Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive 18

message: I am just deleting a particular category from articles as in most cases it is misplaced and it (or the one it should be) would be generated by the infobox anyway. I found AWB to skip the articles though when the category has a sortkey. Apart from using RegExp and deleting the category that way, which means making changes to articles which don't particular need editing at this moment in time is there a way of deleting such categories? Agathoclea (talk) 11:48, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought it dealt with piped categories.. Hmm. Anyway, pretty sure the CFD plugin.dll does do it, im pretty sure - Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CFD_plugin —Reedy Boy 12:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Testing this now. Will need to find another piped one first :-) Agathoclea (talk) 12:27, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking good now - thanks Agathoclea (talk) 13:12, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, both ways use he same routine for removing categories. Please specify on which exactly pages did you experience problems. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 17:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was Gröbenzell Agathoclea (talk) 19:00, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was unable to reproduce it in this article. Any particuar settings you've used would be helpful. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 19:32, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My main setting is to remove category Towns in Bavaria and set to skip if that is not applicable. Everything else is just basic replacements. The article I had a problem with and still have is now at User:Agathoclea/Sandbox as I made a manual change to Gröbenzell after AWB kept ignoring it. Agathoclea (talk) 23:06, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was the skip if no replacements to me made that was the culprit. Agathoclea 09:44, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleting piped Categories 

message: Please, dont say anymore that this thing work on wikia projects because it's not true anymore and Wikia doesn't want to do a symoblic link to their Api.php (that is in / not in /w/) so this software will never be useable again on wikia projects.
I've tryed today using the only version that was still able to function on Wikia (version 4.0.0) and it's totally disabled now. It wont even log in. It say that the version is obselete on Wikipedia (like i would ever want to use it here -.-' ). TulipVorlax (talk) 04:23, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It worked fine... I'll investigate this. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 06:46, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Will never work on Wikia 

message: I have no strong feelings about this, but I would like input from others. With so many people using AWB, I've noticed a trend in "fixing" (spelling, grammar, capitalization, etc.) other people's comments on talk pages, and other Wiki-space pages (like bot requests, AN/ANI, etc.). The part of me that is a stickler for spelling and grammar does  not really mind this, but another part of me believes in the talk page etiquette guideline, "It is not necessary to bring talk pages to publishing standards, so there is no need to correct typing errors, grammar, etc. It tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting." It seems this may be something that should be avoided. It should not be hard for those who use AWB to simply skip anything not in article space (I use AWB occasionally, and I do not edit pages that are outside article space for this reason) but I'd like to know what others think. Ariel♥Gold 15:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I, too, tend to skip pages outside the article space when using AWB. In fact, I'll usually filter the lists I make for just Main and (sometimes) Wikipedia, leaving all other pages alone. Editing other users' comments with an automated tool doesn't seem like something we should be doing. Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 16:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't correct the spelling of other's comments using AWB or Lupin's tool either . James086Talk | Email 04:48, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question about editing others' comments 

message: I recently went a little crazy on AWB, leading to an ugly string of auto-edits. I wanted to know the procedure for opening a bot account that would be only operated by AWB. No code, no fancy stuff (not yet, anyway), just me logging in to AWB under a bot account and editing. J-ſtanTalkContribs 04:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Might I suggest creating a user named J-stanbot or something similar? It most likely wouldn't have a bot flag, but it would separate your automated edits from your main account. Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 07:21, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  So that's okay? would I have to get reapproved by AWB for it? When I list it, should I list it as a bot, or just another account? Since I have so many questions, could you just explain what I'd have to do besides just create another account? Thanks. J-ſtanTalkContribs 18:53, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well. You wouldnt get a flag for like regextypofix - Not that you can use it automated.. I think your probably just after a sock account for just AWB edits? Rather than a bot account? —Reedy Boy 21:30, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yeah, excuse the wording if improper, that's what is used on the main page. So basically, I just create a new account and ask that it get AWB, even though it has less than 500 edits? Should I display the message that bots have about it being a bot account? Has someone done this before so I can ask them directly? Sorry about the flurry of questions, I just want to do everything right. J-ſtanTalkContribs 21:56, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Socks don't need 500 edits if their master have 'em, and no, you must use  only if it actually makes unshupervised edits. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 22:01, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Gotcha. So it's basically a legit sock. I'll create the account. One last question for now: Do I list it for approval under Bots? J-ſtanTalkContribs 22:03, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Oh wait, nevermind. I'm already approved. J-stanbot is up, thanks for all the help! J-ſtanTalkContribs 22:09, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bot 

message: I'm not sure if this an interface question, bug report, feature request, or just an observation, so I'm putting it here.
When editing a page with RegExpTypoFix enabled, if you examine the typo fix and determine it to be incorrect (usually because of foreign language text or a verbatim quotation), you can remove that particular edit, while preserving other AWB suggested changes.
When you confirm the edit, however, the typofix is still listed in the edit summary.  The comment is, huh.  The question is, is there a way to stop it?  The bug/feature request is, can somebody make that stop? gnfnrf (talk) 05:30, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Already listed as a bug, no solution is expected in the foreseeable future. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 08:01, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bugfeaturecommentquestion 

message: Suppose I only wanted to find and replace for certain singular words, but not their plural.  How can I tell it to only find, for example, 'dog', but not 'dogs'?  Thanks!  Reywas92Talk 22:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Use regex dog\b. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 06:58, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Find and replace 

message: I'm back again! Tonight I constructed a small set of regular expressions to substitute templates like  and replace such things with  when appropriate. I haven't had much trouble with those — all it took was some watching the edits and I fixed up my expressions right quick — but I came across some oddly-formatted (ISO 8601) timestamps, and have been trying to figure out how to convert them to normal signature timestamps.
What I have captures all the data perfectly:
(\d\d\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)T(\d\d):(\d\d)(?::\d\d)?(?:Z)?
There's a possibility of trimming spaces, too, but that's a minor issue (does any better way than (?: )? exist?). What I need to do is put the backreferences into the following format:
$4:$5, $3 $2 $1
$4 hh, $5 mm, $3 dd, $2 month#, $1 yyyy.
I tried using  where $2 is in the above example, but it never worked, at least not when I subst'ed the templates. If there's a way to somehow convert the two-digit $2 backreference into the corresponding English month name using pure regex, and you can tell me, you will be hailed as a regex god by me for all time. Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 07:45, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, there is, but it'd be pretty ugly. I'm more curious why the subst you gave didn't work.  What did you end up with?  It could be a matter of escaping the pipe: in the replacement text. -- JHunterJ (talk) 00:35, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't think so. Escaping the pipe just gave me an escaped pipe in the wikicode. I think it has more to do with the extra pipe inside the  template. I also tried substituting both MONTHNAME and Template:! (which is a pipe for use in template parameters) but only got this. Ugly doesn't worry me so long as it works. I think I've pretty well established that using a template within a template isn't going to do the job, unless MediaWiki starts subst:'ing from the inside out, which is unlikely. Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 05:53, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date formatting with regex 

message: I want to disable the multiple wikilinks Alert.  I dont feel comforable changing the wiki-links.  How can I disable this.  I feel if I do disable it, than the AWB will go faster.  Because right now im averaging 0 Edits/min. Thanks, PGPirate 02:53, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You cant. Just ignore it - You dont have to fix/do anything with them. The difference it would make in processing time would be minimal —Reedy Boy 16:08, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple wiki-links 

message: I'm trying to get a bunch of The Simpsons related articles to here. How can I get AWB to do it for me? Ctjf83 talk 08:44, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Im not exactly sure what you are asking. If you want to have AWB to make a list of all the links on the page - "Links on Page:" Wikipedia:WikiProject_The_Simpsons/Watchlist —Reedy Boy 10:41, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I figured it out, thanks...I just had AWB make a list using category Simpsons, and google search Simpsons, and then saved the list, and copy and pasted it to the watch list thanks again! Ctjf83 talk 06:10, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  New question...i d-load the latest version, and the text in the "current revision" and "your text" is really small, a lot smaller than it use to be. is there anyway to change this? Ctjf83 talk 20:15, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 20:21, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: hello, I'm a french wikipedian, and i work on AWB, with my StefBot. But i'm a young user, and, i don't know enough the syntax for AWB, so i need help... I would like a script whose changes a parameter of an infobox (for exemple, template:infobox Actor). If somebody can help me, thanks very much, best regards Stef4854 (talk) 18:22, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey.. What do you mean by a script? A C#/VB module? —Reedy Boy 21:55, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help for a script 

message: Are they done last?  It seems that way.  I notice that categories are getting appended to the bottom on the article, after stub templates.  Can category operations be done first (or near the top of the list) so that general fixes can take care of them as well.  Also it would be nice to have the categories added before any modules are run.  I'm trying to categorize hundreds of radio stations which require adding categories like this YQX for a page like KYQX.  This is done to allow stations to be listed by the 2nd letter in their callsign rather than all be lumped into a K or W category.  I'd like to use AWB to add a category like  REPLACEME and then use a module to replace that REPLACEME string with a substring'd version of the article title.  That's not working because the categories are apparently being added last.  Or am I missing an easier way to do this?--Rtphokie (talk) 15:28, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This has already been reported as a bug (the incorrect category placement), and fixed for the next release. Jogers moved it by mistake before the last release —Reedy Boy 16:08, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

text: But the custom module is still done before category addition! —Reedy Boy 16:47, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Cool thanks!--Rtphokie (talk) 14:05, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  when are Category additions done 

message: Is there a way I can disable this fix yet retain all the other general fixes?--Rtphokie (talk) 16:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What you don't like about it? If you have a specific concern, just tell us what, so we could fix it. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 18:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Automagically adding the default sort tag and cleaning up the category tags is great for most articles but not for broadcast stations (TV and Radio).   These pages are categorized by state (e.g. :Category:Radio stations in Virginia) or city (e.g. :Category:Radio stations in Atlanta) and by other categories which cover multiple states (e.g. :Category:National Public Radio stations), To make the categories more readable, the by state categories are sorted beginning with the second letter of the article title (i.e. the call sign) so that they dont all get lumped into either the K's or the W's (stations west of the Mississippi start with W, east start with a K with only a handful of exceptions).  However the larger categories (by music genre, by ownership, etc.) should be sorted by the first letter of title because they span the whole country.  Automatically adding the DEFAULTSORT tag causes problems in these types of articles.  Even when 2 categories exist that should be sorted by the second letter, it's preferrable to leave them as they are rather than strip the sorting from the categories and add a DEFAULTSORT tag.  This is because any national categories that are added later would be sorted incorrectly.  With thousands of radio and tv station articles AWB is a big help to WP:WikiProject Radio Stations, the ability to turn this normally very useful fix off for our purposes would be great.--Rtphokie (talk) 14:20, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disabling DEFAULTSORT tag addition 

message: I have a couple questions about this.  First, how do I make it not add new talk pages that I create to my watchlist; I found the option to make it add everything to my watchlist, but unchecking that doesn't make it not add them when I make a new page.  Secondly, in the advanced add/change settings, how do I make it not make a replacement if it finds niether of two strings of text; there is only one "if not" box.  Thank you.  --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 19:29, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The first question I think I can take a stab at. Have you checked your on-site preferences' (Special:Preferences) Watchlist tab? If you don't want pages you create automatically watched, just uncheck "Add pages I create to my watchlist" on that tab. Or are you referring to something else that's happening? Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 20:32, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That makes sence, how silly of me.  --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 17:23, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  2 questions: Watchlist and nor option 

message: I need two regular expressions made to convert the following external links into template form. examples are here: 1
2 IrisKawling (talk) 02:02, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you very much. The module code returned bugs (maybe I used it wrong) but the basic regex does the trick just fine. IrisKawling (talk) 12:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you copy and paste all the code straight into Custom Module, replacing what is there currently, it should work fine... —Reedy Boy 17:26, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Why don't you just match id=0*([1-9]\d*) ? MaxSem(Han shot first!) 13:23, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  RegExp request 

message: I was wondering how AWB figures out how to add the uncategorized tag to an article. I'm assuming it looks for Category:  tags in the article, though I would like to get clarification on this. --Nn123645 (talk) 06:54, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, categories form transcluded templates are also taken into account. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 09:27, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncatagorized 

message: I know i've already posted a message about this matter but nothing has been done yet. So, i've posted a big comment on Wikia AutoWikiBrowser page about the fact that the devs here dont want to do anything about it and say Wikia should do something about it. I'm a bit lazy so i'll just give you the link to the comment i've just written on Wikia : . See ya. TulipVorlax (talk) 04:51, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just made a weird discovery. It work on Wikia but only if i select custom project and enter the full URL of it. Did not test with my bot account yet but it worked with my sysop one. So, it might be a workaround until things get corrected, if ever. TulipVorlax (talk) 10:59, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still not working on Wikia 

