFAULTSORT:foo. (a key matches DEFAULTSORT)
  • [[Category:bar]][[Category:bar|foo2]] → NO CHANGE in page foo. (a key mismatches pagetitle)
  • [[Category:bar|foo3]][[Category:bar|foo2]] → NO CHANGE in page foo. (a key mismatches pagetitle)


Takes two edits to replace Cite web year parameter

Status Fixed in the next release
Description It takes two edits to fix {{cite web}} |year=23 July, 2012 → |year=23 July 2012 → |date=23 July 2012. GoingBatty (talk) 14:49, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Bradley Wiggins
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5710
AWB version SVN 8564
Workaround Re-parse before saving
Fixed in version rev 8667


rev 8667 Rjwilmsi 17:54, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Takes two edits to replace misspelled Cite web parameter

Status Fixed in the next release
Description In Hideo Tokoro, the first pass will add the missing "}}" to the {{cite web}} template, and then the second pass will invoke WP:AWB/RTP to change |acessdate= → |accessdate=. GoingBatty (talk) 16:55, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Hideo Tokoro
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5710
AWB version SVN 8564
Workaround Re-parse before saving
Fixed in version rev 8668


rev 8668 Rjwilmsi 18:02, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Unbalanced brackets and whitespace

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Whitespace fix followed unbalanced brackets: [28] -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:40, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8656
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8669


rev 8669 Rjwilmsi 18:12, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Br tag wasn't removed from the end of image

Status Fixed in the next release
Description I had to do this manually.

-- Magioladitis (talk) 09:52, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround rev 8655
Fixed in version rev 8670


rev 8670 Rjwilmsi 18:36, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Underlinked missed from multiple issues

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB missed out Underlinked when grouping issues into Multiple issues template. here. Had to be done manually instead. Also AWB suggests replacing Template:Internal links with Template:Dead end, but it actually redirects to Template:Underlinked. Del♉sion23 (talk) 23:29, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version 8564
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8675


I changed Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Template redirects so that {{Internal links}} will now be replaced with {{Underlinked}} in this edit. Thanks for reporting the issue! GoingBatty (talk) 00:13, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Removing Dead End and Wikify templates is incorrect

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB genfixes remove {{dead end}} if one wikilink (outside a PROD template) is found on a page. That's not really in keeping with the wording of the template. {{Dead end}} currently says that an article "needs more links to other articles", and it has always said that (OWTTE). It can still be appropriate on an article that has one or more links, AWB should not remove it.

Similarly, it apparently removes a {{wikify}} tag if a page has at least four wikilinks and is not considered 'underlinked'. However, {{wikify}} can be placed on an article for several reasons, see the template for a list of common reasons. Existence of a sufficient number of wikilinks does not necessarily rectify those concerns, and the tag should not removed simply because enough wikilinks are present.

I would recommend to remove the automatic removal of those two tags. It may however be appropriate to use your metric for when an article is no longer considered "underlinked" and use that to remove the {{dead end}} tag.

Brought up at Template talk:Dead end#Question about template wording. Amalthea 15:51, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate:
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version


rev 7942 fixes the dead-end issue. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:31, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't think so? From the current revision:
if (linkCount > 0 && WikiRegexes.DeadEnd.IsMatch(articleText))
{
  articleText = WikiRegexes.DeadEnd.Replace(articleText, new MatchEvaluator(SectionTagME));
I.e., if a page has links, all instances of {{deadend}} are removed, which is incorrect. The change you refer to was I believe only meant to fix #Tagger removed deadend tag when only wikilinks are in Proposed deletion/dated.
Amalthea 16:47, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
The description in the report was quite confusing, I've restructured it a bit to make it clearer (hopefully). Amalthea 16:51, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
What's the current consensus on that? Dead-end meant zero links and if mre were needed then we were adding wikify in the past. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:52, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
I don't think there is or ever was a clear definition of the term "dead-end page". However, the tag in question never said that it was only for pages with zero wikilinks, and Twinkle/Friendly also always had it listed for pages with "few or no wikilinks". Amalthea 17:08, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
I believe that AWB doesn't remove {{wikify}} if |reason= is populated. GoingBatty (talk) 17:45, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
I think it does. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:48, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, you're right Magioladitis (try Abimilku). Guess I was thinking about the feature request I submitted on this topic back in August 2011. Should the feature request be incorporated into this bug report GoingBatty (talk) 01:31, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

I think the best is to move our logic to remove wikify for deadend template and stop removing wikify. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:56, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

rev 8210 Adds reason for wikify. "It needs more wikilinks. Article has less than 3 wikilinks or the number of wikilinks is smaller than 0.25% of article's size.". This addition broke 9 tests that need to be fixed. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:52, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

{{wikify}} is now deprecated. Most probably we need to switch wikify checks for {{deadend}} and remove the extra code. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:22, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

It appears that the logic for {{dead end}} is fine based on the revised template wording, and that we could substitute the recently created {{underlinked}} for {{wikify}}. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:18, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
rev 8675 Wikify renamed to Underlinked on en-wiki, only insert underlinked tag not wikify -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:49, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Bug fixed based on the current consensus. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:50, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Orphan date left in Multiple issues

Status Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description Removal of the |wikify= parameter from {{multiple issues}} is not done cleanly - the date is left behind, resulting in a second positional parameter which {{multiple issues}} is not expecting; that puts the page into Category:Pages using multiple issues with incorrect parameters. Examples: [29]; [30]; [31]; [32]; [33]; several others. Was certainly happening less than 24 hours ago [34]. I won't report them all: there may be quite a lot for me to do, not counting those which others may have already fixed. Redrose64 (talk) 11:14, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: No idea - reporting bad edits made by other users
Site URL: en.wp
Operating system No idea - reporting bad edits made by other users
.NET FW Version as above
AWB version 8564
Workaround
Fixed in version


This is a series of manual edits by this editor and not an AWB bug. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:36, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

I've messaged him. However, the edit summaries do state AWB: when the only change to the article is a bad one, and AWB is named in the edit summary, I tend to suspect a problem with AWB. It has screwed up {{multiple issues}} before. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:46, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Indeed but this time it's clear that the problem is caused by the subst which is most probably inserted via Find and Replace method. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:04, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
I've gone through the list with AWB and fixed all the articles with broken Multiple issues templates semi-manually. This problem has come about due to the deprecation of the Wikify tag, and the relatively recent change in Multiple issues syntax. The two combined into this little mess, which hopefully won't happen again. Particularly if AWB ever stops adding wikify to articles as it continues to do 3 months after the template was deprecated. It should just add Underlinked or nothing at all. Del♉sion23 (talk) 12:40, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
We need more programmers to help us. Rjw and me spend a lot of time every day improving AWB. We did a lot of improvements the last month. I hope we can fix wikify soon. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:46, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Apologies, I didn't mean to make myself sound so impatient. I appreciate the work you both put into AWB. Del♉sion23 (talk) 13:09, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
It's OK. My comment was more a cry for help. We'll have the wanted change by the weekend. Then there is of course the question if we can release a new version soon. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:14, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Unbalanced alert is misplaced

Status Fixed in the next release
Description
-- Magioladitis (talk) 14:00, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version 8570
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8694


This is caused due to another unbalanced bracket. Check this version. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:08, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Another example of misplacement in this one. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

rev 8694 Rjwilmsi 08:51, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Incorrect removal of Uncategorized and Uncategorized stub templates

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB should not remove {{Uncategorized}} and {{Uncategorized stub}} if the only categories are created via maintenance templates. GoingBatty (talk) 04:23, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Dr. Syed Ali Rizwan and Uma Pedra no Bolso
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5710
AWB version SVN 8686
Workaround undo removal of {{Uncategorized}}/{{Uncategorized stub}} or add categories before saving
Fixed in version rev 8692


rev 8692 Tagger category counting: don't count categories containing "proposed for deletion" or "proposed deletions". Rjwilmsi 08:11, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

WP:AWB/TR doesn't work within Multiple issues

Status Fixed in the next release
Description WP:AWB/TR doesn't seem to work when the templates are within {{Multiple issues}}. GoingBatty (talk) 05:13, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Harry From
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5710
AWB version SVN 8686
Workaround manually fix
Fixed in version rev 8693


rev 8693 Rjwilmsi 08:35, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Fixing date and commenting out time takes two runs

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Inside cite web: date= June 29th, 2012 08:44 → date= June 29, 2012 08:44 → date= June 29, 2012 <!-- 08:44--> -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:28, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: [35] is followed by [36].
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8246
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8707


ArgumentOutOfRangeException 27 Nov 2012

Status Fixed in the next release
Description
Exception:ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Message:Index and length must refer to a location within the string. Parameter name: length
Call stack:
   at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
   at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.FixDatesA(String articleText)
   at WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags, Boolean restrictDefaultsortAddition, Boolean noMOSComplianceFixes)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess)

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index and length must refer to a location within the string. Parameter name: length 

  at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
  at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
  at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.FixDatesA(String articleText)
  at WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags, Boolean restrictDefaultsortAddition, Boolean noMOSComplianceFixes)
  at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess)

Del♉sion23 (talk) 20:19, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate: [encountered while processing page [37]]
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5466
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.4.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.4.0.1), revision 8686 (2012-11-24 18:05:21)
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8697


rev 8697 Fixed Rjwilmsi 09:50, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

More on unbalanced brackets

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Inside infoboxes: 1957 {age 69) → 1957 (age 69) Fixing this will help RenameTemplate work in case of ubalanced brackets.
  • Maybe 1957 {age 69} → 1957 (age 69) too -- Magioladitis (talk) 01:29, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Examples: [38], [39]. Examples of 2: [40]
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8707
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8708


rev 8708 for first part. Second part is not unbalanced brackets. Rjwilmsi 09:12, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Incorrect edit summary when adding "underlinked"

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When adding {{underlinked}}, the edit summary still links to WP:WFY, a shortcut to Category:Articles that need to be wikified. Better would be WP:BTW, a link to the MOS page on adding links. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:37, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: en
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version SVN 8686
Workaround Fix the edit summary before saving
Fixed in version rev 8709


Magio please discuss & make change. Rjwilmsi 08:03, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
When adding {{orphan}}, the edit summary links to CAT:O, a shortcut to Category:Orphaned articles. When adding {{dead end}}, the edit summary links to Category:Dead-end pages. Therefore, I suggest that when adding {{underlinked}}, the edit summary should link to Category:Articles with too few wikilinks, or a shortcut to this category. I've updated the last two category pages with text that links to WP:BTW. GoingBatty (talk) 14:23, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
I agree. Can you please create a shortcut? -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:41, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
I created CAT:DE for Category:Dead-end pages and CAT:UL for Category:Articles with too few wikilinks. GoingBatty (talk) 15:34, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Updated both. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:15, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Strange error when opening settings containing custom module

Status Fixed in the next release
Description After I start AWB, if the first settings file I open contains a custom module, I get the following error:

Line 9, col 11: [CS0535]'AutoWikiBrowser.CustomModules.CustomModule' does not implement interface member 'WikiFunctions.Plugin.IModule.ProcessArticle(string, string, int, out string, out bool)'

The error apparently is somewhere other than in the module; it always says "Line 9, col 11", even when I tried it with a minimal test module containing fewer than nine lines.

After I close the error notification, everything functions normally, and I do not get the error again no matter what settings I open. If the first settings I load after starting AWB do not have a custom module, then I do not get the error, even when subsequently opening a settings file with a module.

I've only noticed this happening in the three most recently available versions (8686 and the previous two).

This is obviously a very low priority bug. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:44, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system XP
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.3743
AWB version 8686
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8714


Remember to count the first lines autogenerated by AWB when searching for bugs in the Custom Module. -- Magioladitis (talk) 01:46, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

It looks like there are currently sixteen autogenerated lines before it gets to my code in a module. The ninth line is "class CustomModule : WikiFunctions.Plugin.IModule". By the way, when I said that "everything functions normally" after closing the compilation errors popup, that's including the module; it works fine without my having to do anything other than close the error window. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 06:29, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Doesn't occur on my modules. Please post the start of your module so we can see. Rjwilmsi 09:14, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
It happens for me with any module, as long as it's part of the first settings file opened after starting AWB. For example, the following test module, which I include in its entirety:
public string ProcessArticle(string ArticleText, string ArticleTitle, int wikiNamespace, out string Summary, out bool Skip)
{
 Skip = false;
 Summary = "Test";
 ArticleText = "Test\r\n" + ArticleText;
 return ArticleText;
}
I just tried something else. I can generate the same error at any time (not just when I first start AWB) by compiling a blank module. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 10:46, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
rev 8714 Fixed. AWB was trying to compile the custom module before loading the code for it from the settings file. Rjwilmsi 12:59, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

AddedBoldIsValid needs fix

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [41] -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:23, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version 8717
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8718 by Rjwilmsi


Hr replacement within tables inline

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [42] and [43] -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:50, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8686
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8734


rev 8734 Rjwilmsi 10:16, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

ArgumentOutOfRangeException in Parsers.FixDateOrdinalsAndOf

Status Fixed in the next release
Description
Exception:ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Message:Index and length must refer to a location within the string. Parameter name: length
Call stack:
   at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
   at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.FixDateOrdinalsAndOf(String articleText, String articleTitle) in C:\Users\Mohammed\Downloads\AWB\WikiFunctions\Parse\Parsers.cs:line 2660
   at WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags, Boolean restrictDefaultsortAddition, Boolean noMOSComplianceFixes) in C:\Users\Mohammed\Downloads\AWB\WikiFunctions\Article\Article.cs:line 1297
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess) in C:\Users\Mohammed\Downloads\AWB\AWB\Main.cs:line 1566

