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{{AWB bug | status = new <!-- when fixed replace with "fixed" --> | description = <!-- Place description of the bug here -->~~~~ | duplicate = <!-- Directions to recreate the bug (i.e. what did you do that caused this bug); leave blank if unknown or not applicable --> | site = <!-- The site you were working with when the error occurred --> | OS = <!-- Your operating system (should be one of Windows 7, Vista, or XP) --> | version = <!-- The version of AWB you are using --> | workaround = <!-- Any workaround for the problem --> | fix_version = <!-- Version of AWB the fix will be included in; AWB developer will complete when it's fixed --> }}
Exceptions
DirectoryNotFoundException in Updater.CopyFiles
Status | New | ||||||
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Description | Thread:
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To duplicate: | Unknown | ||||||
Operating system | Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 | ||||||
.NET FW Version | Unknown | ||||||
AWB version | updater 2.0.0.0 / 2.0.0.2 | ||||||
Workaround | None | ||||||
Fixed in version | Unknown |
ArgumentOutOfRangeException in AsyncApiEdit.CallEvent
Status | New | ||||||
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Description |
Magioladitis (talk) 09:50, 10 January 2010 (UTC) | ||||||
To duplicate: | Unknown | ||||||
Site URL: | http://en.wikipedia.org http://el.wikipedia.org | ||||||
Operating system | Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 | ||||||
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.3603 | ||||||
AWB version | 4.9.0.3, revision 5980 (2010-01-09 23:46:25) 5.0.0.1, revision 6037 (2010-01-14 09:03:35) 5.0.0.1, revision 6092 (2010-01-20 22:49:25) | ||||||
Workaround | |||||||
Fixed in version |
Duplicate: Load KingbotK plugin. Bot mode: Off -> Load a page, when "Press skip" appears activate bot mode and press Skip -> Kaboom. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:50, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Exception: | ArgumentOutOfRangeException |
Message: | Η τιμή για προσθήκη βρισκόταν εκτός περιοχής τιμών.
Όνομα παραμέτρου: value |
Geraki, did this occur when you pressed Start in the Plugins tab? -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:09, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
ArgumentException in ApiEdit.Save
Status | New | ||||||
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Description |
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To duplicate: | [encountered while processing page [1]] | ||||||
Site URL: | http://en.wikipedia.org | ||||||
Operating system | Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 | ||||||
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.3603 | ||||||
AWB version | 4.9.0.3, revision 5980 (2010-01-09 23:46:25) | ||||||
Workaround | |||||||
Fixed in version |
It followed the bug above. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:51, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
NullReferenceException in ApiEdit.Login
Status | New | ||||||
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Description |
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To duplicate: | Unknown | ||||||
Site URL: | http://genealogy.wikia.com | ||||||
Operating system | Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 | ||||||
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.3603 | ||||||
AWB version | 5.0.0.0, revision 5996 (2010-01-11 20:59:49) | ||||||
Workaround | |||||||
Fixed in version |
- Can you provide some steps to reproduce? Thanks Rjwilmsi 22:02, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
ArgumentException in Boolean.CompareTo
Status | New | ||||||
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Description |
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To duplicate: | Unknown | ||||||
Site URL: | http://en.wikipedia.org | ||||||
Operating system | Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 | ||||||
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.832 | ||||||
AWB version | 5.0.0.0, revision 5996 (2010-01-11 20:59:49) | ||||||
Workaround | |||||||
Fixed in version |
This bug happens when I click on the Enabled column heading in normal settings in Find and replace. Mattg82 (talk) 00:19, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- Bug Confirmed. Rjwilmsi 12:04, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- Can't see the problem. Probably one for Reedy as he's worked in the area recently. Rjwilmsi 12:27, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- Also confirmed. No idea to fix as of yet. —Reedy 13:20, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- Can't see the problem. Probably one for Reedy as he's worked in the area recently. Rjwilmsi 12:27, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I also got ArgumentException in Int32.CompareTo. Object must be of type Int32. Random types i.e. not set. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:50, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Exception in MainForm.Save
Status | Need more information | ||||||
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Description |
I don't know what could've caused this. It pretty much appeared at random. My particular situation I was in didn't have anything different then the previous edit as far as I can tell. One thing I did notice is that it happened while saving the last item in my Make List made by Category --nl:User:Krinkle using nl:User:KrinkleBot, please contact me at nl:User_talk:Krinkle, -- Thanks, Greetings Krinkle (talk) 11:01, 18 January 2010 (UTC) | ||||||
To duplicate: | Unknown | ||||||
Site URL: | http://nl.wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org | ||||||
Operating system | Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 | ||||||
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.3603 2.0.50727.3074 | ||||||
AWB version | 5.0.0.0, revision 5996 (2010-01-11 20:59:49) 5.0.0.1, revision 6037 (2010-01-14 09:03:35) | ||||||
Workaround | |||||||
Fixed in version |
Did you have KingbotK installed? Or in your AWB directory? -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:14, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Like Krinkle, above, I'm afraid I don't know what was different about this particular save compared to all the others before and after it which worked without any problem. I do remember that it was near the end of a list of about 40-45 pages, but wasn't the last one in the list - I think it was 3 or 4 from the end.
