Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/Archive 1

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Can someone please move Creol from the Bots list on the checkpage to the users list? Cheers, Razorflame 20:49, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

 Done - why not? EhJJ^TALK 20:56, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I am working with AWB on enwikip, dewikip (my homewiki) and commons. Now I would like to work on simplewikip, too. Please register me for AWB on simplewikip. my en-contributions • my SUL Diwas (talk • contribs • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email) 17:02, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done - You have plenty of edits and no block log. If you need a "flood"/"bot" flag, you can request it at WP:RFP or WP:Bots. EhJJ^TALK 20:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Please could I be added to the recognised users? I have worked with AWB on enwiki (which is my home wiki, and where I am a rollbacker), and have rollback rights on this wiki. Phantomsteve (talk • contribs • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email) -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 18:51, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done Lauryn Ashby (d) 19:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:58, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Could you please AWB'me to help with [1] Thanks. --Диего Грез (Diego Grez) (разговор) 02:16, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Request

To use AWB on simple wiki please User:RTG, en:User:RTG ~ R.T.G 10:56, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done – Trusted cross-wiki user, no block log. Use it well! American Eagle ∞ 16:26, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks ~ R.T.G 16:28, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

If you are going to do many small edits (i.e. more than 1 per minute) for an extended amount of time (i.e. more than 50 edits), please request a Bot flag from a crat at WP:AN or irc:#simple-wikipedia. Thanks! EhJJ^TALK 16:40, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Request for Jeff G.

Hi. I use AWB on English Wikipedia. May I please use it here, too? I am also: a Checkuser, Helper, Oversighter, Bureaucrat, and Administrator on the Test Wiki; a Bureaucrat and Administrator on WiccaPedia, on The Test Wiki, and on the Admin Tools Wiki; and an Administrator on Test Wikipedia, on the English Wikimedia Labs Wiki, on the Wikimedia Labs Flagged Revisions Test Wiki, and on the Wikimedia Labs LiquidThreads Test Wiki. Thanks!   — Jeff G. ツ 21:44, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

 Done -- Lauryn (talk) 21:53, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!   — Jeff G. ツ 02:07, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

request

• AutoGeek @ en. Approved for AWB there, may wish to use AWB here. —I-20the highway 03:53, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
  • Confirmed! AutoGeek (talk) 04:00, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

•  Done You might consider adding an alternate account tag to AutoGeek's userpage, for convenience's sake. @Lauryn (parlez) 04:02, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Mlpearc

Mlpearc (talk • contribs • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email) I would like to be added the AWB and Huggle if I could. I've had both at en-wiki for a long awhile. Mlpearc powwow 04:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

 Done @Lauryn (parlez) 04:45, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. Mlpearc powwow 04:49, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

request for morgankevinj AWB

I have used AWB with my maintenance account(Morgankevinj AWB) on en(verify) and would like to use it to help here. Please add my maintenance account(Morgankevinj AWB) to the check page. Thank you, MorganKevinJ^(talk) 05:35, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

 Done Exert 06:11, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Request

Mr. Berty (talk • contribs • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email) Want to use AWB. Mr. Berty (seasons greetings!) ^talk/_stalk 13:32, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

• I don't think you're ready to use such a high-speed tool, so  Not done for now. sonia♫ 09:12, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
  • I was using Huggle on en which was a high speed tool, I think I'm ready for AWB. Mr. Berty ^talk~_stalk 09:59, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
    • In my opinion, your access to Huggle on en bears no relation to this request. IMO, we should decide on what you are doing here, not what you did there, and I don't think you are ready for that tool at the moment. Pmlineditor ∞ 10:28, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
      • I've been using twinkle and huggle here as well. Also, I now have rollback rights. Their all high speed tools aren't they? The one and only...Mr. Berty! ^talk~_stalk 09:44, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
        •  Not done It's true that those are high speed tools, but AWB is way more powerful than all of those combined. I have to agree with Sonia on this one; I think you need more time before being granted AWB. Exert 17:27, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Purplebackpack89

Purplebackpack89 (talk • contribs • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email): Requesting AWB on this WP; want to build a bot Purplebackpack89 15:10, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

•  Done AWB is a rather high-risk tool with somewhat confusing documentation, so do take it slowly for starters. (As I recall, I managed to screw up stellarly on my first run...) When you have a specific purpose and good enough understanding of the tool to run it automatically, request a bot at WT:Bots; for now I'm sure the semi-automation will be of use to you. sonia♫ 23:38, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Flood flag

If you are granted the flood flag while using AWB you must first logout and then log back into AWB for the change to take effect. See bug 2635 MorganKevinJ^(talk) 00:24, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Please approve me to use AWB on simple.wiki

I have been using AWB for quite a while on en.wiki, and would like to use it here, too. --Auntof6 (talk) 17:20, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

 Done -Barras (talk) 10:32, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! --Auntof6 (talk) 16:10, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Vibhijain

I have been using AWB on sa wiki and hi wiki and i have done a numbers of edits by it from my bot account VibhijainBot. I would like to do general works on simple wiki (like replacing categories). Regards, Vibhijain (talk) 17:25, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Do you want your bot or your username added? -Barras (talk) 15:05, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