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index and length must refer to a location within the string. Parameter name: length 

  at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
  at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
  at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.FixDateOrdinalsAndOf(String articleText, String articleTitle) in C:\Users\Mohammed\Downloads\AWB\WikiFunctions\Parse\Parsers.cs:line 2660
  at WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags, Boolean restrictDefaultsortAddition, Boolean noMOSComplianceFixes) in C:\Users\Mohammed\Downloads\AWB\WikiFunctions\Article\Article.cs:line 1297
  at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess) in C:\Users\Mohammed\Downloads\AWB\AWB\Main.cs:line 1566

Meno25 (talk) 15:18, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate: [encountered while processing page [44]]
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5466
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.4.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.4.0.1), revision 8734 (2012-12-04 12:14:10)
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8771


rev 8771 Rjwilmsi 17:10, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

AWB fails to sort interwiki links correctly from the first time

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB fails to sort interwiki links correctly on arz:سولار from the first time. It takes AWB two edits [45] [46] to do so. Meno25 (talk) 16:15, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run AWB on this version with default settings and with AutoTag enabled twice.
Site URL: https://arz.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8463
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8773


Confirmed in 5.4.0.1 SVN 8512. Working on this revision it takes AWB two edits [47] [48] to sort interwiki links correctly. --Meno25 (talk) 14:43, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

rev 8773 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 18:20, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

It takes two runs to add bullets and remove break tag

Status Fixed in the next release
Description ==External links== [http://foo.com]</br> [http://foo2.com]</br> → ==External links== *[http://foo.com]</br> *[http://foo2.com]</br> ==External links== *[http://foo.com] *[http://foo2.com] -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:31, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: 1 and then [49]
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8764
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8779


rev 8779 Rjwilmsi 10:42, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Reversed brackets inside template parameter

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Do {{foo|par=[[Bar[[|par2=Bar2}} → {{foo|par=[[Bar]]|par2=Bar2}} -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:07, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Manually fixed
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8730
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8783


Unclear report. What's the current AWB behaviour? Rjwilmsi 16:45, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
It doesn't fix it at all. Page may appear in pages with wikilinks with no target. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:33, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
rev 8783 Rjwilmsi 13:34, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Adds duplicate orphan tag

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When an article contains {{orphan |date= August 2012}} within {{Multiple issues}}, AWB wants to add another {{orphan}} tag. If you change the existing tag to {{orphan|date= August 2012}} (i.e. remove the space before the pipe), AWB does not try to add another {{orphan}} tag. GoingBatty (talk) 14:50, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try The Whale Caller
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8759
Workaround revert the suggested change before saving
Fixed in version rev 8791


rev 8791 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 11:40, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

AWB shouldn't move stub templates after categories in arzwiki

Status Fixed in the next release
Description In Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia (arzwiki), stub templates are put before categories. AWB moves them after categories [50] like English Wikipedia. It should not. {{Stub}} in Egyptian Arabic is arz:قالب:تقاوى. Meno25 (talk) 10:03, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run AWB with general fixes enabled on any page that has a stub template before categories. AWB moves the stub template after categories.
Site URL: https://arz.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8795
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8796 -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:29, 11 December 2012 (UTC)


Double addition of uncategorized template on arwiki

Status Fixed in the next release
Description In Arabic Wikipedia (arwiki), AWB tags uncategorized articles twice in the same edit. [51] It adds the template in English {{Uncategorized|تاريخ=ديسمبر 2012}} and its localized version {{غير مصنفة|تاريخ=ديسمبر 2012}} in the same edit. Also, the edit summary is screwed up. Meno25 (talk) 12:04, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run AWB with auto-tagging enabled on any uncategorized article.
Site URL: https://ar.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8795
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8798 by Rjwilmsi. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:09, 11 December 2012 (UTC)


AWB repeatedly adds Template:Uncategorized stub when processing the same page again on arwiki

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB repeatedly adds ar:قالب:بذرة غير مصنفة (equivalent of {{Uncategorized stub}} when processing the same page again on Arabic Wikipedia (arwiki). [52] [53] Meno25 (talk) 19:42, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run AWB with auto-tagging enabled on this version of ar:اتفاقية روما twice.
Site URL: https://ar.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8799
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8800 Magioladitis (talk) 20:25, 11 December 2012 (UTC)


Autotagger problems on English Simple Wikipedia

Status Resolved
Description The autotagger performs actions in Simple English Wikipedia that are not applicable to that Wiki. Below are some problems that have been identified so far:
  1. Don't add Orphan tag for Simple
    Due to the limited size of Simple ENWP there is no need for this tag
  2. Simple doesn’t use the Underlinked template used in the Autotagger. This template should be ignored for Simple.
  3. Simple doesn’t use Template:Ibid. Should also be ignored for Simple.
  4. The link CAT:UL used in the automatic edit summary for AWB when the Autotagger is a red link because this doesn’t exist in Simple. Kumioko (talk) 00:28, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run AWB on Simple english Wikipedia with Autotagger on
Site URL: English Simple Wikipedia
Operating system All
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5466
AWB version SVN 8759
Workaround Skip the page or manually change the update before saving
Fixed in version


  1. simple:Template:Orphan exists. Where is written not to add it?
  2. I created simple:template:underlinked as redirect of simple:template:wikify
  3. Ibid is enwiki only. Have you seen AWB tagging for ibid?
  4. I created simple:CAT:UL as a redirect to simple:Category:Articles that need to be wikified. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:47, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, OK on 2 and 4 although I'm not sure that I agree with that workaround. On number 2 no, I went through the list of templates that the autotagger works with and that was one of them. If its En only though then that's ok, I didn't notice that in the instructions (if its not there we should probably add a note about it).
On 2 and 4: We can't create edit summaries for all projects. The trick should be fine for now I guess. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:58, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
On 3: I updated General fixes manual. -- Magioladitis (talk) 01:02, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
No problem, its based on a discussion on the Simple talk page. The reasoning is, and it makes complete sense to me, is that the size of that pedia would mean that a huge amount of articles would be orphans so there is no need to splatter the orphan tag all over. When I turned the tagger on and ran through a group of articles it hit on a lot of them. I understand if you don't want to make the change though since the template exists. It just makes the tagger sort of unusable. Kumioko (talk) 01:07, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Then you should send simple:Template:Orphan for deletion or something like that. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:19, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
I understand. With respect though, there is a difference in having the template and wanting to carpet it across a small Wiki. Its not that big of a deal though it just means that when I/we run AWB I/we have to turn off Autotagger. I was just hoping to be able to use some of the functionality that applies without having to recreate it. Kumioko (talk) 20:46, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
I also would like that tagger was fully customised. It's in my wish list. I think what you are dealing here is only the fact that simple wikipedia is not read for an AWB bot and every edit needs human attention. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:16, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Automatic completion of template brackets broke table

Status Resolved
Description In this edit line 448, automatic completion of template brackets broke the table in section "Administration and cabinet". I had to revert the edit manually. I am not sure if the problem is in AWB or the table code. Meno25 (talk) 19:55, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: I ran AWB with typo-fixing enabled on this revision of Confederate States of America.
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8805
Workaround
Fixed in version


Spurious extra }} within table style definition were the problem, article corrected. Rjwilmsi 14:37, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Don't add underlinked template if dead end is there

Status Fixed in the next release
Description This was reported in my talk page. AWB should not add {{underlinked}} template if the article already contains {{dead end}} template. [54] Meno25 (talk) 19:29, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8745
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8781, rev 8782


See also Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser#.7B.7BUnderlinked.7D.7D after .7B.7BDead end.7D.7D? --Redrose64 (talk) 17:43, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

To-do:

  • no wikilinks => add dead end, remove underlinked
  • at least 1 + our criteria => add underlinked, remove dead end
  • en only -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:32, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
rev 8781 Tagger: don't add {{underlinked}} if {{dead end}} already. Rjwilmsi 12:19, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
rev 8782 Tagger: remove {{underlinked}} if tagging as {{dead end}} Rjwilmsi 12:25, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Blank lines removed from inside poem

Status Fixed in the next release
Description This is from on a Help desk question here: Lines 149-188 of the edit here—apparently from AWB—removed extra blank lines from inside a <poem></poem> element. This removal damaged the verse strucure of the poem. —teb728 t c 06:52, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: English Wikipedia
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8807


rev 8807. Newline cleanup will not apply within poem tags. Rjwilmsi 15:43, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

AWB sometimes adds empty Persondata template

Status Not a bug/currently unresolvable
Description AWB sometimes adds empty Persondata template (general fixes and auto-tagging enabled) such as [55] [56] Meno25 (talk) 15:06, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8734
Workaround
Fixed in version


I think you need to disactivate "Restrict DEFAULTSORT addition" from the Options menu. Try and report what happens then. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:32, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

I did and nothing happens. [57] [58] --Meno25 (talk) 16:39, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
AWB will add the persondata template even if it can't find any values to add to the template. For bio articles the persondata should still be populated even if AWB can't do it automatically. Is this causing a problem? Rjwilmsi 16:43, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
If this is intentional, then no problem for me. --Meno25 (talk) 16:46, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
Why doesn't AWB add NAME or DEFAULTSORT? That should be easily found. I've got a list where I found PERSONDATA empty, AWB did not automatically add NAME or DEFAULTSORT and I had to do it manually... Donald Beezley, Bob Deitrick, Crista Moore, Deirdre Davis, Colin Towns and others. I've also got a list where AWB added a blank PERSONDATA and no DEFAULTSORT... Debjani Chattopadhyay, Jai Kalra, Sushil Kumar (TV Star), Debjani Chattopadhyay, Li Jiahang and others. Bgwhite (talk) 05:55, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
I agree. -- 08:27, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Okay, so please provide examples where you think AWB isn't getting the DEFAULTSORT right before you manually correct them. Rjwilmsi 10:14, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

In here BgWhite added it manually. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:42, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Try Waroch I. It only adds year of death and no name. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:32, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Only a human can work out how to apply Wikipedia:Categorization of people#Sort by surname and Wikipedia:Persondata#Sort by surname to each article. Simple cases are simple, but how is mere software to work out whether one of the exceptions apply? -- John of Reading (talk) 09:58, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Agency is now valid parameter of cite web

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Now that |agency= has been added as a valid parameter of {{cite web}} (in this edit), please change AWB so it does not report |agency= as an invalid citation parameter. GoingBatty (talk) 00:19, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Ted Nugent
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8759
Workaround ignore alert
Fixed in version rev 8819 -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:34, 16 December 2012 (UTC)


Don't add both dead end and wikify on arwiki

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB adds both ar:قالب:ويكي (equivalent of {{wikify}} which is not depreciated on arwiki) and ar:قالب:نهاية مسدودة (euivalent of {{dead end}}) in the same edit. [59] It should only add one of them according to the logic found here. Meno25 (talk) 15:15, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run AWB with auto-tagging enabled on this version of ar:مارتين ماكدوناغ
Site URL: https://ar.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8800
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8823


Do you want the same changes for arzwiki too? -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:54, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, please. In arzwiki, wikify is arz:قالب:ويكى and dead end is arz:قالب:نهايه مسدوده. --Meno25 (talk) 16:22, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

rev 8802 should have fixed it but I need verification. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:06, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Not fixed [60] AWB SVN 8803. --Meno25 (talk) 09:36, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

What about rev 8804? -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:51, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Still not fixed [61] AWB SVN 8804. --Meno25 (talk) 11:06, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

This one seems fine. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:11, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Here you added orphan tag which is correct. This edit is fine. --Meno25 (talk) 11:53, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

So I need to know exactly which cases are not tagged correctly. Mark as done the ones working:

  • No wikilinks and no tags: Needs to add dead end and nothing else  Not done currently AWB adds wikify and dead end [62]
  • Few wikilinks > 0 and no tags: Needs to add wikify and nothing else  Not done article with 1 wikilink: AWB doesn't add neither wikify nor dead end [63]
  • No wikilinks and deadend tag: Do nothing  Done [64]
  • No wikilinks and wikify tag: Remove wikify, add deadend  Not done [65] dead end is introduced but wikify stay, also a pair of brackets {{ is added
  • Few wikilinks > 0 and deadend tag: Add wikify, remove deadend  Not done article with 1 wikilink: [66] dead end is removed but wikify is not added
  • Few wikilinks > 0 and wikify tag: Do nothing  Done [67]
  • Many wikilinks: Remove wikify, remove deadend  Not done [68] wikify and dead end are removed but a pair of brackets {{ stay.
    • Also the edit summary says "underlinked", it should say "ويكي"  Done rev 8809 fixes it.

