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AutoWikiBrowser 6.3.0.0

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Frequently asked questions

  • When I start it up I get one of the following errors:
    • "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application.", or
    • "To run this application, you must first install one of the following versions of the .NET Framework..."
    This error means your computer does not have the .NET framework version 2 installed properly. You can choose from various versions for download here, or you can run Microsoft Update and select version 2 of the .Net framework from the "Optional Updates" section, if you want the choice made for you.
  • When I try to update to the new version 4.0, the updater freezes halfway through.
    There is a bug in the version 3.9 updater. If you encounter this problem, uninstall AWB, and then re-install the latest version from Sourceforge.
  • Does AWB run on Linux or Mac?
    Not yet.
    • A Wine bug on AWB has been filed
    • AWB does not yet start in Wine with Mono 1.9 or native Microsoft .NET 2.0. (Wine 0.9.59, AWB 4.3.1.0.)
    • Please note that problems with AWB on Wine/Mono or Wine/.NET are not reportable AWB bugs.
    A native version, PyAutoWikiBrowser (screenshots here), based on Python, is being developed for Unix-like systems.
  • Does AWB work on other projects/languages?
    Many WikiMedia projects and languages are supported, see the "User and project preferences" option in the general menu. Other languages will be added on request, though at the moment the interface is always in English. You are also able to use AWB with third-party wikis, if you go to the General menu and select "User and project preferences", you can change the wiki there. The wiki must support the Bot API required by AWB. This means that it should have latest HEAD version of MediaWiki or something close to that.
  • AWB puts stubs after categories, though categories are always rendered the last by MediaWiki?
    According to WP:STUB#Categorizing stubs, By convention this is placed at the end of the article, after the External links section, any navigation templates, and the category tags, so that the stub category will appear last. If your wiki uses other order, please let us know here.
  • I don't like or use Internet Explorer; please use Firefox instead.
    AWB does not use Internet Explorer per se. It does, however, use the same web browser control (MSHTML) as Internet Explorer; the equivalent Firefox component does not provide the needed functionality.
  • How do I open the page in another browser if I can't use the one in AWB?
    Right click on the edit box in the bottom right side of your screen. Select "Open page in browser"
  • How do I edit a page that doesn't exist?
    Uncheck "Ignore non existing pages" in the "Skip articles" box.
  • How do I skip certain articles?
    Use the "Skip if contains" and "Skip if doesn't contain" in the "(2) Set options" tab
  • Can't you leave up a "stable" version, so I don't have to download new versions?
    It is important to keep people up to date with the latest versions, because their use of the software doesn't just affect them, but the whole of Wikipedia. As any bugs that remain will be trivial, hopefully releases won't be too frequent.
  • How can I stop AWB clicking when it changes pages?
    This is a Windows sound theme setting. This page explains how to turn off the clicking sound.
    Alternatively, delete the following key from the Windows registry:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating\.Current
  • AWB randomly crashes upon page load on my system, and I always use a browser other than Internet Explorer when using Wikipedia.'
    You may have installed custom scripts incompatible with IE. Wrap the contents of your monobook.js into conditional:
               //Detect IE5.5+
               if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE")==-1)
               {
                   // Previous contents go here
                   ....
               }
  • I get Just In Time Debugger Messages when loading AWB/loading pages
    In Internet Explorer, go to Tools --> Options --> Advanced. Make sure 'Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)' and 'Disable Script Debugging (Other)' Are both checked. Press apply and close.

Problems with other software

  • Modified versions of monobook.js (e.g. to utilise popups, godmode-light etc.): AWB works, but page loading can be slow. Workaround is to disable Active Scripting in Internet Explorer - see AWB Tips and tricks for more information and workaround.
    • Bugs in monobook.js can cause AWB to crash or be unable to load pages. Use the same workaround, or refer to the answer in the FAQ above. If you've updated monobook.js and are experiencing problems, please verify the bug still occurs with a blank monobook.js before reporting it as an AWB bug.
  • Wikipedia Skins other than monobook: AWB might not work with other skins due to the skins having bugs.
  • NoScript (Firefox extension) or other XSS-related extensions: some features such as "Open text in browser" may not work correctly. Workaround for NoScript: Disable the "Sanitize cross-site suspicious requests" option.

Discussion

This talk page is automatically archived by MiszaBot I. Any sections older than 7 days are automatically archived to Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive 19. Sections without timestamps are not archived.

Transclusions now truncated?

