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Linux and NPW

What's the status of running New Page Watcher in Linux? I'm guessing you're waiting on similar things for AWB to be released in Mono. At this point AWB wouldn't be very useful to me, but I think I could contribute a lot with NPW. I'm trying to find Wikipedia tools to use that work well on Ubuntu, but I'm not having a lot of luck so far. Most of the stuff that's written exclusively for Linux doesn't appear to be actively worked on by the developers. I may end up running XP or Vista in a virtual machine so I can use the stuff written for windows. That would be pretty lame if I had to do that... [mad pierrot][t c] 16:41, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

SVN snapshot

There's some new features and bug fixes in the newer SVNs... could you publish a new snapshot when you get a chance? Thanks. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 20:51, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Let's just do a release. Rjwilmsi 20:54, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Even better. :) –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 20:56, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
I've done a SVN release for the time being... —Reedy 21:12, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Great, thank you! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 21:17, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

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You are mentioned in a Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct

You are mentioned in a Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct. The Request for Comment page is here. Cirt (talk) 22:21, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Holt, Worcestershire

Hi Reedy/Archive 2009! An article you have been involved with has been tagged by its parent project as being in need of a little attention or further development. If references are not added soon it may be deleted. If you can help with these minor issues please see talk:Holt, Worcestershire--Kudpung (talk) 12:02, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Top Gear (2002 TV series)

I don't suppose you could semi protect that like you've done to Michael Schumacher? I've requested it but thought i might as well ask you. Thanks Uksam88 (talk) 20:09, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I did think about doing it before, but it wasnt taking many edits... Done now, though, possibly isn't needed ;) —Reedy 20:12, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

The Stig

Could you please explain what exactly was wrong with "On June 21 2009, Schumacher appeared on BBC2's motoring programme Top Gear as The Stig." since Michael Schumacher did appear on Top Gear on this date posing as The Stig? --81.108.76.53 (talk) 20:12, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I've undone it, i did it quickly, as i didnt really read it properly. —Reedy 20:18, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks.
) --81.108.76.53 (talk) 20:20, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

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Parsers.GetTemplates is case-sensitive

This source code fragment is a partial solution to the bug I raised. 

        public static List<Match> GetTemplates(string articleText, string template)
        {
            MatchCollection nw = WikiRegexes.Nowiki.Matches(articleText);
            MatchCollection cm = WikiRegexes.Comments.Matches(articleText);
            /* new code */
            string templateInitial = template.Substring(0, 1);
            string templateInitialLower = templateInitial.ToLower();
            string templateInitialUpper = templateInitial.ToUpper();
            if (templateInitialLower != templateInitialUpper)
                template = "[" 
                    + templateInitialLower
                    + templateInitialUpper
                    + "]" 
                    + template.Substring(1);
            /* end of new code */
            Regex search = new Regex(@"(\{\{\s*" + template + @"\s*)[\|\}]",
                RegexOptions.Singleline);

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*Poke*

I was wondering about the various things I've mentioned at WT:Plugin++. Is it possible to address any of those? =) –xenotalk 04:26, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Edit summary - rev 5040 ;P —Reedy 19:26, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
You evvil bastard ! ;> –xenotalk 03:22, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
I shall try and get round to them... —Reedy 21:40, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
You're too good to me =] could I trouble you for a snapshot? –xenotalk 21:41, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Are you stalking me? :P I'll get newer of both up in a few minutes when river has solved a minor bug for me with permission on the toolserver :D —Reedy 21:42, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
No rush. and no, I happened to look at my watchlist just then ;p TPS, I suppose! –xenotalk 21:47, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Not to rush you, but more to focus your efforts when you get a chance:
  1. User talk:Kingbotk/Plugin#Auto-tag as any class is probably the easiest, and most wanted (at least for me), change. Basically change "auto-stub" into "auto-anything" where user can give the class (i.e. with a check box and perhaps also manual input for peculiar classes like "Future").
  2. User talk:Kingbotk/Plugin#Put templates below the BLP template is probably the most critical in terms of users of the plugin in general, but I've routed around this by skipping articles with the WPBio and coming back to them with the bio module turned on. Sub-optimal, but working. The easiest solution would be allowing the bio module (or modules in general) to be turned on but not adding the template when it doesn't already exist. Then the BLP module over-rules any other modules, putting itself on top.
  3. Then there is the project-specific modules with task forces. It seems to be, better to give users a way to manually create plugins that support task forces, than having to have them hard-coded. This is perhaps a more ambitious task, but in the long run, would save developers time responding to requests like the two I have up. (Neither of which is critical any longer, so between doing 3 and making me a Films and WPVG module, please do 3.)
  4. User_talk:Kingbotk/Plugin#Class.3Dimage_for_generic_template.3F should be trivial. Same as Category and Template, give the ability to class as either "N/A" or "Image" (some projects might use "File" as well).
Again, no rush at all. Thanks in advance! –xenotalk 21:23, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
For no 3, Kingboyk and i have thought about that for a while. It'd be quite decent if we could just generic-ise it all, and then have possibly web configs for them downloadable.. Or something. —Reedy 21:37, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Yep, any way to DIY would be helpful. I forgot to mention the whole "inherit classes from other wikiproject". This is probably doable with clever skipping regex and #1. A more elegant solution in the long-term would be nice. –xenotalk 21:42, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

typo fix exception for Commonly misspelled words

Would you add a typo fix exception/nobots etc. for Commonly misspelled words at a convenient moment. Ta Rjwilmsi 17:42, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Done —Reedy 18:03, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

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ClueBot you evil bastard!