message: can diff be more accurate and intelligent than that in  and compare the counterparts? --84.234.42.68 (talk) 19:25, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It will be better in the next release... —Reedy Boy 20:23, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, there is no easy way to find out that one string is a modified version of another one. At least I've never seen any free-license diff library capable of making such precise diffs. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 18:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  diff 

message: The only thing I can find on my computer is the AWB update folder. Whenever I try to update it, it says there's nothing to update. What should I do? Thanks Hatmatbbat10 (talk) 22:19, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: can you release unstable version (lattest revision)? --84.234.42.68 (talk) 00:32, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Here - I'm uploading SVN Snapshot there now.. —Reedy Boy 14:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, I just tried the "unstable version".  It is actually very nice.  It's much faster...just the occasional "Just in time debugger" notices... - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 17:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, it should be. Startup should be a lot faster too! MaxSem (mainly) has put quite a bit of work into revamping AWB again and speeding things up. Please just keep an eye on that page if your using the "unstable" (not really quite so, more just snapshots), versions, as it will be periodically updated as things are updated in the svn! —Reedy Boy 19:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not to hold you guys up to a schedule or anything...because you guys are doing a fabulous job at this btw... but how often should we check for updates in the SVN?  I mean should I hound at it everyday? every 4 days? week? 2 weeks?  Rough estimate is perfectly fine.  Thanks a bunch! :D  - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 06:38, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, if you were in a position to build it yourself, i'd reccommend you ran a svn update every day. If you just want to help out with testing a bit, and are unable to build the latest versions yourself. If not, just check back every couple of days. I'll stick a new version up as and when changes happen, that are worth people having access too! I should really publicise it a little more —Reedy Boy 18:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  release 

message: Is there any way to turn off the extended edit summaries when using the CFD plugin?  If I don't use the plugin, I get something neat and compact like "CFD 2008 Jan 5 using AWB".  But when I use the plugin, and I'm making changes that involve wordy or multiple categories, the edit summary balloons (and truncates) to something like "CFD 2008 Jan 5 , replaced: Category:Generic cat name A → Category:Generic cat name B, replaced: Category:Generic cat name C → Category:G"
It works well when there is only one change to make, or if the category names are short.  But when it truncates as in the above example, the edit summary just becomes confusing.  --Kbdank71 19:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not as it stands.. But it wouldnt be difficult to put a checkbox in you can check to suppress the extended edit summary.. I just know if other people may have a problem with that.. —Reedy Boy 20:05, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there anything you need me to do at this point?  --Kbdank71 14:52, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I'd like to see an option to not add the CFD changes to the edit summary (similar to the option in regular find/replace). It makes edit summaries very cluttered, and cuts off the AWB link (ex (re-categorisation per CFD , replaced: Category:Municipalities of Utrecht → Category:Municipalities of Utrecht (province) using [[Project:Au) ) -- pb30<talk> 21:08, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems there is going to have to be options for most parts to turn off the auto edit summaries... —Reedy Boy 21:33, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  CFD Plugin edit summaries 

message: Hello. In the last few days, I've encountered four different editors using AWB to make thousands of edits. Among the "general fixes", AWB converts  to . Per , "there is no consensus that small font size should always be used for all references". I'm told the next release version will not have this "feature". Is there any way you can get this released soon? Gimmetrow 05:37, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: try an actual version (unstable), should work good - 
 --84.234.42.68 (talk) 10:43, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think you misunderstand. I don't use AWB. Gimmetrow 18:51, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  it's released as unstable and can be downloaded --84.234.42.68 (talk) 22:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He doesnt use it. It will be fixed for the next release —Reedy Boy 23:29, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  When is this next release? Gimmetrow 04:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I can see where you are coming from... However, part of the code (not just the regex), is quite complex, and cant just be added under the "typo fixing" as people may not want to be typo fixing. We could, like the localised typo edit summary, have it as a variable.. Defined by project if requested...? —Reedy Boy 14:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes sure - I only thought the wordlist would be easier. --A half-open shower curtain (talk) 14:13, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I was hoping for last weekend... But i got way-laid/busy with revision and other commitments... No reason why we cant this weekend... Seem to be no bugs outstanding. Just a couple of loose ends i want to tie up —Reedy Boy 23:13, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  References and reflist 

message: I thought AWB autosaved, but I see now it is only for bots.  Was this a change?  Can I disable this feature if I download the source and compile myself?  Thanks.  TableMannersU·T·C 06:06, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, AWB has never autosaved for general users, only AWB approved bots. As for the 2nd part - no comment. —Reedy Boy 12:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Autosave 

message: I have written an Excel spreadsheet that I use to import NHL Statistics via a web query.  I then have it output the wiki code that I copy / paste into the template that I am updating.  The code that it outputs is the entire page's code.  What I want to do is have AWB open the templates which I am updating and replace the entire page with the contents of my text file.  Can this be done with AWB?  My intention is to get this working if it can be done and eventually automating this VIA bot approval with an alternate account user:Pparazorbot for these certain edits.  For now, the saving would be manual.  Thanks -Pparazorback (talk) 20:41, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds alot like the python bots.  If you've download all the stuff to build AWB then should be abl to build on the custom modules, Passing text to external program for processing, which allows you to use languages other than C# and VB to program.  I'll have to actually try it out myself on of these day and add GUI for others.  —Dispenser (talk) 02:35, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah... I could easily put in a GUI for that page if requested.... —Reedy Boy 15:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you did I would expect more people to use AWB as a bot frame work as it would significantly ease development.  It would also add an intermediate step for people who might like to write a plugin.  Of course this is assuming if it were to become part of the AWB base install.  I wonder when somebody going to finally write a mail merge plugin.  —Dispenser (talk) 00:37, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Plugins since v4 are much easier (ok, .NET plugins...). You can implement the correct things, then a couple of clicks, all the default methods are created for use... Just saving/loading settings can be a bit iffy... I was going to do that CSV thing (presumably what you mean by mail merge), but wanted to do it with a graphical side so the users can see what was under each coloumn.. Just getting a datagridview to do it wasnt happening.. Suppose a listview could do it fairly easily. Hmm —Reedy Boy 17:15, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  adds a GUI interface for this. Needs some settings saving/loading/plumbing in...  tweaks the file names so the input/output is the same. Dispenser - If you can help test it, that'd be useful! —Reedy Boy 15:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Replace pages with AWB 

message: What to do with a user who broke these 3 rules?:
# Don't edit too fast; consider opening a bot account if you are regularly making more than a few edits a minute.
# Don't do anything controversial with it.
# Avoid making insignificant or inconsequential edits
:Thanks! Kameejl (Talk) 10:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you warned/told them off for it? If so, and they continued, their access should be removed —Reedy Boy 11:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have recently. I'll see what happens. If I don't see any improvements, is there a place to report such a user? Thanks for your reply Kameejl (Talk) 11:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Here can be ok.. Or the IRC channel. Or if its really bad, one of the administrator noticeboards, and they can be dealt with quickly... —Reedy Boy 11:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misuse 

message: Hi. I used AWB without problems until two days ago. Since then, when I try to login, the program sends me this nice mesage: Software disabled in the left-down corner. A write my username and password but nothing happens. I had tried every update but I don't thing thats the problem. I had made some changes in my monobook.js (later canceled) - can this be the problem? 
I'm a user (admin) at ro.wikipedia, and I'm not a native english speaker, so excuse me if you can't read my messege :). Thanks Rad Urs 21 px Talk or Rad Urs.
:Hi, It would seem there is no checkpage, and AWB automatically allows all administrators to use it... What version are you using? —Reedy Boy 13:01, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: AWB4142 Rad Urs  Talk 13:18, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

text: It's seems that the problem was my browser, Firefox. I used Internet Explorer and now I'm loged in. Thanks anyway. :) Rad Urs (talk) 12:23, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, thanks for letting us know! —Reedy Boy 13:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I'm sorry, now it's another problem :(. The page is loaded, the changes are made in the edit box, but when I hit save, nothing happens. Just: Saving. Now what? Rad Urs (talk) 13:18, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevermind. It's working now 79.112.120.97 (talk) 13:47, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Hi. Login Wikipedia using Internet Explorer (check the Keep me sign in button). Then start AWB an login. It worked for me. Rad Urs (talk) 13:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks, that's worked. I wonder why this problem came up now...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by SibFreak (talk • contribs) 13:42, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Software disabled 

message: I was contemplating using AWB to sort through the morass of a backlog at :Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages - deleting old temporary user pages.  There's just one thing I'm not 100% sure if AWB has the ability to handle.  The pages usually are left to 'age' for one month before being deleted - so I'd need to check the last edited date of the page.  Is there some mechanism in AWB to check this?  I presume that part of the metadata that comes across when a page loads is the "this page was last modified on XXX" (as it appears at the bottom of each page), but don't see an option that lets me use that in AWB.  I'm just probably overlooking something really simple or another workaround for this - suggestions?!  SkierRMH (talk) 19:28, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finding page last edited date with AWB 

message: please add, looks like it's not present --84.234.42.68 (talk) 01:15, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Added -  —Reedy Boy 15:49, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tested 2032 and "dsb" is moved separately from interwiki links --84.234.42.68 (talk) 15:16, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/IW - Its cause its not listed on there.. They probably need updating again —Reedy Boy 15:26, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  - Now updated —Reedy Boy 15:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  .dsb wiki 

message: "Ignore templates, refs, link targets, and headings" - could them be set separately, i.e. ignore templates but allow headings? --84.234.42.68 (talk) 16:31, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wheres that? —Reedy Boy 17:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "find and replace" --84.234.42.68 (talk) 20:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  suggestion 

message: I wonder if it would be a good idea to remind new users in the approval message to read the terms of use and not make changes that are only removing white space. I've had to remind three newbies about that today. :( --Fabrictramp (talk) 23:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion for new users 

message: I find no sr language (Serbian language) on drop down list for wikipedia project in the User and project preferences. What is the simplest way to overcome this obstacle? Is this possible? --JustUser (talk) 23:10, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wait for the next release. Added -  —Reedy Boy 23:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  sr language 

message: Can AWB make all list of all the articles that are in both in say :Category:GAA County Championships and :Category:Dublin GAA club championships Gnevin (talk) 23:09, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I do this all the time with the list comparer in AWB. (well, not those two particular categories, but you know what I mean.) --Fabrictramp (talk) 00:06, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finding out if article is in Category x and y 

message: Can anyone tell me how the AWB database scanner works. I downloaded the latest database dump (enwiki-20080103-pages-articles.xml), I opened AWB, selected make list from database dump. wiki database scanner opens up, I point it to the decompressed file (enwiki-20080103-pages-articles.xml), check article does contain (nothing else checked), enter  in the box , and hit start. After several minutes it gives me only 23 entries. And I know that there are way more. So why do the others not show up? Is there another way to find out which articles contain this information? --Jeanenawhitney (talk) 19:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Has it finished by that point? Or is it still processing? As i know with typo's it can take hours, and doesnt seem to ever finish... —Reedy Boy 19:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nothing else is checked (AWB specific is set to none) It actually ends with the message 26 matches in 00:16:26.812. --Jeanenawhitney (talk) 19:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

text: When I've had similar problems in regenerating the Dead End Pages, it's always turned out to be bad sectors in my hard drive. Drove me crazy for a while because the download would look good, the unzip would look good, and AWB didn't come up with errors, but if I run a disk utility on my hard drive (or do a new download of the dump onto a recently formatted external HD), the problem goes away.  I've gotten so I always run a disk fixing util before downloading the data dump. HTH --Fabrictramp (talk) 20:19, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I am going to try this on another computer. I will download on a completely different system and try this again. Let you know what I find. Make take a day to get back. --Jeanenawhitney (talk) 23:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Same results, completely different machine. I am starting to think it is the dump, Because both machines I downloaded the latest dump and this time the scanner reported 23 matches. I'm stumped. --Jeanenawhitney (talk) 12:11, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Try something like grep? --kingboyk (talk) 12:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I just got the hang of regex (almost). grep, oh no I'm back to dos again. I swore in 1989 that windoze (and bg and sj were jerks) was going to be going the way of beta (trs-80 ruled, in my eyes). I now believe cmd line interpreters should be banished from the face of the earth.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeanenawhitney (talk • contribs) 00:27, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You could look it at that way, or you could look at it as joining the grown up world of UNIX :) "Grep" is just a regular expression parser, it's powerful but it's not complicated. On Windows it can be acquired as part of Cygwin. I daresay there are graphical text editors which would do the same job however! --kingboyk (talk) 20:49, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ace subhuman wit slackens 