My username. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^{Talk Email} 16:08, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

 Done -Barras (talk) 07:13, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Hazard-SJ

Hello. May I please me added to the check page? I'd love to go through some general maintenance tasks and typo fixes.  Hazard-SJ  ±  04:54, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

 Done -Barras (talk) 07:13, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Please authorize bot account Auntof6Bot

As per Wikipedia talk:Bots#Auntof6Bot, I have set up this bot account to use with AWB. Please authorize this account to use AWB here on SimpleWiki so that I can run the requested trials. I am already approved for AWB under my non-bot account, User:Auntof6. --Auntof6Bot (talk) 21:40, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

•  Done -DJSasso (talk) 21:59, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Request SunCreator

For Interlanguage checks(missing articles). SunCreator (talk) 13:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

 Not done You don't edit here so not sure you need AWB here. Perhaps a better explanation of what you want to do is needed. -DJSasso (talk) 14:23, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

I'll be making a list like sco:User:SunCreator/Interlanguage/en, which show articles not linked to another wiki(Scots to English in the linked example). SunCreator 19:13, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Request

DJDunsie (talk • contribs • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email) - Please can I be added to the CheckPage so that I can use AWB for general editing, especially typo fixing etc. I have over 2000 edits on this wiki and I am a patroller (proof). Thanks, DJDunsie (talk) 18:09, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

•  Done Grunny (talk) 04:35, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! ;) DJDunsie (talk) 08:43, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Request SunCreator

For Interlanguage checks(missing articles). SunCreator (talk) 13:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

 Not done You don't edit here so not sure you need AWB here. Perhaps a better explanation of what you want to do is needed. -DJSasso (talk) 14:23, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

I'll be making a list like sco:User:SunCreator/Interlanguage/en, which show articles not linked to another wiki(Scots to English in the linked example). SunCreator 19:13, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Was expecting a reply. SunCreator (talk) 23:34, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Again you don't really edit here so we don't tend to give out AWB permission. What part of that task do you actually need AWB for? I don't see making a list as requiring AWB since it looks like you won't actually be changing the articles. -DJSasso (talk) 11:58, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

AWB is needed to scan pages automatically. I don't need to change any pages on simple wiki. To read any page in AWB on simple wiki requires AWB access. The task will benefit the simple language wiki by indentify articles on :en that are missing links to :simple. If the result from the :sco wiki are anything to go on it will mean more readers and more editors come to the simple wiki. SunCreator (talk) 19:11, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Interwiki#Making_links_between_languages to understand interlanguage links. SunCreator (talk) 19:31, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

You don't need access permission if you're not making changes. As long as you have the software installed, you can scan pages on any wiki. In fact, you don't even have to log in for it. Osiris (talk) 19:39, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Well actually you can make the list without logging in, but it isn't possible to begin scanning without logging in to an AWB-enabled account. -Orashmatash (talk) 19:41, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Aaah, yes, that's true. Osiris (talk) 19:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes I understand iw links. But I still don't see what you will actually be trying to accomplish. When you scan through our pages what exactly are you doing, searching for pages which have sco: in them? Searching for pages that don't have sco: in them? What settings are you using? You have yet to explain the actual process. Your link above to the list of sco links doesn't actually explain much. (ie people/bots working with iw links generally make changes) That being said...if you have done it for en already then you likely don't have to do it for us... its a rare day that we have an article the en doesn't since most of our articles are just simplified versions of en articles. If you are trying to match en with simple articles instead of simple with sco articles like you imply above then you needn't worry about that. My IW bot cycles through all our articles trying to do that anyways. As do a number of other bots on the wiki. -DJSasso (talk) 20:02, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

I will scan looking for cases of articles not linked to equivalent .en article. Technically speaking the scan will be for articles absence of the text ":en". The existing range of interwiki bots miss them and here is the reason: in many case the article also won't be linked to .simple from the equivalent article on .en, and thus bots don't connect them even if an article exists on both language wikipedia's with the exactly same name. Experience with other wiki's shows there will be many articles found, I estimate 200 but won't know until the process is done. SunCreator (talk) 01:07, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Royal Danish Ballet is one such example that would be found. SunCreator (talk) 02:15, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

I would set that estimate a bit higher. The last time I looked at the list of articles without any IW links it was over 2000. While many will not exist on En:WP, that number missing the available links is likely to be a lot higher than 10%. Just the direct transfers (same title) will likely be over 1K. Those with different titles, articles linking to just a part of the En:wp article or duplicate articles needing merged with only one linked (ie. Radiation sickness) will add a lot to that total. --Creol(talk) 01:15, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Most redirects will be avoided as they don't have a category and thus won't show up in a category scan. SunCreator (talk) 01:45, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