-- DMS (talk) 05:11, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
- rev 6079 Some more info added to the error message, which may help us to understand what causes the error when it happens again. Rjwilmsi 13:56, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Now, I got "Attempted to save a wrong page (the article was null)" (5001_6092) -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:31, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
NullReferenceException in Assessments.Reset
Status | New | ||||||
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Description |
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To duplicate: | Unknown | ||||||
Site URL: | http://el.wikipedia.org | ||||||
Operating system | Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 | ||||||
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.3603 | ||||||
AWB version | 5.0.0.1, revision 6092 (2010-01-20 22:49:25) 5.0.0.1, 6125 (2010-01-26 00:50:41) | ||||||
Workaround | |||||||
Fixed in version |
SecurityException in IAutoWikiBrowserForm.get_LogControl
Status | New | ||||||
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Description |
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To duplicate: | Unknown | ||||||
Site URL: | http://en.wikipedia.org | ||||||
Operating system | Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 | ||||||
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.3082 | ||||||
AWB version | 5.0.0.1, revision 6125 (2010-01-26 00:50:41) | ||||||
Workaround | |||||||
Fixed in version |
A version of this error comes up whenever I try to load any plugin. This, like other SecurityExceptions seem to be, is probably caused by being on a network shared H drive. Dragging AWB's folder to the desktop didn't fix it.~ neko-chan :3 (talk) 19:17, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Plugins
Kingbotk in not handling blp parameter in {{WPBS}}
Status | New |
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Description | Check this one as example. I was tagging people as dead with AWB/Kingbok plugin. Living parameter was correctly changing from yes to no. But blp=yes was supposed to be removed as well. I had the same problem for the other direction as well: When I am marking people as alive, Kingbotk doesn't add blp=yes in {{WPB}} nor {{WPBS}} if they are present. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:44, 19 June 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | Examples given above |
Site URL: | en.wiki |
Operating system | XP SP2 |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | At least since 4.5.3.3. (rev 4537) + KingbotK plugin |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
Moreover... it crashed before this edit (if |1=
exists then there is no problem). (The return of the nightmare!) In the past was crashing if |1=
as missing now if |blp=
is present and |1=
is missing. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:51, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Here are the rules that should be applied:
- If
|1=
is missing from {{WPBS}} then add it. - If
|living=
yes in WPBiography then add|blp=
yes to {{WPBS}} - If
|living=
no in WPBiography then remove|blp=
(whether yes or no) from {{WPBS}}
-- Magioladitis (talk) 09:59, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
blp=no is not replaced by blp=yes. Plugin adds blp=yes instead. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:46, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
BannerShells.vb needs adjustment. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:37, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
KingbotK counts pages skipped by AWB as tagged
Status | New |
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Description | KingbotK counts pages skipped by AWB as tagged -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:56, 2 December 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | en.wiki |
Operating system | XP SP2 + IE 8 |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 4.9.0.3, revision 5715 (2009-12-02 01:36:48) + KingbotK plugin 2.2.1.0 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
Current situation: Tagged in KingbotK statistics = Skipped by AWB + real tags, Skipped = Skipped by KingbotK plugin.
Aim: Tagged in KingbotK statistics = Tagged by plugin, Skipped = Skipped by plugin + Skipped by AWB. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:56, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
AWB + "kingbotplugin + WP:India tagging" hangs
Status | New |
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Description | AWB + "kingbotplugin + WP:India tagging" hangs while parsing WikiProject Template that has lots of variables/comments tags inside ? Example page |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | en.wiki |
Operating system | Windows XP |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 4.5.3.3 SVN 4340 5/19 |
Workaround | End task and start all over again. ( rm the erring Template ofcourse) |
Fixed in version |
- I can provide many more examples of pages that hang the plugin if someone ever shows up to work with it =] –xenotalk 21:14, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
- It just takes ages to parse the template. But it's not AWB's fault... it's editors' fault who add all these empty parameters! -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
- The regex gets stuck AFAIK. —Reedy 18:22, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
- It just takes ages to parse the template. But it's not AWB's fault... it's editors' fault who add all these empty parameters! -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
KingbotK doesn't remove duplicated blp entries
Status | New |
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Description | [2] -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:06, 12 November 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | en.wiki |
Operating system | XP SP2 |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | SVN 4.9.0.2 SVN 5609 Kingbotk version 2.2.0.0 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
KingbotK needs urgent update to support new priority parameters
Status | New |
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Description | KingbotK plugin seems to be removing the work group priority parameter in Template:WPBiography and replacing it with a general priority parameter instead (see [3][4]). The documentation for Template:WPBiography no longer mentions a general priority parameter, but it does identify a work group-specific priority parameter for each work group. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:06, 7 December 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | en.wiki |
Operating system | XP SP2 |
.NET FW Version | |
AWB version | 4903_rev5724 with Kingbotk AWB Plugin 2.2.1.0 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
I summarise a bit here. This is a to-do list. TO DO:
- Support new priority parameters i.e. don't remove them and don't add empty priority parameters is one of the new ones exist
- If priority parameter is missing, keep adding the generic priority parameter
- In the future: If a work-group exists and the corresponding priority parameter is missing, add it
- In the future: If a work-group exists and a generic priority parameter exists, replace it with the one corresponding to the work-group.
