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Autotag / general fixes make disputed capitalization changes

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Not sure if you guys have seen the ANI dustup [1] about capitalization changes, but it appears there is no consensus at the present time to always "ucfirst" templates and that these types of changes (that automatically change the capitalization originally set) are undesirable. –xenotalk 15:29, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Run with autotag on an undated uncapitalized cleanup template [2]
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5039.7159
Workaround
Fixed in version	7272

By the way - the autotag tooltip is now inadequate since it seems to do a lot more now. –xeno^talk 15:29, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

When we date the tag who cares what the capitalisation is afterwards. The ANI thread is all about only changing the capitalisation. Rjwilmsi 16:09, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Agree with Rjwilmsi. I don't see this as a bug. An undated template is replaced by a dated one the same way that {{uncat}} goes to {{Uncategorised|date=September 2010}} (redirect bypased too). In fact I never saw anyone complaining in capitalised maintance templates but only for sole capitalisation. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:12, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

*shrug*. Issue came up here. –xeno^talk 16:21, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I will offer a compromise for consideration: the current logic does not support 'keep with current case' and I can't see the point in changing it back to upper->lower or stay lower from the now current stay upper or lower->upper. However, I had considered that we could change the date tagger to load a list of templates off an AWB sub page, to allow community maintenance of the list. If that is requested and you have enough people politely ask for it, I will undertake that its solution would implement 'keep current case'. Rjwilmsi 16:35, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I think I grep where you're going with that, but I think, in general, AWB should not make an inconsequential change that represents what is largely a personal preference. This is similar to the controversy over AWB changing the citation style, albeit much more trivial. –xeno^talk 16:41, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Whether anyone sees this as a bug or not is irrelevant; if more than one person has questioned it, it demonstrably does not have consensus. Now I reported this to Rich in the hope that it could be dealt quickly and quietly—other people wandering past might be more minded to just block again, and I would prefer that upstream AWB not be the cause of that. —Sladen (talk) 16:37, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

AWB doesn't cause anything. Everyone is free not to use AWB. Moreover, there isn't any consensus that casing shouldn't change. I like most of the maintenance templates capitalised. Btw, I agreed that SmackBot must stop capitalising because I like clean diffs and not because I find them harmful. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:50, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Double negatives there... but there isn't census for casing adjustment either (repeatedly evidenced by large numbers of people showing up on Rich's page). With very little effort AWB could get on doing what it does best (adding dates to templates/fixing syntax) without the undue risk of antagonising/upsetting other editors in the process. The issue of re-/un-capitilisation has been raised explicitly this time, and I hope that the default general fixes rules in AWB can be adjusted so that they maintain initial capitialisation for those templates that do have it (and equally maintain initial non-capitalisation for those that don't). Just like human editing, the preference should be to make the least alteration in any change. —Sladen (talk) 10:03, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

AWB doesn't change {{cite web}} nor {{reflist}}. The rest were done for a long time and I think they are generally accepted. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:10, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

The problem people seem to have with the caps changes is that it's being changed on templates that have been lowercase for some time, and it's considered the standard for the article. Dating is generally done on templates that have been added within the last week or so, by hand (eg {{unref}}, {{uncat}}), so it's not something that's been established over time, it's just there because people don't generally capitalise templates when they type them out. Which is to say: nobody cares and it doesn't matter. --Closedmouth (talk) 11:25, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

And I would like to add: Most of the maintenance templates are short-lived. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:57, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

...many habits have been going on for a long-time (cf. Rich's unauthorised use of AWB), but what is tolerated and what is accepted are different. The result of all this coming to a head is that we have heard more than one objection to the subject. Please consider altering the default "general fixes" rules in AWB so that more than just merely being tolerated, the actions of AWB users move on to becoming accepted ...and perhaps even one day universally appreciated. Doing necessary actions only, leads along on to that path of appreciation. —Sladen (talk) 14:37, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Forgive me for the perception Sladen but I am getting the impression that you believe that AWB is new with limited usefullness. That truth is that AWB is used for much much more than simple syntax fixes and has been around and accepted for a long time. You make it sound as though we AWB users are a misinterpretted data cult. The functionality in AWB allows us to make changes, additions, etc to articles in WP at a rate far beyond what a normal editor could do moving from article to article manually. Without AWB WP would be a much much less reliable site than it is today. And your vocalization that AWB is a tolerated nuisance is quite out of place.

Back to the subject at hand, I personally prefer that template start with upper case but I also know that is my preference and others feel differently. In the end it doesnt really matter because WP treats it the same and I feel as though we are spending a lot of time on a nonproblem. In WP there is always someone who is going to disagree and thats something we have to deal with. With that said I like Rj's idea that the date tagger be a subpage so that users could potentially modify it as is currently done with the typos. So here is my suggestions:

• We start a conversation somewhere visible that solicites conencus on the upper or lower case template issue and live with the outcome. Remember thought that there may be a great deal of effort involved in changing the AWB logic to compensate for all the variations of upper and lower case.
• Maybe Rj could make the page with the date tagger logic and we can implement that as part of this disagreement. --Kumioko (talk) 14:52, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Just a remark: If someone disagrees with a common practice that doesn't mean that we don't have consensus. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:56, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

I completely agree. Thats why I think we need to pu the question out there and solicite a real determination instead of continue to go back and forth on which side is right. If we are going to change the code for something like this then we should make sure that the community agrees before we spend the time doing it. Just my opinion. --Kumioko (talk) 15:04, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

The current Signpost mentions a new book that discusses "consensus being between 51% and near unanimity" it is quite a leap from that to "if more than one person has questioned it, it demonstrably does not have consensus." Very much "le sigh" (I can speak French me.) Rich Farmbrough, 18:02, 5 October 2010 (UTC).

And my unreserved apologies to the AWB community for being the trigger of this. Rich Farmbrough, 18:03, 5 October 2010 (UTC).

It turns that tagging pages is more important than fixing them. :( -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:53, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Kumioko: the post you've replied to, uses the phrase "going on for a long-time", surely this is incompatible with suggesting that the author of that post believes "that AWB is new"? I fully support the use of AWB and similar automated tools when reviewed by a human because, as you say, they do speed up editing of Wikipedia which is a good thing.

The conflicts I watch arise when automated edits are submitted faster than a human can review. If a bot can make five-edits-per-second, and a human can review five-edits-per-minute, that's an awful lot of human time (60-to-1 duty cycle) to review just a single bot in real-time. Yes, it is faster for the bots' owners, but if those edits need to be reviewed, it could well be slower for Wikipedia as a whole.

Going by the recent review[3] I did of 100 SmackBot edits for Rich, that appears to have taken 20 minutes (including providing highlighting/feeding back on five of those)—plus Rich's time, my time, your time ... all following up the bot issues afterwards. I'm happy to put in this time if it enables AWB to make better quality edits (and leave less carnage), but I do expect the bugs to be fixed when they are raised. nb. the smaller the diff, the quicker a human can review—human editor review time here is far more valuable that bot processing time. —Sladen (talk) 00:23, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Not to be a troll here but your still under the impression that what AWB and smackbot did were "wrong". Other than continuing when an editor raised the point they worked correctly and as I stated before just because one or two editors dont like the edits that are being made that doesnt make them wrong. Now smackbot has stopped (and a lot of good edits aren't being made) Rich is presumably not making any edits either judging by his contribs and thats a lot of good edits not being made. All over what amounts to a trivial disagreement. If this is such a big issue to so many people then they should bring it up for a vote and get concensus, which I still have not seen. Just a lot of folks debating who's right and wrong. --Kumioko (talk) 00:56, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Rich is (at the moment) being the sensible one here. He's forwarding the errors discovered in gen-fixes to this page, and I hope you will give Rich the credit for that. 100-edit sample, 5 highlighted issues, 3 currently reported bugs on this page. Reported bugs == unsupervised AWB "doing wrong". Amplifying that 3-percent failure rate across one-million edits is 30,000 failures. —Sladen (talk) 01:50, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Just a note: None of these errors are related to capitalisation. Btw, next release of AWB fixes tenths of problems in logic. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:24, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. Reporting bugs so that they can be fixed is the primary reason for doing so. —Sladen (talk) 14:57, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Rjw, changed the code so it maintains the original case. Check [4]. In my mind I had as a general rule to capitalise permanent templates like {{Commons category}} and Infobox and maintaince templates that go on the top. I'll start a discussion on the Manual of Style seeking a consensus on these two cases. --Magioladitis 22:17, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Note: I have not changed the case behaviour of the tag updater. In its current format it can't support keeping the existing case. Rjwilmsi 22:52, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Excellent. The discussion appears to have been opened at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#Code style. —Sladen (talk) 01:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Not really a MOS issue according to the first responder. Perhaps an RFC at Wikipedia talk:Template messages or something? –xeno^talk 13:08, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I really don't have opinion on Cite/cite dispute. I like "cite" for no particular reasons but I never changed the case of this template. But they are some templates that go on the top of pages that I think it's more natural to be capitalised. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:20, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Meanwhile there are others who think it's more natural to be in lowercase ("coding style"). In the end, it's an entirely personal preference for which no consensus presently exists either way, so AWB should not be breaking it's own rules of engagement by applying ucfirst to the case. It leaves operators in a situation whereby they have to accept that AWB will make these undesirable changes, or turn off general fixes. –xeno^talk 14:30, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I have a patch ready to do the enhancement I described, I'm just waiting to commit it after the new release (to allow for proper testing). We can all stop posting about how horrible it is to be changing template casing. Rjwilmsi 10:36, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

While I appreciate and thank you for your efforts, if it's the one described here: [5], I don't see how it is going to solve the issue. The issue is unnecessarily changing case - if we have a subpage that lists the templates and how "local consensus determines they should appear", it's still going to be binary (ucfirst or lcfirst) and then there will still be undesirable/unnecessary case changes. –xeno^talk 12:56, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

You haven't understood. Read Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Dated templates and post on my talk page if you're still unclear. Rjwilmsi 13:29, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

"The first-letter case of the template is kept in the new template name." Ok, thanks for clarifying. –xeno^talk 13:34, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7272 Switched to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Dated templates. Rjwilmsi 08:13, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Exception in MainForm.Save

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: Exception Message: Attempted to save a wrong page (Article name: 'Corliss steam engine', session page title: ) Call stack: at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.Save() at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.btnSave_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) AWBBasePlugins AWBBasePlugins ListMakerPlugins David Hollman (Talk) 19:32, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Site URL:	http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.3603
AWB version	5.0.3.0, revision 6660 (2010-06-06 23:39:12)
Workaround
Fixed in version	5.1.0.0