I like to run transclusions of WikiProject banners when I do my tagging so I don't visit articles that already have been tagged. After the new update it truncates the transclusions to 5000. Is there a way around this? It's my one beef with the update. Thanks for making some huge improvements. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 01:59, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have the same problem; the workaround I've been using is generating a cut-and-paste list from Special/WhatLinksHere and importing the resulting .txt file into AWB, which seems to work fine (albeit is a little clumsy). What would be nice is the facility to add New pages and New account contributions to the list (it used to be possible to import these via "Special page",but this option now seems to have been disabled), I used to find it useful to run these through AWB applying general fixes/stub sorting/deletion tagging as appropriate.
Also (I think this may have been asked before), is there any way to generate a list of articles with/without a given tag on the talkpage, other than generating a list of the talkpages transcluding said tag and search-replacing the "talk:" out of the article list? – iridescent 12:16, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Found a workaround for the 5000 limit, use an older version to get the list, save the list and use the latest AWB and import the list and then work on them. -- Tinu Cherian - 05:35, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh. What limit of returned pages would be acceptable for users? Note that 'no limit' is not an option, as I wanna live :P MaxSem(Han shot first!) 17:01, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The technical stuff goes over my head but I will take your word for it. I would be grateful if you could increase it to 10,000. Furthermore, we have previously discussed the idea of setting filters before search rather than after. That issue may be relevant here. For example, I often hit the 5,000 limit but post-filtration the number comes down to a fraction of that. Am I correct in thinking pre-filtration would save a few kittens? Lightmouse (talk) 18:02, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, servers will still have to find and serve these page titles to us, so live filtering will do nothing to reduce the strain on servers. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 18:10, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK. It is an independent issue then. Thanks for explaining it. Lightmouse (talk) 18:13, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to ask... Does that apply even if we are pre-filtering by file type e.g. '(main)'? Lightmouse (talk) 18:18, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This is literally just getting the list straight from the servers. —Reedy 18:35, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've just raised the limit to 25,000 in rev 3427, let's see what happens. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 16:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I look forward to being able to download and try it. Lightmouse (talk) 16:13, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
25,000 is much better. Thanks! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 19:12, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

rev3427 uploaded to my snapshot site. —Reedy 19:27, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am using the increased limit now. It is much appreciated. Thank you. Lightmouse (talk) 10:26, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Magic words

I think I remember some discussion of "magic words" int AWB's find and replce, such as %%TITLE%% ... is this correct? If so what are they, an do they work in advanced? Rich Farmbrough, 18:09 2 October 2008 (UTC).

As of the current svn rev:
%%title%%
%%titlee%%
%%fullpagename%%
%%fullpagenamee%%
%%key%%

%%pagename%%
%%pagenamee%%

%%basepagename%%
%%basepagenamee%%

%%namespace%%
%%namespacee%%

%%subpagename%%
%%subpagenamee%%

%%server%%
%%scriptpath%%
%%servername%%

Are the current working ones. The function is listed as being used in the Adv FaR rules. Some are duplicates of each other (ie title as that was awb only before, so the duplicate is the mw one) —Reedy 16:52, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Code freezes

The code freezes for me sometimes. If I run it in non-bot mode, it is fine. It is also fine in bot mode as long as it does not save. When it tries to save, it freezes. Has anybody else found this? Lightmouse (talk) 22:29, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edits inside templates

I've noticed that it's not longer possible to edit inside a template. Why is this disabled? AWB is almost useless now.--Westermarck (talk) 13:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It works for me. What are your find & replace settings? Rjwilmsi 16:34, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Older versions disabled

Why were the older versions disabled? I really enjoyed using the 4210 version instead of the other ones. I dont use it on wikipedia, but in my own personal wiki, so why cant i use an older version that suits my preferences better? -201.52.36.198 (talk) 21:49, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

When some important bug fixes are made the older versions are disabled. Rjwilmsi 22:39, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It won't start

Hi there I'm having some diffculties running this. I have Windows XP home edition and I have Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and everytime I double click to start it nothing shows up. May someone help me with this issue? Rvk41 (talk) 04:55, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Does it show up in task manager? If it's running in there, try ending the task and launching it once it's gone from task manager.Louis Waweru  Talk  17:32, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I know the .NET frameworks are somewhat compatible, but you do need v2 AFAIK, even with 3.5 —Reedy 17:44, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Reinstalling .NET might help, I may add. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 17:58, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blank lines before stubs

See [1], and I'm sure I mentioned it here. AWB should leave (and preferably create) blank lines before the first stub template. Rich Farmbrough, 10:05 5 October 2008 (UTC).

yay for multithreading! but...

i want to say first off, way to go to the devs on getting AWB from it's infancy, through OO, and now into multithreading! Even though it seems like all the feedback you ever get is complaining about bugs and asking, "well can i have this now?" I want you guys to know that your volunteer effort is appreciated - been waiting a while for an update :) My only question is that this is the first time i ever ran the updater successfully and for some reason my default settings reverted to a version i had about 2 months ago - i know it sounds bizarre but i'm not sure how it happened, any ideas? -Zappernapper 14:57, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! AWB did have multithreading before ;). The list making has been threaded off for a while :P —Reedy 17:45, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As for the settings, its rather weird. It doesnt touch the settings files at all —Reedy 18:01, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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