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Discussion
editStop typo fixes changing edit summary
editI'd like to stop the addition of the [[WP:AWB/T|typo(s) fixed]]:
text to edit summaries when using AWB's automatic typo fixes. Is there any way to do this? Using the "lock the default edit summary" option doesn't stop it from being added. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 00:01, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
two factor authentication login issue
editAfter I have enabled two factor authentication, I am unable to login in the autowikibrowser. While trying to login a pop up comes up telling aborted. What is the solution for this issue. ? Balaji (Let's talk) 08:13, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Balajijagadesh see Wikipedia:Using AWB with 2FA. — xaosflux Talk 08:42, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Perhaps the language code does not match during authorization? Игорь Темиров (talk) 04:00, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- @User:Xaosflux. thanks it worked. -- Balaji (Let's talk) 08:53, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
New categories
editHello. Could you tell me, please, where can I see the (new, automatic, and hidden) categories of the result? If I made a mistake, I should know when the tracking category appears. Thank you. IKhitron (talk) 19:11, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
Replace maximum again
editHi. Continuing Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive 34#Replace maximum, I'm here to tell that I've just finished the work. 1246 string replacements, about ten of them were added on the fly, about 2500 pages. @SchreiberBike, you asked me to call you. IKhitron (talk) 22:15, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Have you tried using plugins or a custom module? Игорь Темиров (talk) 03:44, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Not at all, just the regular stuff. IKhitron (talk) 09:17, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- When using plugins or modules, your research simply would not be needed. Игорь Темиров (talk) 10:20, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Well, too late. IKhitron (talk) 10:08, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Игорь Темиров, please don't criticise other people for doing things a different way. Primefac (talk) 13:00, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- I suggest another way. But you criticize. Игорь Темиров (talk) 13:55, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- We're getting off-topic, but the two are not the same. It's one thing to say "doing it this way will also work", it's another to say "you wasted your time by not doing it this way". The first is a suggestion for another way, the second is a criticism of the original way. Primefac (talk) 18:57, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- We're going off topic. But you have problems with logic. I think IKhitron and I understood each other exactly as needed. Игорь Темиров (talk) 19:10, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- We're getting off-topic, but the two are not the same. It's one thing to say "doing it this way will also work", it's another to say "you wasted your time by not doing it this way". The first is a suggestion for another way, the second is a criticism of the original way. Primefac (talk) 18:57, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- I suggest another way. But you criticize. Игорь Темиров (talk) 13:55, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Игорь Темиров, please don't criticise other people for doing things a different way. Primefac (talk) 13:00, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Well, too late. IKhitron (talk) 10:08, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- When using plugins or modules, your research simply would not be needed. Игорь Темиров (talk) 10:20, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Not at all, just the regular stuff. IKhitron (talk) 09:17, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
Bug: HTML comment wrongly moved during general fixes
editIn this diff, you can see how "General fixes" moved a comment from beside the issue to which it referred, to the wrong point in the article. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:26, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- In my experience, this is a longstanding bug where AWB disturbs html comments in this and other ways. It needs to be smart enough to leave them alone. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 17:56, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
Giving up using AWB to do periodic talk page cleanups
editDue to a couple issues with AWB, talk page cleanups have become too impractical to do:
- It removes "blp=no" for bio articles of dead people. Even though might be considered a default in terms of display of the template, removing this parameter adds the talk page to a problem category.
- It inserts "|1=" when that is no longer the usage suggestion in {{WikiProject banner shell}} and removed by bots when making other changes.