My statements had nothing to do with redirects, just the list of 2373 articles needed to be verified, titles translated (as needed), merged (as needed) and linked (either in part or as whole depending on if our article is on the total subject or just a part of it). Your estimate of 200 is woefully inaccurate as even this list is not the complete one you are looking to be dealing with as there are other issues with having IWs, but not ones for En:Wp as well as those with none at all. --Creol(talk) 02:33, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Looking at the originally stated list, it seems all this talking is to look at the list and see if each article contains the [[en tag.. The existing software already supplies the list of articles with no interwiki, is it really needed to check for links to a single language when we already have a list of 2373 articles that link to no languages at all? This task would likely only just add a small percentage of articles to a list that all ready exists and is not seeing any action or attention. AWB access really isn't needed here.--Creol(talk) 02:46, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Side note - the list of just our articles missing interwiki links that have a same named page on en:wp is 1436 articles long (The list). This has not been trimmed from links to redirect pages on en:wp. --Creol(talk) 06:44, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

B.wilson

I'd like to have privileges here to use AWB, having used AWB on EN-wiki. --Bryce Wilson | talk 02:24, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

You haven't really edited here much yet to show that you know the policies here. A number of things are quite different here so it might be best if you wait awhile before asking for AWB here. -DJSasso (talk) 12:46, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

That is fine. --Bryce Wilson | talk 12:55, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Requests

Please add me. Also I noticed DaPunktBot is not in the Bot part of the list. Rich Farmbrough, 01:15, 20 December 2011 (UTC).

Would like to see you active here first. Our procedures are very different here than on en. For example using AWB excessively is frowned upon as it floods our Recent Changes. We tend to only use it for specific one off tasks which are often done with a Flood flag. The typical generic changes you tend to do on en for example are not generally welcomed here. As for DaPunkBot it was in the correct location as often people create second accounts here to use for AWB and call them bots even though they technically aren't bots in the en.wiki sense. Access to the regular AWB as non-admin users typically doesn't happen very often unless they are very active members of the community. -DJSasso (talk) 03:15, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Simple: doesn't need the long clean up runs that en: does (although a typo fix run might be good). But the reason I like AWB is for its flexibility in doing medium sized tasks. Would have saved me much time today, for example. No worries though. Rich Farmbrough, 18:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC).

Josh Parris

I understand that simpleWP doesn't work like enWP. I haven't used AWB on enWP, the only reason I want to use it here is that I'm laying the groundwork for disambiguation tools. One of this things that was noticed is that {{Wiktionarypar}} is being used here, but links to en:Wiktionary rather than simple:Wiktionary. I've drawn up a list of 208 pages I suspect may not be using Wikitionarypar correctly, I want to check each one individually and remove the transclusion of Wikitionarypar if that's the case, and then redirect {{Wiktionarypar}} to {{Wiktionary}}.

So: template points to the wrong wiktionary. I have a list of pages that don't correspond to a simple:Wiktionary entry (but do on en:Wiktionary). I now need to check the links manually, and either remove them or rename the template. Josh Parris 09:31, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

If I understand you correctly you want to remove this template and redirect to the simple versions. However, we have two seperate templates on purpose. Because if the term doesn't exist on simple.witionary we want it to link to the english.wiktionary. -DJSasso (talk) 14:41, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

That's surprising. Is the logic that it's better to have a non-simple definition of a word than no definition?

So, the reason I wanted to "fix" Wiktionarypar is that is one of the issues identified for getting Dab fixer working. On enWP Wiktionarypar is a redirect to {{Wiktionary}}; they're assumed to be synonyms. That they're semantically different is a surprise; I thought it was a mistake. Would renaming it to {{enWiktionary}} be troublesome? Josh Parris 12:06, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't think it would be an issue. I think it likely did begin as a mistake. But some people do generally feel a link is better than no link. Might be something to bring up on Simple Talk. I personally have no issue with it going to simple.wiktionary even if there is no link. I just know many people do purposefully link to en.wiktionary at times instead of the simple one which has a very very small editor base, even worse than us. -DJSasso (talk) 12:54, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

As suggested, I've raised this at simple talk. Josh Parris 07:10, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

There were no objections (or comments) so I presume that means it is uncontroversial. May I have permission to use AWB for this, and the flood flag to go with it? Josh Parris 23:08, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Y I guess not. Go ahead. Osiris (talk) 16:55, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

It's actually already done. -DJSasso (talk) 19:12, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, the migration has already been made. Josh Parris 23:56, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Kc_kennylau

create (and simplify) all templates in en:Category:Consonant templates.--Kc kennylau (talk) 23:35, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

I would hope you plan to do better with the other templates in that category than have been done with the two already there. One is complex and both need work on their tone and structure. Also, neither of them are highly used templates. The need for the rest of that category from en:wp would be questionable based on how often these two are used. Many of the en: templates would likely be quick deleted as unused templates here. Also, AWB realy should not be used for mass article creation. We have had many problems with that happening in the past. --Creol(talk) 00:01, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Far be it from me to tell the English Wikipedia how to organise its templates, but is there any reason that these can't all merged into one #if-based template?

{{ #if: {{{bilabial‎|}}} | * ''description'' }}
{{ #if: {{{trill|}}} | * ''description'' }}

Just thinking out loud. Unless the descriptions need to be in a specific order... Osiris (talk) 00:52, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Request for permission

I use AWB on English Wikipedia, usually to fix links to disambiguation pages. I would like to be granted permission for the use of AWB on the Simple Wikipedia to do the same thing. Here's more information.