message: I thought I should let you guys know, in case mine was an isolated issue, that the automatic update in AWB itself wasn't working for me. I tried to run it five or six different times and it consistently crashed on some kind of application error. I've manually downloaded the new update from SourceForge, so I don't need help fixing this anymore, but I thought I should advise you guys anyway that there may or may not be an actual bug in the updater. Bearcat (talk) 00:41, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you updated your updater previously? Ie between the last 4.1 release and 4.2? —Reedy Boy 16:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I got a problem as well.  The updater seemed to update, but when I try to open AWB, I get the error "Value cannot be null.  Parameter name:value".  That is followed by "Cannot load version check page from Wikipedia. Please verify that you're connected to the internet."  I haven't tried to download a fresh version from sourceforge yet. --Kbdank71 15:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I got the same problem with the fresh download, but at least that gave me a nice way to create a bug, so I did that.  --Kbdank71 15:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Downloading 

message: I got the latest database dump and it came up with an error :Image:AWB Error message.JPG. I came here to ask about it and saw the "Ace subhuman wit slackens" and checked my HD but no errors there. I then downloaded both the the dumps enwiki-20080103-pages-articles.xml.bz2 and enwiki-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2. The first gives the error message as in the image. The second dump is pretty much the same but it hangs on "Jay and Silent Bob". Is there a way around this? Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 16:59, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Whhops. Forgot to mention that once the message pops up the only way out is to quit. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 17:00, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the dump is b0rked tbh.. If those are xml errors.. its potentially truncated... —Reedy Boy 19:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have cygwin try unzipping the file and doing tail -f filename or (is it bunzip?) bunzip filename.bz | tail and see if the file looks truncated. If it doesn't, this might have to be a bug report. (Is there such a thing as an XML validator Sam? I daresay there is) --kingboyk (talk) 20:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No I don't have cygwin but I could give it a try tomorrow. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 00:19, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is there a workaround? 

message: I am not sure whether that kind of fixes (moving punctuation marks and ref tags () applies to .pl language, can you clarify what rule these changes are based on? --84.234.42.68 (talk) 14:11, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ref tags moving 

message: I'm new to AWB and am having trouble understanding the Manual. I'm come across a page where the [refs] appear before the punctuation. Is it possible to use AWB to fix this, and how would I do it? Thanks -- Matthew Edwards | talk | Contribs 00:33, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it will do that if you enable General Fixes on the first tab. Tuvok[T@lk/Improve] 07:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refs and punctuation 

message: This one stumps me on how to use it. Anyone know how this works?--Jeanenawhitney (talk) 00:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Help:Substitution explains it, but not in a beginner friendly way imho. Templates can be transcluded, that is used on the page like so: . They can be substituted  which will insert the code of the template into that page. End result usually (but not always) looks the same. Examples: WikiProject templates are always transcluded, prod templates are always substituted, for reasons too complex to go into right now :) --kingboyk (talk) 20:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm filling in the manual bit... —Reedy Boy 02:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: subst:

message: I noticed that in the very first name in the list is User:100110100 who has been banned indefinitely from Wikipedia. I think the list needs clean-up. -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:54, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a pretty big pain for something that effectively makes no difference.  That user can't log on, so AWB does him/her/it no good anyway.  - Philippe | Talk 22:01, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I do this for admins periodically... Lets see —Reedy Boy 22:27, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Agree, waste of time. --kingboyk (talk) 15:02, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Suppose best thing to do, if people know someone is banned, and they're an admin, feel free to remove them —Reedy Boy 01:59, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of approved users needs cleanup 

message: I just edited Australia here (look for the line 178 change). AWB changed </ref> into  which causes all the references after that to mess up. I'm not sure that it's an AWB bug because the use of the line break at that point seems rather odd. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 23:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_6#Unexpected_modification - Already fixed for next release! Agreed, the line break isnt needed though... —Reedy Boy 07:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odd reference in article may cause problem 

message: ; List generator
 .-------- Make list --------.
 | Make from |_Category___v| |
 | Category  |_____________| |
 | ========= <Make>  <Save>  |
 | .-----------------------. |
 | | Wikipedia:AWB/sandbox | |
 | |                       | |
               ...
 | |                       | |
 | '-----------------------' |
 | |________________| <Add>  |
 | <Remove | v> <Filter | v> |
 '---------------------------'
;Main tab
AWB's Find and Replace goes up here
----
Pre-programmed options
Image:Icone CheckBox VB.JPG	General fixes           			
Image:Icone CheckBox VB.JPG	Auto tags               			
Image:Icone CheckBox VB.JPG	Unicodify               			
Image:Icone CheckBox VB.JPG	RegexTypoFix            			
Image:Icone CheckBox VB.JPG	Custom wiki-loaded fixes			
                           	Add                     			
                           	                        			
; Notes
To many things are hidden in the right click menu.  Instances of this are:
* No edit button in the profiles dialog
* No talk only or Article only button in the filter dialog
Other issues:
* The tab index on elements on the filter dialog moves in a figure 8 pattern.
** Thats most likely due to them never being set, or set then stuff being moved about.. Not difficult to fix, just a little time consuming —Reedy Boy 20:10, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Totally agree. The GUI really does need some form of overhaul to make it more user friendly and stuff less hidden... —Reedy Boy 20:10, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Huggle is a good example.. Granted, AWB's interface cant be that simple due to all the options avaliable and such... The "Main tabs" idea is good how you've set it out.. And it would seemingly be something that could be based on an AWB type scripting language - and users can specify orders to do things... Just doesnt make some things easy.. hmmm —Reedy Boy 20:11, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Right now its merely look at how things could be rearranged to make the operation simple to understand.  It could be made to so that the user could determine the order things go but that's not the intention right now.  As for a scripting language don't Microsoft a ECMA interpreter component (aka JavaScript)?  You could use that standalone or run it using the IE component.  — Dispenser 23:18, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interface redesign 

message: So it can contact when it finds a page to work on, so you are alerted if you are walking around the room or are in another window?
The Transhumanist  06:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep. It's in the settings. You have to go into one of the menus to get at it. Personally, I've saved the beep option into my default config. Tuvok[T@lk/Improve] 09:10, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does AWB have a beep feature? 

message: Can anyone provide me with a Regex to remove images ? Gnevin (talk) 20:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You mean a regex to match an image so it can be removed? You dont really need this, AWB can remove single Images on the "More" tab.. Or using the IFD plugin, you can remove multiple images —Reedy Boy 21:01, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok great but not a clue how to use it the guide isn't the most understandable Gnevin (talk) 21:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/IFD plugin —Reedy Boy 23:40, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Seen that but not following it , i can't type into the bottom boxes Gnevin (talk) 00:53, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You dont. You enter it in the box above. * :Image:(Name) It will then process it and add it to the box below. —Reedy Boy 17:46, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regex to remove images 

message: is it possible to match the second and third link (and further) to remove it?
* 1992: blabla
* 1992: fghfgh
* 1992: asdfgh
what would be the regex for this? --84.234.42.68 (talk) 14:44, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  regex question 

message: I do not think this is a feature request or a bug, but I have suggestions about filter settings.
* The 'Namespaces to keep' section has a default set of pre-ticked options. I have no idea why some are ticked and some are not. However, my suggestion is to tick the ones that are the most common target of AWB work. I do not know what users actually do but I imagine that the most common target of AWB work is 'Main'. I imagine that the talk space is the least common target.
* The options usually have colons e.g. 'User:' but 'Main' does not. I would suggest that a colon is not required for any but they should be consistent.
** Normalised to no colons -  —Reedy Boy 18:25, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Could we have buttons for the "Non-talk space only" and "Talk space only" instead of right-click as this is one of the few places where things are hidden via right click.  — Dispenser 01:30, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  - Designer isnt brilliant.. but it'll do i suppose —Reedy Boy 20:23, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filter settings 

message: The current version of AWB does not seem to generate a list from Special:Prefixindex. Is it possible to add that function? (I want to make sure that it is possible before I make a feature request.) Thanks, Black Falcon (Talk) 17:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Its more of a bug - ie as it should work. There is one outstanding for this partially atm. —Reedy Boy 20:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Found it! Thanks, Black Falcon (Talk) 20:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special:Prefixindex 

message: On this computer for some reason I cannot access en.wikipedia.org. In order to make AWB run, I have to set it up so that an en.wikipedia.org URL is redirected to the secure site before it leaves the computer. Is this possible? --Rschen7754 (T C) 00:17, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Anybody? --Rschen7754 (T C) 06:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: run a webserver on your computer. Add 127.0.0.1 en.wikipedia.org to the hosts file and have all queries redirected to the secure site (which I seem to remember being on the wikimedia domain) via .htaccess. Maybe the hostfile is the problem anyway and there is already an entry - I have used that before to enforce a wikibreak. Agathoclea (talk) 10:52, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  AWB issues 

message: It's my understanding that AWB is not to be used to make controversial edits.  Where do I go to request a review of a user who may be doing just that? Thanks. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk / cont) 16:53, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you talked to the user yet?--Fabrictramp (talk) 18:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, yes and no.  The user is in high dudgeon because of some reversions I made to their edits, and in the discussion connected to that on the article's talk page, I voiced a complaint about the use of AWB to make automated changes that really need to be done individually.  So... the topic has come up, but not in a particularly calm and focused fashion.  (The user has edited over 400 articles in the last 7 days in this way.) Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk / cont) 18:13, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's a reasonable place. Fancy telling us who it is, then we can comment/take appropriate action? —Reedy Boy 19:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure - I just didn't want to make the case if this wasn't the appropriate place.User: Colonies Chris is using AWB extensively.  His or her primary purpose seems to be correcting links to films, a totally non-controversial and helpful project, but with every pass, he or she is also unlinking every date in each article they work on.  I understand that there is a tendency on Wikipedia to overlink, and that applies to dates, but since the standard for linking (MOS:LINK) says that a proper link "significantly adds to readers' understanding of the topic" that really requires an evaluation of the context of the link within the article to determine if it's significant or not, and shouldn't be subjected to automatic or semi-automatic de-linking. I haven't done a specific count, but looking at the user's contributions page at 500 edits, over 400 articles have had their dates stripped in just the past 7 days, and flipping back through the contributions, he or she has been doing this for a while, so possibly thousands of pages have been effected this way.It's my feeling that stripping dats of their wikilinks should be done on a individual basis, that if it weren't done at all it wouldn't be awful (a little overlinking is better than underlinking) and that this user is, in effect, acting like a bot without a license to run a bot.  I'd like to know if this users is abusing the license to use AWB, which is supposed to not be used to make "controversial" edits.After I post this, I will put a notice on the user's talk page. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk / cont) 20:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I should also add these links - a comment from the user on my talk page, my response, and the discussion on the talk page of the article in question. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk / cont) 20:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I want to belatedly point out the discussion here.  I wasn't forum shopping, simply trying to find the right place to post.  (In fact, I would prefer to have one discussion going on about this rather than two.)I asked a question there which boils down to: since using AWB is a privilege rather than a right, shouldn't the onus be on the AWB user to show that they haven't been abusing it when question arise? Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk / cont) 22:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: BTW, this isn't petulance.  The edits on The Godfather Part 2 were relatively minor and easy to correct, but with potentially thousands of articles having been altered in this way, I am seriously concerned about abuse of AWB and what safeguards are in place to prevent them and protect the project.  It seems to me that if there are no watchdogs, the project could be adversely effected by an AWB-empowered user making incremental changes small enough not to provoke a reaction on any one article, but which have a cumulative effect that would be protested if it were widely known.  I don't understand what the safeguards are (if any) and how they work.  For instance, why was it difficult for me to determine where to bring a complaint about possible AWB abuse?  Why is there no process in place? Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk / cont) 22:16, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request review of an AWB user 

message: I'm new to AWB and still getting to grips with it. I want to use AWB to add a WikiProject banner to all talk pages of pages in a particular category, but cannot find an option to do this (I have tried selecting the "Talk: namespace" checkbox and deselecting all of the others, but this removes all pages from the list).
I have read the manual, but cannot see any reference to this in there. Is there an easy way to import the related talk pages of pages in a category to the list without having to manually add "Talk:" to the start of each page name? Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 10:21, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Make list from category. Select all the articles, right click, "Convert to talk pages". Should do it —Reedy Boy 10:27, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, why couldn't I work that out... Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 12:02, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Only editing associated talk pages 

message: How or when does it upload the logs?  I've ticked all teh boxes, I think, but can't see how to make it upload the log. Sorry if this is obvious. Hiding T  12:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uploading logs 

message: Hello all, I poked around a little, but couldn't find anything about this... I was wondering if AutoWikiBrowser can be run from a jump drive, and if so, whether there are any caveats or limitations I should be aware of. Thanks in advance! —Dinoguy1000 00:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: When you say jump drive, I assume you mean USB flash drive. AWB doesn't install any files to the Program Files folder or anywhere like that. It's simply a matter of unzipping it to a folder on your flash drive. However AWB does add keys to the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wikipedia\AutoWikiBrowser, storing things like the recent settings and profile information (at least on my system).Harryboyles 02:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That is indeed correct. Nearly everything is stored in the settings xml's, with the few minor settings that Harry mentions above. If you use profiles, usernames and passwords are hashed, so are fairly secure. But yes, as long as the pc has the .NET Framework, you'll be fine! —Reedy Boy 10:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All right, that's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks for your help! —Dinoguy1000 17:59, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  AWB on jump drives? 