- If living parameter is missing, add an empty living field unless class=dab
- If listas parameter is missing, add an empty listas field
-- Magioladitis (talk) 14:06, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
Banners that have parameters with spaces in them are considered a bag tag by KingbotK
Status | New |
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Description | E.g. {{AfricaProject|class=stub|importance=|South Africa=yes}} fails the Plugin. –xenotalk 16:30, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
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To duplicate: | Try running the plugin with generic "{{AfricaProject}}" on any affected page, i.e. Talk:Bamboes Spruit |
Site URL: | en.wiki |
Operating system | Vista or XP |
.NET FW Version | |
AWB version | 5001.6113 |
Workaround | Don't use the plugin =) |
Fixed in version |
Mono/Wine
AWB shuts down after announced an unimplemented exception
Status | New | ||||||
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Description |
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To duplicate: | Unknown | ||||||
Site URL: | http://en.wikipedia.org | ||||||
Operating system | Mac OS x 10.5.8 | ||||||
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.42 | ||||||
AWB version | 5.0.0.1, revision 6125 (2010-01-26 00:50:41) | ||||||
Workaround | |||||||
Fixed in version |
- What are you running it on? WINE or Mono? —Reedy 18:23, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- I am using Wine version 1.1.35. Supertouch (talk) 18:38, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- With winetricks ie and winetricks dotnet20? —Reedy 18:40, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- I am not exactly sure—I believe I simply downloaded Wine, would Wine Tricks help? Supertouch (talk) 18:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- AWB shouldn't work under vanilla Wine. Are you also running Mono? —Reedy 19:18, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- I am not exactly sure—I believe I simply downloaded Wine, would Wine Tricks help? Supertouch (talk) 18:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- With winetricks ie and winetricks dotnet20? —Reedy 18:40, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- I am using Wine version 1.1.35. Supertouch (talk) 18:38, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
I downloaded WineTricks with high expectations and no change. What is vanilla Wine, is that a tweaked version of Wine? The strange thing is AWB worked for one day allowing me to make several edits, but then stopped working with the aforementioned error message when I tried to run it on Category:Islamic History. I can understand it simply not working, but working and then stopping seems to indicate the programs are sound but something happened—I did fiddle with the setting before restoring them to their default setting. Supertouch (talk) 00:07, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
- Vanilla being plain. Default config. It can't just work under wine, it needs something to provide the .net framework.. Whether the actual .net fw, or mono... And mono doesn't support everything... —Reedy 00:09, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Other bugs
Moar <br>
Status | New |
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Description | [5]. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 17:49, 12 July 2008 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | Sandbox |
Operating system | any |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | head |
Workaround | bang! |
Fixed in version | Unknown |
- Wasn't this fixed by improving the articles formatting? There's almost always better ways to format than using <br>. Kirkburn (talk) 14:34, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
And <p>[6]. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 16:06, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not clear what the problem is in either of the examples. Rjwilmsi 00:26, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Link simplification too greedy - eating spaces
Status | Need more information |
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Description | James I of England replaced with James I of England in this diff. It happens to be OK here but the general rule should be not to do it. Rich Farmbrough, 00:21 27 August 2008 (GMT). |
To duplicate: | [7] |
Operating system | V |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 4.3.2.0 / 4.9.0.3_5715 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version | Unknown |
Hmm, does anyone have an example of inappropriate change using that feature? MaxSem(Han shot first!) 18:07, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
- I've left a message on Rich's talk page asking for more information. Rjwilmsi 20:10, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
- I don't. It seems to me that if the editor explicitly wants to link only part of the phrase they should be able to. For example "Henry IV and James I of England. " Rich Farmbrough, 20:34 14 February 2009 (UTC).