...removing my thread 'n shizz...

Hey, did you hear? I learned how to build SVN myself! (After a troubleshooting session wondering why .csproj wasn't supported I realized I had downloaded the Visual Basic express rather than Visual C# express ;>) So no more harassing you to put up new snapshots... But I shall continue to harass you for WT:Plugin++ enhancements... Yep !! </harass> –xenotalk 13:38, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Heh. Still need to do them for everyone else. Though, the plugin isnt the easiest to work with, so changes dont get made quickly or easily. Youll need vb express for the kingbotk plugin anyway.. —Reedy 14:59, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Yes.. I know ;p P.S. Wikipedia:AWB/BUGS#Replacing entire content of a page with the entire content of another page might be related to the bug I reported (skipping semi), so you might want to make a new snapshot for those less-enlightend-folk-who-can't-do-it-themself-like-me =) –xenotalk 15:41, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

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No luck repeating the bug =( I dunno if I updated the settings file but the bot went over it all good this time. –xenotalk 12:28, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

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New Page Patrol

When I try to mark a page as patrolled, it says that the action is only for adminstratos, autoconfirmed users and confirmed users. I am a autoconfirmed user,so I am confused.....Can you help me? Mr.TrustWorthy----Talk to Me! 03:12, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. Mr.TrustWorthy----Talk to Me! 03:14, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Your comment

I take it you are (one of) the developer(s) of AWB? I'd like to know what your conclusions are from this discussion. Debresser (talk) 08:10, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Debresser (talk) 09:43, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Ping

Hi there, just letting you know I've sent you an email :). - Kingpin13 (talk) 08:46, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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Can we have a new AWB snapshot immediately please

rev 5324 Can we have a new snapshot immediately please (e.g. of breakage here). Thanks Rjwilmsi 11:22, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Database scanner broken in SVN version –regex match

Would you check your change under rev rev 5334 and doing a database scan based on a regex contains? Seems the lines you deleted are needed? Thanks Rjwilmsi 14:12, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

rev 5373 —Reedy 20:10, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

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SVN's

Hi Reedy. I appreciate all the work you do on AWB and don;t want you to feel it goes un-noticed. Regarding SVN's, I'm really clueless at software and all it entails. Should I be downloading the latest SVN every-time there is one? Hiding T 10:34, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Its generally recommended to, yeah. Its the leading edge svn copy. If we need to force an upgrade, we will bump the svn revision to make sure people are using them. It can be anything from minor bugfixes, performance increases, new features, or just general tidying up. They are used at users discretion, but in most cases, there will be no reason not to keep up to date. Use the log if you want to keep track of whats changed and what not! —Reedy 11:15, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Are you meaning svn snapshots, or your own checkout and build from svn? —Reedy 11:15, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the info. I mean snapshots like at http://toolserver.org/~awb/snapshots/ I wouldn't know where to begin to checkout and build from svn, unless svn is an employee at IKEA. I don't actually know what svn is, but I suspect if I type SVN I can find out. Hiding T 11:42, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Hint: It has nothing to do with Asia. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:43, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Going out on a limb, the name Wayne Silby means nothing to you either. Hiding T 13:09, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

NPWatcher

About this thread. I've been trying to use NPW each day for a week and it just doesn't work. Have you had chance to look at it? Please try and make some time to fix it, please! ~~ Dr Dec (Talk) ~~ 21:53, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

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Probably simple WP:Plugin++ fix that's not too painful

I've kindof worked around all the other arduous requests I made, there's a simple one though that would help a bit:

Wikipedia talk:Plugin++#Class=image for generic template? TIA! –xenotalk 16:21, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Probably simple WP:Plugin++ fix that's not too painful

I've kindof worked around all the other arduous requests I made, there's a simple one though that would help a bit:

Wikipedia talk:Plugin++#Class=image for generic template? TIA! –xenotalk 16:21, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

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AWB

Reedy I have lost my work, why did you delete my page and where is it? Thanks. User: Mares —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mares (talk • contribs) 13:43, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Can you help me out with AWB please? I'm new to it, I've tried reading the manual, several users have tried to explain it to me, but still no success. Regards, --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 09:55, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Start by describing what the problem is. --Closedmouth (talk) 12:51, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
I just can't understand how to use it. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 16:40, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
What are you trying to accomplish? –xenotalk 16:55, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Well coolguyche17 (talk · contribs) did cleanups of articles of a certain category, like removal of repeated internal links and all. I haven't been able to do so, even after he told me what to do. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 09:54, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

revert 5448

Apoligies for having to revert 5448: probably all timespans in DatabaseScanner can be converted to use Ticks rather than ugly multiple units, provided that the "x matches in y minutes" message on stop/completion still displays correctly. Ta Rjwilmsi 18:14, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

translate AutoWikiBrowser

I want to translate this software into Chinese, can you help me ?--JerryofWong (talk) 17:11, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

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Can you wait for community input before approving bots?