message: Is there an easy way of getting some of the latest subversions? Snowman (talk) 10:17, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you mean versions that are being tested and not released yet e.g.  ? Lightmouse (talk) 10:46, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Like version 2098. There was a link to a download page somewhere around here, but I can not find it now. I do not think that I can use the subversion download software. Snowman (talk) 11:03, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not sure. Perhaps it is at  . Lightmouse (talk) 11:46, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, thats my subversion snapshots. Period versions from the SVN built and uploaded there —Reedy Boy 13:00, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, there it is. It might be worth making that link more prominent with appropriate warnings about subversions, if your server can cope with the extra downloads. Sometimes it takes a long time between new released versions, and I am reluctant to use the current version because of bugs. Snowman (talk) 13:13, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah... It does need adding somewhere else - the server is hosted, so it is more than fine to handle MANY downloads. That is the exact reason i started releasing these - For those who want a more up to date version, due to bugs, or to help out with for testing, however, do not have the skills, or want to, download from the SVN and build using Visual studio. —Reedy Boy 13:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I've put a warning on my site, and also listed it on the  navigation box. —Reedy Boy 15:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  subversions 

message: Just an FYI that two admins (myself & Jogers) are apparently having issues getting large lists; either there is a timeout or a very incomplete list provided.  The lists we use are :Category:Film poster images, :Category:DVD covers, :Category:Album covers, :Category:Book covers and the like.  Anyone aware if there have been changes that are interfering with this?   SkierRMH (talk) 01:35, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Im not aware of anything.. But i havent been really active recently. Jogers has developer access, tell him to fix it ;). Add it to the bug list, and it will remind me to properly look into it —Reedy Boy 20:14, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it is a bug in AWB because I have the same problem with DotNetWikiBot. So, nobody else has been getting this problem as of late? Jogers (talk) 21:20, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm. What do you get when you do the query things directly to api.php? We've been seeing quite a few 503 errors... —Reedy Boy 21:46, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Yes, I also have recently (in the past week and a bit) encountered this issue. Everything was working fine at least until around Feb 11 or 12, and was able to generate complete lists from a category containing a little over a thousand members. However, somewhere after that point attempts to generate lists from that same category (which had perhaps another couple of articles added) result in a list missing about a third of those entries, plus a number of those that did get picked up are duplicated, some even triplicated, in the list. Have run it several times now and the same combined set of incomplete and duplicate entries comes up. Tried it out on a couple of other large (>1000 or so) cats, and likewise the resultant generated lists appear to be incomplete (with some duplicates). Smaller cats seem to run ok, but dunno what the 'threshhold' is for the display of this problem. --cjllw ʘ TALK 02:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I also tried this at work this afternoon on my lunch hour; exactly the same problem... gets lists of up to about 3000 entries, after that, phhhht, gives a time out message.   I'd second cjllw's note that this appears to have started about the 11th or 12th.  SkierRMH (talk) 05:35, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Well, whatever was causing it, it seems to be back to working normally now.--cjllw ʘ TALK 23:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Large list problems 

message: I was hoping someone could help me figure out what's happening with my AWB, as it seems to want to edit images in a strange way.  I just downloaded the latest version, because my copy was out of date, and decided to pull up my watchlist to make sure it was working properly.  When I opened, for example, Air-time, AWB had the following change selected:  
   ->  .  
Of course, previewing this change showed that the image simply took up the whole page, instead of being confined to the appropriate column, and it looked absurd.  My question is, is AWB supposed to try and make such a change?  Is there a new way of templating images that's different from the initial use, involving |thumb|right|?  If it's not supposed to do this, any ideas what might be going wrong? If anyone can help, a reply here, or on my talk page, would be appreciated! Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 12:10, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've noticed that too. It also tries to remove ...|200px|... etc from image links. Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 12:35, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This has already been brought up in the bugs page. - Dudesleeper /  Talk 16:35, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, thanks!  I'll keep the "general fixes" switched off for now. Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 03:45, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, the link above doesn't seem to work? —TreasuryTag talkcontribs 09:28, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've archived it as its fixed for the next release —Reedy Boy 09:40, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odd Image Issue 

message: Mine seems to be removing image sizes randomly; for example, it changes  to . Why is this and what can I do? Cheers, —TreasuryTag talkcontribs 09:00, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See the section directly above this. - Dudesleeper /  Talk 09:08, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, that was so stupid of me!! —TreasuryTag talkcontribs 09:26, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image-size removal 

message: Stub templates are displayed before categories in the default skin, so changing the way they're in markup  unnecessarily confuses newbies. The fact that stub categories show before non meta categories is good, they indicate a problem with the article. The concensus is clearly on the logical order where the code is in the same order as what is displayed. -- Jeandré, 2008-01-19t18:46z
:Wikipedia:Stub#Categorizing stubs recommends stub tag placement after categories. Also, stub tags are borderline WP:SELF (many link to wikiprojects!). --Qyd (talk) 01:48, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub templates after categories. 

message: The  template makes it easy to create a link to custom Google search on the AWB discussion archives:
*
You may wish to add that link to the header information under #Discussion; that might cut down on repetitive questions. I would add it myself, but this is not my page, so I merely suggest it. --Teratornis (talk) 16:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to search archived AWB discussions 

message: Hello.  When I try to log into AWB, a prompt comes up that says "User check problem", and it says that the page failed to load.  It says to check IE and to clear cache, and I did both.  So, why isn't it working?  I've recently have had to use a 56k connection, would that have anything to do with it?  Thanks.  xihix(talk) 00:45, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd suspect so, i've never run AWB on anything slower than broadband... It could be timing out during trying to access the page, due to the slow speed... —Reedy Boy 00:51, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Really?  I need to use it... I remember using it last month with 56k, and while loading was slow, I got my job done.  xihix(talk) 05:34, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Maybe.. It should do, as it is now setup to do so... However, 4.2.1.0 is now disabled.. —Reedy Boy 08:37, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weird problem with AWB 

message: I have never used AWB before. I would like to set an AWB session up for it to find any article with  in the article mainspace, and produce the following statement in the article's talkpage if not already there -- .
I am manually classifying these articles, and this will simply make a multitude of obvious stubs (there are many) faster and easier to classify.
When I use KingboyK's assessment plugin, it does not work. How do I have the assessment tool load everything in the category :Category:Formula One people stubs and let me quickly get to work? Guroadrunner (talk) 07:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Use the control on the bottom left. Select Category, then enter "Formula One people stubs" in the box, then press make list. Wait for a few moments for it to complete. Then right click, "Convert to talk pages". You can then setup the kingbotk plugin... Probably want a generic plugin, fill in the required boxes, and tell it you want to do manual assessment.. —Reedy Boy 13:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  AWB help 

message: need regex help to exclude particular lines in templates that contain link to images, anyone? (lines like: |blabla= fdfdsfds.jpg) thanks --84.234.42.68 (talk) 00:34, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  exclude links to images 

message: Still having no luck with this plugin , i can the image to the list but when i hit ok it processes but leave my list empty ,help please Gnevin (talk) 22:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You'll have to explain in more detail. Whats happening? Whats not happening? Maybe take some screenshots? —Reedy Boy 23:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Use the 'Logs' tab on the right to determine the reasons behind skips. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 19:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You can close this as per  this  edit thanks Gnevin (talk) 23:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  IFD plugin 

message: Can AWB find and replace a single line with multiple lines i want to find |dob= in a template with 
| bday            =
| bmonth          =
| byear           =
| dday            =
| dmonth          =
| dyear           = Gnevin (talk) 23:25, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well... Technically, yes, if you use the newline and such, you could do it then replace with $1 $2 $3... The other, probably better way and easier way, would be to use/create a custom module. Let me know if your stuck. —Reedy Boy 20:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiline replace 

message: No 100% AWB related but what the no bots tag  is it simply <nobots> ? Gnevin (talk) 09:10, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See . MaxSem(Han shot first!) 09:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheers , sometimes searching for stuff on wiki is like looking for a needle in a hay stack, you couldn't make a needle in a hay stack bot could you? :D Gnevin (talk) 09:14, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quick question 

message: When viewing a diff, AWB says "Double-click on a line to undo all changes on that line, or single click to focus the edit box to that line." I've tried double-clicking all over the place, and I can't seem to get it to undo anything, so I always have to undo changes manually. Is there somewhere special I'm supposed to click, or some preference I need to set? --Sopoforic (talk) 20:58, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently, there's something wrong with JavaScript settings on your computer. Is it enabled? MaxSem(Han shot first!) 15:36, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have it disabled for general sites, but enabled for trusted sites, of which *.wikipedia.org is one. Enabling it for all sites does cause it to work, but I'd rather I didn't have to do that. Is there some other site I should add to the trusted zone, or anything else I can do? --Sopoforic (talk) 16:52, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Diff pages are not at wikipedia.org, broswser considers them to be at about:blank. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 17:58, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undo changes 

message: Is there a way to get AWB to do 'Links on page' for 'Special pages'? Lightmouse (talk) 19:35, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special pages 

message: Hi. I was wanting to use AWB to post a load of  notices on talk pages but noticed it got stuck if a talk page didn't already exist. Is there a setting I'm missing somewhere or is AWB currently unable to create pages by itself? Sardanaphalus (talk) 12:02, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Uncheck "Skip non-existant pages". MaxSem(Han shot first!) 12:13, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks! Sardanaphalus (talk) 15:37, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creating non-existant talk pages 

message: I am currently having problem in running AWB, whenever it is started it gives this problem message:
:This version is not enabled, please download the newest version. If you have the newest version, check that the Wikipedia is online.
:Please press "Yes" to run the AutoUpdater, "No" to load the download page and update manually, or "Cancel" to not update(but you will not be able to edit).
When I clicked "Yes" the AutoUpdater started but it again gave error that it can't connect to the server. When I tried downloading manually and was directed to the download page, I found there a new version of AutoUpdater. I downloaded  that and replaced the previous one with the new one. But still AWB gives the same problem message that "This version is not enabled.......... ". I have version 4.3.0.0 of AWB. What can I do to fix it? --SMS  Talk 07:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: - —Reedy Boy 10:12, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have already downloaded it twice. --SMS  Talk 11:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to replace the updater in your AWB directory with that one, then it will be up to date.. —Reedy Boy 12:04, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I did that, as I have stated above. --SMS  Talk 12:05, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

text: I should really try and read things properly, especially when im half asleep...  is the update for AWB —Reedy Boy 12:42, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks a lot! I think you are very busy and having a tough routine. --SMS  Talk 12:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem 

message: This is about using regular expressions for find-and-replace, advanced.
I want to go through the 15,000 pages that transclude . Go to that template and you'll see that there are a pile of other templates that are redirects to it, but that using the correct redirect is considered important (, , etc.).
So I need something that will detect {{Infobox.* and substitute whatever is picked up in the .*, and put it in the replacement. Making the replacement {{Infobox\1 doesn't work (it substitutes literally). Same for {{Infobox\$. Is there a way to substitute whatever was found? What bit of the manual did I fail to read? - David Gerard (talk) 10:34, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Found it! Find: {{Infobox(.*) Replace: {{Infobox$1 Note parentheses around the thing to be found. I finally picked up this detail from , the "Replacement and Capturing" section - David Gerard (talk) 10:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regexp substitution help needed 

message: Is there a way to hide AWB edits on my watchlist, like bot edits, my edits, etc.? Because AWB tends to clog it up sometimes, and I was wondering if this can be fixed. SpencerT♦C 11:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not specifically, no.... Unless you edited on a bot account, i suppose. —Reedy Boy 16:05, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Darn. Well, I don't run a bot, but I suppose that's out of the question. SpencerT♦C 19:03, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

