Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser
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Discussion[edit]
Making alerts more visible?[edit]
Is there any way I can make the alerts more visible, like by having a popup alerts window to pop up somewhere on top of the diff/preview area as an alert is triggered? Or have the same "highlight errors" feature also available on the diff/preview area. Or something similar - tips are welcome. When editing with AWB, my eyes are focused on the diff/preview area. Now I miss 99.9% of the alerts due to my way editing with AWB, because when making hundreds of edits in a row, it gets exhausting fast to first keep your sight focused on the alerts area, and then move your sight to diff/preview area, or vice versa. 85.76.140.34 (talk) 20:49, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Can't get past error[edit]
I'm currently trying to use AutoWikiBrowser to edit a fandom but cannot get it to link up with my fandom via the site preferences. Someone please help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. I am swapping it over to fandom and putting a valid url in (harvestmoon.fandom.com). "An error occured while connecting to the server or loading X project information from it. Please make sure that your internet connection works and such combination of project/language exist. Enter the URL in the format "en.wikipedia.org/w/" (including path where index.php and api.php reside). Error description: Root element is missing." 24.154.206.237 (talk) 06:05, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
AWB bot starts blanking pages[edit]
As reported on User talk:BattyBot, BattyBot started blanking talk pages today before it was stopped. I'm using Version 6.1.0.2 SVN 12432, module User:Magioladitis/WikiProjects, general fixes, and a few find/replace rules. I was sleeping when the issue started, so there wasn't any changes in the configuration. I closed AWB, reopened it, and ran it against the same pages, and it's working fine. Any clue what could have caused the issue, or any ideas on how to prevent it from happening in the future? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 14:33, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- My bot has run into that before, I think it has to do with lag on the server or something. GreenC set me straight. Couldn't tell you if the discussion is here, at BOTN, or at my talk page archives (most likely the latter). I'm about ten seconds from sleep but if I don't return to this in a day or two (or someone else doesn't reply in more detail) ping me. Primefac (talk) 01:12, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
False positive[edit]

Moved. ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 17:28, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
Removing items from list[edit]
How do I filter out pages that contain a specific thing? For example, if I wanted to add a template to a page that doesn't have a template, how would I remove all instances of the page that have the template in the list? Noah 💬 17:33, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
- I don't know if you can do it within AWB, but you can generate an article list using Petscan. Here's a sample search that finds articles in both of two categories. You can click on the "Templates&links" tab to include or exclude specific templates, then run the search again. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:35, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
- @-noah-: Here's one way how:
- Create your list in AWB, and then click Tools > List Comparer.
- When asked if you want to copy your list into the List Comparer, click Yes, so it will appear in List 1.
- For List 2, select Source "What transcludes page" and What embeds: "Template:Whatever" and click Make List.
- When it's made the list, click the Compare button, and you'll generate three lists on the right of the List Comparer window.
- In the main AWB window, click List > Clear Current List.
- In the List Comparer window, click the Use list button under the "Unique in List 1" results.
- Close the List Comparer window.
- Another option is to go to the Skip tab and set AWB to skip the page if it Contains: {{Whatever}} - Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 18:54, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
Help installing SharpDevelop?[edit]
Could someone help me with instructions on how to install SharpDevelop so I can compile an updated version of AWB? I've downloaded the file from https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop and unzipped it, but don't know how to proceed from there. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 22:22, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
P.S. Should Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Sources and Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Technical redirect here? Posts there haven't received responses recently. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 22:22, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
This is bug?[edit]
Hello? I'm trying to remove non-existent template with a bot in bulk. I checked the list of non-existent template with Special:Wantedtemplates of the wiki, and added the non-existent frames to AWB's Find and replace.
https://archive.org/details/20210416AutoWikiBrowser2 https://archive.org/details/20210416AutoWikiBrowser2/27.JPG https://archive.org/details/20210416dcinside
I set it as above with the Normal settings function of Find and Replace. For testing, I added a document containing {{꼴칰의현실}}, {{씹솩}}, and {{헬조선그자체}}, a template that doesn't exist in the 디시위키:연습장. The upper template has been added to the 'Find' part. And when I clicked the 'Start' button, the upper template were not removed.
https://archive.org/details/20210416AutoWikiBrowser2/26.JPG https://archive.org/details/20210416AutoWikiBrowser2/28.JPG
I set the same with the Advanced settings function. Didn't work.
In my memory, apparently in October 2020, with the Advanced settings feature, I did the template removal with the same settings I had previously, and it worked without any problems. I've been building bots since Monday, and a few days ago, even yesterday, I deleted a few template with the Normal settings feature. However, only some of the template were deleted at that time. But today none of the uninstall functions work.
What should I do? Is this a bug or am I not sure how to use AWB? please answer about my question. Thank you. GTX1060 (talk) 06:44, 16 April 2021 (UTC)