-- Magioladitis (talk) 11:15, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

I did 9 edits in arwiki. Please fix them so I understand what went wrong. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:16, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

In your edits you added orphan tag which is fine. You have leftover brackets in 2 edits. [69] [70] --Meno25 (talk) 11:46, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Did you try with rev 8805? -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:59, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

The above comments were about SVN 8804. The problem persists with SVN 8805. [71] Note that the tagging logic is correct on enwiki. Can't you duplicate the code for arwiki? Why is the tagging logic different between the two wikis in the first place? The names of templates is the only thing that should be different. --Meno25 (talk) 12:39, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

The logic is slightly different because in enwiki we should not remove wikify bit only underlink at least until the matter is set. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:05, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

You 'll need to test with rev 8811. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:39, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Still exists in AWB SVN 8812 [72] Sorry for causing you the trouble. I didn't think it would be so hard to fix this bug. --Meno25 (talk) 20:06, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

AWB SVN 8823:

  • No wikilinks and no tags: Needs to add dead end and nothing else  Done [73]
  • Few wikilinks > 0 and no tags: Needs to add wikify and nothing else  Not done [74] article with 1 wikilink: AWB doesn't add neither wikify nor dead end if article is short and  Done[75] if article is long (3749 bytes)
  • No wikilinks and deadend tag: Do nothing  Done [76]
  • No wikilinks and wikify tag: Remove wikify, add deadend  Done [77]
  • Few wikilinks > 0 and deadend tag: Add wikify, remove deadend  Not done article with 1 wikilink: [78] dead end is removed but wikify is not added if article is short (286 bytes) and  Done [79] if article is long (3800 bytes)
  • Few wikilinks > 0 and wikify tag: Do nothing  Done [80]
  • Many wikilinks: Remove wikify, remove deadend  Done [81] --Meno25 (talk) 10:55, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Unclosed brackets closed too soon

Status Not enough information/very rare bug
Description [82] the correct would be to remove the bracket. most probably rare bug. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:26, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8707
Workaround
Fixed in version


I don't think it would be easy for us to correctly handle this kind of example. Rjwilmsi 10:17, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Two edits to remove space after REF

Status Fixed in the next release
Description It takes two edits to go from <REF> http:// to <ref> http:// to <ref>http://. GoingBatty (talk) 16:53, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Tanbridge House School
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8759
Workaround reparse before saving
Fixed in version rev 8824 Magioladitis (talk) 23:24, 16 December 2012 (UTC)


Issue with redirect tagging

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Template:Article issues/doc is a redirect to Template:Multiple issues/doc. Although they are both in the Template namespace, AWB wants to add {{R to other namespace}} to the redirect page. GoingBatty (talk) 00:47, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Template:Article issues/doc
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8759
Workaround skip page
Fixed in version rev 8825


rev 8825 Rjwilmsi 11:27, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Remove extra blank line when adding dead end

Status Fixed in the next release
Description This is a minor issue that has been reported before and closed as fixed but it doesn't seem so. AWB shouldn't add extra blank line when adding multiple tags between the tags such as here. (Notice the line between {{dead end}} and {{orphan}}.) Meno25 (talk) 10:54, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run AWB with auto-tagging enabled on this revision of List of countries by guns and homicide.
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8824
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8827


rev 8827 Fixed for {{dead end}} addition. Any other scenarios that also need fixing? Rjwilmsi 14:30, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Nothing that I am aware of. Thank you for your work. --Meno25 (talk) 15:07, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Order of pages in "Successively saved" and "Skipped" queues is random

Status Fixed in the next release
Description If you process 10 pages with AWB, you will notice that sometimes new pages are placed at the bottom of the "Successively saved" and "Skipped" queues and sometimes at the top which makes the list arranged randomly. My request is to arrange the list by date most recent at the top similar to Special:Contributions. Meno25 (talk) 10:46, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Process 10-20 pages with AWB and notice the order of pages in "Successively saved" and "Skipped" queues.
Site URL: enwiki and arwiki but I assume this is the case on all wikis
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8824
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8829


rev 8829 Saved and Skipped logs on Logs tab will be sorted newest first, unless user chooses a specific sort order by clicking on the column headings. Rjwilmsi 19:55, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Tooltip says "wikify" although it is depreciated

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When hovering with the mouse over "Auto tag" option, a tooltip appears that says "Automatically add {{orphan}}, {{dead end}}, {{wikify}}, {{ibid}} and {{stub}} tags when appropriate". Wikify is depreciated, so, I propose to change the tooltip to say "underlinked" instaed. Also, I believe that adding "{{uncategorized}}" is a good idea. Meno25 (talk) 21:27, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Hover with the mouse over "Auto tag" option.
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8829
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8830 -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:56, 20 December 2012 (UTC)


Not exactly a bug because it might be wikify if a non-enwiki project is loaded. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:32, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

rev 8830 changes wikify to underlinked. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:56, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Remove extra blank line when adding underlinked

Status Fixed in the next release
Description In the spirit of this recent fix, could you please change AWB so it doesn't add an extra blank line when adding {{underlinked}} above another template? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 00:17, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Chrysosporide
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8759
Workaround manually remove blank line before saving
Fixed in version rev 8831, rev 8832


rev 8831, rev 8832 Rjwilmsi 18:58, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Typo rule disabled by a match in a interwiki link

Status Fixed in the next release
Description The "vitória" typo rule matches a interwiki in the page ex. [[an:Vitoria]], this causes the rule to be disabled. If it is in a 'interiki-like-format' even between comments the same appends: ex. <!-- [[xxx:Vitoria]] --> (Note: This bug looks similar to "Typo rule disabled by a match in a file link" reported above on 30 July 2012) JotaCartas (talk) 17:18, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run typo fixer on pt:Vitoria-Gasteiz with pt:Wikipédia:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos or in pt:Usuário:JotaCartas/Sandbox AWB
Site URL: pt.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows XP Service Pack 3
.NET FW Version 3.5
AWB version 5.4.0.0 SVN 8347 / 5.4.0.1 SVN 8686
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8834


Please contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos#Interaction_between_typo-fixing_and_the_names_of_linked_images. Rjwilmsi 10:46, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
rev 8834 Typo restriction that typo rule not applied if it matches a link target will apply only to wikilinks, not image/interwiki/category links. Rjwilmsi 19:16, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Adds non-breaking space in "5 cd"

Status Resolved
Description AWB general fixes changes "5 cd" to "5 cd", even though MOS:HYPHEN indicates that this sometimes should be "5-CD" (e.g. "5-CD box set"). GoingBatty (talk) 17:26, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Jean-Pierre Danel
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8834
Workaround setup a F&R rule to change "\scd\s" to " CD " before general fixes
Fixed in version


It's a typo to use "cd" rather than "CD" in this instance, isn't the resolution to fix the article and consider a typo rule for "x cd box set"? Rjwilmsi 18:18, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
That's a good idea! Before I create the typo rule, could you please let me know when is it appropriate for AWB general fixes to change "5 cd" to "5 cd"? Should this be added to the general fixes documentation? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 18:31, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
"cd" is the SI unit for candela. Rjwilmsi 18:59, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation. I've updated the documentation and added a typo rule. GoingBatty (talk) 21:34, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Incorrect fix date fix

Status Fixed in the next release
Description {{refimprove-=January 2012}} changes to {{refimprove==january 2012}} while it should change to {{refimprove=January 2012}} -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:14, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try United States Senate
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8847
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8850


rev 8850 Rjwilmsi 14:50, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Remove month parameter when date parameter in yyyy-mm-dd format

Status Fixed in the next release
Description If a citation template contains |date=December 25, 2011 and |month=December, AWB will remove |month=December. However, if a citation template contains |date=2011-12-25 and |month=December, AWB will NOT remove |month=December. GoingBatty (talk) 23:22, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Azadirachta indica
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8759
Workaround manually remove month parameter
Fixed in version rev 8851


See Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_20#In_.7B.7Bcite_web.7D.7D_when_date_parameter_present.2C_removes_year_but_not_month and please answer my question from the first time round. Rjwilmsi 14:28, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure how to determine how many pages are using a number in the |month= parameter. Maybe someone with a database dump could search for \|\s?month\s?\=\s?\d to help answer this question? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 00:10, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

rev 8851 Rjwilmsi 17:55, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Large-scale bug?

Resolved

In recent times, at least three bots (including one that certainly uses AWB) and one AWB user have, in the article Richard Wagner, changed "1862–1902" to "1862 – 1902" (example). Wikipedia:Manual of Style#En dashes: other uses seems clear enough to me, so what is going on? Toccata quarta (talk) 20:50, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

It could be a mistake on the logic that spaces endashes between date (not just year) ranges, I'll investigate. Rjwilmsi 11:06, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
It was just that. rev 8853 fixed. Rjwilmsi 20:01, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

ApiException in ApiEdit.Save

Status Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description nThread: InvokerThread (Save)
Exception:ApiException
Message:Edit token is needed to edit pages
Call stack:
   at WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.Save(String pageText, String summary, Boolean minor, WatchOptions watch)

WikiFunctions.API.ApiException: Edit token is needed to edit pages 

at WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.Save(String pageText, String summary, Boolean minor, WatchOptions watch)

79.183.192.85 (talk) 02:38, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate: Unknown
Site URL: http://awoiaf.westeros.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5456
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.3.1.1), WikiFunctions (5.3.1.1), revision 8062 (2012-04-15 20:38:03)
Workaround
Fixed in version


Exception thrown every time save operation is attempted, so it easily reproduced. Otherwise AWB works fine, it logs, it builds the list of articles, process my custom module and then fails to save.--79.176.203.101 (talk) 12:47, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Your wiki requires you to be logged in to edit. Are you correctly logged in when this error occurs? It could be that the wiki's API is not configured correctly to allow API editing. Rjwilmsi 18:40, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

NullReferenceException - Save error

Status Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description
Exception:NullReferenceException
Message:Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Call stack:
   bij WikiFunctions.AWBSettings.UserPrefs.SavePluginSettings(UserPrefs prefs)
   bij WikiFunctions.AWBSettings.UserPrefs.SavePrefs(UserPrefs prefs, String file)

System.NullReferenceException: De objectverwijzing is niet op een exemplaar van een object ingesteld. 

bij WikiFunctions.AWBSettings.UserPrefs.SavePluginSettings(UserPrefs prefs)
bij WikiFunctions.AWBSettings.UserPrefs.SavePrefs(UserPrefs prefs, String file)
AWBPlugins AWBBasePlugins ListMakerPlugins
  • CSV Loader
  • WoRMS

Grashoofd (talk) 12:28, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

To duplicate: Unknown
Site URL: http://nl.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.4214
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.3.1.0), WikiFunctions (5.3.1.0), revision 7792 (2011-07-23 16:53:25)
Workaround
Fixed in version


  • I suspect that the WoRMS plugin is the cause of this error.. Grashoofd (talk) 12:28, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Retry without the unsupported plugin and rereport if necessary. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:04, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Tags above infobox

Status Fixed in the next release
Description In this edit, AWB moved the orphan tag above the infobox, but didn't move the unreferenced tag. That then had to be done manually or it left the infobox sandwiched between two templates. Del♉sion23 (talk) 01:07, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8759
Workaround
Fixed in version


Currently the only maintenance templates we list for moving above infoboxes are "orphan", "BLPunsourced" and "cleanup". So we need a complete list of such templates to fix this problem. Rjwilmsi 08:28, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
On unreferenced: There is no clear consensus where to put it (on the top of the bottom), this is the reason we are not moving it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:03, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Ah ok. In my experience almost all tags are near above the infobox on the article. Major exceptions are Uncategorised and More categories which are at the bottom, and ones that are flagging sections. But I'm also not sure what the consensus currently is. Del♉sion23 (talk) 11:43, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm presuming that this request is only to ensure that the elements of the lead section are in the correct order, and that the change would be to do something like this:
{{Infobox ...}}
{{Maintenance template}}
A '''lead''' is a ...
to:
{{Maintenance template}}
{{Infobox ...}}
A '''lead''' is a ...
Templates under the lead (e.g. below a section header or at the bottom of the article) should NOT be moved. For the list of templates, I suggest you use the same list as you did for Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Feature requests/Archive 9#Support for revised Multiple issues template, plus the new {{underlinked}} template. GoingBatty (talk) 14:05, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
I added "underlinked" and "dead end". -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:07, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Plugin++ not adding listas

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Plugin++ skips if the biography banner says, "WikiProject Biography". Plugin++ will fix/correct if the banner says, "WPBIO" or "WPBiography".
To duplicate: Enable Biography Plugin. Run AWB on a talk page that contains "WikiProject Biography". Example talk pages currently are Talk:Phil Skleba and Talk:Taro Aizu. If those talk pages get corrected by adding listas parameter, look at Special:Contributions/LaraBot for a page as the bot tags talk pages with "WikiProject Biography", but does not add the listas parameter. Bgwhite (talk) 01:03, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
Operating system Windows Vista
.NET FW Version 4.0c
AWB version 5.2.0.0 svn7471 and 5.2.0.1 svn7602
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8013


I don't understand what the problem is. Listas can't be added in bot mode. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:45, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't understand myself most days too. I'm running AWB in manual mode. I said "LaraBot", because it produces a copious amounts of examples. The examples don't have listas and have "WikiProject Biography". If AWB is run manually, it will add listas if the example has "WPBiography", but not "WikiProject Biography". Bgwhite (talk) 01:03, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
Sounds like some of the redirects to Template:WikiProject Biography are being recognised, but not all; and curiously, not the template itself. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:56, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Problem not in redirects but in logic. Listas is added only if something else happens. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:13, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

rev 8013 by Reedy. Magioladitis (talk) 14:13, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Does not add complete birth/death dates in Persondata

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB does not always add the complete birth/death dates in {{Persondata}}. Examples below have {{Infobox college coach}} with dates in {{birth date}} and {{death date and age}}. GoingBatty (talk) 03:04, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Lyal Clark, Sylvester Derby, Gus Ziegler
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround add manually
Fixed in version rev 8855


Which infobox doesn't matter as the problem happens on any infobox. Also doesn't work on {{birth date and age}} and {{death date}}. Bgwhite (talk) 03:38, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