I think this only happens when I first click the "watch" button. David Hollman (Talk) 19:37, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Like David Hollman above, I had clicked the "watch" button before saving.—Chowbok ☠ 11:14, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Can you catch the bug on demand? -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:52, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it seems to happen every time if I click "Watch" and then click "Save".—Chowbok ☠ 06:59, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

I duplicate the bug by demand in 5.0.3.0 but I can't in 5.1.0.0 so I guess we fixed it at some point. Please re-report if you catch it again. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:31, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

NullReferenceException in ReplaceSpecial.DeleteCmd

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: NullReferenceException Message: Δεν έχει οριστεί αναφορά αντικειμένου σε μια παρουσία αντικειμένου. Call stack: σε WikiFunctions.ReplaceSpecial.ReplaceSpecial.DeleteCmd() στο c:\AWB\WikiFunctions\ReplaceSpecial\ReplaceSpecial.cs:line 302 σε WikiFunctions.ReplaceSpecial.ReplaceSpecial.DeleteButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) στο c:\AWB\WikiFunctions\ReplaceSpecial\ReplaceSpecial.cs:line 282 σε System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) σε System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) σε System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) σε System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) σε System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) σε System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) σε System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) σε System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) σε System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) σε System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) Magioladitis (talk) 17:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try to delete a SUBrule in Advanced F&R.
Site URL:	http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7600.0
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.4952
AWB version	AutoWikiBrowser (5.0.3.1), WikiFunctions (5.0.3.1), revision 7082 (2010-09-03 14:20:06) AutoWikiBrowser (5.1.0.0), WikiFunctions (5.1.0.0), revision 7268 (2010-10-13 23:10:26)
Workaround
Fixed in version	rev 7284 by Reedy 21:30, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Re-parsing should recheck for "dead end" status

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When AWB loads a page, Tagger will mark appropriate articles with a {{dead end}} or dead end parameter. If you add internal links and re-parse the page, the "dead end" template/parameter is not removed. GoingBatty (talk) 03:12, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Burnham Sterling and Company , LLC.
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5.0.3.0
Workaround	Manually remove
Fixed in version	7274

Some bugs in whether pre-parsing would call general fixes/tagger again have been fixed. Please try again with the new release (overdue). Rjwilmsi 10:12, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Tried again with same article in 5.1.0.0, and had the same issue. GoingBatty (talk) 03:34, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7274 It was a different problem, now fixed. Rjwilmsi 10:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Did not add {{wikify}} or {{dead end}} to article with no wikilinks

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	In this edit AWB added the {{orphan}} tag, but not {{wikify}} or {{dead end}}, even though the article has no wikilinks. GoingBatty (talk) 04:10, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5.0.3.0
Workaround	Add manually
Fixed in version	7275

We'll need to extend the tagger's template exclusion list to include maintenance templates, and extend maintenance templates to include {{advert}} and other common ones. Rjwilmsi 10:13, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7251 Maintenance templates list updated to include Advert. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:19, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7275 Fixed too. Rjwilmsi 14:50, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Changed Uncategorized to Uncategorized stub, then removed stub template

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB seems to change {{Uncategorized}} to {{Uncategorized stub}} before it removes {{stub}}. These checks should be in the opposite order. GoingBatty (talk) 02:10, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	this edit
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	Manual update before saving
Fixed in version	7276

rev 7276 Fixed. Logic was in right order, just a minor problem. Rjwilmsi 10:57, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Clicking in Alerts box not consistent

Status	Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description	Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/History states that one of the updates is "Alerts: on click on alerts box scroll to next alert after current position in edit box, else to first alert if no later one." While this works well on some articles, on others it doesn't seem to work at all. GoingBatty (talk) 03:19, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try List of professional sportspeople convicted of crimes
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	Manually scroll to find the highlighted issues
Fixed in version

History was too brief, explanation in the reference manual is clearer: "If you have "Highlight errors" activated in Options menu, alerts become clickable and clicking focuses the edit box on the first highlighted alert after the current cursor position. Clicking again (with the cursor after the alert) will focus the next highlighted alert, if there is one. Note that not all alerts are highlighted." This is not perfect, but was as good as I could make it. Rjwilmsi 10:33, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Another article where AWB didn't add {{Uncategorized}}

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	In this article, AWB doesn't add {{Uncategorized}} or give an alert stating that it may be uncategorized, even though the only category is Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard, and there are no categories in any template. GoingBatty (talk) 03:47, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	The Orion Songbook
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	Manually add Uncategorized template
Fixed in version	7275

It has an infobox, which by the current tagger logic means it will not be tagged as uncat. I have asked Reedy whether the API call we use to get the categories would include any categories provided by a template; if yes we can remove that check and allow this page to be tagged uncat. Rjwilmsi 07:30, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7275 Fixed too. Rjwilmsi 10:26, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Another article where AWB didn't add {{Uncategorized stub}}

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When AWB processes I Want Your Money, it adds the {{Orphan}} template and shows an alert stating "No category (may be one in a template)". The only other template is {{stub}} GoingBatty (talk) 04:04, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try I Want Your Money
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	Manually add {{Uncategorized stub}}
Fixed in version	7275

However, AWB properly added both {{Uncategorized stub}} and {{stub}} to El Lago del Bosque - so maybe it's the Orphan template that's causing the issue? GoingBatty (talk) 04:07, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7275. Fixed. Rjwilmsi 10:24, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Slight glitch with changing Cite web to Cite book

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Recently when making an edit to the article for Betty Shabazz AWB converted some Cite web templates into Cite book because they were links to google books. Here is a link to the diff. I admit the is working per design, however the links in question were not books they were in fact magazine articles for Jet and Ebony magazines. In these cases the citation contained information that indicated they were magazines. My suggestions are as follows: Add logic to change from cite web to cite journal for Jet or Ebony magazines. Add logic to look at the work and publisher fields and if they contain magazine then change it to cite journal. This article also dislays another one (this would be more appropriate as a feature req but its the same theme so im adding it here). If the Cite web template contains a link to the new york times then change it to Cite news. Kumioko (talk) 00:28, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version	7287

I am not going to add the names of specific publications to AWB logic. However {{cite web}} to {{cite book}} doesn't work when |work= is set, so I will adjust the logic to skip in those cases. Rjwilmsi 07:21, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7287 Don't switch to {{cite book}} if |work= is specified. Rjwilmsi 08:27, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Thats fair thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 12:23, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

XmlException in MainProcess.ReadArticle

Status	Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description	nThread: DB Scanner thread Exception: XmlException Message: Unexpected end of file has occurred. The following elements are not closed: page, mediawiki. Line 936360, position 1. Call stack: at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Int32 pos, String res, String arg) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowUnclosedElements() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read() at WikiFunctions.DBScanner.MainProcess.ReadArticle(XmlReader reader) at WikiFunctions.DBScanner.MainProcess.Process() PC78 (talk) 17:19, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Site URL:	http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.3615
AWB version	AutoWikiBrowser (5.1.0.0), WikiFunctions (5.1.0.0), revision 7268 (2010-10-13 23:10:26)
Workaround
Fixed in version

The exception would imply that your database dump file is corrupted some how. Where did you get the file from? Rjwilmsi 18:17, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Special:Export. PC78 (talk) 18:25, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Are you able to try to generate and download the file again. I really think that it's a corrupt file (a sample export of two pages can be run fine in the db scanner). Rjwilmsi 18:39, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm, I had already tried it more than once before posting this report, but I've just done it again and it seems ok. Thanks anyway. :) PC78 (talk) 20:03, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Incorrect DEFAULTSORT placement on transcluded pages

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB adds a misplaced DEFAULTSORT to a page which is transcluded on another page, providing an incorrect sort key for the transcluding page and causing a sort conflict if that page already has a DEFAULTSORT . (Today's examples, 1, 2, 3, and 4, were all bot edits, but I've previously seen it done by regular users too.) My suggestion: if a page has </noinclude>s, consider the last </noinclude> to be the end of the page and add DEFAULTSORT accordingly, either immediately before that </noinclude> or before any categories, stubs, and/or interwikis present in the <noinclude> section. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:30, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version	7291

rev 7291 Don't automatically add DEFAULTSORT on pages with noinclude/includeonly. Rjwilmsi 16:27, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Adds "dead end" parameter in {{Multiple issues}} instead of "deadend"

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB adds the dead end = parameter in {{Multiple issues}}, which sets off an alert stating: "Unknown parameters in Multiple issues: (1) dead end". Instead, AWB should add deadend = (no space, per the template documentation). GoingBatty (talk) 02:45, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Travelex Confidence Index
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	Manually fix parameter and re-parse
Fixed in version	7295

I also added this to the list of alerts in the user manual GoingBatty (talk) 02:45, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7295 MultipleIssues supports "dead end" with space, known parameters list updated. Rjwilmsi 07:56, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Persondata didnt work for this article

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Im not sure why but AWB didnt add Persondata to this article. Margaret Sidney or this one Marie Killilea. It has a DEFAULTSORT and birth and death categories so Im not sure why. Kumioko (talk) 23:12, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Use AWB to add Persondata to this article
Site URL:	WP EN
Operating system	Windows Vista
.NET FW Version
AWB version	SVN 7290
Workaround
Fixed in version	7297

rev 7297. Fixed. Rjwilmsi 07:26, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 11:26, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

For Citation needed| (with pipe but no date), first pass removes pipe & re-parsing adds date

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When AWB encounters {{Citation needed|}} (with pipe but no date), the first pass removes the pipe at the end, and re-parsing then adds |date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Could AWB be changed so that it does this all in one step? GoingBatty (talk) 23:54, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Guan Yu
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.5727.1873
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	Notice the issue and re-parse
Fixed in version	7299

rev 7299 Fixed for the new version of the tag updater. Rjwilmsi 17:22, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Adding Stub tag inappropriately

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB adds a Stub template to the "Jo Jackson" disambiguation page (tagged with {{hndis|Jackson, Jo}}), so AWB may have a bug for articles associated with other personal names. Snowman (talk) 22:59, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	use AWB on Jo Jackson page
Site URL:	en wiki
Operating system	Vista
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.4206 (shipped with Vista)
AWB version	7290
Workaround	skip
Fixed in version	7303

We don't tag dab pages as stub, that's what you suggest? -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:04, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