For info, the logic is in Parers.StickyLinks(). Rjwilmsi 20:36, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Scroll bar slider does not work correctly with a large list
Status | New |
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Description | I just created a list of almost 600,000 articles and then sorted them alphabetically. Saving the list to a file works fine. Clicking on an item in the list and hitting end, home, pageup, and pagedown all work correctly. Repeatedly clicking on the scroll bar at the right works correctly. Dragging the scroll bar slider however results in the same 65536 or so articles repeated over and over.Pascal666 22:29, 19 June 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | Create a large list of articles, sort alphabetically, drag the slider down through the list and look for the numbered articles at the top of the list to start displaying again. |
Site URL: | en.wiki |
Operating system | Vista sp1 |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | rev 4426 |
Workaround | Use any method other than the slider to scroll through the list. |
Fixed in version |
- Presumably thats a problem with the actual control that MS make.. —Reedy 22:35, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
- Appears to be a Vista issue. Listed workaround is to use DataGridView instead of Listbox. --Pascal666 18:34, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Cheers for doing the research. Typical MS saying we cant help, even though its one of their products also.. I use vista, so can duplicate it.. And look at fixing it.. ListView or DataGridView... —Reedy 20:26, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Appears to be a Vista issue. Listed workaround is to use DataGridView instead of Listbox. --Pascal666 18:34, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
Since the last official release of AWB I noticed that when I use in the editfield the scrollbar, to drag the thumb downwards to see a lower part of the article, the dragging suddenly stops, takes a few seconds, and then continues. All other functions seems to work normal. It mostly occurs with longer pages. Romaine (talk) 20:45, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
- This user is also using Vista; the bug might coincide with the use of the rich edit control. ClickRick (talk) 20:49, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
AWB netbook fail
Status | New |
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Description | As this screenshot indicates, AWB is inexplicably cut off because my screen resolution is too small. —harej (talk) (cool!) 18:48, 9 July 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | Use AWB on a screen with resolution 1024 by 600. |
Site URL: | Immaterial |
Operating system | Windows XP, but that is probably immaterial |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 4.6.0.0 / 4.9.0.3 |
Workaround | Using my netbook's VGA output to plug this computer into a larger monitor. |
Fixed in version |
- Yup, know about that.... I've tried to fix it, but with no luck so far. —Reedy 08:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
- Rather than maximise the app, what happens if you try to manually resize it down to fit your screen? I've just tried resizing AWB here and it would certainly get down to be small enough, but then again I'm starting off with a 1600×1200 screen. ClickRick (talk) 23:56, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
- I would do that if I could reach the bottom handles of the screen, which I cannot because AWB is too large to fit on my screen. —harej (talk) (cool!) 17:11, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
- Can you resize from the top left, then move the window up and left? --NE2 23:29, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
- Or Alt+Space to bring down the system menu, then S to select Size, then use the arrow keys. ClickRick (talk) 20:09, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
- Can you resize from the top left, then move the window up and left? --NE2 23:29, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
- I would do that if I could reach the bottom handles of the screen, which I cannot because AWB is too large to fit on my screen. —harej (talk) (cool!) 17:11, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
- Rather than maximise the app, what happens if you try to manually resize it down to fit your screen? I've just tried resizing AWB here and it would certainly get down to be small enough, but then again I'm starting off with a 1600×1200 screen. ClickRick (talk) 23:56, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
The problem with the above remedies is that it does not expose more of what's on the bottom -- it just increases the size of what is already visible proportionally. —harej (talk) (cool!) 18:36, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Just stating the obvious: This bug still occurs in 4.9.0.3 -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:55, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Database scanner bugs II
Status | Bug currently being investigated/fixed |
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Description | ...
I think these were all the same weeks ago, but for reference purposes I'm using 4.9.0.1 (r4812), trunk built from source. - Jarry1250 [ humorous – discuss ] 18:37, 18 July 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | en.wiki |
Operating system | |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
- No 1 works fine on the small dump i downloaded from Category:2009 deaths —Reedy 21:29, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
- No 2, rev 4920. Made some changes, but it hasn't sorted it (on my test 2200 articles, though i was just filtering simply by ns) —Reedy 22:15, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
- No 1 works fine on the small dump i downloaded from Category:2009 deaths —Reedy 21:29, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
- I've finally got #1 sussed. Basically, if you look to scan the entire en database, but have to stop half-way through, you can't resume half-way through. Instead, the scanner summarily scans the first half of the articles looking for your given start point, but doesn't record any results until it finds it (hence my assumption that no results were ever going to be returned), so it's not a great deal quicker than just starting from scratch. Would be good if a percentage could be input maybe, to give the scanner a hand? Maybe a more informative status update? - Jarry1250 [ In the UK? Sign the petition! ] 16:30, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
- rev 5084 might help a bit —Reedy 19:21, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Orphan tags part V
Status | New |
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Description | Orphan Tagger doesn't exclude dab pages from page count |
To duplicate: | Mary Butterworth |
Site URL: | en wiki |
Operating system | Windows Vista |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 5.0.0.1 svn 6013 |
Workaround | Need to view the page then click "what links here" to assess. |
Fixed in version |
Summary:
- Don't tag disamb articles as orphan Done rev 5888 too. Rjwilmsi 00:24, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- IF >= 3 incoming links (excluding redirects, only mainspace, not dabs), then article is not an orphan for sure and AWB should remove the tag if found
- Orphans have less than 3 incoming links to themselves or their redirects. These links should not be redirects or dabs.
