Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser

AutoWikiBrowser 6.3.1.1

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Frequently asked questions

• When I start it up I get one of the following errors:
  • "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application.", or
  • "To run this application, you must first install one of the following versions of the .NET Framework..."

  This error means your computer does not have the .NET framework version 2 installed properly. You can choose from various versions for download here, or you can run Microsoft Update and select version 2 of the .Net framework from the "Optional Updates" section, if you want the choice made for you.

• Does AWB run on Linux or Mac?

AWB runs reasonably under Wine. See details here

AWB might also run under Mono. See here for a status report of AWB vs Mono v2.6.

A native version, PyAutoWikiBrowser (screenshots here), based on Python, is being developed separately for Unix-like systems.

• Does AWB work on other projects/languages?

  Many WikiMedia projects and languages are supported, see the "User and project preferences" option in the general menu. Other languages will be added on request, though at the moment the interface is always in English. You are also able to use AWB with third-party wikis: Options > Preferences > Site, you can change the wiki there. The wiki must support the Bot API required by AWB. This means that it should have latest HEAD version of MediaWiki or something close to that. The wmf-deployment branch is also recommended, as this is what is currently live on WMF sites.

• What interwiki link order does AWB use?

  The software reads the interwiki sort order from Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/IW, which is generally mirrored to reflect the order at m:Interwiki sorting order.

• AWB puts stubs after categories, though categories are always rendered the last by MediaWiki?

  According to WP:STUB#Categorizing stubs, By convention this is placed at the end of the article, after the External links section, any navigation templates, and the category tags, so that the stub category will appear last. If your wiki uses other order, please let us know here.

• I don't like or use Internet Explorer; please use Firefox instead.

  AWB does not use Internet Explorer per se. It does, however, use the same web browser control (MSHTML) as Internet Explorer; the equivalent Firefox component does not provide the needed functionality.

• How do I open the page in another browser if I can't use the one in AWB?

  Right click on the edit box in the bottom right side of your screen. Select "Open page in browser".

• How do I edit a page that doesn't exist?

  Uncheck "Ignore non existing pages" in the "Skip articles" box.

• How do I skip certain articles?

  Use the "Skip if contains" and "Skip if doesn't contain" on the "Skip" tab

• Can't you leave up a "stable" version, so I don't have to download new versions?

  It is important to keep people up to date with the latest versions, because their use of the software doesn't just affect them, but the whole of Wikipedia. As any bugs that remain will be trivial; hopefully releases won't be too frequent.

• How can I stop AWB clicking when it changes pages?

  This is a Windows sound theme setting. This page explains how to turn off the clicking sound.

  Alternatively, delete the following key from the Windows registry:

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating\.Current

• AWB randomly crashes upon page load on my system, and I always use a browser other than Internet Explorer when using Wikipedia.'

  You may have installed custom scripts incompatible with IE. Wrap the contents of your monobook.js into conditional:

               //Detect IE5.5+
               if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE")==-1)
               {
                   // Previous contents go here
                   ....
               }

• I get Just In Time Debugger Messages when loading AWB/loading pages

  In Internet Explorer, go to Tools --> Options --> Advanced. Make sure 'Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)' and 'Disable Script Debugging (Other)' Are both checked. Press apply and close.

• When I do a clean install of AutoWikiBrowser the application seems to find old setting data somewhere. I'd like to do a really clean install. Any ideas?

  Clean up your registry and remove the folder "C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Local Settings\Application Data\AutoWikiBrowser" (Windows XP) or "C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\AutoWikiBrowser\" (Windows 7). Note that the application data folder may be hidden.

• AWB prompts that there a newer version but won't update

  Check you AWBUpdater version. Current version is 2.0.0.7. If you have an older version, you have to download the latest AWB version and make a clean install.

Discussion

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Sort meta data

I'm using Custom Modules for customize general fixes, and I comment the line "Sort meta data" because is different w.r.t. "normal general fixes". For workaround, I use "sort meta data after" in tab More... and this is good. But if I use and enable Disambig the previous workaround ("sort meta data after") enable general fix "FixHeadings" (comment in custom module). E.g.: this delete empty line from a section ("== section ==") and e sub-section ("=== sub-section ==="). What can I do? PS: For easer customization of general fixes, it is possible custom in GUI as the list of check boxs accessible from the button "Auto changes skip options" in the tab Options?--B3t (talk) 13:11, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Example of sort meta data

