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What's the status of running New Page Watcher in Linux? I'm guessing you're waiting on similar things for AWB to be released in Mono. At this point AWB wouldn't be very useful to me, but I think I could contribute a lot with NPW. I'm trying to find Wikipedia tools to use that work well on Ubuntu, but I'm not having a lot of luck so far. Most of the stuff that's written exclusively for Linux doesn't appear to be actively worked on by the developers. I may end up running XP or Vista in a virtual machine so I can use the stuff written for windows. That would be pretty lame if I had to do that... [mad pierrot][tc]16:41, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
SVN snapshot
There's some new features and bug fixes in the newer SVNs... could you publish a new snapshot when you get a chance? Thanks. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 20:51, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi Reedy/Archive 2009! An article you have been involved with has been tagged by its parent project as being in need of a little attention or further development. If references are not added soon it may be deleted. If you can help with these minor issues please see talk:Holt, Worcestershire--Kudpung (talk) 12:02, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
I did think about doing it before, but it wasnt taking many edits... Done now, though, possibly isn't needed ;) —Reedy20:12, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
The Stig
Could you please explain what exactly was wrong with "On June 21 2009, Schumacher appeared on BBC2's motoring programme Top Gear as The Stig." since Michael Schumacher did appear on Top Gear on this date posing as The Stig? --81.108.76.53 (talk) 20:12, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
This source code fragment is a partial solution to the bug I raised.
publicstaticList<Match>GetTemplates(stringarticleText,stringtemplate){MatchCollectionnw=WikiRegexes.Nowiki.Matches(articleText);MatchCollectioncm=WikiRegexes.Comments.Matches(articleText);/* new code */stringtemplateInitial=template.Substring(0,1);stringtemplateInitialLower=templateInitial.ToLower();stringtemplateInitialUpper=templateInitial.ToUpper();if(templateInitialLower!=templateInitialUpper)template="["+templateInitialLower+templateInitialUpper+"]"+template.Substring(1);/* end of new code */Regexsearch=newRegex(@"(\{\{\s*"+template+@"\s*)[\|\}]",RegexOptions.Singleline);
Are you stalking me? :P I'll get newer of both up in a few minutes when river has solved a minor bug for me with permission on the toolserver :D —Reedy21:42, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Not to rush you, but more to focus your efforts when you get a chance:
User talk:Kingbotk/Plugin#Auto-tag as any class is probably the easiest, and most wanted (at least for me), change. Basically change "auto-stub" into "auto-anything" where user can give the class (i.e. with a check box and perhaps also manual input for peculiar classes like "Future").
User talk:Kingbotk/Plugin#Put templates below the BLP template is probably the most critical in terms of users of the plugin in general, but I've routed around this by skipping articles with the WPBio and coming back to them with the bio module turned on. Sub-optimal, but working. The easiest solution would be allowing the bio module (or modules in general) to be turned on but not adding the template when it doesn't already exist. Then the BLP module over-rules any other modules, putting itself on top.
Then there is the project-specific modules with task forces. It seems to be, better to give users a way to manually create plugins that support task forces, than having to have them hard-coded. This is perhaps a more ambitious task, but in the long run, would save developers time responding to requests like the two I have up. (Neither of which is critical any longer, so between doing 3 and making me a Films and WPVG module, please do 3.)