Current status:
- Tagger will tag as an orphan an article that has less than 3 incoming links to itself or its redirects that there are not redirects. rev 6013
- Tagger will untag an article from being orphan if it has 3 or more incoming links to itself or its redirects that there not redirects. rev 6013
Conclusion:
- Tagging is 100% accurate. If an article is tagged as an orphan, it is an orphan.
- More articles can be orphans. This is the case that some of the incoming links are dab pages.
-- Magioladitis (talk) 20:46, 29 December 2009 (UTC) / 01:31, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Issues with Template:Xxxx/doc pages (part II)
Status | New |
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Description | Template:Xxxx/doc pages need special treatment. # {PAGENAME} needs to not be subst'ed # Defaultsort needs to override the value set by "template documentation" template- it has a defaultsort parameter - or maybe we should just take it out of the template. Rich Farmbrough, 17:18, 26 September 2009 (UTC). 17:18, 26 September 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | en.wp |
Operating system | V |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 4.9.0.3 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
Adding in only some non-breaking spaces
Status | Bug currently being investigated/fixed |
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Description | 1700 m (5600 ft) to this 1700 m (5600 ft). Should be able to recognise the space between a number and m when it is followed by (5600 ft.) or (5600 ft) and so on. Also does not detect "340 gm" and "weigh 80 g". Recognises "(22-24 in)" and adds a nbsp, but does not change the hyphen to an endash. Snowman (talk) 10:05, 7 October 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | Use AWB on Golden-collared Macaw for "m". Orange-winged Amazon for "gm", and Orange-fronted Parakeet for "weigh 80 g". See "Palm Cockatoo" for "(22-24 in)" |
Site URL: | en wiki |
Operating system | Vista Sp2 |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 5504 |
Workaround | manual |
Fixed in version |
- Okay, so 4 issues here:
- 1700 m (5600 ft) – rev 5520 Fixed in this limited case only. Rjwilmsi 15:01, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- 340 gm – not a valid unit. Should AWB correct it, I don't know.
- weight 80 g – don't believe AWB should do this one due to false positives with "Oracle 10g server" etc.
- (22-24 in) – rev 5521 Fixed that one Rjwilmsi 15:21, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- Other similar problems:
- 40 g (1.4 oz) not recognized; see Corvidae. Snowman (talk) 15:32, 7 October 2009 (UTC) rev 5890 for the (1.4 oz) part. Rjwilmsi 09:37, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- "8-20 g in weight" not recognized. Also "19-20 days" only changes the hyphen without adding nbsp; see Sittella. Snowman (talk) 15:44, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- Should "14-22g" be changed? see "New Zealand wren". Snowman (talk) 15:47, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- Should (16-19") be changed? see "Oilbird". Snowman (talk) 15:49, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- "5-6 meters" not recognized; see Pelagornithidae. Snowman (talk) 15:52, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- "120 grams" not recognized; see Grebe. Snowman (talk) 15:57, 7 October 2009 (UTC) rev 5788 For gram/grams/gramme/grammes. Rjwilmsi 11:19, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
- "Pp. 350-377" which is quite a common error with page numbers. I think AWB could change it to "pp. 350-377" and also fix the hypen; see Gnatcatcher Snowman (talk) 16:00, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- Not all hyphens converted to endashes; see Shoebill. Snowman (talk) 16:13, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- Terms where a numeral is adjacent to a non-whitespace character ("22g") should not be changed. In case of a false positive on something like "50 m", no real harm is done because all that changes is where a line ends. Changing "22g" to "22 g" potentially changes the meaning, or at least creates incorrect punctuation.