I haven't done much on the Simple English Wikipedia -- only added some barnstars. But I occupy a bit of a niche -- there aren't that many people doing this across the projects -- and feel I have something to add. If you'd prefer to give me a "trial", that's fine with me. Also, I can keep the automatic changes and RegEx Typo fix disabled if you would prefer, as I understand things work differently here.

Cheers, PhnomPencil (talk) 06:55, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I've added you given that you're a trusted user and quite active now. Osiris (talk) 04:48, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Request

Hi, I've been working on the disambiguation scripts I added to WP:DPL. I was hoping to get permission to use AWB here for disambiguation work.

BTW, there should be instructions on Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage saying to make your permission request here on talk. Took me some time to figure it out.

Finally, not sure if this is worth anything, but I can 100% vouch for PhnomPencil; he's an excellent contributor on EN wiki. --JaGa (talk) 17:48, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, JaGa... I appreciate the time it must have taken to set this up. PhnomPencil (talk) 19:41, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

I've added you, JaGa. I'll leave PhnomPencil to another admin for the moment, since we don't normally give access unless you're active beforehand. Osiris (talk) 04:42, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Another request

Greetings! I'm BD2412, an administrator on English Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and Wikiquote, and Wiktionary, and a prolific AWB user with an existing AWB disambiguation setup that can work through hundreds of existing disambig links on this site. I'd like to be added to the permissions list. Cheers! BD2412 (talk) 00:14, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

I can vouch for this user. I worked quite a bit on enwiki with him/her, working on disambiguation topics. Nice to see you here, BD2412! --Auntof6 (talk) 04:02, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Hey BD2412, I was hoping you'd pay a visit. I created this bonus list clone with you in mind. --JaGa (talk) 01:59, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

 Done Trusted user. Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 16:38, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! BD2412 (talk) 01:44, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Request Weltforce

Hello! I'm User:Weltforce and I would like to have a AWB flag. I won't use it very often, but sometimes if I create Navboxes like this, I would like to add the template to the linked pages. I'm quite familiar to AWB because I use it on deWiki too. Thank you! --weltforce (talk) 21:04, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

 Done. If you're likely to flood recent changes, just make sure you request the flood flag before starting. Cheers, Osiris (talk) 01:37, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I will request a flood flag if I do many changes, but I think around 7 articles might be ok without one. Thank you, weltforce (talk) 02:02, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Change name

Hi all, please change "Weltforce" on the CheckPage to "Intforce". Thanks a lot! --intforce.aka.weltforce 16:49, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! --intforce.aka.weltforce 17:41, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

KamikazeBot

Hi! Please add my KamikazeBot (SUL info) to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage. I would like add semiautomatic a new interwiki links (now in simple Wiki, in the future in other wikis) and next, I would like run pywikipediabot (interwiki.py) to add new links to all languages, where they are necessary. Best regards, Karol007 (talk) 11:30, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

You'd have to go and apply for a local bot flag for that. See Wikipedia talk:Bots. -DJSasso (talk) 13:56, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Now, I have bot flag. Could I possibly get access to AWB please. Karol007 (talk) 15:34, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

What do you want to do with AWB? The tasks you describe above do not need AWB access. Chenzw  Talk  15:39, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Interwiki I can add by using interwiki.py script, but when I need add first interwiki between enWiki and simple wiki, I must using with AWB. Polish user - Rzuwig, added interwiki to the category, but full manualy it is very burdensome. We are check this and we have a list. User Patrol110 regularly update this list, and I can regularly add interwiki. Karol007 (talk) 15:59, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

We actually have bots already that do this using interwiki.py. AWB isn't really needed for this... -DJSasso (talk) 16:04, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

 (change conflict)  I still don't get why exactly you need AWB. If I remember correctly the -hint: parameter of interwiki.py can be used in this case. Chenzw  Talk  16:05, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

In AWB I can do it very fast. Interwiki.py is terribly slow. Never mind, I would like help Rzuwig and Patrol110 in this work. I return to my work. Karol007 (talk) 16:28, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

AWB Please

Could I possibly get access to AWB please. What sort of info do you require from me to get access. I have access on the English WP already. Kumioko (talk) 01:31, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Osiris (talk) 03:40, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Kumioko (talk) 03:45, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Mathonius

I'd like to request AWB access. I have used it on the Dutch and English Wikipedia's. I'd like to use it here to fix typo's and perhaps do some simplifying. Mathonius (talk) 20:10, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

 Uitgevoerd. -Mh7kJ (talk) 20:17, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! Mathonius (talk) 20:19, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Rich Farmbrough

Re-request, no immediate plans to edit with it. Trying to make lists, and getting "not enabled" errors. Rich Farmbrough, 02:51, 14 January 2013 (UTC).