The three articles given as examples don't have the YYYY births or YYYY deaths categories, so persondata dates won't be completed. Rjwilmsi 08:32, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
That is not the problem. I did the correct categories for Gus Ziegler and AWB still won't retrieve birth/death dates from the infobox. Bgwhite (talk) 09:07, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Rjwilmsi! AWB general fixes will add the YYYY births or YYYY deaths categories on those articles and also add the years to the persondata, but it will not add the full dates. Reparsing after the YYYY births & YYYY deaths categories were added didn't change the persondata. GoingBatty (talk) 18:19, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
rev 8855. Rjwilmsi 20:12, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Typo fixes changes Image link inside gallery tags

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB's typo fixing changes the filename of an Image link within <gallery></gallery> tags. GoingBatty (talk) 04:46, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Altmore
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround manually revert before saving
Fixed in version rev 8856


rev 8856 Curly quote allowed in image filename. Rjwilmsi 22:08, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Moves section tags above infobox

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When we previously discussed moving maintenance tags above the infobox, I suggested that templates under the lead (e.g. below a section header or at the bottom of the article) should not be moved. However, AWB is doing just that. GoingBatty (talk) 20:59, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Alfa Romeo 6C
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround revert and change tag (In this case, it would be better if the tag was {{cleanup section}} or {{prose|section}})
Fixed in version rev 8857


So the logic should only apply in the zeroth section? Rjwilmsi 21:58, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Yes - well said! GoingBatty (talk) 23:45, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
rev 8857 Rjwilmsi 11:47, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Typo rule disabled by a match in a file link

Status Fixed in the next release
Description See Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos#Capitalisation of egyptian => Egyptian(s). An article contained [[File:First 3 egyptian pilots.jpg|...]]. The "Egypt" typo rule matches the name of the file, and apparently this causes the rule to be disabled. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:14, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Run typo fixer on this old version, currently in User:John of Reading/Sandbox. Some of the typos in "egyptians allready engaging israeli fighters" are corrected but the word "egyptians" is not.
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version 5.3.1.1 SVN 8097
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8834


Why are you saying this is a bug? Rjwilmsi 18:46, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
A badly-spelt article name will quickly be caught and moved to its proper name. But files are uploaded with a fairly arbitrary name chosen by the uploader and don't often get renamed afterwards. So those names should have no effect on how the text of the page gets checked. If someone accidentally uploads "File:My cat in the the washing machine.jpg", and this is used in the Cat article, that's no reason to turn off the "the the > the" rule. So here: someone has uploaded an image with the word "egyptian" in its name - that's clear enough to identify the image, there's no need to rename it - but that's not a reason to turn off the "egyptian > Egyptian" rule. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:32, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
The existing logic was added as a result of earlier discussions and examples of false positives (from memory the rule to not apply typos that match link text in the article was to reduce false positives on proper names etc.). You have one example of where the wikilink check is not needed, typo fixing will never be 100% accurate, one example does not convince me that the logic has to change. However, if the check would better apply to wikilinks only and not file/image links, please discuss on the typos talk page first, agree whether the balance of matches to false positives would likely be better, then I'll change it over if agreed. Rjwilmsi 18:41, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to read the 'earlier discussions' if that's possible. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 14:04, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
See Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_13#names_often_spelled_differently. Rjwilmsi 15:41, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Was this fixed with rev 8834? GoingBatty (talk) 17:25, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Yes. Rjwilmsi 11:23, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

List comparer Error

Status Bug is in old software, please update
Description Whenever, I try to use the "List comparer", an alert comes saying "I/O Error"Could not load or assembly 'System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral/PublicKeyToken=b77............' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. It wasn't working at all. And the main problem now is that I need articles for my bot (for tagging) and it is on a BRFA Bot Trial period. Ankit MaityTalkContribs 12:04, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Just clicking on "Compare" whether with or without Any articles for comparing causes this problem.
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system
.NET FW Version 1.1, 2, 3, 4 (2.0.50727.1433)
AWB version 5.4.0.0 SVN 8347 & 5.4.0.1 SVN 8686
Workaround
Fixed in version


Try making a clean install by downloading AutoWikiBrowser5401_rev8686.zip from http://toolserver.org/~awb/snapshots/ -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:53, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

No use. --Ankit MaityTalkContribs 16:09, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Is this problem in en.wiki? -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:10, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
I actually never tried using AWB anywhere else other than enwiki. --Ankit MaityTalkContribs 05:59, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
We need to know the .NET version written in Help->About. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:38, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
2.0.50727.1433 --Ankit MaityTalkContribs 11:22, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
So you're running v 2.0 SP1, according to List_of_.NET_Framework_versions, this is now out of support with Microsoft, looks like it doesn't handle the newer fatures of .NET we make use of in AWB. I have 2.0.50727.5456. I would like you to try getting the latest .NET service pack update for your Windows verison via Windows Update and report back whether it sorts out the problem for you. Rjwilmsi 16:54, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

I just realized I forgot to download the .NET framework 2.0 SP2 version. --Ankit MaityTalkContribs 15:57, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Marked as "old". -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:18, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Removes dead end tag when article only contains redlinks

Status Not enough information/very rare bug
Description AWB's general fixes, which states "Appends {{Dead end}} if article has no wikilinks. Removes the tag otherwise." AWB is not checking to see if the wikilinks are valid, and is removing the tag if the article only has redlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 23:54, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Adrenergic group C1
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround manually revert before saving
Fixed in version


There's also a difficulty arising when AWB adds dead end tags to pages like 2012 Peace Star Cup qualification where all the blue links are transcluded from templates. This is unlikely to be fixed very easily though. It's more about AWB users checking to see if dead end is really applicable before clicking save. Del♉sion23 (talk) 12:47, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

2012 Peace Star Cup qualification needs a lead section, and wikilinks could be added there. However, that's not related to the issue I reported. GoingBatty (talk) 16:09, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

On the original issue, we might need another API call within the tagger then to count outbound links excluding redlinks, seems a shame to have to add 500 ms to the tagger time. Rjwilmsi 20:05, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

I marked as "wontfix". The cost is bugger than the benefit. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:48, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Is that a Freudian slip, Magioladitis?  :-) GoingBatty (talk) 18:10, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
LOL. I meant "bigger". Freudian dyslexia? -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:30, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

AWB reformats short pages contrary to norm

Status Fixed in the next release
Description the text generated by {{subst:longcomment}} which is placed to monitor short pages should be at the very bottom of the page, below the categories, stub or disambiguation templates, and interwiki links. AWB is placing it amongst the page's contents which screws up the formatting of the pages. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 19:51, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8414
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8860


If this is policy it needs to be noted at MOS:LAYOUT. Is it there currently? Rjwilmsi 17:02, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
I removed the misleading "policy" for the heading. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:16, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Long comment/doc. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:23, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

rev 8860 During MetaDataSort on en-wiki ensure {{short pages monitor}} and any comment following are kept at the very end of the article text. Rjwilmsi 20:46, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

TypeInitializationException in unknown function

Status Fixed in the next release
Description
Exception:TypeInitializationException
Message:An exception was thrown by the type initializer for AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm
Call stack:
  at AutoWikiBrowser.Program.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
Inner exception:ArgumentException
Message:parsing "\p{IsPrivateUseArea}" - Unknown property 'IsPrivateUseArea'. Parameter name: \p{IsPrivateUseArea}
Call stack:
  at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Parser.ParseUnicodeCategory () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Parser.ParseSpecial (RegexOptions options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Parser.ParseGroup (System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Group group, RegexOptions options, System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Assertion assertion) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Parser.ParseRegularExpression (System.String pattern, RegexOptions options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.CreateMachineFactory (System.String pattern, RegexOptions options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.InitNewRegex () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Init () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor (System.String pattern, RegexOptions options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm ---> System.ArgumentException: parsing "\p{IsPrivateUseArea}" - Unknown property 'IsPrivateUseArea'. Parameter name: \p{IsPrivateUseArea} 

at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Parser.ParseUnicodeCategory () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Parser.ParseSpecial (RegexOptions options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Parser.ParseGroup (System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Group group, RegexOptions options, System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Assertion assertion) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Syntax.Parser.ParseRegularExpression (System.String pattern, RegexOptions options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.CreateMachineFactory (System.String pattern, RegexOptions options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.InitNewRegex () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Init () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor (System.String pattern, RegexOptions options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at AutoWikiBrowser.Program.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

Rinaku (t · c) 13:21, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

To duplicate: Unknown
Site URL: http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.1433
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.3.1.0), WikiFunctions (5.3.1.0), revision 7792 (2011-07-23 16:53:25)
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8863


I use Mono 2.6.7 on Wine 1.2 on Mandriva 2010.2. --Rinaku (t · c) 13:25, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

This is the error message that I receive as well when attempting to use AWB using Mono 2.10.8.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2. Wine doesn't seem to be working for me either, as I can't get the appropriate winetricks set up properly. Logan Talk Contributions 17:12, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
In AWB/Main.cs change:
private static readonly Regex UnicodePUA = new Regex(@"\p{IsPrivateUseArea}", RegexOptions.Compiled);
to:
private static readonly Regex UnicodePUA = new Regex(@"\p{IsPrivateUse}", RegexOptions.Compiled);
Per documentation, both mean the same thing, both are supported under .Net, but only IsPrivateUse is supported under Mono. Bgwhite (talk) 06:14, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Problematic DEFAULTSORT causes problem in Persondata human key generation

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [83]Magioladitis (talk) 12:24, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try for any page with {{DEFAULTSORT:|John, Smith}}
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8846
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8866


rev 8866 We'll fix the defaultsort then. Rjwilmsi 16:39, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Category:Year of death uncertain

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB sometimes adds Category:Living people to pages in Category:Year of death uncertain
To duplicate:
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Vista
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8865


Example? -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:16, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

If you try to process an article such as Dimitris Liantinis AWB adds Category:Living people despite it being in Category:Year of death uncertain.--Racklever (talk) 14:34, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
rev 8865 Rjwilmsi 16:30, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Does not move colons that are directly after a ref tag to before the ref

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Does not move colons that are directly after a ref tag to before the ref.Bgwhite (talk) 08:42, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: See Aarhus. Line in article is:

The sister cities are[1]:
*Bergen, Norway (since 1946)
*Gothenburg, Sweden (since 1946)

Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version 8853
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8867


Magio, please confirm if this is correct and it's clear at WP:REFPUNC that it's correct to change? Rjwilmsi 20:03, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
MOS reads "ref tags should immediately follow the text to which the footnote applies, including any punctuation (see exceptions below), with no intervening space." -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:36, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
At line 1346 in WikiFunctions/Parse/Parsers.cs, a colon should be added...
Currently says: private const string RefsPunctuation = @"([,\.;])";
Should say: private const string RefsPunctuation = @"([,\.:;])";
Bgwhite (talk) 09:19, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
As long as you're looking at this part of the code, should it also move quotation marks before the reference? (see references 2 & 3 on Kindle single) GoingBatty (talk) 00:59, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

rev 8867 Rjwilmsi 19:09, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

It takes two runs to add bullets and remove break tag (II)

Status Fixed in the next release
Description ==External links== [http://foo.com]<br> [http://foo2.com]<br> → ==External links== *[http://foo.com]<br> *[http://foo2.com]<br> ==External links== *[http://foo.com]*[http://foo2.com] (same as Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_21#It_takes_two_runs_to_add_bullets_and_remove_break_tag with the difference there is a line break before the break tag)

-- Magioladitis (talk) 12:03, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

To duplicate: It did this and then this
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8863
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8868


rev 8868 Rjwilmsi 19:22, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Old Multipleissues style and Ignoring Orphan tag

Status Bug is in old software, please update
Description diff AWB reorganised the tags in the multiple issues template (using the old format) as well as adding a second orphan tag.·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 23:59, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Ran auto tag on pages
Site URL: EN Wiki
Operating system Win 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5448
AWB version 5.4.0.0
Workaround Fix the multipleissues template and remove second orphan tag
Fixed in version


I think it was fixed as a result of this bug report from last month. It doesn't happen with the latest SVN snapshot, which I suggest you download to take advantage of multiple bug fixes for adding/removing maintenance templates. GoingBatty (talk) 03:38, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Willdo ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 03:44, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Wrong unbalanced brackets fix

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Try general fixes on
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8863
Workaround Tighten logic.
Fixed in version


Genfixes removes Category:Articles for deletion from Category:All articles proposed for deletion

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB genfixes removes Category:Articles for deletion from Category:All articles proposed for deletion. Don't see anything in the documentation to explain why. GoingBatty (talk) 01:55, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Category:All articles proposed for deletion with genfixes on
Site URL: en.wikipedia
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround disable genfixes
Fixed in version rev 8870 Magioladitis (talk) 07:21, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


Load/save settings problem

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Skip conditions saved in "Auto changes skip options" are not the same with those loaded. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:52, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: For instance, save with only "No defaultsort added" and load. "No defaultsort added" and "No headers errors" would be both checked. This is only a small example of the problem.
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8873
Workaround Reattach events correctly.
Fixed in version rev 8878 Magioladitis (talk) 13:11, 30 January 2013 (UTC)


Problem is located somewhere in SkipOptions.cs or its designer. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:57, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Doesn't fix defaultsort on redirect pages

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Doesn't fix defaultsort on redirect pages when accent/particles or other invalid characters are used. Bgwhite (talk) 06:27, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: ARM Cadete Vicente Suárez (C61) and ASK Vorwärts Berlin are an examples.
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version SVN 8869
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8881


rev 8881 DEFAULTSORT changes enabled for mainspace redirect pages. Rjwilmsi 14:05, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Does not fix wikilinks when brackets are separated.