I don't know how to make AWB skip doing these changes without removing part of the reason I'm using AWB: for talk page-related general fixes. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 18:10, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Already reported on Feb 10, see archive 34. Tracked as T358963 but no fix yet. David Brooks (talk) 21:34, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, and I see I replied to that topic. I guess I had a "Mr. Short Term Memory" moment. Glad it's being tracked at least. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 03:40, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
unable to load module
editHello. Few weeks ago, I made a clean reinstall of Windows 10. A couple of days ago, I was trying to load a custom module, but I got following error:
Compiler executable file csc.exe cannot be found. **description**: **workaround**: -------------------------- <table><tr><th>Exception:</th><td>`InvalidOperationException`</td></tr> <tr><th>Message:</th><td>`Compiler executable file csc.exe cannot be found.`</td></tr> <tr><th>Call stack:</th><td><pre> at System.CodeDom.Compiler.RedistVersionInfo.GetCompilerPath(IDictionary`2 provOptions, String compilerExecutable) at Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeGenerator.FromFileBatch(CompilerParameters options, String[] fileNames) at Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeGenerator.FromSourceBatch(CompilerParameters options, String[] sources) at Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeGenerator.System.CodeDom.Compiler.ICodeCompiler.CompileAssemblyFromSourceBatch(CompilerParameters options, String[] sources) at System.CodeDom.Compiler.CodeDomProvider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(CompilerParameters options, String[] sources) at WikiFunctions.CustomModules.CustomModuleCompiler.Compile(String sourceCode, CompilerParameters parameters) at AutoWikiBrowser.CustomModule.MakeModule()</td></tr> </table> **OS**: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0 **version**: AutoWikiBrowser (6.3.0.0), WikiFunctions (6.3.0.0), revision 12558 (2024-01-16 20:38:04) **net**: 4.0.30319.42000 **duplicate**: **site**: https://en.wiki.x.io
After that, I installed the .NET framework, I located the csc.exe file, and updated the system environment variable/path. Still, I am getting the same error. Any suggestions? —usernamekiran (talk) 04:28, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- I am on Windows 11 and have csc.exe in the following locations:
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.5\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_netfx-csharp_compiler_csc_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_10.0.22621.1_none_52bef3eed921ca5e\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_netfx35linq-csharp_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22621.1_none_78c17abe07e8090b\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_netfx4-csc_exe_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15912.0_none_78ce8a6e35a89ad2\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_netfx4-csc_exe_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15912.322_none_6ee01ba4a5a0f42b\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_netfx-csharp_compiler_csc_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_10.0.22621.1_none_9a6c2ac5ed9df364\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_netfx35linq-csharp_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22621.1_none_1ca2df3a4f8a97d5\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_netfx4-csc_exe_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15912.0_none_c07bc1454a24c3d8\csc.exe
- C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_netfx4-csc_exe_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15912.322_none_b68d527bba1d1d31\csc.exe
- I'm not sure which of these is used by AWB, but I have no problems executing a C# script. Kiwipete (talk) 08:27, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Kiwipete: thanks. Would it be okay if I ask you to see what's path to csc.exe in system environment variable? Mine points to
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.xxxxx
(I don't remember the exact version) I had added it manually. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:35, 22 July 2024 (UTC)- @Usernamekiran - sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by "path to csc.exe in system environment variable". Where do you get your value of "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.xxxxx" from? That might give me a clue as to what to search for. Regards, Kiwipete (talk) 08:01, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Kiwipete: thanks. Would it be okay if I ask you to see what's path to csc.exe in system environment variable? Mine points to
AWB not saving edits
editI'm using AWB on Fandom and am trying to do a find and replace edit. I can get it to find an applicable page and it shows the correct edit to be made, but when I press Save, it says Saving... and gives a restart timer. I can't get it to actually make the change. Any suggestions? Fluffbutter (talk) 17:17, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Fluffbutter: I'm not sure, but I think some fandoms require permission to use AWB. If it's not that problem, it may be your ISP. I used to have that problem a lot of times. Try using some other connection for making a couple of edits, like your mobile hotspot. —usernamekiran (talk) 23:24, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- I got it to work! I had to update the Bot Password permissions. Fluffbutter (talk) 23:38, 22 July 2024 (UTC)