I endorse this, it can help us with our plan. Rcsprinter123 (talk) 22:20, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Plan? What would you like to do with AWB access? Chenzw  Talk  11:04, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

MJ94

I've used AWB on the English Wikipedia and would like to use it here as my activity increases. MJ94 (talk) 03:51, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Done. --Bsadowski1 02:27, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Riley Huntley

Experienced with AWB on wikimedia projects and non-wikimedia projects alike. I would like to do some AWB work here :) Riley Huntley (talk) 01:35, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Do you have a specific task in mind? We tend to only give access to AWB for specific tasks. -DJSasso (talk) 12:46, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply; mainly spell checking and some simple find and replace tasks. Riley Huntley (talk) 04:05, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Kumioko

Hello. Can an admin please remove Kumioko from the list? He has asked me to pass this request along (his account is globally locked, so he cannot edit here.) Thanks, 28bytes (talk) 00:39, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

 Done. He can make a new request if he registers another account or gets the old one unlocked. Osiris (talk) 01:57, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! 28bytes (talk) 13:25, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Pratyya Ghosh

I have the approval of the AWB in english wiki. Due to my illness and some software problem I didn't use the AWB. But now it's all right. It'll make my work easier in simple english wiki. I want this right so I can help this wiki. Any question?--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 14:49, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Do you have a specific task in mind? We only give AWB use for specific tasks. -DJSasso (talk) 17:35, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes. I have. It's adding catagories to pages. It's really difficult to do this all manually. I hope you find my reason all right. If you have any other questions ask me.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 05:26, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

As a side note, Pratyya, have you used HotCat? It's also a good tool for managing categories. --Auntof6 (talk) 03:54, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Many times. I want the AWB right, because I can semi-automatically do the cat works. Which is very easy. But doing them fully manually is very difficult. Now?--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 04:09, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Oh, I agree, I just wanted to be sure you knew about HotCat, too! --Auntof6 (talk) 07:15, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

I hesitate because when I say specific task I mean a specific category to a specific list of articles for example. AWB can cause problems here with people flooding our recent changes or doing things faster than our small community can react if what they are doing is a mistake or not wanted etc. Any other admin is free to grant it to you while I try to make up my mind and I won't be upset. Like I said I am just hesitant. I suggest HotCat is the way to go for what you want atleast for now. -DJSasso (talk) 14:00, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

I previously said that adding them manually is a very difficult work. Because I need to find articles. But in AWB it's easy to add them. Also I forgot to tell you I want the AWB for repairing bad and over links. And doing these works are very easy in AWB. Now?--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 14:20, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

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I think they're asking for a specific example. What categories would you add, which articles would you add them to, and why? Also, what do you mean by "bad and over links"?--Auntof6 (talk) 15:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Over link means double blue links and bad links means red links. Sorry I call red link bad link. And for specific, a user who uses AWB knows It's difficult to say a specific category. For the 4th time I'm saying manually doing this kind of work is difficult. So for my help I want this AWB right.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 16:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Also the check page says

• These are users who have been approved to use en:Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser.

If this is it then I'm approved at en wiki. So I should get the AWB right.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 16:19, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

 (change conflict)  I am not going to question the difficulty of doing such tasks manually (yes they are tedious), but we usually do not grant AWB access if you have no idea how exactly you want to use it (eg. what categories you are going to add and why). Furthermore, I don't understand what you mean by double blue links, and we do not delink red links just because they are red.

We are not the English Wikipedia. AWB approval over there does not grant automatic approval over here. Chenzw  Talk  16:22, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Manually adding/removing categories is not that difficult in my opinion (it's tedious, yes). AWB hasn't been working for me for some time, so I recently emptied a 300+ article category using HotCat (in about an hour btw). It doesn't look like you have a specific task you wish to use AWB for, so I don't think you need access to it at the moment. It's not like AWB helps much if you wish to add a category to five pages or something. Honestly, you don't necessarily need so many tools to contribute to a wiki. Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 17:13, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

It softlinks to the en page about AWB because we don't wish to replicate their documentation over here and so things like bug and feature requests are centralized at en.wiki. Being approved on en.wiki does not mean you are approved here. In fact it is very much the opposite here, we very rarely give out AWB here whereas en.wiki is lenient. -DJSasso (talk) 17:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Curtaintoad

Hello, I have got around 650 changes to everything and around 500 changes to articles on Simple Wikipedia. I believe that when I revert vandalism, the vandal may have a typo or do vandalism, so I revert it - it's a little bit like the AWB tool to fix up typos and fix pages/vandalism. So I want this right please so I can help improve this wiki. It will be very helpful or handy to fix up typos or cleanup pages to the site. Any questions? curtaintoad | chat me! 06:55, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

AWB isn't supposed to be used to solely automate typo fixing. Was there something other than just typo fixing you were looking to do? -DJSasso (talk) 15:08, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, to simply clean up pages. Curtaintoad (talk) 09:51, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

LlamaAl

Hello. I have used AWB in the English and Spanish Wikipedias to correct typos, categorize and do general fixes. I would like to use the tool in this wiki as well. Regards. LlamaAl (talk) 23:41, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Added. Osiris (talk) 04:22, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

billinghurst

I would like to request AWB permissions to enable me to assist in my Commons admin role, where I am fixing file replacements globally. I have plenty of experience with AWB through this user name and Special:CentralAuth/sDrewthbot. Thanks for your consideration. Billinghurst (talk) 14:38, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Added. Trusted user, should help ease the flow of broken file links. Osiris (talk) 05:43, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Marek69

I would also like to request AWB permissions. I have several years of experience using AWB, (mainly spell-checking/general fixes) on the English Wikipedia, as well as some basic work (search/replace links) on some foreign language wikis (Polish, Croatian, etc.). I recently found some links on Simple Wikipedia which needed updating, and I could accomplish this task more effectively if I had AWB permissions here as well.