I took Snowman's comments to mean that he knows that we shouldn't tag dab pages as stubs, but SVN 7290 was suggesting that we should, which is why the bug report was created. I just tried processing Jo Jackson with SVN 7268, and it did not try to add the stub template. GoingBatty (talk) 02:17, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I agree. Dab pages can be rather small sometimes. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:06, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Things have changed since 7268, unfortunately introducing this problem. rev 7303 Don't tag disambig pages as stubs. Rjwilmsi 07:18, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Persondata incorrectly added

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB incorrectly adds persondata to some "group" articles (and also adds an incorrect defaultsort). I've seen it a few times, but here's the most recent: [6].—Chowbok ☠ 06:36, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wikipedia
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version	7268
Workaround
Fixed in version	7304

Not 100% AWB. Check my fix. "Band" isn't a valid value for |Background=. Check manual of {{Infobox musical artist}}. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:44, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Aha, that makes sense. I never looked at that template before. Still, people being error-prone as they are, perhaps it would be better if AWB was more conservative and added persondata only on a positive match in "background" of "solo_singer", "non_vocal_instrumentalist", or "non_performing_personnel", rather than what I guess it's doing now, which is assuming it's a person unless "group_or_band", "cover_band", or "classical_ensemble" are specified?—Chowbok ☠ 07:01, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it skips in the cases you mentioned. It's up to Rjw to decide. We can always perform a database scan first and check for errors. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:03, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7304 IsArticleAboutAPerson: check for word "band" in background field to correctly exclude some incorrect field value usage. Magio, does the IMA template not have a tracking category for blank or invalid |Background=, maybe one could be added? Rjwilmsi 07:24, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I am working on it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:55, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Erroneous capitalisation of first letter when importing lists

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	The names of entries are capitalised when they are imported/pasted from memory or from a file. —CodeCat (talk) 09:19, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Go to any wiki that does not automatically capitalise the first letter of entries. For example, Wiktionary. Generate a list using the left panel, then either save the list or simply copy it to memory. Pasting the list back will give all the entry names initial capitalisation. Going to 'filter' and using 'open file' in the right panel has the same effect.
Site URL:	en.wiktionary
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.3053
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	None found so far
Fixed in version	7310

rev 7310 Done. Rjwilmsi 12:12, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

MultipeIssues doesn't catch new tags

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	In this edit wikify added outside multiple issues. Article didn;t have multiple issues before but AWb tried to convert some maintenance templates leaving one out. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:27, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version	rev 7310
Workaround
Fixed in version	7313

rev 7313 Tagger: if we've added tags and there's a {{multiple issues}} invoke MultipleIssues to catch the new tags. Rjwilmsi 08:55, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Multiple issues dissolution takes two edits

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	It takes two edits to correctly dissolve Multiple issues: [7]. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:06, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	{{Multiple issues|wikify=May 2010|orphan=May 2010}} → {{Multiple issues|orphan=May 2010}} → {{orphan|date=May 2010}}
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version	rev 7348
Workaround
Fixed in version	7349

MultipleIssues isn't called when new tags added

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	[8] -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:34, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version	7363

I thought we have fixed that. I guess we need more test because I think we fix something and something else breaks. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:34, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

What error are you reporting? I don't see any problem. Rjwilmsi 11:31, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

One edit added 3 tags and next edit merged them. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:44, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7363 Tagger: always call MultipleIssues when tags added (Multiple issues template may be needed). Rjwilmsi 14:19, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Does this take care of "One edit removes tags, next edit "demerges" the single tag left"? Rich Farmbrough, 21:22, 3 November 2010 (UTC).

Yes it will have. Rjwilmsi 21:27, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

We also have Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Bugs/Archive_18#Multiple_issues_dissolution_takes_two_edits for that. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:03, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Expand and stub both replaced

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	[9]. AWB checks if to remove expand, sees stub and removed expand. Later checks for stub and removes stub. Not a serious problem though since expand tag is really general and in all similar cases I encountered it seemed more that someone just put all possible tags anyway. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:14, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version	rev 7310
Workaround	Reorder things in tagger.
Fixed in version	7312

I'm not clear what you say the problem is? Rjwilmsi 07:16, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Since the page isn't a stub the expand tag could stay I guess. (Of course, the (nonAWB) question is why we need this expand tag anyway?) -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:23, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7312 Okay, minor bugfix was needed. Rjwilmsi 08:31, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Swedish diacritic letters å, ä and ö are switched to a, a and o in category link text

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	[10]. This is happening frequently. Dodde (talk) 04:54, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Running AWB typos on a page containing category link text including å ä and/or ö + a typo from [11].
Operating system	any
.NET FW Version	Unknown
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	7325
Fixed in version	Unknown

Do you leave special characters in DEFAULTSORT unchanged in swedish wikipedia??? -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:59, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7325 make diacritic removal in sortkeys en-wiki only (other languages can be added back as needed). Rjwilmsi 06:21, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks ~ Dodde (talk) 11:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Moving templates :sl

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Moving stub templates in Slovene above. Škrbina is the same as stub on :sl. --Klemen Kocjancic (talk) 16:56, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	any
.NET FW Version	Unknown
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround
Fixed in version	7326

rev 7326 On sl-wiki stub templates start with škrbina/Škrbina rather than end with it. Rjwilmsi 06:34, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Wrongfully title change for Danish letter ø in category when performing general fixes

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	General fixes wrongfully replaces the letter "ø" with "o" in Danish (da:) titles in categories. However o and ø are independent, different letters that are not sorted as the same letter. ø is a fully qualified letter in Danish. The replacement should not happen. Penguin (talk) 19:55, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	A general fix on da:The Sims 3: Drømmejob will erroneously change [[Kategori:The Sims|3: Drømmejob]] to [[Kategori:The Sims|3: Drommejob]]. This will change the word "Drømmejob" to "Drommejob" (which doesn't mean anything in Danish)
Site URL:	http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_3:_Dr%C3%B8mmejob
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.3603
AWB version	5.0.3.0
Workaround
Fixed in version	7325

It is the sort key of the category that is changed, not the name. It is deliberate. We follow the guidance at WP:SORTKEY: that sort keys should not use diacritics due to Unicode sort ordering. I can't read Danish but the linked Danish page (section Sortering af kategorier) doesn't seem to mention any consideration of this for da-wiki. We can disable the diacritic removal on a per-language basis, but I'd like to be sure that this is what has been discussed and agreed for da-wiki first? Thanks Rjwilmsi 20:21, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

And the category sort order is going to be changing soon... —Reedy 18:16, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Note, the reason for doing this, was a technical restriction with MySQL. Sorting by those characters wouldn't have the desired effect, and hence, was pointless. Changing to their simple equivalent (where possible), was the work around. —Reedy 14:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7325 make diacritic removal in sortkeys en-wiki only (other languages can be added back as needed). Rjwilmsi 06:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Changing {{unreferenced}} to {{BLP unsourced}} loses benefits of description field

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	One of the general fixes is that Tagger "changes {{Unreferenced}} to {{BLP unsourced}} if article is in Category:Living people." {{Unreferenced}} has a description field "to indicate more specifically what should be referenced", but {{BLP unsourced}} does not. Change the template removes the benefit of the description. I suggest that AWB does not make this substitution if {{Unreferenced}} contains a description. GoingBatty (talk) 03:13, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	AWB wants to change the template in Stephen King#Awards from {{unreferenced|section}} to {{BLP unsourced|section}}, which changes the visible text from "This section does not cite any references or sources." to the incorrect "This biography of a living person does not cite any references or sources..."
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	None
Fixed in version	7343

• {{unreferenced|section}} is better to be renamed to {{unreferenced section}}.
• {{BLP unsourced section}} would be the solution for the above case probably.

-- Magioladitis (talk) 20:09, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7343

{{Unreferenced|section}} --> {{Unreferenced section}}

{{unreferenced section}} --> {{BLP unsourced section}} if article has Category:Living people

don't rename {{unreferenced}} when first argument is some free text. Rjwilmsi 20:44, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Erroneous capitalisation of first letter when importing lists - again

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Same as this bug. I upgraded to the latest latest SVN version (copied the new files over the old ones) but the bug is still there. —CodeCat (talk) 08:38, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	See above link
Site URL:	en.wiktionary
Operating system	Windows XP SP3
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.3053
AWB version	5.1.0.1 SVN 7333
Workaround
Fixed in version	7339

You will need to be logged in to wiktionary before adding the pages, since otherwise the default en-wiki rules will be picked up (i.e. with capitalisation). If it still occurs in that situation I'll need more detailed instructions of what you're doing, since adding pages to the list maker manually, or adding them from a file or by pasting all worked correctly for me on wiktionary. Rjwilmsi 08:43, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Logging in did fix the problem. But it seems like rather odd behaviour. Shouldn't the default be to just leave the first letter alone? Makes more sense to me in any case. Or is there a way to change the default? Would be useful for me because I work on Wiktionary exclusively, and having to log in even when just making lists is a bit inconvenient. CodeCat (talk) 09:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

I expect we could change the default but that may introduce other problems, and majority use of AWB is on wikis that operate with first letter upper i.e. wiktionary is in the minority. I'll check with Reedy about this. At least now AWB works for you once logged in. Rjwilmsi 10:37, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

AWB does know what wiki I work on by default, since I don't need to log in for it to automatically load lists and such from en.wiktionary - it does that right from startup. So if it knows what wiki I'm using before I log in, couldn't it derive the proper use of capitalisation from that? CodeCat (talk) 11:07, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Not in the way you envisage it because we load the capitalisation rule of the wiki by an API call, so it's not known from your site settings. Rjwilmsi 11:09, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, didn't know that. Perhaps AWB could cache the settings for that particular site once they are loaded the first time? Something like this isn't likely to change during the lifetime of any particular wiki, after all. CodeCat (talk) 14:59, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

rev 7339 Hard-code first letter capitalisation to false for wiktionary when wiktionary settings loaded (will still be overridden by wiki API on log in). This will fix your issue, Reedy may improve it later if there's a better solution. Rjwilmsi 15:28, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Allright, thanks. :) CodeCat (talk) 17:09, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

stub tag gets moved below category (swedish wikipedia)

Status	Not a bug/currently unresolvable
Description	When adding a category using AWB's add category function, stub tags sometimes gets moved to two rows below the categories. (test diff, another test diff) tetraedycal, tetraedycal 15:51, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	sv.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows Vista home premium
.NET FW Version	Unknown
AWB version	5.0.1.0, but it has been there at least since 4.6
Workaround
Fixed in version