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Will not fix wikilink brackets for cases where bracket is separated. Example would be [[wikilink].] or [[wikilink],] Bgwhite (talk) 09:26, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version 8843
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8883


Is the scope of this to correct wikilinks broken by separation by full stop or comma? Do you have some live examples or diffs where such links occurred on mainspace? Thanks Rjwilmsi 11:07, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Diffs of some examples [[Siren],] [84], [[Omar Khadr],] [85], [[Geeta Mera Naam]''] [86] and original].] in Metre. Bgwhite (talk) 07:40, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
rev 8883 Done for the set [,.;:"'] Rjwilmsi 19:10, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect removal from list

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Non-contiguous items marked to remove from the list are not removed correctly. For example, start with a list of A, B, and C. Highlight A and C, then attempt to remove these highlighted items. It removes A and B, keeping C. Note that this is still true if you Cut, but the clipboard contains the correct items (A and C). MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 08:55, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system XP
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.3643
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8884


rev 8884 Fixed. Fast deletion mode will only be used for contiguous selections, old mode (slow on large volumes) needed for non-contiguous selections. Rjwilmsi 20:14, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Close unbalanced Persondata brackets instead of adding a new one

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [87] -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:31, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8840
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8888


Might not be easy to fix the missing brackets in a useful way. How many occurrences of this have there been? Rjwilmsi 11:09, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
At about 100. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Sandbox. RjwilmsiBot added some duplicated persondata too: [88] -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:12, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
rev 8888 FixUnbalancedBrackets to fix this specific error. Persondata function to skip if page contains {{Persondata but not a valid persondata template. Rjwilmsi 19:32, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Tagger removes deadend tag when only wikilinks are in Proposed deletion endorsed

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Tagger removes {{dead end}} from articles that contain wikilinks. However, in this edit, the only wikilinks were in {{Proposed deletion/dated}} and {{prod-2}}. In my previous bug report, you kindly updated AWB so that wikilinks inside {{Proposed deletion/dated}} will not be counted towards the number of wikilinks in an article. I added an entry in WP:AWB/TR to convert {{prod-2}} to {{Proposed deletion endorsed}}. Could you please expand AWB so it also does not count wikilinks inside {{Proposed deletion endorsed}}? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 01:29, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Load Louis Jonker, copy the {{prod-2}} template from the edit above and reparse
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround revert the bot edit
Fixed in version rev 8885


rev 8885 Done. Rjwilmsi 18:17, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Naming all identical refs with a different name

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Five refs had three different names or no name. AWB correctly identified this, but it named the refs with three different names and all with a different name than before. Bgwhite (talk) 05:42, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: See this edit
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version SVN8870
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8887


rev 8887 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 19:01, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Unbalanced brackets cause mass effects

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [89] -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:00, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8891
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8892


rev 8892 Rjwilmsi 09:51, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Didn't fix unbalanced Defaultsort

Status Fixed in the next release
Description [90] -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:43, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8891
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8894


rev 8894 Rjwilmsi 10:06, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Unicode character not always unicodofied

Status Not a bug/currently unresolvable
Description † not always replaced by †. Check for instance: Bayreuth canon, Central American Race Walking Championships. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:44, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Magioladitis (talk) 10:44, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8888
Workaround
Fixed in version


I only use general fixes. No F&Rs, no custom module, etc. Unicodification works on other pages: [91], [92]. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:44, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Magio to investigate. Rjwilmsi 08:59, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
I reduced the bug to this text portion: [93]. Same type of daggers, no sup tags, no table. One dagger is replaced and one is not (the one in the template). -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:15, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Marked as not a bug. The latter dagger is hidden by HideMore and this is the expected behaviour to avoid false positives. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:37, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Does not remove three brackets around url

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When encountered with [[[http://www.awb.com]]], AWB will only remove one bracket... [[http://www.awb.edu]] Bgwhite (talk) 07:01, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: See List of maritime colleges
Site URL: en
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version svn8855
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8898


Same for Manas Chakraborty. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:27, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Same for 1, 2, 3, 4.

I did a database scan for [[[http. 66 results. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:26, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

rev 8898 Rjwilmsi 11:24, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Small tags not always removed

Status Fixed in the next release
Description User_talk:Magioladitis#checkwiki_error_63_problem -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:56, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8414
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8900


I had to do this manually. (Ignore the edit summary). -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:12, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

What is to be done: Error 63 reads: "Article contains the tag <small> in a <ref> or <sub> or <sup> tag. Inside these tags we don't need a small text because the tag output is smaller than the standard is (AWB)." and Error 55 reads: "Article contains the tag <small>. In the most case we don't need this double tag. (AWB)."

So:

  • <sup|sup|ref|small><small>ANYTHING</sup|sup|ref><small> → <sup|sup|ref>ANYTHING</sup|sup|ref|small>
  • <small><sup|sup|ref|small>ANYTHING</small><sup> → <sup>ANYTHING</sup|sup|ref|small> -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:03, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Don't change the code for images. We still need to remove small tags from image captions. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:06, 10 February 2013 (UTC) 

Index: ParserTests.cs
===================================================================
--- ParserTests.cs	(revision 8896)
+++ ParserTests.cs	(working copy)
@@ -5652,6 +5652,11 @@
             Assert.AreEqual(@"<sub>foo</sub>", Parsers.FixSyntax(@"<sub><small>foo</small></sub>"), "removes small from sub tags");
             Assert.AreEqual(@"<small>a foo b</small>", Parsers.FixSyntax(@"<small>a <small>foo</small> b</small>"), "removes nested small from small tags");
 
+            Assert.AreEqual(@"<ref>foo</ref>", Parsers.FixSyntax(@"<small><ref>foo</ref></small>"), "removes small around ref tags");
+            Assert.AreEqual(@"<REF>foo</REF>", Parsers.FixSyntax(@"<small><REF>foo</REF></small>"), "removes small around ref tags");
+            Assert.AreEqual(@"<sup>foo</sup>", Parsers.FixSyntax(@"<small><sup>foo</sup></small>"), "removes small around sup tags");
+            Assert.AreEqual(@"<sub>foo</sub>", Parsers.FixSyntax(@"<small><sub>foo</sub></small>"), "removes small around sub tags");
+
             const string unclosedTag = @"<ref><small>foo</small></ref> now <small>";
             Assert.AreEqual(unclosedTag, Parsers.FixSyntax(unclosedTag));
rev 8900 Done. Rjwilmsi 11:38, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Song title suppresses Typo fixing

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Song title (bolded within double quotes) suppresses typos if other text in the page is within double quotes. Chris the speller yack 20:11, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Simply run Typo rules on User:Chris the speller/Sandbox2 and see that only one of the 5 identical misspellings is fixed: the one that follows the second set of quotes. Running Typo rules on User:Chris the speller/Sandbox3 works, because the subject is unbolded. An italicized subject within double quotes has the same problem. To trigger this problem, the second set of quotes does not need to be complete; a trailing double quote will cause the problem, but a leading double quote (one that is preceded by a blank and followed by a text character) will not. Looks like keeping track of pairs of quotes gets confused by the bold/italics. The original page where this was noticed is You're Breaking My Heart.
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system 6.0 Windows Vista Home Premium
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.4223
AWB version SVN 8414
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8901


rev 8901 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 11:50, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Fix brackets before typo fixes

Status Fixed in the next release
Description It appears that Typo fixing occurs before brackets are fixed. Since typo fixing is not supposed to be done inside templates, it seems the order of these should be reversed. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 01:54, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Super Bowl XXIX
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8686
Workaround revert typo fixes and reparse
Fixed in version rev 8902 -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:02, 10 February 2013 (UTC)


According to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Real_user_manual#Order_or_procedures, general fixes are done before typo fixing. Our procedures are fixed to this order at the moment. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:53, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Documentation is wrong, typos are done first. Perhaps they should be done after genfixes. Rjwilmsi 10:32, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
I updated the manual to reflect the current status. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:28, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

I updated Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Real_user_manual#Order_or_procedures once more to cover everything. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:02, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

We could change the order of procedures. I don't see how typo fixing could affect the general fixes and as we see the other way affects the outcome. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:50, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

rev 8902 -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:02, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Does not remove date ordinals from infobox

Status Not enough information/very rare bug
Description AWB does not remove date ordinals from infobox date parameters. GoingBatty (talk) 20:28, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Bishnuprasad Rabha
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows XP
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.1873
AWB version 5.2.0.1 SVN 7522
Workaround Manually remove
Fixed in version


Yes, the use of HideMore to avoid changing quotes will mean we won't catch ordinals in infoboxes. Rjwilmsi 08:47, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your response. After reading about the use of HideMore, I don't have a reasonable suggestion. Unless one of you have a better suggestion, I guess this request should be set to "wontfix" and archived. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 23:11, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks!!! -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:13, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

AWB broken on Wikia when CheckPage exists

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AutoWikiBrowser seems to be broken for Wikia when dealing with wikis that have a CheckPage created. I am attempting to use AWB on Lego Wiki which has a CheckPage here that I am listed on (Rappy_4187), yet when attempting to log in on AWB, I get a dialog stating "Rappy 4187 is not enabled to use this." However, when attempting to log in at Aion Wiki which has no CheckPage created, I can proceed with no issues. Furthermore, when clicking OK on the dialog, the resultant webpage opened is the CheckPage on Community Central (which I am also on) rather than the local site (Lego Wiki). Rappy 05:20, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: I am willing to add users to a CheckPage on Wikia for duplication testing.
Site URL: wikia:lego
Operating system Windows 7 x64
.NET FW Version 4
AWB version 5.4.0.0 SVN 8347
Workaround None known.
Fixed in version rev 8904, rev 8905


The page says "Rappy_4187" with an underscore. Try replacing the underscore with a space. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:12, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
Left a question to reporter's talk page. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:48, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Odd. That did allow me to log in, but still doesn't address the issue that I was sent to the CheckPage on Community Central rather than the local wiki I was trying to sign in on. Users will not be freely given Bot rights on Community Central's CheckPage, so this redirect to there is misleading. It should lead me to Lego Wiki instead. Rappy 20:46, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
rev 8904 Treat underscores and spaces as the same for user ID CheckPage lookup. Rjwilmsi 11:43, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
rev 8905 If user "not registered" and on wikia it means there is a local checkpage, so don't direct user to central checkpage. Rjwilmsi 12:03, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

"Skip if only minor genfixes" skips non-minor genfixes

Status Resolved
Description WP:AWB/UM#Skip says: "Only minor genfixes — Skip if only minor AWB general fixes are performed." However, selecting this button causes some articles to be skipped even if they have non-minor genfixes. GoingBatty (talk) 20:27, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Add Yankee Trader to your list, ensure Apply General fixes is selected, no skip options and no f&r rules are selected, and Start. Note that {{Multiple issues}} is added. Now click the "Only minor genfixes" button and click Start, and note that the article is skipped.
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.9.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround Don't use the "Only minor genfixes" button and skip manually
Fixed in version


User manual is wrong. Somebody has confused the "MinorFixes" function with the "skip if minor fixes" skip check. For the skip check the only non-minor genfixes currently are FixDateOrdinalsAndOf, FixSyntax, FixCitationTemplates, AddMissingReflist. Rjwilmsi 20:41, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the info - I updated the documentation. However, I'm curious as to how you chose which genfixes to classify as "minor". Was your intent to be consistent with WP:MINOR? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 02:02, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
I think an accurate "minor" skip option is going to be very difficult to get right unless genfixes are significantly rearranged / split to different functions. "Only cosmetic changes" is a better skip option: it evaluates whether the rendered page HTML is different i.e. whether there is a visible change to the article text. Rjwilmsi 08:11, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Does not fix wikilinks when brackets are separated part 2

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Followup to Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_21#Does not fix wikilinks when brackets are separated. Cases are ]''] and ] ] Bgwhite (talk) 08:34, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Mike Scalzi is a case of ]'']
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version svn8903
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8908


Do you think this will be the complete list? It's more time consuming to make multiple changes rather than one set. Thanks Rjwilmsi
I've been doing checkwiki error #10, where this type of pattern is found. I've done 2,800 articles that contain error #10 in the past week. I haven't seen any other patterns popping up, so this should make it a complete list. Bgwhite (talk) 18:54, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
rev 8908 Done. Rjwilmsi 13:22, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Skip if only minor replacement made ignores advanced F&R settings

Status Fixed in the next release
Description The AWB User Manual states: "Skip if only minor replacement made — If this box is checked, the page will be skipped if the only changes made were marked as minor in the Normal Find and Replace." However, it will also cause pages to be skipped that would have been changed by Advanced find & replace settings. GoingBatty (talk) 02:00, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: For a given article, set up an advanced find & replace rule and a minor find & replace rule. Run once and note that both changes are made. Don't save the article, but instead check the Skip if only minor replacement made box and start again.
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround Uncheck the box and manually skip articles
Fixed in version rev 8911


Hmm, we probably didn't consider running normal f&r and advanced f&r at the same time. So you think if there are advanced f&r that change the page the "minor" skip should not apply? Rjwilmsi 09:02, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I think that if there are advanced f&r rules that change the page, the "minor" skip should not apply. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 13:27, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
BTW, I run normal and advanced f&r rules at the same time so that the normal f&r replacements can be included in the edit summary, but the advanced f&r replacements are not. GoingBatty (talk) 13:29, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
rev 8911 Fixed. Logic was already trying to make sure we didn't skip for "minor change" if advanced find & replace had made changes, logic now corrected. Rjwilmsi 17:03, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Removes Multiple issues before tagging with maintenance templates