Kind Regards -- Marek69 (talk) 02:23, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

We assign AWB and use AWB alot differently than en.wiki does. Generally we only like to give it for very specific tasks. And usually for nothing that involves content changes. What links are you looking to change? -DJSasso (talk) 11:34, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Reception123

I have seen how AWB works and read all about it on enwp. I would like to be able to use it myself. Reception123/Receptie123 (talk) 07:37, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

If you read the other requests above, you will see that we want to know specifically what you would use AWB for. What changes would you use it for? --Auntof6 (talk) 07:39, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Fixing links and simplifying mostly. Reception123/Receptie123 (talk) 11:48, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Simplification cannot be done with AWB. AWB should never be used for content work. Chenzw  Talk  12:13, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Ok, then fixing links and clean up. Reception123/Receptie123 (talk) 13:05, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Again that is general. We need a specific link you intend to fix and when it is done we usually remove access again. It isn't a tool we just let people use whenever they want to use it. If you are just looking to use it as something interesting to try then its probably not a tool for you. -DJSasso (talk) 13:18, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Links in the 20th century and 19th century categories. How come other users have it permanently? Reception123/Receptie123 (talk) 13:22, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Because they have a clear specific task that they tend to do repeatedly. What exactly is it that you are going to be doing with the links in those categories? I would also note there are significant concerns about your ability to use such a tool. Without a clear laid out plan I would be opposed to your having access to AWB. Trying to get you to specifically lay out what you want to do has been like pulling teeth. -DJSasso (talk) 14:37, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

I would like to do what Auntof6 normally does. Adding links ([[]]). Reception123/Receptie123 (talk) 05:31, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

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I'm not sure I normally use it to add links. Plus, you're still not being very specific. You aren't saying what links you'd want to add, in what articles, and why. In any case, I have concerns about you using AWB. One is the recent issues with you involving yourself in areas where you didn't need to. I'd rather see you work on writing better articles before you start using AWB -- most of the articles you have created have needed some simplifying, copy editing, and other changes. That's not to say you'll never get to use AWB, but I don't think this is the time. --Auntof6 (talk) 06:04, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

In thinking about this a little more, I was wondering: would you want me to coach you in creating better articles? I would be willing to do that some. Let me know what you think. --Auntof6 (talk) 06:07, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Great idea! I would appreciate that. Reception123/Receptie123 (talk) 06:12, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

OK, I will put something on your talk page. --Auntof6 (talk) 06:14, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you again! Reception123/Receptie123 (talk) 06:18, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Xyn1

I would like to use the wikibrowser in simple english wikipedia for quikity quick editing. My equivalent profile in regular eng wikipedia is also user:xyn1 Xyn1. My intention is to start a shitload of new articles, basically summarizing the content in regular english into simple english wiki. I find editing article using web browser quite cumbersome. Although I should mention that I don't have access to AWB in regular eng wiki. --Xyn1 (talk) 04:15, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Firstly, you haven't edited anything here yet, so we have no idea how well you know the policies. Second, creating a "shitload" of articles by AWB is strongly discouraged, if not prohibited. It has been done in the past and most of the current community is against it. AWB is used here for minor, repetitive tasks. Osiris (talk) 04:22, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

sheeeeeeeet Xyn1 (talk) 05:23, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

To summarize, means creating even more unneeded stubs on this project. We've had that in the past, with asteroids, rivers and stuff, and still have like all French places here with only a stub. Such creations are generally not welcome here and for that task you won't be allowed to use AWB. Sorry, but  Not done. -Barras talk 14:49, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Clarkcj12

I am familiar with the usage of the AutoWikiBrowser as I do have the right on the English Wikipedia. But on the Simple Wikipedia, I would use to correct typo's and help with maintenance of the articles. --Clarkcj12 (talk) 15:49, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

It is used somewhat differently here than on en.wiki. We only use it for set tasks. Is there a specific set of typos on a specific number of pages you wish to fix? We don't generally give out permission for it to just randomly fix things here and there. Just for specific projects. -DJSasso (talk) 16:48, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Not really any particular project. But what I was intending on was using it to help simplify articles, and as I said above. --Clarkcj12 (talk) 16:55, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

You can't simplify articles on AWB. That is a content task which AWB cannot do. With regard to typos, however, you could grab a database dump from this wiki and load it into AWB to scan for articles with typos... Chenzw  Talk  17:03, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Username change

Please could someone change DJDunsie to Thrasymedes? Thrasymedes (talk) 15:32, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Yep. -DJSasso (talk) 15:35, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. Thrasymedes (talk) 16:23, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Jayadevp13

I have experience of using AWB in English Wikipedia (verify, contributions). I would like to use AWB for the following:

• General formatting
• Citation fixing
• Fixing typos and other common errors.