- Also, it may be unwise to use non-breaking spaces when unit names are spelled out, because compound unit names can be long enough to create awkward line endings. --Jc3s5h (talk) 16:04, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- Fair enough for a unit with many letters. Perhaps I have indicated some things that can be changed when these regexes are reviewed. I think I will stop adding to the list and wait for the new version to test. Snowman (talk) 16:13, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- I think that a check that AWB also completes the partial fixed that AWB has made is needed. I think that some improvements are still needed - I have left enough examples to work on for now. Snowman (talk) 20:12, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
- Fair enough for a unit with many letters. Perhaps I have indicated some things that can be changed when these regexes are reviewed. I think I will stop adding to the list and wait for the new version to test. Snowman (talk) 16:13, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- Also, it may be unwise to use non-breaking spaces when unit names are spelled out, because compound unit names can be long enough to create awkward line endings. --Jc3s5h (talk) 16:04, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Keyboard language switch bugs happens again
Status | New |
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Description | I have installed two keyboard languages (English as default and Greek). Sometimes while editing AWB switches from English to Greek. When I try to switch back AWB switches again. Some time ago Reedy fixed this one (somewhere before rev 5150) and was working fine but the problem reappeared. Magioladitis (talk) 10:02, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Operating system | XP SP2 with FF 3.5 and IE 8 |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | rev 5528 |
Workaround | None |
Fixed in version |
- The original fix was by MaxSem under rev 5082. Code is still there, can't see why it would have stopped working. Rjwilmsi 10:19, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
- You are faster than me. I jsut came to update my comment. :) -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:20, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Problem usually occurs after switching from bot mode to manual. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:12, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
A rare External link that should be internal bug
Status | New |
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Description | I am reporting this one, in case someone has any idea how to fix it. I think it's a rare bug and not worth spending much time on it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:25, 6 November 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | en |
Operating system | XP SP2 |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 4.9.0.2 rev 5587 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
- There's an outstanding feature request over converting these external links that are really interwiki links into proper links. That would cover this one. Rjwilmsi 12:47, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Make list display becomes somewhat garbled when scrolling fast
Status | New |
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Description | When quickly scrolling up and down through a large list in the make list window (by clicking and dragging the slider in the scroll bar), some of the entries overwrite each other in terms of how they are displayed. The entries themselves are fine; however, some of the article titles have the names of the articles that were above them listed on top of them. For example, one of the entries of the list I have open right now is for New York State Route 470. It should read just "New York State Route 470"; however, the displayed text is "New York State Route 470" with the words "New York State Route 446" (the article above it in the list) overlaid on top. – TMF 19:22, 16 November 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | Make a large list (the list I noticed this on was 215 entries long) and scroll up and down using the method described above |
Operating system | Windows 7 |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 4.9.0.3 rev5636, but this issue existed in the last snapshot I used (I think it was around rev5580 or so) as well. |
Workaround | 1) Ignore the garbled text and use AWB as usual. 2) Clicking on the garbled entry (highlighting it) will correct the displayed text. 3) Scrolling slower (using the arrows and/or by clicking in the scroll bar) doesn't seem to cause this issue. |
Fixed in version |
This may be related to this bug, but I don't think it's the same exact issue. – TMF 19:25, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
- I'd be inclined to agree. I think i have seen it also, but marked it as the controls fault, rather than AWB's. —Reedy 10:52, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Keyboard shortcut stops working
Status | New |
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Description | The save keyboard shortcut works fine when AWB is first started; to save, you can use "Alt-s", "Ctrl-s", or even just "s". But if you click in the diff area or text box (including scroll bar), then the shortcut stops working until you restart AWB. (Note that "Alt-g" continues working for ignore, although I believe that ignore has been replaced with skip in the next version, so the shortcut will probably be different). If you subsequently click in one of various places such as in the edit box, list box, diff area, or on the Start tab, the save shortcut will then work once immediately thereafter, but then stops working again. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:32, 24 December 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | en.wiki |
Operating system | XP |
.NET FW Version | |
AWB version | 4.9.0.3, SVN 5768 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
This was originally reported on WT:AWB by ZooFari (talk · contribs), but that report was recently archived without any action. The keyboard shortcut feature is a very useful one, providing a comfortable alternative to stressful repeated mouse clicking, so I've brought the issue here. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:32, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
- Ctrl+S works only if the program is focused in the edit area. I thought this was the expected behaviour. (Btw, the pther discussion was automatically archived by a bot). -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:56, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
- Having to click in the edit box completely negates the convenience of having a keyboard shortcut (except on those occasions when you happen to have been making a manual edit anyways). The keyboard shortcut to Save should be just as available as the one to Ignore is. Try making a list of pages (with all skip options disabled), and see how easy it is to go through the list by pressing Alt-g to Ignore them. It should be just as convenient to use Alt-s or Ctrl-s to Save. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:57, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
- IMHO the keyboard shortcuts should work in the entire main window of AWB. Not sure why they don't at the moment. Rjwilmsi 10:00, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
- Most likely is a detached event or something... —Reedy 10:02, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
- IMHO the keyboard shortcuts should work in the entire main window of AWB. Not sure why they don't at the moment. Rjwilmsi 10:00, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
- Having to click in the edit box completely negates the convenience of having a keyboard shortcut (except on those occasions when you happen to have been making a manual edit anyways). The keyboard shortcut to Save should be just as available as the one to Ignore is. Try making a list of pages (with all skip options disabled), and see how easy it is to go through the list by pressing Alt-g to Ignore them. It should be just as convenient to use Alt-s or Ctrl-s to Save. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:57, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
- Ctrl+S works only if the program is focused in the edit area. I thought this was the expected behaviour. (Btw, the pther discussion was automatically archived by a bot). -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:56, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Start AWB -> Press Ctrl+E to start external processing. Nothing happens. Click with the mouse in the list box. Press Ctrl+E. It works. Close window and click with the mouse in the diff window. Press Ctrl+E. No response. (same with ctrl+M). -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:04, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
- All shortcuts work only if AWB is focused in List box or Edit box and nowhere else. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:06, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
- I just tested the newest version (SVN 5899) and verified that Alt-k correctly Skips anywhere, just as Alt-g did in previous versions. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:43, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- I think there are two issues with Alt-S:
- When the browser portion of the window has the focus, it prevents the proper function of the Alt- and Cmd- functions. I bet IE grabs the keystrokes before the main thread of AWB sees them.