text: I think he means other people's edits, Sam. And the answer is "no". That would be a Mediawiki feature and it's not there (although as Sam says you can hide bot edits - I think - and your own edits). --kingboyk (talk) 14:41, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Watchlists and AWB 

message: This is like the third time I've come here for something.. amazingly, I can't remember how to do it!!  I'm on a new laptop and have been trying to download the .NET framework version 2 for some time.  It takes a long time, so I just haven't had the patience to do it.  On Saturday, I came to Phoenix on vacation and have high-speed internet in the room, so I finally took care of it.  But now, I don't know what the next step is in the process of being able to use the AWB program.  What am I supposed to click on, can I just go straight to the AWB program [which I don't know what the file is titled, anyway], or is there anything else I need to install?
I first came to this page on July 15, 2007, nearly a full year ago, so it's been quite some time since I've had to go through this process from the beginning, and I can't remember what to do at all.  Could somebody please steer me in the right direction?  Ksy92003 (talk) 13:51, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Dotnet programs don't need an installer, so provided you have indeed installed the dotnet framework version 2 all you need to do is extract the zip file to a folder on your computer and double click autowikibrowser.exe. Hope that helps. --kingboyk (talk) 14:39, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ya know what?  I just think AWB hates me.  This is the third time that I've tried to install AWB, and every single time there's some easy problem that I just don't understand how to fix.  Now it's saying again that I don't have the 0xc0000135 thing, so I just removed everything from my computer AWB related and am going to start from scratch, and hopefully that will work this time (it did before).  The first thing to do would be to go to Sourgeforge.net, click on "Download" in the table, and then click on "AWBUpdater1401.zip", right?  Ksy92003 (talk) 14:59, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another question 

message: My AWB approval was withdrawn (for duration of a discussion at WP/ANI) because of a complaint.
* A user complained about removing brackets around dates and threatened to report me to WP/ANI.
* I said date link policy is at WP:MOSNUM and the debate should take place there.
* I also said that there are popular misconceptions about date links so it does not surprise me that it is being questioned.
* The user did not take it to WP:MOSNUM but took it to WP/ANI and said I'm not sure what the policy is.
* Discussion at WP:MOSNUM and WP/ANI do not appear to support the complaint.
The discussion at WP/ANI has ended. Please can AWB approval be reinstated. Please do not take my word for it, please read:
* Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive388#Units_and_Years. 
* Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29#Years
Lightmouse (talk) 11:01, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Lightmouse is a responsible and valuable editor.  I see no shred of evidence that he has acted incorrectly. Thunderbird2 (talk) 12:24, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

text: . MaxSem(Han shot first!) 16:45, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Lightmouse (talk) 18:30, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please reinstate approval 

message: Interwiki link sorting is done by AWB by sorting the interwiki links in alphabetical order by language code. However, a number of wikipedias prefer that the links are sorted alphabetically according to the name of the language, not according to the code. So the proper link-sorting order would be as follows:
:aa, af, ak, als, am, ang, ab, ar, an, arc, roa-rup, frp, as, ast, gn, av, ay, az, id, ms, bm, bn, zh-min-nan, map-bms, jv, su, ban, ba, be, be-x-old, bh, bi, bo, bs, br, bug, bg, bxr, ca, ceb, cv, cs, ch, ny, sn, tum, cho, co, za, cy, da, pdc, de, dv, nv, dz, mh, et, na, el, eml, en, es, eo, eu, ee, to, fab, fa, fo, fr, fy, ff, fur, ga, gv, sm, gd, gl, gay, ki, glk, gu, got, zh-classical, hak, xal, ko, ha, haw, hy, hi, ho, hsb, hr, io, ig, ilo, bpy, ia, ie, iu, ik, os, xh, zu, is, it, he, kl, pam, kn, kr, ka, ks, csb, kk, kk-cn, kk-kz, kw, rw, ky, rn, sw, kv, kg, ht, kj, ku, lad, lbe, lo, ltg, la, lv, lb, lij, lt, li, ln, jbo, lg, lmo, hu, mk, mg, ml, mt, mi, mr, mzn, chm, cdo, mo, mn, mus, my, nah, fj, nl, nds-nl, cr, ne, new, ja, nap, ce, pih, no, nn, nrm, nov, oc, or, om, ng, hz, ug, uz, pa, pi, pag, pap, ps, km, pms, nds, pl, pt, kk-tr, ty, ksh, ro, rmy, rm, qu, ru, se, sa, sg, sc, sco, st, tn, sq, scn, si, simple, sd, ss, sk, sl, cu, so, sr, sh, fi, sv, tl, ta, kab, roa-tara, tt, te, tet, th, vi, ti, tg, tpi, chr, chy, ve, tr, tk, tw, udm, uk, ur, vec, vo, fiu-vro, wa, vls, war, wo, wuu, ts, ii, yi, yo, zh-yue, cbk-zam, diq, zea, bat-smg, zh, zh-tw, zh-cn
--213.216.199.6 (talk) 14:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was a bug in the latest version, already fixed. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 16:58, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I am still getting interwiki link lists that become sorted alphabetically according to the language code, not as in the list above (by language name). How do I enable the listing according to the list above? There seems to be no such option, only the option "Sort interwiki link order" in "Options" which results lists having sorted according to the language code. Using version 4.3.0.2. in Finnish Wikipedia. 213.216.199.6 (talk) 12:31, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You need a newer version. Try a SVN snapshot -  —Reedy Boy 12:44, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Still happening? Or would that have been done using an older version? --Closedmouth (talk) 06:14, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interwiki link sorting 

message: Good day! It has been told me that some people in here (who run AutoWikiBrowser) could help me with my problem. I need to rewrite all Six Feet Under links to Six Feet Under (TV series) because we are about to make a disambiguation page for Six Feet Under (there are several Six Feet Under - things). There are more than 500 of Six Feet Under links... can you help me please?Lykantrop (Talk) 00:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm on it, but it will take a while. EnviroboyTalkCs 02:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I thank you so much! Could you explain me a bit how it works? Should I use AutoWikiBrowser too?--Lykantrop (Talk) 10:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect HELP NEEDED 

message: I'm really missing AWB on this Linux box. So I looked at the Mono site and saw that 1.9_4 (preview of 2.0) is available. So I installed the Win32 version of that in Wine 0.9.57, and started AWB 4.3.0.2:
 fun@heidi:~$ '/home/fun/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/AWB/AutoWikiBrowser.exe'
 fixme:spoolsv:serv_main (0 (nil))
 wine: Call from 0x7b840f50 to unimplemented function gdiplus.dll.GdipCreateFontFamilyFromName, aborting
 err:seh:setup_exception stack overflow 16 bytes in thread 0011 eip 7b841946 esp 00410ff0 stack 0x411000-0x620000
At least it's a better error than previous ones! I've added it to the bug (and the bug for the missing function) and posted it to the wine-users list. - David Gerard (talk) 16:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I also tried it with native gdiplus and it didn't work, but did give a lovely .NET backtrace! See Wine forum thread (or mailing list thread) - David Gerard (talk) 18:45, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

text: At the moment I'm actually just booting into Windows XP, because I live in Minefield (Firefox 3) and it's identical between KDE and Windows. Main visible side-effect is massive quantities of heat and running for two hours on battery instead of three ;-p The status of AWB on Wine at present is "doesn't work, try with a new Wine and a new Mono until you get something that works." Native .NET 2.0 won't be supported until after Wine 1.0 (probably well after - 1.1 is still flaky), and Novell don't take bugs on missing Mono functions that are breaking apps o_0 - David Gerard (talk) 10:37, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  AWB on Wine with Mono 1.9 

message: I use list comparer to find which articles in my WP have been tagged compared to those which haven't been...however the current upgrade only lets lists load to 500 articles, so the comparer only finds articles beginning A to F for example, and no others.
SriMesh | talk 02:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs#List_limit —Reedy Boy 15:47, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List Comparer 

message: Can someone please use AWB to change all the RBI's in Wikipedia to RBIs? This is a baseball abbreviation for Runs batted in. The apostrophe in RBI's is incorrect. Thanks, Kingturtle (talk) 02:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you please specify a Category which contains articles, that possibly have this typo mistake. And also consider adding this to WP:AWB/Typos. --SMS  Talk 07:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

text: 'Tis Category:Baseball. Kingturtle (talk) 21:04, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  RBI's to RBIs 

message: Hello. Is there any possibility to use AWB for adding WikiProject templates to article talk pages? Thanks. - Darwinek (talk) 21:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes! you can use User:Kingbotk/Plugin(which is shipped with the current version of AWB) to tag talk pages with the Wikiproject templates. --SMS  Talk 21:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Beat me to it. I've been using the plugin to add the WikiProject Baseball template where appropriate, and it works great. Just a heads up on the instructions, though. They were written a couple of AWB iterations ago, so you need to look at the spirit of the instructions, not the letter. :) --Fabrictramp (talk) 21:20, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

text: If you have a list of articles, load the list into AWB, then in the List menu choose "Convert to talk pages". (Note that the Kingbotk plugin uses a list of article pages, not talk pages.)--Fabrictramp (talk) 22:48, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, thank you very much. Sorry for such a stupid questions, I usually use AWB only for fixing disambiguation links. - Darwinek (talk) 23:01, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless you ask, how would you learn? Besides, as I tell people at work, I don't mind stupid questions -- those are the ones I can answer! :) --Fabrictramp (talk) 23:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Errm... Kingbotk's plugin needs the list to be of article talk pages.... —Reedy Boy 23:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project templates 

message: I have to ask again, why exactly is this upgrade required?  If there was a serious bug found, that's one thing.  But I use AWB for a limited, once a week task (distributing a talk page message), and having to upgrade seemingly twice a month is really, really annoying.  Ral315 (talk) 05:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Depends on what you consider serious. Of course, most corrections are related to general fixes, but there are others, such as unability to retrieve category members in all versions prior to 4.3.0.2, for example (this was due to breaking changes in MediaWiki). MaxSem(Han shot first!) 07:41, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why was this upgrade forced? 

message: Does anyone know a way to allow AWB to add something to the top of the page.  I am going to start adding infoboxes to all the US Military personnel that don't already have one (and there are a lot of them) and I was looking for a way for AWB to scan them.  I realize that it still may not be perfect and I will need to watch each one closely but there are a lot of them and I don't want to go in through the web browser and look for them one at a time.--Kumioko (talk) 23:15, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, If you look on the tabs in the middle under more, at the bottom, you can "prepend text", so you can at least add the basic infobox to teh page. You can then use keywords, or whatever you want to partially populate it... You can use the skip options to skip if it contains the template. —Reedy Boy 23:25, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks that helps a lot.--Kumioko (talk) 12:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding infoboxes 

message: I want to add References heading along with  wherever it's not present. How can I do that? --SMS  Talk 16:52, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a note, you do only want to be adding it IF there are any references in the article... Otherwise, there isnt much point. —Reedy Boy 16:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually yes I only want to add when I convert external links present in text as in text references using this. --SMS  Talk 17:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I had file a feature request a few days ago for the general fixes to automatically add a References section when it was missing.  I could extract the relevant portions of the python code for conversion of C#.  — Dispenser 06:44, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Dispenser, please do. We should be able to get it implemented quicker then —Reedy Boy 11:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Please make an other addition in this feature that it should convert External links in text to in text references. --SMS  Talk 11:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding a heading if not present 

message: - bracket should be removed instead of putting another --84.234.42.68 (talk) 16:07, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid there's no easy way for AWB to detect which way such situations should be handled. Thoughts? MaxSem(Han shot first!) 16:10, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  bracket 

message: If there's two infoboxes on the page, it should only do it for the first infobox (the first one which supports image display, anyway). Don't know if this is due to user error or what? In that case, there's two problems: inserting the image to two infoboxes, and the fact that  uses the parameter "img", not "image". cab (talk) 00:23, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That edit was made entirely using custom replacement settings, contact its author for details. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 04:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That'll have been me faling afoul of {{(\ *)Infobox\ (.*) replaced with {{Infobox $2 - please alert me to any other such foulups on my talk page, and I'll go clean up after them - David Gerard (talk) 15:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Automatic insertion of "Replace this image" 

message: I just downloaded and tested AWB for the first time, so sorry in advance if this has been asked and answered before. :) How can I tell AWB not to watchlist the pages that I edit? I have "Add all to watchlist" turned off, but it still added the pages I edited with AWB to my watchlist. I have "Add pages I edit to my watchlist" at Special:Preferences turned on, tho, so I guess that has something to do with it. Shouldn't the "Add all to watchlist" option override that, tho? --Conti|✉ 15:09, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Watchlisting 