Stubs must go under categories in all Wikipedias. In German Wikipedia is one row down, in other AFAIK is two rows. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:52, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Check WP:FOOTER and, hopefully, sv:Wikipedia:Disposition. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:58, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

No, this is not proscribed in sv:Wikipedia:Disposition and it is not how our editors generally do it. The stub template is a template and in similarity to other templates it tends to be placed where in the text you want it. Tomas e (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I see. Is there any way to disable the moving of the tags, as the stub tags are generally placed above the cats on the swedish wiki, and sv:Wikipedia:Disposition doesn't state anything about stub tags? tetraedycal, tetraedycal 16:07, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Hm... Stub moving is part genfixes. Unfortunately, moving categories comes with moving stubs. If you want both disactivated, disactivate general fixes. Nothing else we can do at the moment. Why don't just add it to the Manual of Style. Position has to do of how the page is rendered. since all projects use MediaWiki the best position for stubs is under categories. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:12, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll make a post about it on the village pump and see what comes out. Thanks for your help. tetraedycal, tetraedycal 16:16, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Whitespace not correctly removed after stub tag removal

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	A second edit was needed to do this one. Previous edit removed a stub tag. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:29, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version	rev 7348
Workaround
Fixed in version	7352

Did not replace b. and d. for born/died

Status	Not a bug/currently unresolvable
Description	Although one of the general fixes is to replace b. and d. for born/died in the lead section of articles, AWB doesn't always do so. GoingBatty (talk) 00:54, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Jana Obrovská
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	Manually change
Fixed in version

It shouldn't. Check the Manual of Style. This one has to be replaced to like that. In fact, since the death date is missing there is now discussion and some editors suggest that we omit the "13 September" and add it in the main text only. Certainly, "b." and "d." should be avoided for dead people. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:46, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

• Yeah, and we should probably avoid "d." for living people, too. *snicker* So does that mean "b." should be used only for living people, and "d." should never be used? --Auntof6 (talk) 08:20, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

It's explained at MOS:DOB. As I understand it "born" is only used for living people, "died" is only used when only the date of death is known, and the abbreviation "d." is never used. Rjwilmsi 08:50, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Since the General fixes page states AWB "Replaces b. and d. for born/died in the lead section of articles", I got the false impression that it would replace "b." with "born" and "d." with "died". Could you please update the General fixes page with a clarification on what AWB actually does? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 00:18, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

It does change them but only when they are not together. -- Magioladitis (talk) 05:52, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for updating the documentation to make this clear! GoingBatty (talk) 00:28, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Enable general fixes in namespace 102 (pt-wiki)

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	General fixes do not work in the Anexo namespace (102) in Portuguese Wikipedia (an extension to mainspace where lists are kept). – Opraco (talk) 03:23, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	pt.wikipedia.org
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	Enabling general fixes in that namespace, just as it has been done on es (but please notice it is namespace 102, not 104 for pt-wiki).
Fixed in version	rev 7354 Magioladitis (talk) 07:04, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't always add Category:XXXX births

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Although one of the general fixes is to add [[Category:XXXX births]] to articles about people, it doesn't always do so. GoingBatty (talk) 05:07, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Natasha Vita-More (this version), which has "(born 1950)" in the lead
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround
Fixed in version	7355

rev 7355 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 08:31, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Added cleanup tags above DABlinks

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	[12] Magioladitis (talk) 15:29, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version	7326
Workaround
Fixed in version	7352

Referencess fixed and then reordered

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	It took two edit to do this one Magioladitis (talk) 00:28, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version	rev 7348
Workaround
Fixed in version	7357

Extra header on DB search

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	when creating a list with an exact multiple of the number of items in a section, an empty section is genreated Rich Farmbrough, 20:51, 2 November 2010 (UTC).
To duplicate:
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5.1.0.1
Workaround	delete the extra header!
Fixed in version	7365

Hesitate to report this it's so minor. But I did anyway. Rich Farmbrough, 20:51, 2 November 2010 (UTC).

rev 7365 Done. Rjwilmsi 14:45, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Underscore exceptions need revising

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Certain items that should be linked with a visible _ have it removed. Notable c keyword like size_t. Rich Farmbrough, 20:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC). 20:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version	7360

This mentions the original feature. Rich Farmbrough, 20:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC).

rev 7360 Exceptions for mod_perl and size_t. I see no evidence that at the time of the original request it was already working. Rjwilmsi 21:48, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. The mechanism changed regardless, because of the change of template At one point I made a category, but things move on. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Pages with underscores in title is a list from the last dump, not necessarily exhaustive. Rich Farmbrough, 00:42, 3 November 2010 (UTC).

Issues with Multiple issues

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Article contains {{copy edit}}, {{unreferenced}}, {{wikify}}. First parsing adds {{dead end}} and {{Orphan}}. Reparsing combines four out of five templates into {{Multiple issues}}, but no amount of reparsing combines {{copy edit}} into {{Multiple issues}}. GoingBatty (talk) 16:16, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Waryam Khera
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7351
Workaround	Re-parse then manually update
Fixed in version	7371

From inspection of the source {{multiple issues}} seems only to support {{copyedit}} without the space. AWB only supports coyedit with no space. I'll update AWB if multple issues is updated first. Rjwilmsi 16:32, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - I submitted a request on the Multiple issues talk page. GoingBatty (talk) 12:47, November 6, 2010

Magioladitis was kind enough to update {{Multiple issues}} in this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 23:15, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7371 Done. Rjwilmsi 10:34, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Persondata template parameters

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	The {{Persondata}} template has recently been updated to allow for lowercase versions of the parameters as well as the uppercase ones. When person data is now being updated on those articles using the lowercase parameters, the data is being duplicated by the addition of the uppercase parameters when they were not needed. See [13] & [14] for a couple of examples. WOSlinker (talk) 16:26, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version	7372

This is news to me (Rich might have left a note). I'll investigate what needs changing. Rjwilmsi 16:29, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

I think it was a bad idea to change the persondata template, it's just making it harder for third party tools to extract the data.

rev 7372 Handle lowercase parameters in persondata holding the data. Rjwilmsi 10:52, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Persondata on category namespace

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	I received the following complaint on my talk page: the {{persondata}} meta-template is for biographical articles, not categories which happen to contain biographies; Colonies Chris (talk) 10:11, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	Windows 7
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.4952
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround
Fixed in version	7373

Was due to category having a bio-stub-like template on it. rev 7373 Not a biography article if on Category namespace. Rjwilmsi 11:00, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Category stub template positioning on category namespace

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	I received the following complaints on my talk page: the {{popstub}} template is supposed to be near the top of stub category pages (preferably just after the {{WPSS-cat}}), not after the categories; similarly, {{verylargestub}} is supposed to go near the top, not after the categories. Colonies Chris (talk) 10:11, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Operating system	Windows 7
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.4952
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround
Fixed in version	7374

Problem here is that we've assumed any template ending in "stub" is an article-namespace stub template. rev 7374 Disable stub sorting for Category namespace. Rjwilmsi 11:15, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Dead link not always being moved out of citations

Status	Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description	Logic was recently added to move the dead url tag out of citations but in this edit AWB didn't remove it. It appears that the format of the deadurl field is wrong. It appears in the 2nd paragraph of the lede. Kumioko (talk) 23:46, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version	rev 7290
Workaround
Fixed in version

Sorry found one more related issue. I did an edit and AWB removed the dead end tag from after format= and moved it outside the cite template. The problem was that it left the format =}}. --Kumioko (talk) 00:42, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

You are confusing |deadurl= and {{dead link}}. We move {{dead link}} out of |format=, and that's it. |format= is left so that it's available for its correct usage. Rjwilmsi 07:13, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Oh ok, they looked the same to me. thanks for clearing that up. But wouldn't having the deadurl= serve the same purpose as {{Dead link}}? It seems like we should use one or the other to tell when we have a broken link but not both. I know thats not AWB's problem per sey though so thanks. Ill bring that up on the template. --Kumioko (talk) 12:30, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Since AWB highlights this in red I reviewed the documentation for {{Cite web}} and the source code and there does not appear to be a |deadurl= parameter in the template. Unless I am missing something. --Kumioko (talk) 14:11, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

cut and paste bug

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	On pasting from the upper screen of AWB in diff mode to the lower half of the screen to the edit box, the text is pasted in the wrong font and there is an extra line end "\n". Snowman (talk) 10:42, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	cut and paste as above
Site URL:	en wiki
Operating system	Vista
.NET FW Version	Vista version
AWB version	latest release (has been present for a long time)
Workaround	manual editing
Fixed in version	7384

Note: I reported this seven and a half months ago in response to a related feature request. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 11:17, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7384 When text is pasted into edit box, trim end to prevent newline insertion and paste in font format of text in edit box. Rjwilmsi 16:54, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Not possible to create a new page

Status	Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description	A page of errors pops up when trying to write create a new page. Snowman (talk) 10:47, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try to write on a new page or a new category
Site URL:	en wiki
Operating system	Vista
.NET FW Version	on Vista
AWB version	Latest SVN release (appears to be a regression as it was working a while ago)
Workaround	None no workarounds found, except to create page or category in the normal way without AWB
Fixed in version

Try the latest official release for that. -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:59, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

It's a deliberate decision on our part to disable editing pages that start or end blank in the SVN snapshots or SVN debug builds to try to get to the bottom of a rare bug whereby pages get blanked. Rjwilmsi 11:45, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

KingbotK seems to be busted in latest snapshot (7290)

Status	Not a bug/currently unresolvable
Description	Not working, claims generic plugin not configured properly
To duplicate:	Run AWB, load KingbotK plugin, add generic template, attempt to start process
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	Vista
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5101.7290
Workaround
Fixed in version

I have the impression ti works for me in 5100. -- Magioladitis (talk) 03:52, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Dunno. It won't get alternate names of template either. –xeno^talk 03:53, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

We changed the behaviour. In order to get the alternates of WikiProject Football you have to enter {{WikiProject Football}} (including the brackets) and press Get. Try it and tell me. -- Magioladitis (talk) 03:55, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Ah - I see now. Much obliged. (I assume there was some good reason to require the user to supply the curly brackets). –xeno^talk 03:58, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Example. I changed manuals/screenshots already. Yes, there is a good reason: Visual Basic is not my thing :P I am working with Reedy to get a working C# version at some point. KingbotK isn't optimal at the moment. -- Magioladitis (talk) 04:00, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Yea, it's doing the multi-line thing [15] again. –xeno^talk 04:03, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

I noticed myself. Next week I 'll have some time to work with it. I am taking some notes right now of the work to be done. -- Magioladitis (talk) 04:06, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Anyway to link KingbotK back in if you don't have Basic? Rich Farmbrough, 06:08, 24 October 2010 (UTC).