Status Fixed in the next release
Description It appears from edits such as this that AWB removes {{Multiple issues}} before tagging with {{Wikify}} or other maintenance templates. Could Tagger run before MultipleIssues, so that |wikify= is added to {{Multiple issues}} instead? GoingBatty (talk) 15:11, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows XP
.NET FW Version 2.0.5072.5681
AWB version 5.3.1.1 SVN 7961
Workaround Manually readd {{Multiple issues}}
Fixed in version rev 8909


Tagger runs before general fixes. We should not change this because then we will have problems with tags that need to be removed. -- Magioladitis (talk) 04:04, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Real user manual#Order or procedures says General fixes runs before Tagger. GoingBatty (talk) 17:10, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Yes my mistake. General fixes resolves multiple issues and then tagger adds wikify. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:00, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
I updated Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Real_user_manual#Order_or_procedures once more to cover everything. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:02, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Would it be appropriate to move MultipleIssues from the General fixes module into the end of the Tagger module, so that the order would be:
  • General fixes (including FixSyntax, FixEmptyLinksAndTemplates, FixLinks, FixHeadings which could change the number of wikilinks)
  • Tagger add/remove {{orphan}}, {{underlinked}} and {{dead end}}
  • Tagger add/remove {{multiple issues}}
Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 14:30, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
I've looked at this. It's too painful to do it that way. The problem arises because we remove MI if it has only one tag, but only add it if there are three or more tags. So MI with 1 tag -(genfixes)-> tag -(tagger)-> two tags, nut MI not added back as not 3 tags. So there's the gap of two tags: we don't remove MI, but do add it. So it seems we should make the threshold two tags, then the existing logic (MI is called in genfixes and again in tagger if tags are added or removed) would work. Rjwilmsi 19:20, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
I appreciate you looking at this, but I sorry that I don't understand your example. My suggestion was to move the entire MultipleIssues function to the end of Tagger, so it would only add/remove the template after all the other functions that could impact that decision have been run. I was not suggesting to have it run twice or to change the add/remove threshold to two tags. I know you understand the code much better than I, so of course I will defer to your better judgment. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 22:24, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I understood your suggestion and logically it could make sense, but is painful to do without affecting the skip logic. We already call the MI function at the end of the Tagger when any tags are removed or added, so if the threshold were two not three, there would not be a problem with the current setup. So that's my suggestion. Rjwilmsi 22:28, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm not sure if it's appropriate to add {{multiple issues}} for only two maintenance templates. I'll leave this one to your discretion. Thanks for your consideration! GoingBatty (talk) 23:21, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
rev 8909 Done. Rjwilmsi 13:50, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Related discussion about documentation

Also, should the Real user manual be integrated into WP:AWB/UM - either merging or adding a link from User manual to Real user manual? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 14:30, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
You call. If we keep them separated we need a more fancy name than "real user manual". -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:03, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Renamed it to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Order of procedures, and updated WP:AWB/UM. GoingBatty (talk) 18:53, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

When reparsing, logic for adding uncategorized does not look at changes made

Status Fixed in the next release
Description One of the general fixes is adding the {{uncategorized}} template. If you delete the template, add a category (or fix a reference tag that's not closed properly) and reparse, AWB will readd {{uncategorized}}. GoingBatty (talk) 00:56, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Missing_You_(TV_series)&oldid=530615916
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8834
Workaround manually delete template again (and update edit summary) before saving
Fixed in version rev 8914


It's impossible to look at them. Since the categories haven't been parsed before really submitting. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:56, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

We use the API to count categories: since templates can transclude categories onto the page we can't just count explicit categories found on the page. So if you manually add a category we're not going to know about it on reparse. Rjwilmsi 11:51, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
We could probably address this specific issue by counting both the categories by API and categories on the page. The API call is there to pick up categories transcluded by templates. So we could fix this one, but I can't see we can easily deal with the reverse: removing categories, reparsing and finding uncat isn't added. Rjwilmsi 09:44, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
If fixing this particular issue doesn't introduce any new issues, then I'm happy with your suggestion. Thank you! GoingBatty (talk) 23:25, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
rev 8914 Tagger to take Category count from API (to pick up cats transcluded from templates etc.), then count categories on page if API returns 0 categories, in case genfixes/user have added categories to page. Rjwilmsi 17:50, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Set converttitles when checking page existence

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Recently some articles were created on zhwiki with AWB but some duplications were introduced because the same articles exist with titles in another variant (like [94]). AWB should check page existence with api.php?action=query&converttitles& (see API doc) so MediaWiki can try to find pages in all available variants. Liangent (talk) 12:21, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: zhwiki
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8917


Will need Reedy to look at this one. Rjwilmsi 18:13, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
rev 8917 Add &convertitles to API query calls to retrieve page text. I have tested this successfully on zh:龙门飞甲. Rjwilmsi 18:20, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Removes orphan tag with few parameter

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB removes the {{orphan}} tag when it has the |few= parameter. When this parameter is present, AWB should not automatically remove the template. Evaluation of whether the tag should be removed would be better done by a human. GoingBatty (talk) 04:32, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Egungun-oya
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround Skip it editing manually, hope it doesn't get picked up by a bot
Fixed in version rev 8920


FYI, I just added {{AWB standard installation}} to Template:Orphan/doc. GoingBatty (talk) 04:33, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

We remove only there are three or more incoming links. Did that change and few can mean we need more incoming links? -- Magioladitis (talk)

When you use the |few= parameter, the text states "is an orphan, as few other articles link to it, or is a walled garden." While you might be able to pick a number that is no longer a "few", I don't think you're going to be able to test if it's no longer a walled garden. GoingBatty (talk) 01:43, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Ukrainian Wikipedia uses a different tag for walled gardens. They call these pages isolated. -- Magioladitis (talk)`

rev 8920 Don't remove {{orphan}} when |few= populated with a value. Rjwilmsi 14:48, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Issue converting "multiple issues" template

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When an article contains a redirect to {{multiple issues}} template AND is fixing another template redirect, AWB converts it to {{multiple issues}}, but adds a duplicate template. Reparsing once changes the duplicate template to {{multiple issues}}. Reparsing a second time removes the duplicate {{multiple issues}}. GoingBatty (talk) 02:22, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Concordia Language Villages and Homo magi
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround Skip it while editing manually, and hope it doesn't get picked up by a bot
Fixed in version rev 8922


rev 8922 Fix support for nested templates in TemplateRedirects. Rjwilmsi 15:30, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Takes two edits to remove empty multiple issues if one other tag exists

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When an article contains an empty {{multiple issues}} template and one other maintenance template, AWB's first pass will be to wrap {{multiple issues}} around the maintenance template. Reparsing will remove {{multiple issues}}. Would it be possible to reorder the steps so these are all done in one edit? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 03:11, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Swimming World Magazine
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround Reparse if doing manually
Fixed in version rev 8923


rev 8923 Remove empty {{multiple issues}} within MultipleIssues cleanup logic. Rjwilmsi 15:56, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Wow - immediate fixes for all three bugs I reported. Thanks for the exceptional service! GoingBatty (talk) 16:08, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Selection of all text vs selection one word by double click in "Replace category"

Status Fixed in the next release
Description The upper field of the task "Replace category with" shown on the screenshot allows you to select all text in it by double clicking while the lower one (name of category that replaces the old one) selects only one word by double or triple click. ♪ anonim.one ♪ 09:11, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Go to "More" → "Categories" → "Replace category", type two-three or more words in both fields (upper and lower) and test what they select in response to the double/triple click.
Site URL: ru.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 4,5
AWB version 5.4.0.1 8564
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8929


rev 8929 Enable double click to select all for replace category Rjwilmsi 23:56, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Stuck when appending text

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When appending text (probably when making other edits as well) to the talk page of a female user on dewiki (prefix: "Benutzerin Diskussion"), AWB doesn't move on to the next page, but edits the same page again and again (example). Iste (D) 16:44, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: http://de.wikipedia.org/
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version 5.4.0.0
Workaround Stop editing and remove the page from the list manually. AWB doesn't react when clicking skip.
Fixed in version rev 8924


rev 8924 Check for API having normalized page title, update list box accordingly. Rjwilmsi 18:54, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Genfixes moves cleanup out of multiple issues

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB general fixes moves {{cleanup}} from within {{multiple issues}} to above {{multiple issues}}. GoingBatty (talk) 17:58, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Nuclear proliferation
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround Skip
Fixed in version rev 8215


This was fixed in rev 8215, and does not occur on current SVN, so the snapshot cannot have been built correctly. Rjwilmsi 18:21, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Hopefully the next SVN snapshot will be built correctly. I hope a new snapshot is posted soon, so I can take advantage of all the great fixes you've done! GoingBatty (talk) 18:38, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

CRL+A doesn't works on Find & Replace fields

Status Fixed in the next release
Description CTRL+A doesn't works on some fields. Helder 17:56, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
To duplicate: Go to the "Advanced settings" and click on "Find" field of a "Find and Replace rule", pressing CTRL+A doesn't works as expected: it whould select the whole content of the field. The same happens on field "Replace with". On the other hand, CTRL+A works normally on "Name" field.
Site URL: none
Operating system
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5446
AWB version 5.3.1.0
Workaround Press "Home" and then CTRL+SHIFT+End.
Fixed in version rev 8928


See also Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs#Shift_click_doesn.27t_work_in_list_comparer_results. I don't know if they are related. Lightmouse (talk) 18:02, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

rev 8928 Use key event handlers to workaround fact that MS don't support Ctrl+A as shortcut for multiline text boxes. Rjwilmsi 23:42, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Problem with female user pages - AWB fails to automatically remove the page from the list while skipping the page

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Arabic language differentiates between male and female. In arwiki, user talk namespace for male users is نقاش المستخدم while for female users it is نقاش المستخدمة When editing pages in user talk namespace for female users, the edit succeeds but AWB fails to automatically remove the page from the list while skipping the page and I have to remove it manually. All other pages are OK. --Meno25 (talk) 12:39, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Edit any user talk page for a female user in arwiki.
Site URL: http://ar.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.4971
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8434
Workaround Remove the page manually from the list of pages.
Fixed in version rev 8924


Since mw:MediaWiki 1.18 there are male (and neutral) and female user (and user talk) pages. In Ru-Wiki these are Участник and Участница (Обсуждение участника and Обсуждение участницы).

The special page (All pages with prefix) returns list with genger prefix (if respective user is female, the prefix will be female prefix).

  • Участница:Page1, Участница:Page2, Участница:Page3, and etc

not

  • Участник:Page1, Участник:Page2, Участник:Page3, and etc

Then I work with such list: AWB can pick up page with female prefix, can make edit, can save it, but then there are two bugs - (1) AWB does not remove Участница:PageN from list, it replaces such edited and saved page in list by Участник:PageN page, (2) if I press "Skip", AWB says "AWB failed to automatically remove the page from the list while skipping the page. Please remove it manually". Alex Spade (talk) 17:07, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

I have saved list, replaced all Участница: by Участник: or User: and uploaded list to AWB - this action does not help. Alex Spade (talk) 17:15, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Reedy will take a look at this problem soon. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:54, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

rev 8924 Check for API having normalized page title, update list box accordingly. Rjwilmsi 18:55, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Removes dead end too often

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Template:Dead end#Notes states "Specifically, there should be no links within the body of the article. Links within infoboxes, hatnotes and Reference sections should not be taken into consideration." However, AWB is removing {{dead end}} when the only wikilinks are within an infobox. GoingBatty (talk) 20:12, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Kingdom Keepers III: Disney in Shadow
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround revert bot edits
Fixed in version rev 8946


Also removes it from In vitro recombination when the only wikilink is in {{cleanup}}. GoingBatty (talk) 03:49, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Related discussion: Template_talk:Dead_end#Small_change_to_the_definition_of_.22dead_end.22. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:12, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

I think we need to remove the logic from AWB relating to dead end removal on en-wiki, as we can't easily meet these revised specific requirements for the tag. Rjwilmsi 12:32, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
I agree with Rjwilmsi. Otherwise, we will have to create two sets for rules. One for en-wiki and one for the rest projects with most probably the first being inaccurate and slow. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:26, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Just to clarify: Tagging is OK. Problem is only with untagging. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:49, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Agreed - I'm not aware of any false positives when tagging. AWB won't tag all articles, but that's OK. Untagging is where I've seen the recent issue. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:58, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
rev 8946 Tagger to NOT remove dead end tags on en-wiki. Rjwilmsi 14:20, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Keyboard shortcut stops working

Status Fixed in the next release
Description The save keyboard shortcut works fine when AWB is first started; to save, you can use "Alt-s", "Ctrl-s", or even just "s". But if you click in the diff area or text box (including scroll bar), then the shortcut stops working until you restart AWB. (Note that "Alt-g" continues working for ignore, although I believe that ignore has been replaced with skip in the next version, so the shortcut will probably be different). If you subsequently click in one of various places such as in the edit box, list box, diff area, or on the Start tab, the save shortcut will then work once immediately thereafter, but then stops working again. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:32, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: en.wiki
Operating system XP
.NET FW Version
AWB version 4.9.0.3, SVN 5768
Workaround
Fixed in version Partial improvement: rev 6397 rev 8945