message: Hello.  Does anyone know what the fix is for this problem?  I'm running AWB Version 4.3.0.2; Windows version: 6.0; .NET Version 2.0.50727.312; IE version: 7.0.6000.16609.  Do I need to change my monobook.js or IE settings?  Thanks.  —Viriditas | Talk 08:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ral does it fine with the Wikipedia signpost (albeit, having to upgrade)... What problem are you having? If you have the list of talk pages, you can easily append to them what you want to deliver... I've done it myself, as have numerous others —Ree dy 15:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm having the same problem as described by Lar in the above link.  User:MPerel setup a test page to try and duplicate my problem.  Try appending something with AWB to User_talk:MPerel/Sandbox and see if it works.  When I do it,  AWB halts and a "New message" box pops-up, with the text: "You have a new message, please view it before continuing.  Please choose whether to open the message in Internet Explorer or your default browser."  Then, I'm presented with two buttons to choose my browser, "Internet Explorer" or "Default".  If I choose either one, it just brings me to my talk page, but doesn't allow me to continue running AWB. It seems that  is halting my version of AWB.  It's not a monobook issue, so I'm wondering if it is an IE config. problem.  MPerel has a similar setup to my own, but she doesn't get the error.  So, the question is, how can I append a page that has class="usermessage" on it? —Viriditas | Talk 23:07, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  What are your settings in AWB?  I've never encountered any issues, and I'm sure one of my users must have run into this problem.  Also, is this on a bot account, or your main account?  Ral315 (talk) 20:19, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've listed what I know above, and it's on my main account.  I'm going to try it on my laptop instead of my desktop and see if that solves the problem. —Viriditas | Talk 10:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  usermessage 

message: I think it would be nice if there was an option to use this in Mozilla Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.  - DiligentTerrier (and friends)</font> 23:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, just noticed this in the FAQ   - DiligentTerrier (and friends)</font> 23:13, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Option to use in Firefox 

message: What's the roadmap for AWB releases? When's 4.3.0.3?
Oh, btw, Microsoft .NET 2.0 will install cleanly in Wine 0.9.59. w00t! Just as well considering Novell don't consider missing functions in Mono that break real apps reportable bugs o_0 - David Gerard (talk) 09:58, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Haha. Bloody people. As for 4.3.0.3, thats the current SVN release ;).  - Im uploading periodic SVN snapshots there, so if someone needs something that was broken since the last release, they can at least get to use it if it has been fixed. A for the actual release, it probably wont be that far away! —Reedy 10:11, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not that 4.3.1.0 will work in Wine 0.9.59 with MS .NET 2.0 anyway. Bah! I'll keep trying! (I'm hating Windows so much that I compiled Wine from source to try ...) - David Gerard (talk) 00:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Hmm, others are reporting much better results than me. I'll wait till 0.9.59 is in Wine's Ubuntu 7.10 repository and try again - David Gerard (talk) 09:19, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  When's next version? 

message: I would like AWB to ignore my user page. How can this be done? - LA @ 07:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Adding  should prevent instances of AWB from editing your page, if you want to rule out a specific bot, the replace AWB with the bot's name.  Bot AWB and pywikipedia based bot support the . — Dispenser 20:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How can I get my user page ignored by AWB? 

message: hi, There's already a script (User:Dschwen/HighlightRedirects) that changes the link color of links to redirects to green. I have requested a script that does something similar for links to disambiguation pages. Can you get AWB to use those (if and when the second one comes into being) to make automatic fixes, e.g. change Calvinist to Calvinist? Thanks! Ling.Nut (talk) 05:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: AWB generally just loads the wikitext of the page - not the formatted page... So it would have to go through each link and load the pages in a similar way to that, however, that could start putting quite a lot of extra load onto the servers.. —Reedy 18:20, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix redirs and dab page links 

message: An editor finds the removal of underscores in image names undesirable:
:"I deliberately enter image names, including the underline characters rather than spaces, so as to avoid editing problems.  I want the image name to be an entire block that is clearly an image name, not a caption that can be edited."
Is this sense? Is it worth disabling for image names? Or is it unlikely that people  will treat an image name as a caption? 
Rich Farmbrough, 11:15 7 April 2008 (GMT).
:I find it hard to consider turning underscores in image names into spaces any sort of bad thing. People (including me) habitually do this by hand where possible. - David Gerard (talk) 19:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  General fixes 

message: When I listed the error as the program said I should it was marked as old.  I downloaded the newest software available fromthe AWB link I found around here and when the UPDATER runs it has the problem.  Anyone have another link so I can update my software.  Thanks! §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 23:30, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: —Reedy 23:36, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 19:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem 

message: Hi, I am new to AWB and I try to find my way throuhg. I have few questions:
*removing underscores from links (unless they are bad links) seems to contrdict itself - why does AWB trigger removing underscores from links as a bad-link edit then???
*wasting resources - using my common sense, I must waste more resources just by browsing through the database and letting AWB find pages to clean up for me pulling a lot of traffic than if I do "insignificant or inconsequential edits". I admit clogging logs with minor edits though - however, this whole point is quite discutable and I think may require more precise ruling.--Kozuch (talk) 15:14, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Newbie - Rules of use 

message: Will any version of IE suffice, or is a particular version required to support AWB?
Wanderer57 (talk) 22:21, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internet Explorer 

message: I respect that the software is being updated and revised all the time, and I know that it's a lot to keep up with, and the majority of the users use Wikipedia. But I really enjoy using your software, not for Wikipedia, but for all Wikia wikis and others. Unfortunately, locking me out of the old versions means I have to get the new ones hacked, or I have to play a game of Russian Roulette to see if the new version works or not. Again, I completely understand that these upgrades are necessary for those editing Wikipedia, but can't you give the rest of us a choice? Let us take our chances with the old software that works, versus the new software that breaks? I know your first priority is Wikipedia and any bugs in the new software that aren't Wikipedia-related are probably going to be put on the backburner. So can't you leave us the option to use the older versions of AWB? It's really getting frustrating to be locked out of the old, working versions, and have to deal with the new ones that may or may not work for the rest of the wikis out there. AWB is a great tool for all MediaWiki wikis, and I'd hate to see most of the wikis cut out just because users get locked out of the older versions of this great program. Dr. Skullthumper (talk) 19:46, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can you PLEASE stop locking me out of the old versions? 

message: Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage#Guide states "Avoid making insignificant minor edits such as only: Adding or removing some white space; Moving a stub tag or category name". So why does AWB insist on making these changes? —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 19:49, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They are good changes to make if you are also making substantial changes.--Fabrictramp (talk) 20:28, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You can also turn them off... —Reedy 20:37, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

text: I have answered this in my comment on your talk page. mattbr 20:48, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Insignificant" changes 

message: Newbie question: I'm just curious if the "no controversial changes" includes changes made by hand while using AWB, but not something automated via AWB.  I was using AWB to make minor edits, then realized that the article needed more substantive edits, so I started editing in the text box; then noticed that the article sounded like a copyvio, so I googled it and found that indeed it was, so I blanked the copyvio sections (90% of the article) and put a copyvio template.  Since at this point, the edit could be controversial, should I have quit AWB and done all this within a normal web browser?  Or does the fact that I'm not automating this edit make the difference?  Thanks!  -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 21:48, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: AWB can be used in an automated/semi automated fashion. If it was on a bot account, it would/could be contraversial, but the other main use is like you are doing. People do expect other changes to take place (and the edit summary is not always exactly correct). Contraversial changes would be going through blanket changing something that there isnt a decision/policy saying it has to be one way or another. Hopefully that helps —Reedy 08:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversial changes within AWB but not via AWB? 

message: Any particular reason this won't run under Linux using Mono and CSharp?  By limiting to Win32, you are excluding use of this code by those who choose to use Free software. Rknasc (talk) 13:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: We are not limiting anything, it's Mono's incompleteness. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 14:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I get Windows free... So therefore thats free software. ;) #When.27s_next_version.3F for more info. —Reedy 14:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't let the BSA police find out you get Windows free!  They can get really nasty. (insert here the standard Free Beer vs. Free Speech discussion - interestingly enough, there is a Free Beer that is free in the other sense of the word.) Rknasc (talk) 15:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Its legally free - Via MSDNAA :) —Reedy 15:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

text: That actually answers my question.  Apparently someone has tried it and found it uses specific features lacking in Mono  (I wonder if the Mono folks know that). Rknasc (talk) 15:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, they do. It was reported, and they were like, yeah, we know the stuff isnt complete, but we have stuff to tell us that... —Reedy 15:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Someone could really rewrite the app to get rid of all the .NET crap... :D--Kozuch (talk) 18:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is Win32 Required? 

message: Does this feature actually work for anyone?  When I try to use it, it goes on forever without returning a result.  The Transhumanist  14:45, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup. It works fine for me (and others..) —Reedy 14:49, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Huh, for me it goes on for several hours and then aborts ("operation aborted" - I just tried it again and let it keep running overnight).  I really need to use it on the categories "Health" and "United Kingdom-related lists".  Since it works for you and not me, would you please run it on those, "Save list" to wiki-marked up text files, and cut and paste those files to User:The Transhumanist/Sandbox01 and User:The Transhumanist/Sandbox02?  Otherwise it would take me days to use "make list" on all the subcategories individually.  The Transhumanist  20:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

text:  Cancel that request.  The problem seems to have gone away after I blanked my monobook.js page.  I don't have time to track down which script caused the problem, but when I figure it out, I'll certainly let you know.  The Transhumanist  16:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Make list from Cateogory (recursive) 

message: I'm very pleased to see there's now a built-in way to push pages out to an external script. Unfortunately I can't get it to work, and I can't find any documentation about it, beyond its existence. The external program seems not to be being called - and if I set it to a non-existent filename no error is generated (at least, none visible to me). I'd also like to know what character set the file for input/output is using, and whether there's any way to get the external program to generate the edit summary (or token thereof). Pseudomonas(talk) 22:50, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Its not documented as i never really got round to it. For the edit summary, as it stands, there isnt currently, but could be implemented... For the rest, let me get back to you. —Reedy 19:44, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok. If an error occured, it just returned the original article text. I've made some tweaks in  to make it pass it out to an error handler. The file is being read in as UTF-8 encoded... Any more questions, just ask (will upload a SVN snapshot soon) —Reedy 19:49, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'll try again. BTW, if you want to use a standard input/output/error approach (which I like), the code snippet linked from my userpage might be useful to you. Pseudomonas(talk) 07:08, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Pseudomonas/AWBPerlWrapperPlugin - For lazyness... Standard input/output/error..? —Reedy 23:29, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Standard Input is a stream which most programs can read from, standard output they write to, standard error is for errors, warnings, comments, debug info etc. so if one uses sed or grep or something, the transformations occur between std. input and std. output. Perl calls them STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR; Java System.in, System.out, System.error. Pseudomonas(talk) 15:59, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  External processing 

message: Who do I ask if I'd like someone's use of AWB reviewed? - jc37 18:56, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You can put it here or send it to one of the developrs like Reedy.--Kumioko (talk) 19:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Thanks. It looks like it won't be necessary atm. Though I may have a few suggestions soon as to some updates to clarify "rules of usage". Especially misleading edit summaries (in light of recent arbcomm rulings, such as Betacommandbot), and "fait accompli". Thanks  again : ) - jc37 20:12, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  AWB review 

message: After substing a template I would like to be able to add something like  to the end of the template, so others know where the template is located.  Appending or prependsing text doesn't seem to work as it wants to stick it to the very end or beginning of the page and I would like it right after the substed text. Here is where I got the idea from. Any ideas? Thanks! §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 01:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You should need to do this.  If the template are meant to be subst they should already include such text.  If the template doesn't include this text, then either it has been made to be subst, no updated for subst, or the content may change on a semi regular bases.   — Dispenser 03:31, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess I don't understand what you mean...at all.  For example:  is supposed to be subst'ed as per the guidelines.  Yet when my bot substitutes it, it does not contain a message about where the template originally was. §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 22:18, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding message to end of template subst 

message: Hey, I was curious about this edit... how did it know to add :Category:Living People?—Chowbok ☠ 19:41, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think, cause it had no death category... —Reedy 21:13, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just out of curiosity 

message: proper  tags are not removed in  (general fixes run after </br> to  change, but if run before it removes the improper </br> tag --84.234.42.68 (talk) 22:31, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  br removing 