Any particular problem that is worse than before? At least now new priority parameters of WPBiography are recognised and living is not deleted as it happened with the version shipped with AWB 5030. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:12, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Other than the fact that I had to write a rule to turn the multi-line tag into a single-line tag, it seemed to work ok. –xeno^talk 16:59, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Questions about Multiple issues template logic

Status	Resolved
Description	Im not sure if this is a bug so I am phrasing it as a general question and if its in the wrong place I apologize. I think there might be a problem with the multiple issues logic but Im not sure. I recently made a couple of edits to the Thomas Ford (politician) article and after looking at the number of maintenance templates expected the multiple issues logic to kick in. But it didnt and after doing some research I cant figure out why it didnt work. The article has the following maintenance templates at the top: {{pov}} (Is on the list of Multiple Issues supported templates) {{morefootnotes}} = (Is not the list of Multiple Issues supported templates as a redirect to More footnotes) {{moreref}} = (Is on the list of Multiple Issues supported templates as a redirect to {{Refimprove}}) When it didnt work on the first edit here I thought it might be because they were redirects so I changed them to the correct template name in this edit. Then I checked to make sure that they were on the list and they were. Does it only work for 3 or more templates? At the same time I also noticed that there is a section variant of the Multiple issues template by adding |section=y. Does AWB support that? Also just as an FYI I added a comment to Template talk:Multiple issues#Suggestion for a couple additions to add a couple more templates to the list of possibilities. --14:46, 19 October 2010 (UTC)Kumioko (talk)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version

1. New variations of the parameters are added in Multiple issues but its manual isn't updated.
2. Why have {{More footnotes}} and {{More references}} together? This is the reason I don't really like more footnotes in Multiple issues. More references implies more footnotes. Maintenance tags are a real mess.
3. AWB merges only when 3 or more templates exist. What's the reason to merge only 2? We supposed to have this stuff to help people get specific instructions how to fix things and multiple issues has the drawback to give shorter messages (and sometimes out-dated).
4. Why do you remove the "See Metadata" note? -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

-- Magioladitis (talk) 15:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. It all makes sense now and I agree they are a real mess. Especially having thousands of redirects, most with only a handful of links each. To answer your question about the Metadata note. I didnt used too when I had to worry about people deleting it. But now that the Perdsondata is added as a general fix with AWB if someone deletes it, well just put it back on the next pass. As it is now having the comment and a bunch of spaces just adds 60 to 80 characters per article of wasted space (since the note was added to keep people from deleting it its waste now too). Individually 80 bytes is no big deal. Times that by 800, 000 biographies equals about 1.8 GB of space. Now times that by the numbers of snapshots (which is likely in the hundreds if not thousands) and you end up with a huge amount of wasted space saved. Which in turns saves WP money in hard drives space and resources. I hope that helps to explain my reasoning. --Kumioko (talk) 16:45, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

As long as Rjwbot adds it and AWB saves every revision, we don't really earn any hard disc space. :) -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:51, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I should clarify that I only do that as a minor edit if I am making a more meaningful edit. But I am a little confused. When Rjwbot adds the persondata template to the article it adds it with the comment and the spaces. Thereby that revision is bigger. So if I were to come along in the process of making other edits and eliminate the 80 spaces, the article would thereafter take up 80 less bytes of space per revision that is stored on the server. So I guess I am a little confused at how that wouldnt impact hard drive space.--Kumioko (talk) 16:58, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

We add it to help new editors to work with this persondata. Moreover, in the hard disc everything is saved, not only the current version so it doesn't impact hard space. It also doesn't impact the html produced since comments are omitted from rendering. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:40, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I understand the new editor comment but we dont add it for categories, infoboxes or the multitudes of other things. And if they see it on every biographical article there gonna figure it out pretty fast I think. And, Yes I know everything is saved and each save increases exponentially. I also understand that it does not remove it from the historical copies. But each time the article is saved, another "copy" of the article is saved, taking up more space. So if I am already there, making another edit, and I remove 80 spaces, then thats 80 spaces of space that will not be saved. Thereby makinng the article slightly smaller, therebyb taking up slightly less space each time it is saved, exponentially until the article becomes FA status or the alians from Independance day show up and invade. For example, if you look at the revision history of this article Trefflé Berthiaume, you will see that in the edit prior to RjwilmsiBot the article was 2,810 bytes, when the bot added the persondata with the comment and some spaces it went to 3,174 bytes (and I see where the bot doesnt have as many spaces as the Persondata template so thats good). In the edit that I just made, that eliminated the comment and a few more spaces it went down to 3,114 bytes. Thats a difference of 60 bytes and after I added 22 characters. Now assume that article is revised 16-17 more times (which isnt all that much) that will be a savings of 1KB or 1000B. Now times that by a thousand articles thats a MB and so on. It adds up fast. Now I am not saying we should remove the spaces just for the sake of removing spaces and saving space. But as a minor edit along with other changes we could see a substantial and exponential savings in space over the long term of the WP project. Hard space is cheap, but its not free and I have to assume that WP's storage is in the TB range. Now I have no idea what the cost of running the site is but if we assume that WP has 4TB or hard drive space (which is probably low) and we assume that it costs .25 per week per MB for storage, management and maintenance (which is probably also low) then we get somewhere in the range of $262, 000 dollars a week to run the site. And that increases exponentially as we add and expand articles, images etc. If we can shave a couple gig off that progressive increase then thats conservitavely several thousand dollars a month. Again, I am just guessing at the numbers. --Kumioko (talk) 18:08, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Let's keep this bug report to any problems with AWB's handling of the multiple issues template. If there's no problem we'll archive this report. Rjwilmsi 18:22, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, guess we did go on a tangent there. --Kumioko (talk) 18:31, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

MissingFieldException in MainForm.LoadPrefs

Status	Bug is in old software, please update
Description	Exception: MissingFieldException Message: Field not found: 'WikiFunctions.AWBSettings.UserPrefs.UsingSecure'. Call stack: at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.LoadPrefs(UserPrefs p) at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.LoadPrefs(String path) AttoRenato (talk) 15:01, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Site URL:	http://it.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.3615
AWB version	5.0.3.0, revision 6660 (2010-06-06 23:39:12)
Workaround
Fixed in version

AttoRenato (talk) 15:01, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Download AWB 5.1 and I expect it will be fine. Rjwilmsi 15:15, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Commas before and after references can give funny results

Status	Not enough information/very rare bug
Description	[16] Magioladitis (talk) 00:07, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version
Workaround
Fixed in version

Not actually a bug. --- Magioladitis (talk) 10:33, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

A couple glitches in the add WikiProjectBannerShell logic

Status	Bug currently being investigated/fixed
Description	When AWB adds WikiProjectBannerShell to article talk pages it is doing a couple things that I think should be changed: It adds the 1= parameter on the line below WikiProjectBannerShell and i think it should be on the same line. It adds several blank lines at the end of the WikiProjectBannerShell group It sometimes includes other things that are in between banners such as DYks, portals and other templates. Kumioko (talk) 17:10, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try running AWB on this page Talk:Cash McCall (musician)
Site URL:	English Wikipedia
Operating system	Windows Vista
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.4206
AWB version	SVN 7268
Workaround
Fixed in version

1. Agree. This was what the plugin was doing.
2. Never noticed that. Example?
3. Yes we try to avoid that but without standarisation is impossible. DYK usually goes under the WPBS. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:21, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Regarding #2 I should find one today and as soon as I do I will post it here. For #3 I think that DYKs and portals shoudl come after the banners. --Kumioko (talk) 17:37, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

I also found a couple other things I wanted to mention since I posted this.

1. 1. AWB seems to be adding BLP at the bottom of the WikiProject banner group when the person is the article is a BLP without it but I think it should go on the top by the 1= parameter.
   2. The other is regarding AWB adding the WPBS template. AWB doesn't recognize the 4 wikiprojects that start with WP so if the article has 4 templates and 2 of them are WPBiography and WPMILHIST it doesn't add it. If this is because they chose not to change to the standard and its too much of a headache to program AWB for the caveats I understand. --Kumioko (talk) 17:37, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

We only support projects in the "WikiProject foo" form. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:06, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Seems to be working ok without the plugin: [17]. Kumioko, do use use the plugin? -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:24, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

I thought so about the WP thing and I agree but thought I would ask. Nope cant use the plugin, keep getting the error you posted above. Also cant use the SVN for a lot of the talk page edits cause the SVN doesnt allow for the talk page to be created when its blank which a lot are. Not all mind you but enough that I dont want to keep switching back and forth. After looking at your example that wasnt exactly what I was talking about. I will post it here the next time I see one. --Kumioko (talk) 18:49, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Found it. Here you are. New line when 2 parameters are added. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:35, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7387. Rjwilmsi 10:03, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

AWB doesn't appear to use Death date parameter from Infobox person to populate Persondata

Status	Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description	It appears AWB uses |birth_date= from {{Infobox person}} to populate {{Persondata}} and create Category:xxxx births. However, it appears that it does not use |death_date= to do the same thing when Category:Year of death missing is also in the article. GoingBatty (talk) 03:37, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Baran Khan Kudezai
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7351
Workaround	Manually populate |DATE OF DEATH= and manually replace Category:Year of death missing with Category:xxxx deaths
Fixed in version

Correct, and a deliberate decision to ensure that the correct date is picked up from the article. I don't plan to change this given your example article is incorrectly categorized. Rjwilmsi 07:37, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Expand section mistake

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Expand section template clean up is not perfect. See here. McLerristarr | Mclay1 02:30, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wikipedia
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround
Fixed in version	7396

rev 7396 Fix to "expand section" logic. Rjwilmsi 10:01, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't merge multiple maintenance templates into {{Multiple issues}}

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Doesn't merge multiple maintenance templates into {{Multiple issues}}. I see {{morefootnotes}} isn't supported in {{Multiple issues}} but the other three seem to be. GoingBatty (talk) 03:25, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try International H.K.D Games
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7351
Workaround	Manually create {{Multiple issues}}
Fixed in version	7394

rev 7394 Support pov-check parameter in {{multiple issues}}. Rjwilmsi 09:31, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Re-parsing adds |date= parameter to {{Update after}}