This was originally reported on WT:AWB by ZooFari (talk · contribs), but that report was recently archived without any action. The keyboard shortcut feature is a very useful one, providing a comfortable alternative to stressful repeated mouse clicking, so I've brought the issue here. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:32, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Ctrl+S works only if the program is focused in the edit area. I thought this was the expected behaviour. (Btw, the pther discussion was automatically archived by a bot). -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:56, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Having to click in the edit box completely negates the convenience of having a keyboard shortcut (except on those occasions when you happen to have been making a manual edit anyways). The keyboard shortcut to Save should be just as available as the one to Ignore is. Try making a list of pages (with all skip options disabled), and see how easy it is to go through the list by pressing Alt-g to Ignore them. It should be just as convenient to use Alt-s or Ctrl-s to Save. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:57, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
IMHO the keyboard shortcuts should work in the entire main window of AWB. Not sure why they don't at the moment. Rjwilmsi 10:00, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Most likely is a detached event or something... —Reedy 10:02, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Start AWB -> Press Ctrl+E to start external processing. Nothing happens. Click with the mouse in the list box. Press Ctrl+E. It works. Close window and click with the mouse in the diff window. Press Ctrl+E. No response. (same with ctrl+M). -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:04, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

All shortcuts work only if AWB is focused in List box or Edit box and nowhere else. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:06, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
I just tested the newest version (SVN 5899) and verified that Alt-k correctly Skips anywhere, just as Alt-g did in previous versions. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:43, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
I think there are two issues with Alt-S:
  1. When the browser portion of the window has the focus, it prevents the proper function of the Alt- and Cmd- functions. I bet IE grabs the keystrokes before the main thread of AWB sees them.
  2. When "Start" is not the current tab and the Save button is not visible, the Alt-S shortcut won't work. Windows only honors Alt shortcuts for active controls, and a hidden control is not active.
It would be very helpful if this could be addressed. Having to click in the edit box before using Alt-S is inconvenient. Using a Cmd- key shortcut for a new "Save article text" menu entry would help with #2. I am not sure how you resolve #1 if my guess about the focus issue is right.—John Cardinal (talk) 22:10, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
rev 6397 Partial improvement: keyboard focus is now correct over many page loads & saves until the diff area is clicked (after that focus is only sometimes correct). Needs further investigation. Rjwilmsi 01:11, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
I think rev 8945 has now fixed this one. Rjwilmsi 13:38, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

AWB doesn't skip pages that user can't edit

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB doesn't skip css or js pages that user can't edit. When trying to edit any of these pages, it says "Restarting in 10 seconds" then restarting in 15 seconds" etc. Meno25 (talk) 13:09, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Use AWB to edit a css or a js page that you can't edit (other than your own) such as "User:Example/vector.css". AWB should skip the page automatically but it says "Restarting in xx seconds".
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0
AWB version 5.4.0.1 SVN 8829
Workaround Remove the page from the list manually.
Fixed in version rev 8954


The protection on these special pages doesn't show up as standard protection then. I'll investigate, expect we need to look for another page protection type in the API return. Rjwilmsi 13:55, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
rev 8954 Check for customcssprotected error return from API an skip page if found. Rjwilmsi 11:28, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

ArgumentNullException in AsyncApiEdit.CallEvent

Status Fixed in the next release
Description
Exception:ArgumentNullException
Message:Η τιμή δεν μπορεί να είναι null. Όνομα παραμέτρου: value
Call stack:
   in System.Windows.Forms.Control.MarshaledInvoke(Control caller, Delegate method, Object[] args, Boolean synchronous)
   in System.Windows.Forms.Control.Invoke(Delegate method, Object[] args)
   in WikiFunctions.API.AsyncApiEdit.CallEvent(Delegate method, Object[] args) στο c:\AWB\WikiFunctions\API\AsyncApiEdit.cs:line 230
   in WikiFunctions.API.AsyncApiEdit.InvokerThread(Object genericArgs) στο c:\AWB\WikiFunctions\API\AsyncApiEdit.cs:line 272
AWBPlugins AWBBasePlugins ListMakerPlugins
  • CFD-Plugin
  • Delinker
  • Fronds
  • IFD-Plugin
  • TheTemplator
  • No Limits Plugin
  • TypoScan Plugin
  • Bing Search Plugin
  • CategoryNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin
  • CategoryRecursiveNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin
  • WhatTranscludesPageNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin
  • WhatTranscludesPageAllNSNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPagePlugin
  • UserContribsNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin
  • UserContribsUserDefinedNumberForAdminAndBotsPlugin
  • TypoScan ListMaker Plugin
  • TypoScan ListMaker Plugin 500
  • Yahoo Search Plugin

Magioladitis (talk) 20:27, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

To duplicate: While saving a page try to switch accounts.
Site URL: http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7600.0
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.4952
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.2.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.2.0.1), revision 7507 (2010-12-25 17:29:19)
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8957 by Rjwilmsi -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:14, 27 February 2013 (UTC)


While saving a page try to switch accounts. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:30, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Adds dead end/underlinked to shipindex disambiguation pages

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB adds {{dead end}} or {{underlinked}} to disambiguation pages that contain {{shipindex}}. These pages use {{USS}} templates to generate wikilinks. GoingBatty (talk) 02:26, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try USS Arizona and USS Little Rock
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround Skip the page
Fixed in version rev 8953


rev 8953 Rjwilmsi 08:37, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Changes type -> format in citation template

Status Resolved
Description Changes type parameter to format parameter in citation template. According to documentation at {{Template:Citation}}, these are two completely different parameters. Bgwhite (talk) 23:45, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: See Johnny Cash
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version svn8949
Workaround
Fixed in version


Rename template parameters updated. You don't need me to change the RTP list for you. Rjwilmsi 08:42, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Thank you. The better answer would have been... Bgwhite, when in the world are you going to remember about the RTP list? you *$&(# numbnut. Bgwhite (talk) 09:34, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing WP:AWB/RTP so that the parameters aren't changed for {{citation}}. Should |type= be changed to |format= for the other cite templates, or should these be removed from WP:AWB/RTP too? GoingBatty (talk) 14:10, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
They should also be removed from RTP. Bgwhite (talk) 22:14, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Newline handling in regex tester

Status Fixed in the next release
Description The regex tester prefers \r\n, which is different from actual usage (\n).
To duplicate: Use the regex tester to find instances of foo\nbar, and then foo\r\nbar in a block of text, such as:
foo
bar
foo
bar
Operating system Vista
.NET FW Version Unknown
AWB version 5.2.0.0
Workaround In the regex tester, use \r\n. In actual usage, use \n.
Fixed in version rev 8961


Previous related bugs:

Heyzeuss (talk) 11:42, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

rev 8961 Newline will be \n for find in Regex Tester. Rjwilmsi 14:54, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

No horizontal scrollbar on Find and Replace Normal Settings dialog

Status Fixed in the next release
Description There is never a horizontal scrollbar added in the Normal Settings dialog under Find and Replace, meaning some columns can become unviewable if you get careless when playing with column widths. In extreme cases, it is possible to make the "Find" column so wide that it can no longer be narrowed, meaning the other columns are permanently out of view, since there is no (obvious) way to change the width of columns without dragging the separators, short of restarting AWB. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 04:19, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
To duplicate: Enter a very long string into a "Find" box and then double-click the separator between the "Find" and "Replace with" columns.
Site URL: wikia:yugioh:Main Page
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version Unknown
AWB version 5.2.0.0
Workaround Restart AWB
Fixed in version rev 8960


rev 8960 Rjwilmsi 13:44, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Unable to save some pages causes infinite loop

Status Fixed in the next release
Description This time is Bracket that caused AWB to try to save infinite times. Log.txt gives "Bot API returned the following error: 'The supplied MD5 hash was incorrect'". -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:51, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8453
Workaround Skip when MD5 hash is incorrect?
Fixed in version rev 8958, rev 8959


Perhaps a result of a wifi drop. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 11:22, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

No. I have encountered this before. Something with unicode characters. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:48, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
You'll have to edit the article section by section then line by line to find the problematic character(s). Rjwilmsi 11:09, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Disactivating "Unicodify whole page" makes auto-skipping possible. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:07, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

The problem is caused due to a deprecated unicode character. Check here. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:13, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

I suspect this is an API issue, a rare one. Maybe if you post on technical village pump another user can confirm if this problem occurs with the API when used outside of AWB? Rjwilmsi 14:47, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I mean we couldn't we skip when MD5 hash is incorrect instead of trying again and again to save? -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:30, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Same for Dahae, Osun State. -- Yobot (talk) 12:00, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

I resolved the last two by replacing the unicode characters manually. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Reported at Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41002 -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:23, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

The ball is back on our field: "So presumably AWB needs to do the normalisation itself (so it knows the post-normalisation MD5) or the API needs to accept pre-normalisation hashes (which, given the distribution of functions between WebRequest and the API seems tricky).". -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:32, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

rev 8958 Skip page if we encounter badmd5 error from API on save, prevents cycle of attempted saves. Rjwilmsi 11:09, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
rev 8959 Unicodify to not change HTML characters &#x2329; and &#x232A; (deprecated bracket characters), if converted API returns badmd5 error. Rjwilmsi 11:23, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Sort meta data after

Status Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description Append text "sort meta data after" feature doesn't work in Wikipedia (NS:4) namespace- weltforce (talk) 15:00, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Tried to append a navbox to the page.
Site URL: Each and every page in the Wikipedia namespace
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version .NET 4
AWB version 5.3.1.2
Workaround
Fixed in version


I'd be dubuios about enabling the data sorter on the Wikipedia namespace as most of the sorter logic is geared to mainspace pages. Rjwilmsi 13:29, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
If I add a navbox to a Wikipedia page, it is useful. --weltforce (talk) 14:33, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, many procedures within data sorter are not a goo idea on the Wikipedia namespace. Enabling them would cause more harm than good. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:40, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

MoveDablinks does not move all Dablinks

Status Fixed in the next release
Description MoveDablinks says it "Moves DABLinks at the very top of the page". WP:DABLINK says "For a complete listing of disambiguation hatnote templates, see Wikipedia:Template messages/General#Disambiguation and redirection." While AWB moves the common hatnotes, it does not move all of them, such as {{selfref}}. GoingBatty (talk) 00:23, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Dispute resolution
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround manually move
Fixed in version rev 8962 -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:11, 28 February 2013 (UTC)


Our current list of dablinks is "about", "ambiguous link", "for", "for2", "for3", "dablink", "distinguish", "distinguish2", "hatnote", "otherpeople", "otherpeople1", "otherpeople2", "otherpeople3", "other people", "other people1", "other people2", "other people3", "other persons", "otherpersons", "otherpersons2", "otherpersons3", "otherplaces", "other places", "otherplaces3", "other places3", "otherships", "other ships", "otheruses-number", "other uses", "other uses2", "other uses3", "other uses4", "other uses6", "otheruses", "otheruses2", "otheruses3", "otheruses4", "other uses of", "otheruse", "2otheruses", "redirect-acronym", "redirect", "redirect2", "redirect3", "redirect4", "this", "two other uses", "three other uses", "disambig-acronym". On the documentation page not all templates are 'top of page' ones, so please tell me what you want our list to be. Thanks Rjwilmsi 08:38, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Selfref is also used in sections. This is the reason I didn't add it in our list. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:10, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Now dablinks are only moved to the top of the page if already in the zeroth section, so maybe we can add this one? Rjwilmsi 13:45, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
rev 8962 -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:11, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

SocketException in ApiEdit.HttpPost

Status Bug is in old software, please update
Description
Exception:SocketException
Message:An invalid argument was supplied
Call stack:
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Poll(Int32 microSeconds, SelectMode mode)
   at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.PollRead()
   at System.Net.Connection.StartRequest(HttpWebRequest request)
   at System.Net.Connection.SubmitRequest(HttpWebRequest request)
   at System.Net.ServicePoint.SubmitRequest(HttpWebRequest request, String connName)
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.SubmitRequest(ServicePoint servicePoint)
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream(TransportContext& context)
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()
   at WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.HttpPost(String[,] get, String[,] post, ActionOptions options)
   at WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.Login(String username, String password)
   at WikiFunctions.Profiles.AWBProfilesForm.PerformLogin(String username, String password)

System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An invalid argument was supplied 

at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Poll(Int32 microSeconds, SelectMode mode)
at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.PollRead()
at System.Net.Connection.StartRequest(HttpWebRequest request)
at System.Net.Connection.SubmitRequest(HttpWebRequest request)
at System.Net.ServicePoint.SubmitRequest(HttpWebRequest request, String connName)
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.SubmitRequest(ServicePoint servicePoint)
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream(TransportContext& context)
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()
at WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.HttpPost(String[,] get, String[,] post, ActionOptions options)
at WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.Login(String username, String password)
at WikiFunctions.Profiles.AWBProfilesForm.PerformLogin(String username, String password)

JayJayTalk to me 16:20, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

To duplicate: Unknown
Site URL: http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5448
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.3.1.0), WikiFunctions (5.3.1.0), revision 7792 (2011-07-23 16:53:25)
Workaround
Fixed in version


I'm getting annoyed, I'm just getting errors spit out from left to right. I can't do anything! JayJayTalk to me 16:37, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
Problem was caused by Mediawiki upgrade at some point. Please re-report if bug appears in AWB version 5.4.0.1 or later. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:53, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Replace template parameters not case insensitive

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Although Wikipedia:AWB/RTP#Rule format says "The template name is first-letter case insensitive e.g. {{Citation needed}} and {{citation needed}} are the same", this doesn't seem to be the case. GoingBatty (talk) 22:44, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Load Saleh Mosque, and note that no fixes are made, but an alert states that |accesssdate= is an invalid citation parameter. Change that citation from {{Cite web}} to {{cite web}} and reparse, and note that the invalid parameter is corrected.
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround manually fix
Fixed in version rev 8903


Also, I don't understand why {{Citation needed}} is used as the example, since there are no rules for that template. GoingBatty (talk) 22:45, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Feel free to improve the documentation! -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:35, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
rev 8903 Fixed Rjwilmsi 14:41, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
Documentation updated - wanted to confirm how this would be fixed before updating the documentation. GoingBatty (talk) 21:17, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Does not always change "b." to "born"