To begin with, I will make a list of articles using the Links on page (only blue links) function for the article India. Then when completed, I will like to use the What links here directly function for the article India. I usually use both of these functions for making work list in AWB for en-wiki and would like to do the same here. It in a way helps to reduce the problems in India related articles. I hope this explains my reason for request. Thank You. - Jayadevp13 17:31, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

I'd personally like to see some regular editing here before granting AWB. But I will let another other admin that comes along comment. -DJSasso (talk) 03:46, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

 Not done I agree. Even if you're very experienced on enwiki, it would be good to first let us see that you understand how things are different here before you start using a tool that can let you make a lot of changes quickly. I speak from personal experience -- I came here from enwiki, too. :) --Auntof6 (talk) 04:00, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

You both won't believe but since 2 days I have been coming back here again and again to check New Changes for signs of vandalism. As I go to revert when I find such a case, I get disappointed seeing that it has already been undone by someone. I am pretty bad at simplification too. So I thought I can help the community here in some way when they are concentrating in removing vandalism and simplifying articles. So I requested permission to use AWB. Would you both re-consider by request? If you grant it to me then please monitor my changes for a day so that you can make sure that I am not messing things up. - Jayadevp13 04:27, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Giving out AWB is pretty rare on this wiki because things are done so differently here than on en.wiki. I would really rather see that you get to know the community and how things are different here before we grant you access to a tool that can really highly damage our wiki fast since we have so few editors to fix mistakes. I am sure you are a great editor, but when you go to a different wiki you start from scratch essentially since things are different between wikis. -DJSasso (talk) 05:05, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

OK. Thanks for reconsidering. - Jayadevp13 05:21, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

 (change conflict) I believe you -- I've seen vandalism addressed pretty quickly here lately. It's just that I'd want to see your changes before we authorize you for AWB. It would help if you do some of the kind of changes you have in mind so we can see what you're thinking. In any case, it would take more than a day for me to feel comfortable that you know how we do and don't do things here. I was actually thinking 2 or 3 months, but it depends on how much you do and what kind of changes they are. It can take a while for new people to get used to the ways that we're different from other Wikipedias. After that, it would help if you were more specific about what changes you have in mind. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:46, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Carriearchdale

I would like to request AWB permissions to enable me to correct the problem of editors putting punctuation after the references in many articles. I have been working on this mini-project just page by page, but that has gotten a bit tedious. There are more than 3200 that need to be corrected here. I am using the list at Check Wikipedia located here. [2] I am only asking for the permission to use AWB for this limited mini-project. If granted, after this mini-project is completed, I would be glad to identify another project based on Check Wikipedia, and then I would surely return here to ask for permissions to work on any other mini-projects. Thanks for your consideration. ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 23:41, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

That task is already done, ironically it was on my list to do today. -DJSasso (talk) 14:48, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Eurodyne

Can I get AWB access please? Pinging Auntof6. Eurodyne (talk) 05:08, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

 Clerk note: I can't grant the request as I'm not an admin, but you might want to give a reason as to why you wish to use AWB here - unlike enwiki it tends not to be given out speculatively and instead only for tasks that you specifically have in mind. Hope this helps. Goblin 05:32, 9 January 2015 (UTC) I ♥ Macdonald-ross!

I would like to do minor changes such as fixing spelling errors, change things to standard simple headings, etc. I'm not looking to do any content work with this tool, mainly minor changes. Eurodyne (talk) 05:49, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Yeah we don't use AWB for minor changes like that here. We only use it here for specific tasks that have set goal. For example say the wiki decides through a discussion that the proper name of the month of October is Wikitober so it needs to be changed on every article where October was used. Or for example we see an error that needs to be fixed on such a large number of articles that we can't do it manually. So we give someone AWB access they go and change all the instances and then we take AWB away again. -DJSasso (talk) 13:35, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

BD2412

I would like AWB access here so I can fix all incoming links to the disambiguation page, Bass. I have a script already set up that I use to do this on Wikipedia, and would be able to do it here pretty much instantly. Cheers! BD2412 (talk) 19:59, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

@BD2412: you were already approved to use AWB, so feel free to start at your own convenience. Chenzw  Talk  02:56, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Oops! Thanks, Chenzw: I approved him/her at the time, but forgot to note it here. My bad! --Auntof6 (talk) 03:11, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Oops, now that I read this, I realise that this was a request in 2015... still haven't fully transitioned to the new year yet T_T Chenzw  Talk  03:18, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

PokestarFan

I want to use AutoWikiBrowser to make lists of cities. While on Wikipedia, I have noticed numerous amounts of articles that are tubs that use an infobox and then a sentence or two to describe a city. I want to make lists of these articles or navboxes to make them easy to navigate to. PokestarFan (talk) 00:21, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm confused...how exactly will AWB allow you to make these lists? Only (talk) 00:31, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