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When I manually add {{Update after|2010|10|31}} to an article and then re-parse the page, AWB adds a |date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} parameter, even though {{Update after}} doesn't have a date parameter. GoingBatty (talk) 05:48, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Any article
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7351
Workaround	Manually remove after re-parsing
Fixed in version

Update after removed from list. Rjwilmsi 08:22, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProjectBannerShell isn't added in Book talk

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	In this edit [18] AWB did not add the WikiProjectBannerShell template eventhough there were several banners present. I assume this was due to it being the talk of a Book but not sure. I even tried to reparse several times with no luck. Kumioko (talk) 21:08, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	En.US
Operating system	Windows Vista
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.4206
AWB version	SVN 7351
Workaround
Fixed in version	7403

Talk page genfixes are only enabled for article talk currently. I don't know if they would be suitable for book talk or not. Rjwilmsi 10:03, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Talk pages genfixes can safely be expanded to category talk and book talk space but not to template talk. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:07, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7403 Enable talk page genfixes for category talk and book talk. Rjwilmsi 19:30, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Colon before infobox

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB places a colon before an infobox template, breaking it.[19]   Will Beback  talk  10:06, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	I've posted the article text at User:Will Beback/Sandbox 5. I can reproduce the error if I reset AWB to defaults then turn off Skip/Only genfix.
Site URL:	en.WP
Operating system	Windows 7
.NET FW Version	reasonably up to date
AWB version	5.1
Workaround	I suppose that turning Skip/Only genfix back on would do it.
Fixed in version	7407

What happens is that in moving the dablink (in this case {{redirect}}) to the top of the article the colon gets moved to the infobox. So I'll extend the logic to remove colons before dablinks. Rjwilmsi 12:06, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7407 Done. Rjwilmsi 14:06, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

skips articles w/o checking them in preparse mode when there's a prob w regex

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	I'm preparsing articles for things which should not be in certain templates, using regex. I did one run that would pick out hyphens, but for a quicker 2nd run, I want to ignore hyphens. However, if I put the hyphen in the wrong part of the expression, the current article is skipped even though I get a regex error message. The problem is not the error message, but the fact that the article is deleted from the list that I need to check. — kwami (talk) 04:48, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Under advanced rules, I have \{\{(IPA-en|Pron-en|pron-en|PronEng|pronEng)\|([^|}]*)[^ˈˌɑ...ʒ|()ʔɝɚ}] where the ... replaces a bunch of irrelevant IPA symbols. When I add a hyphen to the list, I get the error "Invalid regular expression: parsing "(string)" - [x-y] range in reverse order"
Site URL:	WP-en
Operating system	Win7
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.4952
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround	Return the article to the list, assuming I notice it was deleted--I don't always notice.
Fixed in version	7405

If you get a regex error one article is skipped then AWB stops. That's the way it works. You need to escape hyphens in a regex with a backslash. Rjwilmsi 08:18, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

On second thoughts I agree that skipping the page is not helpful in this situation. I'll see if that can be changed. Rjwilmsi 09:14, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I've ended up re-preparsing a thousand articles once I realized that I'd lost part of my list while fine tuning regex.

I still haven't figured out when characters need to be escaped. Our help page even gives hyphens in a similar example without being escaped. — kwami (talk) 09:28, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7405 Don't skip page over regex f&r error. Rjwilmsi 18:37, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't merge {{lead rewrite}} into {{Multiple issues}}

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB doesn't merge {{lead rewrite}} into {{Multiple issues}} GoingBatty (talk) 17:33, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Poland Anti-Religious Campaign (1945-1990)
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7401
Workaround	Manually merge
Fixed in version	7414

rev 7414. Rjwilmsi 21:43, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

More on unbalanced brackets (closing bracket instead of opening)

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	I had to fix this one manually. Wikilink started with a closing bracket instead of an opening one. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:51, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version	rev 7415
Workaround
Fixed in version	rev 7416

FixDates needs reparsing in some cases

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	11th July, 2008 becomes 11 July, 2008 and in the next edit 11 July 2008 (line 26). -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:30, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version	rev 7412
Workaround
Fixed in version	7418

rev 7418 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 20:50, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

AWB recreating a deleted page as SVN

Status	Not a bug/currently unresolvable
Description	In this edit AWB did 2 things that I think are strange. First it allowed the created of a page while using an SVN (something I had previously been told was not allowed for an SVN) and second it added a bunch of cleanup tags and a stub to a blank page with zero bytes of content. I have seen this a few times in the last couple weeks so I dont think its related to the most current release but this is the first time I let it process so I could show what it was doing. Kumioko (talk) 14:33, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try it on this one J. Bryan Whitworth
Site URL:	English WP
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version
AWB version	SVN 7401
Workaround
Fixed in version

I don't understand what exactly is the bug. To avoid non-existent pages just activate "Skip if doesn't exist". Of course, you can create pages if you want with AWB. What you can't do is to save empty pages (0 bytes). -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:38, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Thats not what RJ told me before. I was getting an error when I tried to add a talk page banner if the talk page didn't exist. He told me you cant create pages with SVN's. I also dont see an option for Skip if doesn't exist. --Kumioko (talk) 16:53, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

At the bottom of the Skip tab are three radio buttons to skip if the Page Exists, Doesn't exist, or Don't care. GoingBatty (talk) 17:10, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Got it thanks. I thought this was a bug but I guess they stopped the pracice of not allowing AWB SVN's to update a blank page so thats ok with me know that I know. --Kumioko (talk) 17:18, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

BTW though I still dont think that AWB should do this kind of activity. Maybe adding some logic to see if its a zero byte page not to add banners and stubs to create the article? --Kumioko (talk) 17:19, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

These templates are just a suggestion. Editor review is adviced. Moreover, we always suggest re-parsing before saving. Btw, orphan tag depends on incoming links anyway and it's unlikely a page gets incoming links while being edited. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:56, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

In the version I build myself, newpages aren't allowed. Maybe this was the method we used last time. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:08, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Not sure about that last one, I understand all the previous comments and I personally like the fact that I can do this now (especially for talk pages) but I think there needs to be a less ambiguous way of informing the user of what they are about to do. I would think that most users of AWB are not "creating" pages with it but rather general edits so to have it behave this way catches one a bit off guard. I just think that maybe we should have a button that the user must explicity click (or something) to allow new page creation rather than skip by exception. Especially when it seems to be doing it all of a sudden. After 150, 000+ plus edits using it I only had this happen in the last couple weeks so I find that rather odd. If not an explicit button, then Maybe a popup message (like the talk page message maybe) that asks the user are you sure you want to create a page? --Kumioko (talk) 18:16, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Snapshots aren't official releases. We use them to detect and fix bugs between the official releases. So, we don't plan to change this behaviour. Just be carefull when using a snapshot. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:34, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Ummm, if the software is now allowing pages to be created with SVN releases then the behavior is changed. Wether that was the intent or not it is happening. I will be careful now that I know about it but I see this being an issue for others. --Kumioko (talk) 21:21, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

NullReferenceException in DelinkerAWBPlugin.ProcessArticle

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: NullReferenceException Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Call stack: at AutoWikiBrowser.Plugins.Delinker.DelinkerAWBPlugin.ProcessArticle(IAutoWikiBrowser sender, IProcessArticleEventArgs eventargs) at WikiFunctions.Article.SendPageToPlugin(IAWBPlugin plugin, IAutoWikiBrowser sender) at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.ProcessPage(Article theArticle, Boolean mainProcess) AWBBasePlugins AWBBasePlugins ListMakerPlugins Fronds CFD-Plugin Delinker IFD-Plugin Kingbotk Plugin No Limits Plugin TypoScan Plugin Bing Search Plugin CategoryNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin CategoryRecursiveNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin UserContribsNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin UserContribsUserDefinedNumberForAdminAndBotsPlugin WhatTranscludesPageNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin WhatTranscludesPageAllNSNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPagePlugin TypoScan ListMaker Plugin TypoScan ListMaker Plugin 500 Yahoo Search Plugin Cit helper (talk) 22:18, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	[encountered while processing page [20]]
Site URL:	http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1434
AWB version	5.0.3.0, revision 6660 (2010-06-06 23:39:12)
Workaround
Fixed in version	rev 7423 by Reedy

Can you reproduce the bug by loading ONLY the delinker plugin and not all of them? -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:22, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

What were the settings for delinker? Let's both use this talk page for this discussion. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:01, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

I was just trying to see what it was used for, so it didn't have anything but the default "Remove empty external link sections".Cit helper (talk) 23:11, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Now I'm getting: "Invalid regular expression: value cannot be null, parameter name: pattern"... What is this supposed to mean??? Cit helper (talk) 23:11, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Did this bug occurred after you pressed OK to save the page or before (while loading)? -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:09, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

While loading, it was "Processing Page..." Cit helper (talk) 23:12, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

So you had all plugins loaded and general fixes with "Skip if no general fixes" disactivated. That was all? -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:22, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes... Cit helper (talk) 23:23, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

The "Invalid regular expression: value cannot be null, parameter name: pattern" happened even after I reverted to the default settings and plug-ins. Cit helper (talk) 23:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Can you post your settings file somewhere? -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:30, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

I just posted it on User_talk:Cit_helper#NullReferenceException_in_DelinkerAWBPlugin.ProcessArticle —Preceding undated comment added 23:48, 14 June 2010 (UTC).