Can you wait more than 3 minutes for community input before approving bots that have finished their trial runs? [1] I don't see the urgency that required this bot be approved in 3 minutes. Sure, the task is straight-forward, the trial run looks like a no-brainer, experienced, responsive operator, etc., etc. But, it's a courtesy, imo, to allow the community to evaluate and respond to the trial run. Maybe, under the circumstances of this particular bot a quick approval in a day would have been reasonable, but 3 minutes? Why? I posted this on the talk:RFBA board.[2] Please respond there, not on my talk page, as I don't use it. --IP69.226.103.13 (talk) 21:03, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

time of 5.0 release?

There don't seem to be any recent reports of the page replaced with another bug, so given 4.6 is broken, time for a 5.0 release? Ta Rjwilmsi 12:16, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

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How to grant AWB request?

Hello, Reedy. Initially, this question has been posted to user:Rodhullandemu. But he couldn't help me and later he directed me to you. The question was, how to give the approval to the user who requested for the AWB? We do have the page which shows the AWB, but we did not write anything so far. Also, we got only one guy who wants it. So, could you please tell me what to do or even if you want to take the action by your self, sure you can. The name of the user who wants that approval is: Mr_Accountable. Please give him an access. Yours,--Mwanaharakati(Longa) 15:55, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Whats the link of the AWB page on your wiki? —Reedy 15:56, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
We have it. But we redirected it at here. See it here.--Mwanaharakati(Longa) 16:13, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Done. —Reedy 16:20, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help! I will see you again. So, this is done only by you, isn't it?--Mwanaharakati(Longa) 16:31, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Nope, anyone can do it. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage_format —Reedy 16:45, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Yeah. I've seen it. It's good, but the format doesn't seem to be pretty much easy to me. But I'll try it. Cheers.--Mwanaharakati(Longa) 07:31, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

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snapshot

We need a new snapshot to check in the ListComparer actually works. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:31, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Done. —Reedy 01:12, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
[3]. I forgot to re-add the line after my change. If this doesn't work, feel free to rollback to the old version. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:57, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
Aint gonna have access to my desktop till thursday evening/friday... Errrmmmmm —Reedy 13:21, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

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"

You forgot to add " in the blacklist! :P -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:08, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

AWB 4.9.0.3

A small niggle. The default edit summary says Project:AWB. This may confuse it with WikiProjects. Can we have it changed to AWB? Cheers. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 05:51, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Not all wikiprojects use "WP:". -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:42, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
What about an option? I much prefer the shortened version. –xenotalk 15:22, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
We could use [[Project:AWB|AWB]] adding 8 characters to the edit summary... -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:59, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
What about this: if (project=en.wiki) (WP:AWB|AWB) else (Project:AWB|AWB). –xenotalk 16:03, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Reedy, before releasing AWB 5.0 we have to fix Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs#Kingbotk_plugin_not_assessing_in_SVN_version. It seems we have a patch. Please check. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:42, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm not "home" to my desktop till probably Friday Evening... As of early next week, I'll have a new laptop, and can visual studio on the move ;). —Reedy 16:20, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
No worries. –xenotalk 16:24, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

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Where's the logic in AWB that looks at the checkpage to see if typo fixes can be applied

Where's the logic in AWB that looks at the checkpage to see if typo fixes can be applied -- [4]. Cant' find it, not sure it even exists? Rjwilmsi 10:54, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Seems to be nuked.. God knows when it went.. —Reedy 11:50, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Not there in 4.6.. :| Can't see why no one has noticed before... —Reedy 11:54, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

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5792 has broken the diff

5792 has broken the diff, it seems. Thanks Rjwilmsi 09:22, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

rev 5794 Ta! —Reedy 13:16, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

IRC

Chatzilla not working? -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:21, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

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AWB problem

I was hoping you could help me with an AWB problem. I'm on the checklist (have been for years), yet I'm not able to use AWB. I log in successfully via the upper screen but AWB still shows "software disabled" in the lower left. If I try to refresh, I get an error that says I'm not logged in and the upper screen changes to a login screen. I've also tried totally removing AWB and reinstalling without success. I'm using AWB 4.6.0.0 on Windows Vista with IE 8.0.6001. Any ideas?--RadioFan (talk) 23:17, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Try this, it works for me [5] it is AWB 4.9.0.3. AWB 4.6.0.0 is disabled to me as well as it is a software issue not a user issue. Hope this helps. Paul2387 (talk) 23:40, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
That worked, thanks for the tip. I'll have to remember not to upgrade until this is fixed.--RadioFan (talk) 02:48, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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