message: Hi. Just had the following alert and discussion on my talk page ():
Hi. I had to revert your recent modification to Infobox Former Country. This change removed the underscores from many variable names, severely damaging the template's use. While I am certain that it was not your intention to remove the underscores (AWB loves to do that), I could not see what you were really wanting to do. Either please make the desired changes manually or let me know what you would like done. Thanks 52 Pickup (deal) 09:29, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you very much for repairing the template and for the alert. AWB was meant to tweak a category, but, this template using a /doc page, nothing happened. Or at least, I'd've assumed nothing would've happened. I've noticed AWB doesn't seem able to handle /doc pages, so perhaps it's now time I left a message/request on its page. Sardanaphalus (talk) 09:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like AWB gets confused when includeonly tags are involved. I've seen this problem come up a couple of times before in other places. Unfortunately I know nothing about how AWB works, but it would be nice if this were to be fixed. 52 Pickup (deal) 09:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

text: I'm pretty damn sure that AWB didn't preform GF in namespaces other than 0 (article), as I remember having to re-write a few of those rules.  Looks like this is a regression to me.  — Dispenser 02:11, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

text: *Your comment prompted me to check for updates and I've just had AWB updated from 4.3.0.2 to 4.3.1.0. Perhaps that might remove the underscore behavior. Meanwhile, is handling metadata on /doc pages on the to-do list somewhere? Sardanaphalus (talk) 10:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Shouldn't you be matching [^<>\[\]\|\{\}]?  And wouldn't it be easier to fix all the wikilinks at once? — Dispenser 01:10, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 07:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  /doc pages and includeonly sections 

message: I have earlier registered for using AWB, but not been able to find the reason why it keeps denying me to use it. Today I realised that my user name could be miss-spelt. Looks like it has been entered as Wikiality instead of Wikiality123. Can someone help sort this out please. Cheers Wiki San Roze †αLҝ 20:23, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong name I guess 

message: Every so often i see editors using AWB messing up articles on historic places, such as Rjwilmsi did with List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey.  It does not save filespace or help in any way for the AWB to strip underscore characters out of photo filenames.  In fact that makes it easier for editing changes such as a line-break or another space to get inserted into photo filenames, losing the link to the filename.  
Step 1 error:  Here is an example of an AWB edit stripping underscores out of photo names
Step 2 error: Here is an example of an AWB edit by the same editor, inserting date formatting upon dates that are part of photo names, making the photos disappear from the page.
The second AWB error would have been prevented if underscores were included in the photo file name.  PLEASE STOP AWB from stripping the underscores out of filenames!  They serve the purpose of helping prevent the next AWB users from messing up photo connections on the second pass. doncram (talk) 21:30, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Would someone please kill the "feature" that strips underscore characters out of photo filenames 

message: AWB removes section stubs, why?  --84.234.42.68 (talk) 20:32, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I know why - it's because when the article's over a certain length, it automatically removes anything in the format . And I agree it's really annoying; not only does it remove sect-stubs from articles if the article itself is over the magic length, but a large infobox, for example, can also expand an article enough that the software thinks it's incorrectly tagged as a stub. Not sure how to fix it, though. —  iridescent 01:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Section stub handling had a bug, it's fixed now. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 10:38, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  section stubs 

message: Can someone who understands the coding remove the automated replacement of "Related topics" with "See also" from the General Fixes? While it's not widely used, the "Related topics" is explicitly permitted by the MOS — and I can't find a way to turn this replacement off without losing so many other fixes that it makes AWB virtually useless for general clean-up work. —  iridescent 23:57, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related topics 

message: I checked every bot on the checkpage and noticed that lots of them are unused for a long time. I've removed the following accounts because they are obviously abandoned, not approved or simply blocked:
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These bots haven't edited for some time (since last summer as a rule of thumb), so if you see your bot here, please tell us if you still need it:
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*  -  I do not need this currently. Maybe later. Dreamafter (talk) 19:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: CJBot is dead following my Mac conversion! Computerjoe's talk 19:44, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Peelbot is dead for the same reason as Computerjoe. Any chance of a mac version of AWB? Mike Peel (talk) 21:56, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I dont own a Mac, and i dont think MaxSem or any other of the Dev team do.. People have gotten running AWB running on macs more successfully than linux (ie full usage running)... When mono is more fully implemented, AWB should work fine! —Reedy 22:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Just use Parallels.—Chowbok ☠ 22:35, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Or if you have a Motorola chipped Mac, use Virtual PC. Slow, but usable.--Fabrictramp (talk) 22:57, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

text: You could also pledge some money to CodeWeavers to develop wine further. They've hired many of the wine developers to continue working on the project and donate much of their code back.  Plus, no need for a Windows license. — Dispenser 15:10, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead bots 

message: I have been having trouble installing my AutoWikiBrowser.  Details are at Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008_April_25#AutoWikiBrowser.  Selected excerpts are as follows
I tried to run the .exe from within .zip
 What does the following mean:
 Description:
   Stopped working
 Files that help describe the problem:
   C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\WER1FF1.tmp.version.txt
   C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\WER30B4.tmp.mdmp
 Read our privacy statement:
   http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=50163&clcid=0x0409
Also, the exact error message I get upon attempting to extract is:
 Error: Access is denied.
 Cannot create C:\Program Files\AutoWikiBrowser\AutoWikiBrowser.exe.
When I replied that I wanted detail about this error I got the following:
 Extracting to "C:\Program Files\AutoWikiBrowser\"
 Use Path: yes   Overlay Files: no
 Error:  Access is denied.
 Cannot create C:\Program Files\AutoWikiBrowser\AutoWikiBrowser.exe --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)  23:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What OS etc? As it just sounds like a permissions issue... —Reedy 23:17, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I use a Feb 2007 Hewlett Packard Pavillion DV9000T with Vista Home Premium.  I generally use the Firefox 2.0.0.14 browser, but have access to MSIE.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)  05:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Its vista permissions. Try extracting AWB somewhere such as your Documents - where you will have more permissions. —Reedy 11:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Am I suppose to move the zip file to documents and extract to documents?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM)  03:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unable to install 

message: After fixing AWB typo list access  I think it would be appropriate for a new point release of AWB, as presumably everybody who uses the typo fixes needs this update? (PS thanks for fixing the typo access, for a while I thought the problem was me and I'd gone mad...) Rjwilmsi (talk) 14:47, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds reasonable. I'll make a test run, then we could release it in a couple days, I think. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 14:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If anyone *needs* it now - SVN Snapshot at rev 2391 —Reedy 15:01, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks guys. I've been using the SVN version for typo fixing for a few weeks now and the current version seems ready to release. Rjwilmsi (talk) 17:38, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah.. Does seem ok. Think max has a few things he wants to finish etc. Hopefully next couple of days... If people do need it, at least now with the SVN snapshots, its just a bit easier for them :) —Reedy 18:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Version bump after typo list access fix? 

message: There is an option for google search. Yahoo can include and exclude articles that google does not. Would it be possible to have an option for a yahoo search? Lightmouse (talk) 20:09, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose there probably could be... I just use google for nearly everything... Does anyone else actually use Yahoo? ;) Put this on the feature request page please... If there is any other interest from other users, it will most certainly be implemented, as it shouldnt be overly difficult. —Reedy 21:31, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Option for yahoo search 

message: I'm rather curious as to the reasoning behind using the myskin skin when loading pages and history?  I have configured the myskin class with black backgrounds that makes the text sometimes unreadable.  I would seem to me that Chick is a better choice as it has the minimal skin of elements.  — Dispenser 00:26, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It reduces load time. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 14:25, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: myskin in my instance is Firefox specific and happens to be bigger than additional CSS for chick skin.  A more consistent rendering can be archived across different users. — Dispenser 03:25, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: My tests show that vanilla myskin is lighter than chick. Surprisingly, modern also looks good so far, we may want to switch to it a bit later, when all major third-party wikis will have it. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 14:44, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  myskin 

message: Hey all, technophobe checking in. How would I go about adding  to all talkpages in :Category:Discographies? That'd obviously include skipping those already with the template, and so on. You probably understand my request better than I do if I'm perfectly honest. It's a new project, and this would certainly help get it up and running. 
Could anyone interested please reply on my talk page? Thanks plenty. Seegoon (talk) 20:12, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There is the "Kingbotk" plugin included with AWB which will do this for you. Presumably you are wanting someone to do this with a bot? If so, i can do this... User:Reedy Bot is approved for this task —Reedy 20:47, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll take what I can get! That sounds great. Seegoon (talk) 21:55, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That category and its subcategories then? —Reedy 10:24, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you please. Seegoon (talk) 16:48, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Or I can have BCBot do it. βcommand 2 18:30, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

text: About 1400 articles, wont take long to do. —Reedy 18:52, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

text: once I sick BCBot on it, will only take about 10 minutes. βcommand 2 18:57, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: o_0(c) User:Cometstyles - How only 10 minutes?? —Reedy 19:23, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 140 edits a minute?  Even for a bot...CRAP! Oo §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 21:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Ive had BCBot making over 5,000 edits an less than 20 minutes. βcommand 22:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

text: there where only about 7 pages that needed tagged. βcommand 22:36, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: My bot had already done the rest.... —Reedy 15:46, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding project banners 

message: I'd like to make my bot do this, which is something I somehow managed to do manually. Any ideas as to how to do this (and preferably in layman's terms)? Microchip 08 18:04, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Enabling general fixes should do that for you. Please note, you shouldnt really just be making edits that do JUST that. Try enabling regextypofix too, and make it skip if no edits need to be made. —Reedy 15:44, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Setting up AWB for specific edits? 

message: Sometimes AWB removes the stub tag when there is a , , ,   (and so on) template on the page. It may be better, if AWB indicates that a stub tag may be removed in the absence of any of the cleanup-type templates or headers. Snowman (talk) 15:15, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Example? MaxSem(Han shot first!) 16:56, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What I observed AWB removes the stub tag when the article is of considerable length. --SMS  Talk 16:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sort of, yeah, if it matches a number of characters.. —Reedy 22:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing stub tags 

message: Hello! Recently, I changed my username from Billy to Archanamiya. Would someone please update the list to reflect this? Thanks! archanamiya · talk 15:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done as per the Checkpage —Reedy 18:05, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Username change 

message: I've read the manual several times now (how unusual!), and can't figure out how to make AWB do this.
Every couple of months or so, I work through :Category:Dead-end pages and check for pages marked with the  tag that do have links to other articles, so I can remove the tag. (Yeah, I could ask for a bot to do this, but I also give the articles a final triage at the same time). Currently, I have AWB only give me the articles which contain "[[", but this gives a lot of false positives, as anything with categories or interwiki links also shows up. In the article statistics box on the start tag, AWB gives me the number of links in the article (and the database scanner also has that info), but I'll be darned if I can figure out how to tell AWB to skip articles where the number of links is 0.
Any suggestions?--Fabrictramp (talk) 17:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Doesnt exist by default, but would be easily addable (skip if contains no links) —Reedy 17:02, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  - Added. Just need to make the checkbox saved (will do that later) —Reedy 17:03, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, will stick snapshot up later when i've done this. —Reedy 17:06, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks!--Fabrictramp (talk) 17:10, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of links 

message: Does anyone know how to delete these "debris" from deleted images?--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 03:54, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What sort of debris? —Reedy 16:41, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Media in category "[[:Category:World War II]]" 

message: I'm trying to figure out how to use AWB on the Commons to fix some PD tags relating to the Musopen project. However, when I try to switch the Project: to commons, it tells me "Software disabled". Is there a CheckPage equivalent over there I need to request access on? Thanks.--uɐɔlnʌɟoʞǝɹɐs 16:40, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind, when I did it this time, it actually sent me to the page, instead of complaining silently. Thanks anyway!--uɐɔlnʌɟoʞǝɹɐs 16:41, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Commons:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage for future reference. —Reedy 16:47, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Commons use? 

message: Does 'Skip if contains' use AND or OR? What about phrases versus discrete words? Lightmouse (talk) 17:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you make it regex, you'd be able to do (one|two)... That'd do OR.. —Reedy 19:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does 'Skip if contains' use AND or OR? 