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Although FixLivingThingsRelatedDates says it replaces "John Doe (b. 1978)" with "John Doe (born 1978)" in the lead section of articles, it does not always do so. GoingBatty (talk) 23:51, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Erin Bell (journalist)
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround fix manually
Fixed in version rev 8964


rev 8964 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 08:50, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Others is now valid parameter of cite web

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Now that |others= has been added as a valid parameter of {{cite web}} (in this edit), please change AWB so it does not report |others= as an invalid citation parameter. GoingBatty (talk) 17:41, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8853
Workaround ignore alert
Fixed in version rev 8963


I've added {{AWB standard installation}} to the template documentation, so hopefully we'll be notified when people decide to change the template again. You may want to compare the template edit history with the AWB code to see if there are any others to be added. (I previously reported |agency= in this bug report.) GoingBatty (talk) 17:41, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

rev 8963 Rjwilmsi 08:42, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Copy from diff

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Copying from the diff view using CTRL-c does not seem to work. David Hollman (Talk) 07:28, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system Vista
.NET FW Version Unknown
AWB version 5.0.3.0
Workaround right-clicking and selecting "copy" works.
Fixed in version rev 8966


Yes, known issue. Rjwilmsi 09:07, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
rev 8966 Enable copying text from diff view via Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut. Rjwilmsi 10:33, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

AWB preview no longer shows red links in red

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Red links now show as blue in the AWB preview window. This was definitely working as recently as 14th January, when I was using the same AWB version as now. MediaWiki? CSS? Upgrade to the Windows HTML rendering control? I've no idea, so I'm reporting it here to start with. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:18, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Create a redlink in the edit box and then ask for a preview
Site URL: en
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5448
AWB version 5.3.1.0 (but see also Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive 24#AWB preview no longer shows red links)
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8967


This is one of many things in the preview that doesn't work properly anymore. GoingBatty (talk) 17:55, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Would it be helpful if we started compiling a list of items that are not rendered in the preview pane correctly? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 03:04, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
rev 8967 Make page preview work again (presumably following MediaWiki API changes). Rjwilmsi 11:59, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Unclosed small tags cause mass effect

Status Fixed in the next release
Description We mass removed small tags while we should close unclosed small tags. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:11, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Most probably is a rare bug. I just need opinion on that.
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8967
Workaround search range to xx bytes?
Fixed in version rev 8970


rev 8970 Extra check. Rjwilmsi 13:49, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Cleanup-bare URLs not merged into Multiple issues

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Now that {{Cleanup-link rot}} has been renamed {{Cleanup-bare URLs}}, the general fixes no longer merge it into {{multiple issues}}. GoingBatty (talk) 02:45, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try The Athletic Club of Vientiane
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8964
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8968


I added {{AWB standard installation}} to the template documentation, and adjusted WP:AWB/TR appropriately. GoingBatty (talk) 02:45, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

rev 8968 Rjwilmsi 09:31, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Images are not displayed in preview mode

Status Fixed in the next release
Description Images are not displayed in preview mode. GoingBatty (talk) 02:24, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Joe Flacco
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8964
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8967


Did it display correctly in preview mode with the previous snapshot? Rjwilmsi 08:27, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Images were not displayed on purpose to save loading time. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:08, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

No, they did not display with the previous snapshot. I noticed that you were fixing other issues with preview mode, so I entered this bug report. Since this is a feature, I have updated WP:AWB/UM with this information. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 16:01, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
rev 8967 Fixed then. Rjwilmsi 17:36, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

References with URLs not displayed properly

Status Fixed in the next release
Description References that contain URLs incorrectly show the URL at the end of the reference. GoingBatty (talk) 02:25, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Joe Flacco
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8964
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8967


Did it display correctly in preview mode with the previous snapshot? Rjwilmsi 08:27, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
No, they did not display correctly with the previous snapshot. I noticed that you were fixing other issues with preview mode, so I entered this bug report. GoingBatty (talk) 16:01, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
rev 8967 Fixed then. Rjwilmsi 17:34, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Multiple issues displayed incorrectly in preview mode

Status Fixed in the next release
Description The {{multiple issues}} template has more information displayed in AWB's preview mode than it does on articles:
  • AWB's preview mode displays an image placeholder for each maintenance template. These are suppressed on articles.
  • AWB's preview mode displays the text in the |fix= parameter for each maintenance template. This is suppressed on articles. GoingBatty (talk) 02:26, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Try Louis Jonker
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8964
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8967


Did it display correctly in preview mode with the previous snapshot? Rjwilmsi 08:26, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
No, it did not display properly with the previous snapshot. I noticed that you were fixing other issues with preview mode, so I entered this bug report. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 16:02, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
rev 8967 Fixed then. Rjwilmsi 17:34, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Wiki search (text) not working

Status Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description When making list by trying to search the wiki with text instead of article names, it won't load them. It gives me a box saying "Unable to generate lists using wiki search (text). [OK button]". Rcsprinter (post) @ 19:13, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: en.wikipedia
Operating system Windows XP
.NET FW Version Really no idea
AWB version 5.4, latest update
Workaround Search manually in a browser - would take forever
Fixed in version


Works for me. What are you entering in the Wiki search box.Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 19:33, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
My search terms include some elements of wiki code like [[ and {{ - perhaps that could be part of the problem. Rcsprinter (converse) @ 10:49, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
It would help if you provide specific examples of what you are searching for that cause the error rather then making us guess what you possibly might be searching for. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 14:58, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
I have had the same issue intermittently over the last couple of days, but without the wiki code characters; it seemed to be a server response issue that happened when the search requested a large number of articles. Perhaps Rcsprinter could verify that the same search sometime works OK. Chris the speller yack 13:24, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
BTW, you can get the .NET version by going to AWB's Help > About. GoingBatty (talk) 13:39, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

The API sometimes returns a "feature disabled" error for searches. I think it does this to protect the wiki from outages if sever load is temporarily too high. So there's nothing we can do about it in AWB. All you can do is try your search again another time, or maybe ask on the technical village pump to see if others know of API/server issues and when they'll be resolved. Rjwilmsi 11:09, 8 March 2013 (UTC)


Ignoring pages

Status Resolved
Description As part of General fix AWB edited refs and while combining ref, it ignored 2 pages. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_More_(Mayflower_passenger)&diff=542603889&oldid=542078513 LINE 87 has David Lindsay, PhD., Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger amongst the Pilgrims (St. Martins Press, New York, 2002) pp. 104, 122, 150, 229 BUT after AWB - it only states these pages nos. ref name="David Lindsay 2002 pp. 104, 122" It drops two page numbers P. 150 and p. 229. Klemen Kocjancic (talk) 16:43, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_More_(Mayflower_passenger)&diff=542603889&oldid=542078513
Site URL: Richard_More_(Mayflower_passenger)
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version 8853
Workaround
Fixed in version


Not sure why you're saying there's a problem with the edit. The edit merged two references by creating an abbreviated reference name for them. The idea if ref names is to be an abbreviated/short term, so AWB doesn't include all text/all page numbers from a list. Or are you saying that the rendered reference has lost items from the page list? Rjwilmsi 17:37, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
The second. I was notified that AWB excluded two pages when substituted in-line cit with named cite. The in-line had 4 pages (104, 122, 150, 229), but named cite (<ref name="David Lindsay 2002 pp. 104, 122"/>) cover only 2 pages; it lost 2 pages in transition. AWB recognized only first 2 pages, ignored last two and deleted them. See line 87. Regards, --Klemen Kocjancic (talk) 06:38, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
The rendered refs did not lose pages. I have replied directly to the editor who raised this with you. Rjwilmsi 07:13, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

AWB removes the uncategorised template when Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard is present

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB removes the uncategorised template when Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard is present. This category is a maintenance hidden category category, thus does not count on whether an article is categorized or not. Bgwhite (talk) 19:46, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: See diff
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version svn8961
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8969


It appears to be a hidden category, not a maintenance category. GoingBatty (talk) 04:26, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
Grrr, you are correct, it is a hidden category, thus does not count on if an article is categorized or not. Bgwhite (talk) 05:30, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
rev 8969 Need to know if there are other hidden categories explicitly added to pages. We now handle stub categories, proposed deletion categories and this one. If there are too many to handle, I'll have to revert the change to allow AWB to remove uncat if user manually adds regular categories and reparses edit box. Rjwilmsi 11:11, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Skip if no replacement not working

Status Fixed in the next release
Description AWB ignoring the "Skip if no replacement" checkbox when find & replace rules are after general fixes. GoingBatty (talk) 04:11, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Set AWB as follows:
  • Apply general fixes checked
  • Find and replace enabled with one rule: "Thisisatest" → "Replacethisisatest" with After fixes checked
  • Skip if no replacement checked.

Try Crisis on Infinite Earths, and note that the article isn't skipped, even though the F&R rule is not done. However, uncheck the "After fixes" box, and the article is skipped successfully. GoingBatty (talk) 04:11, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8964
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8976


Note that you may want to release a new SVN version after fixing this, as I'm concerned that my bots aren't the only ones that count on this functionality to work to avoid trivial changes. GoingBatty (talk) 12:50, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

rev 8976 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 08:16, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

ArgumentOutOfRangeException in Parsers.FixDatesA

Status Fixed in the next release
Description
Exception:ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Message:Index and length must refer to a location within the string. Parameter name: length
Call stack:
   at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
   at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
   at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.FixDatesA(String articleText)
   at WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags, Boolean restrictDefaultsortAddition, Boolean noMOSComplianceFixes)
   at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess)

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index and length must refer to a location within the string. Parameter name: length 

  at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
  at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
  at WikiFunctions.Parse.Parsers.FixDatesA(String articleText)
  at WikiFunctions.Article.PerformGeneralFixes(Parsers parsers, HideText removeText, ISkipOptions skip, Boolean replaceReferenceTags, Boolean restrictDefaultsortAddition, Boolean noMOSComplianceFixes)
  at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess)

Bearcat (talk) 05:03, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

To duplicate: [encountered while processing page [95]]
Site URL: https://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7600.0
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.4963
AWB version AutoWikiBrowser (5.4.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.4.0.1), revision 8686 (2012-11-24 18:05:21)
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8697


rev 8697. There's a newer snapshot available and we'll get a full release out in the next week. Rjwilmsi 08:19, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
👍 Like GoingBatty (talk) 16:43, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Typo in Auto tag mouseover description

Status Fixed in the next release
Description When you hover over the Auto tag checkbox, the description contains {{ibid} instead of {{ibid}}. GoingBatty (talk) 02:34, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate: Go to the Options tab and hover over the Auto tag checkbox
Site URL: en.wikipedia.org
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version 2.0.50727.5737
AWB version SVN 8964
Workaround
Fixed in version rev 8978 -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:39, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


In Template

Status Resolved
Description In template is not working if template selected inside WikiProjectBannerShell. Traveler100 (talk) 10:10, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
To duplicate: Have a simple in Template that checks for WikiProject Biography then sub rule replaces some text. I am sure it was working but is no longer.
Site URL: en
Operating system Windows 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version 5.4.0.0
Workaround Create check for WikiProjectBannerShell then check for WikiProject Biography then duplicate edit code.
Fixed in version


Please post your AWB settings file and/or screenshots of the in template rule you have set up, and an example talk page where you expect it to work. Rjwilmsi 13:15, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
Source extract of relevant section. Load articles in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of people and start from the end of the list. It will remove the line only if WikiProject Biography is not in BannerShell. --Traveler100 (talk) 15:17, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
The In Template logic isn't always good at nested templates. It seems to work if you add WikiProjectBannerShell to your template list along with WikiProject Biography, does this then do what you need? Rjwilmsi 09:18, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
I have done a work-around. I have a nested In Template that first checks for WikiProjectBannerShell then the templates I am looking for. A little duplication of but it works. --Traveler100 (talk) 12:53, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Asking for update - none available

Resolved

Hi, I use AWB on simpsonswiki.net and it has worked fine. Recently, I tried to log in and it tells me that the version is not enabled and I need to download the latest version. I go to do this and it tells me there are no updates available. I then installed the updater manually and ran that and still found I had the latest version. I can not log in as a result of this. I have asked another user and he is having the same problems. Can anyone give us a fix for this? Thanks, Solar Dragon (talk) 14:41, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Which version did you install? -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:04, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
I've had the same problem today on the English Wikipedia while running 5.3.1.0 (AWB updater tells me I need to update and thus I cannot log in, then the updater tells me there's no updates), and had to manually update AWB (ie, download 5.4.0.0 and replace old files with new files). I hope this helps. Regards, HMman (talk) 15:29, 5 September 2012 (UTC).
I had to do the manual upgrade as well. Kumioko (talk) 16:39, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Same problem here, the automatic updater said there was no upgrade (from 5.3.1.0) - the solution was to download the 5.4.0.0 zip from Sourceforge, so nothing too complex -- RandomTime 12:55, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
I had the same problem with the same version. The same solution worked for me. -- PBS (talk) 15:46, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

It takes two edits to normalise parameter casing and replace them

Status Resolved
Description PMCID → pmcid and then pmcid → pmc (the later is done by the Rename template parameters page. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:58, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL: enwiki
Operating system 7
.NET FW Version
AWB version rev 8976
Workaround
Fixed in version Added PMCID → pmc to RTP page. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:39, 22 March 2013 (UTC)


  1. ^ http://www.aarhus.dk/da/omkommunen/organisation/aarhus-kommune-generelt/Venskabsbyer.aspx
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