- When "Start" is not the current tab and the Save button is not visible, the Alt-S shortcut won't work. Windows only honors Alt shortcuts for active controls, and a hidden control is not active.
- It would be very helpful if this could be addressed. Having to click in the edit box before using Alt-S is inconvenient. Using a Cmd- key shortcut for a new "Save article text" menu entry would help with #2. I am not sure how you resolve #1 if my guess about the focus issue is right. — John Cardinal (talk) 22:10, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
- I think there are two issues with Alt-S:
- I just tested the newest version (SVN 5899) and verified that Alt-k correctly Skips anywhere, just as Alt-g did in previous versions. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:43, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
AWB unicodifies pages even if option is disactivated
Status | Works for me |
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Description | AWB make unauthorized change. See 3rd change in diff. All automatic changes in Options were off. Alex Spade (talk) 17:37, 7 December 2009 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | Ru-Wikipedia |
Operating system | Windows XP SP 3 |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 4.9.0.3 rev. 5646 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
This is part of the "Unicodify the whole page". Did you have this on? -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:01, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
- All automatic changes were off.
- I've understood, that user had been using instead of ɪ (IPA) and ∫ (integal) instead of ʃ (IPA). Alex Spade (talk) 15:20, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
- "Unicodify whole Page" is not part of general fixes. It has it's own box. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:26, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
- I know. When I say that "All automatic changes were off", I mean that all three boxes in Automatic changes section (Auto tag / Apply general fixes / Unicodify whole page) were off.
- I've tried some other ways (all automatic changes were still off).
- If section "Find and replace" (or "File"/"Replace file") is empty, the unauthorized change doesn't occur.
- If section "Find and replace" (or "File"/"Replace file") isn't empty, the unauthorized change occurs.
- As you can see, page ru:User:Alex_Spade/4Tests is very non-unicoded. Alex Spade (talk) 15:44, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
- I can't reproduce it: [8]. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:02, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
#Unicode_characters_in_Private_Use_Area_corrupted seems to be similar... —Reedy 14:56, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Unicode characters in Private Use Area corrupted
Status | New |
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Description | U+F0AE (an invalid character from the Private Use Area U+E000 – U+F8FF, typically used by MS Symbol right arrow) is changed to U+00AE on unrelated replace operations (example). The correct Unicode equivalent is U+2192, but it probably shouldn't be changed in the first place. Tgr (talk) 13:37, 3 January 2010 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | huwiki |
Operating system | WinXP SP3 Hungarian |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 4.9.0.3, r5768 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
Did you have "unicodify the whole page" activated? --Magioladitis (talk) 15:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Yes, I did. Samat (talk) 17:07, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
- Wild guess then. Having that enabled could've quite easily been responsible :P —Reedy 13:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- Tried it in sandbox without unicodify enabled and it still happened. Since this is an invalid Unicode character: 1) can't see it being a major/widespread issue and 2) maybe something done by .NET rich text box? Rjwilmsi 14:13, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- I can't see that character anywhere. Need to check what it is when it's read from the api, after process (ie before it goes into the text box), what it comes out of the textbox as, and what it is just before the API submits it... —Reedy 14:42, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- I did notice, however, the "®" become as is when it is in the Rich Text box... —Reedy 14:55, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- I can't see that character anywhere. Need to check what it is when it's read from the api, after process (ie before it goes into the text box), what it comes out of the textbox as, and what it is just before the API submits it... —Reedy 14:42, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- Tried it in sandbox without unicodify enabled and it still happened. Since this is an invalid Unicode character: 1) can't see it being a major/widespread issue and 2) maybe something done by .NET rich text box? Rjwilmsi 14:13, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
"Sorry, these options" in Bots tab
Status | New |
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Description | Bots tab occasionally goes blank except for big " |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | Commons |
Operating system | XP |
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.1433 |
AWB version | 5.0.0.0 |
Workaround | save all; exit; restart; load saved file |
Fixed in version |
I bet it says "Sorry, these options". (Main.Designer) Still I don't know what causes it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:49, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- It was rev 5628 when the was message changed. Not sure why. Rjwilmsi 14:13, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
- Why someone with newer version to get the message then? Any chance that the update was not complete and the Wikifunctions is old? -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:18, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
- They're getting the newer message. Rjwilmsi 14:37, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
- Why someone with newer version to get the message then? Any chance that the update was not complete and the Wikifunctions is old? -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:18, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