• left: en:WP convention, applied if I use "Sort meta data" of Custom Modules for customize general fixes
• right: it:WP convention, applied if I use "normal general fixes" or "sort meta data after" in tab More...--B3t (talk) 08:50, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Al least, used "sort meta data after" in tab More..., if possible remove the deletion (as do "FixHeadings") of the empty line from a section ("== section ==") and e sub-section ("=== sub-section ==="). So in this case AWB just will ignore the header fix.--B3t (talk) 23:26, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

remove multiline parameter in a template

Dear all, i found some result about removing duplicate line or parameters but I didn't see how to do it. My problem is really simple. I made a template substitution through multiple condition.

initial text

{{Wikiprojet Musique|avancement=ébauche|importance=faible}} 
{{Wikiprojet Animation|avancement=ébauche|importance=faible}}
{{Wikiprojet Disney|avancement=ébauche|importance=faible}} 

actual result

{{Wikiprojet
|Musique|faible
|avancement=ébauche  
}}  
|Animation|faible  
|avancement=ébauche  
}}  
|Disney|faible  
|avancement=ébauche  
}}

wanted result

{{Wikiprojet
|Musique|faible
|Animation|faible  
|Disney|faible  
|avancement=ébauche  
}}

So i only search for a regex condition (if possible by using the Advanced Settings interface to remove duplicate line. I try this regex syntax without result. No more precisevely AWB found the matches but don't perform the replacement...

\|avancement=ébauche
}}
\|

Please any idea ? --GdGourou - °o° - Talk to me 22:18, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

I Check the Apply after general fixes, otherwise before button in Normal Settings settings and it works... strange position --GdGourou - °o° - Talk to me 22:26, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Better use Advanced F&R. It's easier than using s regex in the Normal F&R. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:39, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Images

I have a question that might sound weird, and I apologize if it's been asked before. We discovered that the shades of colors in a series of SVG graphics are wrong. Since SVGs are essentially XML files used to define the elements of graphics, is there a way to run AWB on a category of graphics files to search for the hex values for the three colors and replace them with the correct hex values? Imzadi 1979 → 22:40, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

AWB can only edit the wiki page for the image, not the image itself. Rjwilmsi 05:51, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

It was worth a shot to see if it could (or there was a plugin so it could) or if someone here knew of a tool that could. Imzadi 1979 → 06:59, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Changing – and — to Unicode characters

I've had a little grumble about this at WT:MOS#Replacing of HTML markup for dashes with Unicode characters. I eople using AWB; personally I find the Unicode characters hard to distinguish. Besides my finding the Unicode characters hard to distinguish, I think that automated wholesale replacements like this are best left in separate edits rather than combined with other changes where they clutter the true nature of the change (see WP:OWNFEET#Make small edits for my opinions on the subject!)

I don't see much point starting a discussion about this if it has been gone over so many times before, but since User:Art LaPella quite reasonably "wish[ed] there were one big discussion here [i.e. at WT:AWB]" I wave my magic wand and courteously bring to your attention that I started this iteration over there.

Best wishes to you all. Si Trew (talk) 21:17, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't believe AWB automatically converts these two HTML characters to Unicode. Which editors are doing it? Perhaps it's their own settings and own volition. Rjwilmsi 21:25, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

I just found this discussion. I believe AWB's "Unicodify whole page" feature does convert – to –. Art LaPella (talk) 20:22, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I tried it; it does not. (version 5.0.3.0 dated 6 June 2010). Mr Stephen (talk) 21:44, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Confirmed; it does not. Art LaPella (talk) 23:17, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I think I see this all the time in AWB. I will look for some diffs; maybe I am confusing this with other entities that are replaced, like θ etc. — Carl (CBM · talk) 00:42, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Stub in it:Wikiquote

Hi, AWB in it:WQ with general fixes enabled, shift the Template:Stub below the categories. This is wrong, this template must be stay just before the categories. See this example.--B3t (talk) 08:42, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

•  Done rev 6762. Rjwilmsi 10:18, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks.--B3t (talk) 10:41, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Combining tags at the top of an article

I've noticed that sometimes AWB will combine individual tags into a "multiple" issues template, and sometimes it won't -- not only when AWB adds the tags, but also when I add some individual tags and then re-parse. Just to satisfy my curiosity, is there some rhyme or reason behind when it will and when it won't? (I'm talking about tags like orphan, unreferenced, wikify, etc.) --Auntof6 (talk) 22:44, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

AWB doesn't recognize all of the {{multiple issues}} templates, so it will combine only those that it knows belong there. Is this what you mean? Svick (talk) 23:04, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

That could be it -- thanks! --Auntof6 (talk) 23:15, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

What links here list creation only gives Main space articles

I'm using this on my wiki, and I want to replace some links, but annoyingly the List creation only gives me main space articles, so no Templates get changed. If anyone could help, that'd be nice. Thanks. Smashman2004 (talk • contribs • email) 04:18, 1 July 2010 (UTC)