Unknown parameters in Multiple issues: copy edit

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Although rev 7371 now merges {{copy edit}} into {{Multiple issues}}, AWB gives an alert stating: "Unknown parameters in Multiple issues: copy edit" GoingBatty (talk) 02:58, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	See Bent Metallocenes
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7424
Workaround	Change |copy edit= to |copyedit=
Fixed in version	7425

rev 7425 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 10:02, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't merge {{Primary sources}}, {{BLP unsourced}},{{Very long}}, {{Cleanup-rewrite}} into {{Multiple issues}}

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	* Doesn't merge {{Primary sources}} into {{Multiple issues}} GoingBatty (talk) 03:03, 25 November 2010 (UTC) Doesn't merge {{BLP unsourced}} into |unreferencedBLP= in {{Multiple issues}} GoingBatty (talk) 03:21, 25 November 2010 (UTC) Doesn't merge {{Very long}} into |long= in {{Multiple issues}} GoingBatty (talk) 03:33, 25 November 2010 (UTC) Doesn't merge {{Cleanup-rewrite}} into |rewrite= in {{Multiple issues}} GoingBatty (talk) 04:16, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7274
Workaround	Manually merge
Fixed in version	7429

rev 7428 MultipleIssues: support "primary sources", merge as "primarysources". Rjwilmsi 11:08, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7426 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 10:38, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7429 MultipleIssues: support "very long", "verylong", merge as "verylong". Rjwilmsi 11:25, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7427 MultipleIssues: support "Cleanup-rewrite", merge as "rewrite". Rjwilmsi 11:01, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

More on Persondata template parameters

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Despite rev 7372, AWB still wants to add |PLACE OF BIRTH= when |place of birth= is already populated. GoingBatty (talk) 16:40, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Jan Mertl
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7424
Workaround	Manually revert
Fixed in version	7430

rev 7430 AWB updated. As I've said before I am opposed to the change to {{persondata}} to allow lowercase parameters as it adds complication for seemingly no benefit. Rjwilmsi 22:46, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Second that. -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:47, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

I also agree for what its worth. I would prefer adding logic to convert it to upper case but I know thats not concensus at the moment. --Kumioko (talk) 23:02, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

After AWB adds {{stub}}, re-parsing changes {{uncat}} to {{uncategorized stub}}

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When AWB automatically adds {{stub}}, re-parsing then automatically changes {{uncat}} to {{uncategorized stub}}. Would be better if re-parsing was not needed. GoingBatty (talk) 18:04, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Rákoskert
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7424
Workaround	Manually re-parse
Fixed in version	7431

rev 7431 Reorder logic to avoid need for reparse. Rjwilmsi 23:02, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

"Page is in use" doesn't seem to skip pages with {{In use}}

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	The AWB reference manual states that checking the Page is in use box "Skips the page if it contains the {{inuse}} tag". However, it doesn't seem to skip pages with {{In use}}. GoingBatty (talk) 20:50, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try James A. Banks
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7424
Workaround	Manually skip
Fixed in version	rev 7432 Magioladitis (talk) 22:34, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Tagging disambiguation pages

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	I see AWB tags disambiguation pages as stub, this bug should be fixed. Nima1024 (talk) 18:15, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Analyze disambiguation pages.
Site URL:	Like page D96 in English Wikipedia.
Operating system	Windows (6.1) 7 Ultimate x64 Build 7600.
.NET FW Version	4.0.30319.1 Final (3.5 SP1 are pre-installed), sub-Version 2: 2.0.50727.4952.
AWB version	5.1.0.1 SVN 7424 (2010-11-23 23:27:44).
Workaround
Fixed in version	7435

rev 7435 Another DisambCDs template redirect: {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig}}. Rjwilmsi 19:09, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Multiple {{Multiple issues}} issues

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	#Is the code set up to convert {{Expert-subject}} to |expert= and {{Cleanup-jargon}} to |jargon= into {{Multiple issues}}? AWB gives an alert stating "Unknown parameters in Multiple issues: (1) technical," Although the documentation for {{Multiple issues}} doesn't seem to mention |technical=, it seems to work fine. By request, here's a list of the remaining templates that AWB doesn't merge into {{Multiple issues}}: {{citation style}} → |citation style= {{cleanup-laundry}} → |laundrylists= {{cleanup-reorganize}} → |restructure= {{cleanup-spam}} → |spam= {{criticism section}} → |criticisms= {{expert-subject}} → |expert= {{game guide}} → |gameguide= {{lead too long}} → |lead too long= {{lead too short}} → |lead too short= {{news release}} → |newsrelease= {{POV-check}} → |pov-check= {{travel guide}} → |travelguide= When adding these, please also test to make sure they won't set off any "Unknown parameters in Multiple issues" alerts. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 02:27, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try User:GoingBatty/Sandbox
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7274
Workaround	Manually merge
Fixed in version	rev 7441

rev 7436 MultipleIssues: |technical= valid parameter, convert {{cleanup-jargon}} to |jargon=. Rjwilmsi 08:42, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7438 updated list of known parameters to cover ll cases given above (In fact only 1 was missing). -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:01, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7439 added tests for almost all cases above. I didn't add ParserTests when the template and the parameter were equal. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:39, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7440 updated MultipleIssuesTemplateNameRegex. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:24, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7441 task finished by Rjwilmsi. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:50, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

"wikify" not removed by re-parsing, but removed by processing article again

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	When AWB adds the wikify template or Multiple issues parameter, and you add wikilinks and re-parse, the wikify template/parameter does not always disappear. However, reprocessing the article without making any further changes automatically removes the wikify template/parameter GoingBatty (talk) 04:12, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	See my first edit and second edit on La Capilla
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7274
Workaround	Manually reprocess
Fixed in version	7442

I guess that by refactoring the page, you reached some threshold were wikify isn't needed anymore. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:02, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

The piece I don't understand is why the threshold seems to be different for re-parsing vs. refactoring. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:22, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

rev 7442 Wikify to match |wikify= in {{multiple issues}} when value is subst date. Rjwilmsi 07:59, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

PERSONDATA dates added in wrong format

Status	Not a bug/currently unresolvable
Description	Wikipedia:PERSONDATA#Dates of birth and death states "Follow the Manual of Style guidelines on whether to use DD Month YYYY format or the Month DD, YYYY style when filling the |DATE OF BIRTH= and |DATE OF DEATH= fields". However, sometimes AWB populates the dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. GoingBatty (talk) 22:09, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Dirk Andries Flentrop
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7424
Workaround	Manually fix
Fixed in version

AWB can't decide which format prevails so it uses ISO format. This is a "wontfix". -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:18, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

That's for the quick response. Two questions:

1. If AWB can't decide which correct format to use, why does it use an incorrect format? Why not use one of the correct formats and be right at least some of the time?
2. In the bug template, why does |status=wontfix have a description of "Not enough information/very rare bug"? In this case, I believe I have provided enough information, and the bug is not very rare.

Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 23:57, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

For point 1: Better start a discussion in Wikipedia talk:Persondata. We re just the mindless programmers following orders :D

For point 2: Don't always believe the bold letters :) I tried to find the status closer to the situation without really caring on the output. -- Magioladitis (talk) 02:07, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

For point 1, I'm cool if "following orders" means you're choosing to program to adhere to consensus or some other request. Could you please point me to the "orders" you received?

For point 2, seems like you're saying AWB is working as designed, and this is not a bug - so maybe |status=notbug is better? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 03:38, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

For point 1, Rjw asked for BRFA for his bot to add Persondata with this way and they were no disagreements on the that. Can you please a start a discussion in the correct place to see what people think on the subject? I don't have strong opinion for any method. The same goes for the use of wikilinks for PLACE o BIRTH/DEATH. I would like someone to clarify me the guideline. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:02, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

For point 2, fixed for you. "notbug". -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:02, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Per your suggestion I asked the question at Wikipedia talk:Persondata#Date format question. The guideline seems clear about wikilinks: Wikipedia:Persondata#Dates of birth and death states "do not link the date". Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 04:53, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. We already don't link dates in dob/dod fields. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:13, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

There's no reason not to use YYYY-MM-DD. I have added it as an option. Rich Farmbrough, 19:51, 28 November 2010 (UTC).

Dž

Status	Resolved
Description	When I put the page Dž in the list of pages to visit, the page can't be visited with AWB, and I get a blank page in the edit box.
To duplicate:
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround
Fixed in version

Romaine (talk) 14:11, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Ah, the nl-wiki page is at nl:Dž i.e. single character U+01C5 rather than nl:Dž (two characters) to correspond to Dž on en-wiki. The AWB list maker converts the first character to upper-case. The upper case of U+01C5 is U+01C4 (DŽ), which does not exist on nl-wiki. The nl-wiki page is then at a part uppercase and part lowercase character and the mediawiki software is not handling the case conversion for it (mediawiki limitation/bug?). Probably you want a redirect for that character on nl-wiki? Rjwilmsi 22:37, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

I do not understand completely what you exactly mean, but I think it would be good to create redirect for this. Could you please make that redirect then? Greetings and thanks! - Romaine (talk) 11:25, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

You have just created the redirect I suggested. Rjwilmsi 12:41, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Changed "b." to "born", but didn't add Persondata or categories

Status	Not enough information/very rare bug
Description	1. When AWB changes "b." to "born", it knows the article is about a person, but it doesn't add {{Persondata}} or Category:xxxx births or Category:Living people. 2. If you manually add Category:xxxx births, delete the {{Uncategorized}} template and re-parse, AWB adds {{DEFAULTSORT}}, Persondata, Category:Living people (all good), but re-adds {{Uncategorized}} GoingBatty (talk) 03:56, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Thomas Hoepker and M.N. Govindan Nair
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7401
Workaround	Manually add, re-parse, and change {{Uncategorized}} to {{Catimprove}}
Fixed in version

It may be about persons and not about person. A birth year after "birth" isn't safe enough to do the rest I guess. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:46, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

I reject (1) because an article can list the birth dates of various people, that doesn't mean it's an article about a person.