message: I'd like to do search and replaces on strings with carriage returns in them. That is, multi-line search strings. How is this done in AWB?
The Transhumanist  18:41, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: \n MaxSem(Han shot first!) 18:53, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Search/Replace strings with carriage returns in them 

message: I haven't used AWB myself lately, as I recently switched over from a Windows/Linux dual boot setup to an all-Linux one and am oh-so-patiently waiting for a Linux AWB port (hint, hint!), so I don't know the source of this problem, but I've been coming across an increasing number of cases where a user does an AWB run which removes the  template from articles, replacing it with birth and death year categories, but does not replace the  template — with the result being that the run moves Woody Guthrie, frex, from being sorted under G for Guthrie to being sorted under W for Woody. Can somebody clarify whether this is a technical issue that needs to be programmed into the next update, or whether there needs to be some user education done? Bearcat (talk) 16:02, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Linux port isnt waiting on us ;). When mono has full implemented v2 of the .NET framework, with WINE, you should be alright... As for the rest of it, thats more a question for Max i feel.. —Reedy 16:26, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category sorting 

message: I just updated the software to 4.3.2.0 and now I am unable to make a list from a category from a Wikia site.  I've tried messing with the settings to no avail and didn't see any troubleshooting section with this.  I have the project settings set appropriately, and AWB is still able to make lists from Watchlist and Contribs.  Any idea what could be the problem?  Here's the page in question. 75.13.179.157 (talk) 14:50, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that MW 1.12 release that Wikia uses contains completely screwed category listing code that doesn't treat well our fallback tricks for earlier versions. Suppose, we must either remove the fallback parameter or perform some tricky detection. Fuck. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 16:29, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Get from categories 

message: Okay, I can't figure this one out.  How can you import a group of article into the list maker?  I can export lists galore to edit out articles I don't want processed; but the only way I can get them back into the list is to take the list and upload it to my sandbox then I do the links on page option to grab the links and put them back in the list.  There has to be a faster way to do this?  Thanks for your time and for such a great program! §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 00:28, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you tried the text file option? You need a text file with one article name per line. Rjwilmsi (talk) 07:42, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Or like * Link —Reedy 09:40, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's how I have the list exported is *Link.  What do I need to do to upload that list or articles back into the list maker? §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 16:31, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: God, I feel like an idiot.  I must have looked over the "From text file" selection 100 times.  Wow.  Thanks for putting up with me. :) §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 23:16, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't feel too bad. I thought it was broken the first time I used it, because I chose "from text file" and then no dialog box to choose the file came up. Never occurred to me to press "make list". Duh. :) --Fabrictramp | talk to me 23:31, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ahhh well. If we made it popup automatically, i'd see 2 problems with that, 1, its out of the style of the way the others work, 2 people would get annoid if it kept popping up everytime you selected it, especially if it was accidental ;) —Reedy 10:03, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No complaint with the way you implemented it. My only complaint is with my own brain. :) --Fabrictramp | talk to me 17:43, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Was more of a funny aside :) —Reedy 22:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Which means now I can complain about my glasses, because I totally missed your wink. :) --Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:33, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List maker 

message: I have got the skip if only white space box ticked but my bot is still editing only white space in some of its edits. Also I dont know if this is mean to happen but while using the tagging feature it misses many articles that I personally think should be tagged with uncat e.t.c such as 14032_Mego. Or is it just that it doesn't tag pages this small? ·Ãḍď§ђɸŗЄ· Talk 19:15, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have the same issues with the white space skipping.  It doesn't work. §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 19:23, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have looked through some of the edits it still made and they mainly seem to be edits that add white space just under headings. e.g. It will add white space under ==HEADER==. Hope this helps. --·Ãḍď§ђɸŗЄ· Talk 19:37, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs#White_space_bug - Its weird, as to do the compare, it first removes ALL whitespace between the original text and the curernt text to look if they are the same... —Reedy 19:50, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skipping 

message: I have AWB access for my bot : User:TinucherianBot , but the AWB page for Bots configuration is uneditable now .. Why ? --   TinuCherian     (Wanna Talk?)      - 07:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is ok now, i had loaded my normal user settings --   TinuCherian     (Wanna Talk?)      - 07:08, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bot access 

message: AWB adds stub tag "when appropriate". What exactly it means? Matma Rex (talk) 15:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Auto-tagging 

message: The manual says in the Section about bot options that there is a 'Quick save' check box. I am using SVN 2882 and I can't see it. Where is it? Lightmouse (talk) 10:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Its redundant and has been removed, also removed from user manual now. —Reedy 10:55, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

text: The screenshot needs removing or updating too. Lightmouse (talk) 10:57, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quick save 

message: Hey Guys,
If you've got a sourceforge account (or, you could create one ;), please vote for AWB in some relevant categories - SF Project Page. Nomination link. —Reedy 15:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  SourceForge Awards 

message: The log time intervals do not appear to match the edit rate. How is edit rate counted? Lightmouse (talk) 11:34, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Codes not the simplest to follow. Every 60 seconds, it works out how many edits its done in the last minute (so its current edits per minute), and uses that for epm, so its not an average, just the last minute, it would seem. Looking at my bots contribs, i know it was doing 9-11 epm, and the contribs for that minute period, are about those values. Note, it wont be 00 --> 00, it might be 13 seconds to 13 seconds in the next minute.... Have you noticed a large discrepancy? —Reedy 12:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

text: I suppose, either way, its only to give the user a rough guide of whats going on... —Reedy 15:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is edit rate calculated? 

message: A page I've worked on keeps getting mis-fixed by AWB due to a known bug (removing paragraph markers in block quotes).  Can I put some sort of directive on the page to warn AWB users? Espertus (talk) 18:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Whats the page? As we can blacklist the page against general fixes... For the time being at least —Reedy 18:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

text: —Reedy 21:27, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can a wikipedia page request that AWB not fix it or warn AWB users? 

message: Can the date format in the log window be made to show ISO 8601 format (2008-06-08) rather than slash format (08/06/2008)? Lightmouse (talk) 11:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It just uses the Windows defaults, so it should be clear enough for every user. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 13:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date format in log window 

message: I have seen things on other pages that allows bystanders to switch off the bot with just one click. For example see User:SmackBot. However, the code for that appears to be restricted to admins. Does anybody have any equivalent? Lightmouse (talk) 12:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Depends on the type of bot. That one blocks the bot, some have shutoff pages, but AWB, if you leave a message on the users page, they will be alerted that they have a message, and cant continue till its dealt with. —Reedy 15:14, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

text: The only "easy" way to do this, would be to have a page that has "true" if the bot is ok to run, of "false" if not, just i'd have to be checking the page at every page load.. —Reedy 15:47, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

text: It's for admins only because it blocks them :)  CWii(Talk|Contribs)  19:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bystander bot switch off 

message: Sorry, I'm sure this has been asked before (or is patently obvious to everyone else) but how do I set AWB to skip articles that contain any of more than one phrase? For instance, say I was patrolling some pages in a category of musicians, and I wanted to skip any that contained the phrase "infobox musical artist" or any that contained "infobox person", but I wanted to pick up articles with other infoboxes or no infobox at all? Is there a way to do that? J Milburn (talk) 09:51, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, try skip if contains infobox( musical artist|person) and check the regular expression option, leaving 'case sensitive' unchecked. Rjwilmsi 12:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks very much. J Milburn (talk) 14:45, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  More than one 'skip if contains'? 

message: Begin: Copied from Lightmouse talk page
Lightbot removed some blank lines today in article The Last Jim. Before there were two blank lines between  and , now there is only one. As a matter of fact, I did leave two blank lines there on purpose as with only one the artcicle looks rather cramped: The list of references is practically glued to the band template. I understand the practical rationale behind the removal, but I don't like the graphical result. Would you have an idea about how to solve this problem? – IbLeo (talk) 12:09, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The removal of blank lines is not specifically a Lightbot task, it is a task controlled by AWB 'General fixes'. Feel free to revert it, I do not mind. However, if Lightbot does it, the chances are that any other bot using AWB will do it. You could raise this with the AWB developers at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser. I hope that helps. Lightmouse (talk) 12:22, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

text: Adding a , seems to work and AWB doesn't want to fix anything when it's added. §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 14:57, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Right, it does. Thank you. However, as I see it this is a workaround solution (just like adding two blank lines was). I am starting to think that I should probably bring up this space issue with the people working on the templates itself (i.e.  et.al.). – IbLeo (talk) 07:02, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of blank lines 

message: I notice that the user manual has the following:
* False — Adds page to a list of false positives, in a file called "False positives.txt"
I can't see it on the interface. Where is it? Lightmouse (talk) 11:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Options --> "Enable button to log false positives". That enables it. —Reedy 11:38, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I hope that won't cause locked file conflicts if multiple copies of AWB are running Sam? --kingboyk (talk) 14:58, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "False — Adds page to a list of false positives, in a file called False positives.txt 

message: Over at mediawiki.org there is a public domain Help: namespace for exporting to other wikis. I was thinking that an overview help page about AWB would be a nice little bit of promotion (Help:AutoWikiBrowser?). Thoughts? --kingboyk (talk) 14:59, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd pitch in anyway I could. Sounds like a good idea to me. §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 19:02, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool. Good idea steve, with AWB working fine with custom wiki's (ie up to date ones), its probably a good idea. Your AWB usage stats give a good idea of the current widespread usage of the software. —Reedy 19:05, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public domain help page 

message: * is there an option that helps me find talk pages that are not associated with any article...? Ling.Nut (WP:3IAR) 11:50, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  identify orphaned talk pages? 

message: How do I tag all the talk pages of a set of articles, e.g. all the articles of municipalities in a district of Germany. OOODDD (talk) 02:47, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Make the list (of article pages) from the category, and then go to the "list" drop-down menu at the top and click "Convert to talk pages". Your list will be all the talk pages. Then put your tag in the append/prepend section. Got that? – Quadell (talk) (random) 12:45, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Then what? OOODDD (talk) 03:31, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm trying to understand your question. Have you used AWB before? Are you asking how to use the app at all, and this is how you want to do it? Or are you experienced with AWB, but unsure how to do this specific task? – Quadell (talk) (random) 11:54, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talk Page Tagging 

message: I don't know if this is currently possible with AWB.
But im trying to work out a way to remove "Mark Prindle reviews" from several articles as per []
The difficult part is that the line that needs to be removed looks like this "* Mark Prindle (6/10) link" The link on every article is different so it makes things difficult.
I can find and replace the first part, so the easist soloution to this, is if we could get AWB to replace the whole line.
So i set it to find *Mark Prindle (6/10) and set it to delete the whole line.
Is this possible?? and if so how can i do it???
The other option that ive been trying to work out is to use regular expressions, but because the link is in the middle of the line, its hard to do. So the first idea is alot easier if it can be done.
Cheers Printer222 (talk) 13:47, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you have to use regular expressions. If you have it search for 
 .*\* *\[\[Mark Prindle\]\] \(6/10\).*
...and replace it with nothing. That make sense? – Quadell (talk) (random) 14:30, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Find and replace feature 

message: Would it be possible to modify the following, so that text is inserted right after a WikiProject banner?
        public string ProcessArticle(string ArticleText, string ArticleTitle, int wikiNamespace, out string Summary, out bool Skip)
        {
            Skip = false;
            Summary = "";
            Match m = Regex.Match(ArticleText, @"\[\[[Cc]ategory:");
            if (m.Success) ArticleText = ArticleText.Insert(m.Index, "foo\r\n");
            else ArticleText += "\r\nfoo";
            return ArticleText;
        }
Thanks! §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 15:17, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It would, but, how would you cater for any/all templates, you cant just look for the {{}} as it might not be a wikiproject banner. —Reedy 15:24, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, should have specified, it's . §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 15:41, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Kingbotk/Plugin. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 15:42, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty sure that puts the template at the top.  I want to place  right underneath . §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 15:45, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

text: public string ProcessArticle(string ArticleText, string ArticleTitle, int wikiNamespace, out string Summary, out bool Skip)
        {
            Skip = false;
            Summary = "";
            string Tag = "FOO";
 
            Match b = Regex.Match(ArticleText, @"\{\{WikiProjectBanners(.*?)?\}\}", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Singleline);
            if (b.Success) {
            ArticleText = Regex.Replace(ArticleText, @"(\{\{WikiProjectBanners(.*?)\}\}(\r\n)?\}\})", "$1 \r\n" + Tag, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Singleline);
            return ArticleText;
                           }
            
            ArticleText = Regex.Replace(ArticleText, @"(\{\{WikiProject Cricket(.*?)?\}\})", "$1 \r\n" + Tag, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Singleline);
            return ArticleText;
        }
This seems to work well, and it is (hopefully!) WikiProjectBanner compliant as well. Replace FOO with whatever you want to add to the articles. Hope it is of some use! RichardΩ612  Ɣ ɸ 16:33, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

text: Thank you very much! §hep  •  ¡Talk to me! 16:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem, if there are any bugs that you can't seem to squish, drop me a line and I'll see what I can do. Perhaps a generic version of this should be added to the custom modules page... RichardΩ612  Ɣ ɸ 16:40, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Custom module question