- rev 6073 Reedy corrected the error message. However, that still doesn't explain why the user was unable to use their bot account. Rjwilmsi 22:17, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Can you post a screenshot of the bug please? -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:53, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Just posted the screenshot and you are right it does say "Sorry, these options". Sorry about it. In order to reproduce it I had to start AWB (after first successful edit in bot mode I never encounter it), do a lot of test edits without auto-save and than switch to bots tab. In case of any questions I check my user page at Commons much more often than on Wikipedia, so drop me a line there. --Jarekt (talk) 20:43, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
- I just noticed that the problem seems to be related to the use of "Preferences/On load/Show changes" option. This is usually the first thing I change after login, so I do not think much about it. But lately worked for a while without changing this option and did not have any problems until I turned it on. --Jarekt (talk) 22:32, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Use изолированная статья instead of "orphan" in ru.wiki
Status | New |
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Description | From irc. ru:Шаблон:Orphan has a different target as the one expected. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:51, 22 January 2010 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Operating system | |
.NET FW Version | |
AWB version | 5001_6092 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
We have a patch (for both ru and uk) almost ready but we need to do some other stuff first. -- Magioladitis (talk) 02:29, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Steady restart and steady increment of time for restart
Status | New |
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Description | AWB goes to restart after every page. 2) The time of restart increments after every edit by 5 sec, from 10 sec after first edit to 60 sec (then it does not increment, but continues at 60 seconds) This was reported here and apparently "fixed" but still occurs/is occurring again. 75.154.117.153 (talk) Update: This is actually a different problem; the bug is triggered when spam filter prevents an edit for any reason. 75.154.117.153 (talk) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | Cyber Nations Wiki (Wikia) |
Operating system | Windows Vista SP2 |
.NET FW Version | 3.5 SP1 |
AWB version | 5.0.0.0 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
- If the edit is blocked by the spam filter this is correct behaviour. There's an option to skip if the edit is blocked by the spam filter. Rjwilmsi 11:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
HTML comments cause problems for "Inside templates" rules
Status | New |
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Description | RegEx edits used with "Inside templates" fail when the target template contains an HTML comment. I am not sure it happens 100% of the time. Nor am I sure that it is restricted to RegEx edits only, but those are the only cases when I have noticed it. — John Cardinal (talk) 21:05, 1 February 2010 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | Create a RegEx edit and set the type to "Inside templates {{{...}}}". Use AWB to edit a page that contains a template that matches the RegEx you create, and make sure the template on the page has an embedded HTML comment. This is common with templates whose documentation includes HTML comments that act as instructions for users. |
Site URL: | en.wikipedia.org |
Operating system | Windows XP |
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.3603 |
AWB version | 5.0.0.0 |
Workaround | No good workarounds; if the HTML comment can be removed, you can add an "Any text" rule that deletes the comment before the "Inside template" rule is executed and then the "Inside templates" rule will work. |
Fixed in version |
- As per the bug 2 up, can you check a snapshot >= rev 6173 to see if this helps/fixes it for you? —Reedy 01:19, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Custom module Failed Match
Status | Not a bug in AWB, has been referred | ||||||
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Description |
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To duplicate: | [encountered while processing page [9]] | ||||||
Site URL: | http://commons.wikimedia.org | ||||||
Operating system | Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 | ||||||
.NET FW Version | 2.0.50727.1433 | ||||||
AWB version | 5.0.0.0, revision 5996 (2010-01-11 20:59:49) | ||||||
Workaround | |||||||
Fixed in version |
--Jarekt (talk) 22:54, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
- It's an error on your Custom Module. Paste your code, and i'll advise how to fix. —Reedy 23:07, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
- I know how to fix Custom Module. I thought this automatically generated bug report was not about how to fix my code but how AWB handles errors in user Custom Modules. After this error AWB allow me to continue, but was not usable and had to be restarted. --Jarekt (talk) 21:25, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
- Probably worth taking note of the stack trace and changing the error to match.... —Reedy 23:57, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
- I know how to fix Custom Module. I thought this automatically generated bug report was not about how to fix my code but how AWB handles errors in user Custom Modules. After this error AWB allow me to continue, but was not usable and had to be restarted. --Jarekt (talk) 21:25, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Article issues + AWB
Status | New |
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Description | I had to do this one manually. I guess, AWB won't add to article issues if it has only 2 parameters. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:48, 11 February 2010 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | |
Site URL: | en.wiki |
Operating system | XP SP2 |
.NET FW Version | |
AWB version | 5001_6162 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |
Cannot connect
Status | New |
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Description | Error: Can't connect to given wiki site. This issue is new to this version; have been using AWB on this site for many months.75.219.82.195 (talk) 02:39, 11 February 2010 (UTC) |
To duplicate: | Options > Preferences... > Site (tab) > Project: Custom, wiki.shardsofdalaya.com. |
Site URL: | wiki.shardsofdalaya.com |
Operating system | Windows 7 |
.NET FW Version | Unknown |
AWB version | 5.0.0.0 |
Workaround | |
Fixed in version |