(2) Is done because category tagging is based on the category list from the API, I'm not sure whether it will be sensible to adjust that. Rjwilmsi 09:18, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

After AWB fixes {{fact}}, re-parsing changes it {{citation needed}}

Status	Not enough information/very rare bug
Description	When AWB changes {[fact}} to {{fact}}, re-parsing then automatically changes it to {{citation needed}}. Would be better if re-parsing was not needed. GoingBatty (talk) 18:35, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Park University
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7424
Workaround	Manually re-parse
Fixed in version

If we go down this route we'll have to run everything twice, at twice the time cost. We had better make a wider discussion to see if this is really needed. Rjwilmsi 22:48, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Don't want to run everything twice - was hoping it could be resolved by reordering the code to fix templates before TemplateRedirects GoingBatty (talk) 23:34, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

For performance reasons TemplateRedirects must run first otherwise we 'll have to load all possible redirects to the core code in order to perform general fixes for all cases. -- Magioladitis (talk) 02:00, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Marked as "wontfix". -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:45, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't remove |date= from {{Multiple issues}}

Status	Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description	Doesn't remove |date= from {{Multiple issues}} (or even give an alert) GoingBatty (talk) 04:02, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Ghosts in Vietnamese culture
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7274
Workaround	Manually remove
Fixed in version

|date= is required when |expert= is used. Rjwilmsi 10:41, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Alternative account used when using rollback within AWB browser window

Status	Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description	Not particularly a bug, but very weird behaviour. Whilst doing some routine cleanup in AWB, logged in as Tivedshambo, I found some vandalism in Patna [21]. I checked the history and found it was the last edit, so I clicked on Rollback within the AWB window. I didn't know if this would work or not, but it seemed to. However, the rollback edit [22] was apparently done by my alternative account, User:Pek the Penguin, which is not logged on to my machine at present, nor does it have an AWB login in my profile. The password for that account is different to mine, so how did it manage to apparently edit? —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:29, 24 November 2010 (UTC) Scratch that - it just occurred to me that AWB is based on IE (I generally use Firefox on this machine), and for some reason Pek the Penguin is logged on as a cookie in IE. Obviously AWB's use of IE means that edits like this from within the history tab window use whatever's logged in on IE, rather than the AWB log-in. Whether this is a bug or not I'll leave up to you. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 18:39, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	Patna on en-wiki
Operating system	Windows 7
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.4952
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround
Fixed in version

You're right that the web page part of AWB uses Internet Explorer, so we can't change the behaviour. Rjwilmsi 12:42, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Valid {{Allmusic}} parameters generate alert

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	The valid {{Allmusic}} parameters |class=, |id=, and |pure_url= generate the alert "Invalid citation parameter(s) found" GoingBatty (talk) 02:33, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Ninth Street Opus
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7424
Workaround
Fixed in version	7449

rev 7449 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 19:58, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

ArgumentOutOfRangeException in MainForm.set_SettingsFile

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: ArgumentOutOfRangeException Message: Text length must be less than 64 characters long. Parameter name: Text Actual value was AutoWikiBrowser - Talk page settings add Maritime task force.xml. Call stack: at System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.set_Text(String value) at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.set_SettingsFile(String value) at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.SavePrefs(String path) Kumioko (talk) 18:11, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Site URL:	http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1882
AWB version	AutoWikiBrowser (5.0.3.1), WikiFunctions (5.0.3.1), revision 7069 (2010-09-01 15:54:17)
Workaround
Fixed in version	rev 7450 by Reedy -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:38, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

I am attempting to add some task forces to some banners on Medal of Honor recipients and I have been getting this error periodically about ever 20 or so pages. If I continue working it will let me continue working and will go away for a while but then will pop up again later. --Kumioko (talk) 18:26, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Save your settings file with a shorter name. I'll look into fixing the bug. Rjwilmsi 18:53, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Will do thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 19:03, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Odd. Main.cs SettingsFile line ~224 already has logic to handle the 64-character limit. Couldn't reproduce it myself. Rjwilmsi 19:17, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

The path is too long. XP issue due to FAT32. Problem doesn't occur on Windows 7 NTFS. Reedy can probably fix that for XP users. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:34, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Possible out by one error ignoring refs - or not ignoring refs?

Status	Not a bug in AWB, has been referred
Description	regex appears to miss one character after ref. Rich Farmbrough, 15:07, 9 July 2010 (UTC).
To duplicate:	s/(==+)([^=\n]*)(==+)\n/$1$2$1\n/ on Cabuyao, Laguna ignore refs on skips article (correct) Ignore refs off makes the substitution, which is correct, but should be a no-change subs as far as I can see
Site URL:	en.wp
Operating system
.NET FW Version
AWB version	6708
Workaround
Fixed in version

I can't see that there is an error in the regex but I reserve the right to be wrong!

Related bug/issue if I set to skip if minor replacements only, with this replacement set to non-minor, it skips, even when the replacement occurs.

Rich Farmbrough, 15:07, 9 July 2010 (UTC).

By using * instead of + you will replace "=====" with "======". Rjwilmsi 16:17, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Ok I got it. The regex should be s/(==+)([^=\n]+)(==+)\n/$1$2$1\n/ - I guess that's what you are saying. The regex will now not replace "=====\n" with "======\n". Lolcats and roflcopters. However the query about the difference in behaviour between ignore refs on/off stil remains. Rich Farmbrough, 20:54, 12 July 2010 (UTC).

With the updated regex skip behaviour is correct for me whether ignore refs is on or off. Rjwilmsi 22:29, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Sure. But the old regex should match "=====\n" regardless of skip setting. Or am I missing something? Rich Farmbrough, 12:02, 16 July 2010 (UTC).

Rich I'm now not clear what issues over skip behaviour still remain for you? I couldn't find any issues with the skip behaviour. Rjwilmsi 17:34, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

OK I think - for fun set Ignore templates... and s/./X/ on User:Rich Farmbrough/temp69 to get http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rich_Farmbrough/temp69&diff=prev&oldid=375990963. Rich Farmbrough, 22:37, 28 July 2010 (UTC).

This is a nonsensical example as replacing all characters (dot) will replace even the hidden template, since placeholder text goes in place of the template to hide it. Rjwilmsi 12:51, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Ah! That is slightly flawed. Presumably the placeholder text uses some obscure UTF8 chraracter, but even then it will match, for example [^\d]*. Rich Farmbrough, 15:05, 28 September 2010 (UTC).

|unrefBLP= supported by {{Multiple issues}} but generates alert

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Although |unrefBLP= is supported by {{Multiple issues}}, AWB generates an alert stating "Unknown parameters in Multiple issues" GoingBatty (talk) 03:36, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Try Yash Pandit
Site URL:	en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Windows XP
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.1873
AWB version	SVN 7424
Workaround
Fixed in version	rev 7457 -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:42, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

We shouldn't be supporting that in {{Multiple issues}} :P -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:40, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Then could you please remove it from {{Multiple issues}} and provide the proper parameter, so we can clean up the articles that currently use it? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:44, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

There were only 2 transclusions of unrefBLP. Fixed it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:36, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Wrong placement of WPBS

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	AWB tried to put Talk header inside WikiProjectBannerShell: [23] (in my example I manually moved it out) . I guess something in the "move wikiproject biography on the top" logic. It happens only when |living=yes -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:03, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:
Site URL:	en.wiki
Operating system	7
.NET FW Version
AWB version	rev 7442
Workaround
Fixed in version	7460

rev 7460 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 21:52, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

IndexOutOfRangeException in Tools.RemoveSyntax

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	Exception: IndexOutOfRangeException Message: Index was outside the bounds of the array. Call stack: at WikiFunctions.Tools.RemoveSyntax(String text) at WikiFunctions.Lists.Providers.TextFileListProvider.MakeList(String[] searchCriteria) A1 (talk) 19:22, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Site URL:	http://ru.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.42
AWB version	AutoWikiBrowser (5.1.0.0), WikiFunctions (5.1.0.0), revision 7268 (2010-10-13 23:10:26)
Workaround
Fixed in version	7465

rev 7465 Fixed. Rjwilmsi 15:47, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

OperationFailedException in ApiEdit.CheckForErrors

Status	Fixed in the next release
Description	nThread: InvokerThread (Save) Exception: OperationFailedException Message: Operation 'edit' ended with result 'Failure'. Call stack: in WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.CheckForErrors(String xml, String action) στο c:\AWB\WikiFunctions\API\ApiEdit.cs:line 1099 in WikiFunctions.API.ApiEdit.Save(String pageText, String summary, Boolean minor, WatchOptions watch) στο c:\AWB\WikiFunctions\API\ApiEdit.cs:line 638 AWBPlugins AWBBasePlugins ListMakerPlugins CFD-Plugin Delinker Fronds IFD-Plugin TheTemplator No Limits Plugin CategoryNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin CategoryRecursiveNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin WhatTranscludesPageNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin WhatTranscludesPageAllNSNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPagePlugin UserContribsNoLimitsForAdminAndBotsPlugin UserContribsUserDefinedNumberForAdminAndBotsPlugin Magioladitis (talk) 12:15, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Site URL:	http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7600.0
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.4952
AWB version	AutoWikiBrowser (5.1.0.1), WikiFunctions (5.1.0.1), revision 7446 (2010-12-08 00:01:49)
Workaround
Fixed in version	rev 7464 by Reedy

Occurs while editing Suspenders. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:16, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

KingbotK needs urgent update to support new priority parameters

Status	Bug currently being investigated/fixed
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 [24][25]). 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:

1. Support new priority parameters i.e. don't remove them and don't add empty priority parameter
   1. If a work-group exists and the corresponding priority parameter is missing, add it
   2. If a work-group exists and a generic priority parameter exists, replace it with the one corresponding to the work-group.
2.  Done If living parameter is missing, add an empty living field unless class=dab
3.  Done If listas parameter is missing, add an empty listas field Always add listas in manual mode
   1.  Done rev 7412 Fix listas to remove special characters. Diff

-- Magioladitis (talk) 14:06, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

The workgroups are:

|a&e-work-group = 
|filmbio-work-group = 
|musician-work-group = 
|military-work-group = 
|peerage-work-group = 
|politician-work-group = 
|royalty-work-group = 
|s&a-work-group = 
|sports-work-group = 

AWB Creates the page Api.php

Status	Works for me
Description	AWB works, but no matter which options I use, AWB creates the page api.php with the entire page copied on api.php, with the AWB changes. The bot information is in the edit description for this new page. There is no change to the original page. So I can only edit one page, api.php. This bot works with the exact same settings on another wiki, it is just this wiki that has this problem. My api.php is located in the root folder: http://deadrisingwiki.com/api.php Screenshots Changing the word Mediawiki to test on the page Tet New page Api.php is created On the page Api.php is the word "test" The page Tet still has the word Mediawiki
To duplicate:
Site URL:	deadrisingwiki.com/
Operating system	Vista
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.42
AWB version	5.1.0.0
Workaround
Fixed in version

We never encountered something like that before. We think it's a bad config on your part. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:22, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Your api is now at http://deadrisingwiki.com/w/api.php. Setting the custom url to http://deadrisingwiki.com/w/, I made this diff. Works for me —Reedy 16:02, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Attempted to save a wrong page

Status	Unknown
Description	Exception: Exception Message: Attempted to save a wrong page (Article name: 'Cudgewa railway line', session page title: ) Call stack: at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.Save() at AutoWikiBrowser.MainForm.btnSave_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) Ohconfucius ¡digame! 03:31, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
To duplicate:	Unknown
Site URL:	http://en.wikipedia.org
Operating system	Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
.NET FW Version	2.0.50727.3603
AWB version	AutoWikiBrowser (5.1.0.0), WikiFunctions (5.1.0.0), revision 7268 (2010-10-13 23:10:26)
Workaround
Fixed in version