For no 3, Kingboyk and i have thought about that for a while. It'd be quite decent if we could just generic-ise it all, and then have possibly web configs for them downloadable.. Or something. —Reedy21:37, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Yep, any way to DIY would be helpful. I forgot to mention the whole "inherit classes from other wikiproject". This is probably doable with clever skipping regex and #1. A more elegant solution in the long-term would be nice. –xenotalk21:42, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Hey, did you hear? I learned how to build SVN myself! (After a troubleshooting session wondering why .csproj wasn't supported I realized I had downloaded the Visual Basic express rather than Visual C# express ;>) So no more harassing you to put up new snapshots... But I shall continue to harass you for WT:Plugin++ enhancements... Yep !! </harass> –xenotalk13:38, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Heh. Still need to do them for everyone else. Though, the plugin isnt the easiest to work with, so changes dont get made quickly or easily. Youll need vb express for the kingbotk plugin anyway.. —Reedy14:59, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
When I try to mark a page as patrolled, it says that the action is only for adminstratos, autoconfirmed users and confirmed users. I am a autoconfirmed user,so I am confused.....Can you help me? Mr.TrustWorthy----Talk to Me!03:12, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Database scanner broken in SVN version –regex match
Would you check your change under rev rev 5334 and doing a database scan based on a regex contains? Seems the lines you deleted are needed? Thanks Rjwilmsi14:12, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Reedy. I appreciate all the work you do on AWB and don;t want you to feel it goes un-noticed. Regarding SVN's, I'm really clueless at software and all it entails. Should I be downloading the latest SVN every-time there is one? HidingT10:34, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Its generally recommended to, yeah. Its the leading edge svn copy. If we need to force an upgrade, we will bump the svn revision to make sure people are using them. It can be anything from minor bugfixes, performance increases, new features, or just general tidying up. They are used at users discretion, but in most cases, there will be no reason not to keep up to date. Use the log if you want to keep track of whats changed and what not! —Reedy11:15, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
About this thread. I've been trying to use NPW each day for a week and it just doesn't work. Have you had chance to look at it? Please try and make some time to fix it, please! ~~Dr Dec(Talk)~~21:53, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Can you help me out with AWB please?
I'm new to it, I've tried reading the manual, several users have tried to explain it to me, but still no success.
Regards,
--Rsrikanth05 (talk) 09:55, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Apoligies for having to revert 5448: probably all timespans in DatabaseScanner can be converted to use Ticks rather than ugly multiple units, provided that the "x matches in y minutes" message on stop/completion still displays correctly. Ta Rjwilmsi18:14, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
Can you wait for community input before approving bots?
Can you wait more than 3 minutes for community input before approving bots that have finished their trial runs? [1] I don't see the urgency that required this bot be approved in 3 minutes. Sure, the task is straight-forward, the trial run looks like a no-brainer, experienced, responsive operator, etc., etc. But, it's a courtesy, imo, to allow the community to evaluate and respond to the trial run. Maybe, under the circumstances of this particular bot a quick approval in a day would have been reasonable, but 3 minutes? Why? I posted this on the talk:RFBA board.[2] Please respond there, not on my talk page, as I don't use it. --IP69.226.103.13 (talk) 21:03, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
time of 5.0 release?
There don't seem to be any recent reports of the page replaced with another bug, so given 4.6 is broken, time for a 5.0 release? Ta Rjwilmsi12:16, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Reedy. Initially, this question has been posted to user:Rodhullandemu. But he couldn't help me and later he directed me to you. The question was, how to give the approval to the user who requested for the AWB? We do have the page which shows the AWB, but we did not write anything so far. Also, we got only one guy who wants it. So, could you please tell me what to do or even if you want to take the action by your self, sure you can. The name of the user who wants that approval is: Mr_Accountable. Please give him an access. Yours,--Mwanaharakati(Longa)15:55, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
I would say 5757 is a pretty significant improvement, mind putting up a snappy for me? I meant to build last night from home, but alas... –xenotalk15:22, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
I'm not "home" to my desktop till probably Friday Evening... As of early next week, I'll have a new laptop, and can visual studio on the move ;). —Reedy16:20, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Where's the logic in AWB that looks at the checkpage to see if typo fixes can be applied
Where's the logic in AWB that looks at the checkpage to see if typo fixes can be applied -- [4]. Cant' find it, not sure it even exists? Rjwilmsi10:54, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I was hoping you could help me with an AWB problem. I'm on the checklist (have been for years), yet I'm not able to use AWB. I log in successfully via the upper screen but AWB still shows "software disabled" in the lower left. If I try to refresh, I get an error that says I'm not logged in and the upper screen changes to a login screen. I've also tried totally removing AWB and reinstalling without success. I'm using AWB 4.6.0.0 on Windows Vista with IE 8.0.6001. Any ideas?--RadioFan (talk) 23:17, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Try this, it works for me [5] it is AWB 4.9.0.3. AWB 4.6.0.0 is disabled to me as well as it is a software issue not a user issue. Hope this helps. Paul2387 (talk) 23:40, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