I will search things like "Ohio" or "Kentucky". This should bring up those articles. PokestarFan (talk) 11:18, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

It's still not clear what you are trying to do. AWB is mainly used for editing pages. Can you give me an example of what you intend to edit, and what kind of edits? Even better if you can do it manually and give me a diff link to that edit. Chenzw  Talk  11:42, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

For example, @Chenzw:, I will put the navboxes on these pages. PokestarFan (talk) 20:58, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

What navbox are you adding, and to which articles are you adding the navbox? Please be specific. Chenzw  Talk  00:06, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

I will make navboxes as necessary. PokestarFan (talk) 01:51, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Then please create the navbox first, then request for AWB access to add the navbox to articles. AWB cannot be used to create navbox templates. Chenzw  Talk  01:54, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

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 Not done Actually, due to other concerns about your activity here, I'm going to turn down this request. Not only do you not need AWB to create navboxes, you don't need it to add navboxes to articles. One other note: don't be too quick to create navboxes. Not everything needs a navbox, and we already have too many that are either unused or underused. --Auntof6 (talk) 03:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

MBlaze Lightning

I'd like to request AWB permissions. I will use it to make minor changes such as typo fixing, etc. I have AWB access at en.wiki as well. Thanks for considering. — MBlaze Lightning 07:14, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Could you elaborate on the "etc."? As for typo fixing, how would you find typos to fix? AWB's typo add-on doesn't work here. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:28, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Like, fixing links, and sort of general fixes, Auntof6. — MBlaze Lightning 15:15, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

 Request withdrawn have read the above requests and comments and those from the archives and it seems like here AWB is used differently then en.wiki! — MBlaze Lightning 15:15, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Reguyla

Greetings, I would like to request access to AWB. I have a lot of experience using AWB on other projects so I am already familiar with its capabilities and how it functions. There seems to be a lot of little things here on Simple that I could help with using AWB. For example, I recently noticed that a lot of articles contain Template:Portal and Template:Portal box from being imported over from the English Wikipedia and Simple doesn't use either. I additionally also noticed a lot of articles here have Template:Persondata and after asking Auntof6 about it she informed me it's still on a lot of articles. So that is something I can use AWB for in order to reduce that number and help keep it under control in the future. Reguyla (talk) 18:17, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Putting aside history for a second. The portal situation does need to be cleaned up and it can probably be done in a couple seconds because there are very few articles using it. Just over 50 with most of those 50 being userspace pages. Persondata does need cleaning up but I think we are better off with the standard remove them as you edit the article standard we typically use with this sort of thing since persondata isn't visible and doesn't affect the page in any way. As Auntof6 mentioned typically we don't like flooding recent changes with mass changes of any type on this wiki so generally don't give AWB very often. Those issues combined with both having only 101 edits on this wiki over the span of 2+ years indicating a possible lack of understanding of our very different policies involving things like AWB and the checkered past using AWB over at en.wiki makes me hesitant to approve. But because of history I will leave it to someone else to officially close request. -DJSasso (talk) 18:47, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

No problem, I know about not flooding the recent changes. There are of course other tasks and needs on the project AWB would be useful for as well besides those two, I just offered a couple specific ones. You are correct though I am not as familiar with Simple as others. No argument there, but I think looking at my edits I have enough understanding of how things work and I have no plans of doing massive edits. I just thought it would be helpful for a couple specific tasks like those where I could do 50 - 100 a day without straining servers or the eyeballs of the new changes patrollers. It's really not a big deal to me, I can still do a few at a time manually, I was just trying to maximize the time and effort to results margin a bit. Reguyla (talk) 18:56, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Rivers

I would like to request permission to use AWB to add wikilinks to articles in Category:Rivers by continent. Specifically I would like to be sure these words have wikilinks:

• tributary
• drainage basin (to include catchment, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, and water basin)
• delta (linking to river delta)

I do not anticipate needing a flood flag, but will request one if that is normal. I don't think I will flood because not all articles have these words and some are already linked. Plus I am slow on AWB. I have used AWB on en.wiki. Thanks!--Tbennert (talk) 21:12, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Can I just confirm that you will be using the advanced find and replace, so as to avoid linking more than once, and also to skip articles with existing links? Chenzw  Talk  01:24, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I'll use advanced. Also since I'm a novice user I review the changes for each page, which is part of why I'm slow. --Tbennert (talk) 01:46, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Alright, I will add you to the list. Chenzw  Talk  01:50, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

MiloDenn

Dear All, please may I request the right to use AWB. I would use it in conjunction with my patroller rights so that I can quickly use standardised headings, and general cleanup ect. I have read through the guidelines, and understand how to use it. Thank you very much, MiloDenn (talk) 09:47, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

 Not done I'm not sure how you're thinking of using AWB in conjunction with patroller rights, but patrolling isn't something we usually want done with AWB, especially by a user who's just learning how to patrol. Besides that, the things you mention don't really need AWB. --Auntof6 (talk) 11:49, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Ok, sorry for bothering you. MiloDenn (talk) 11:54, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

There's no need to apologize. It doesn't hurt to ask! --Auntof6 (talk) 12:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

State.gov

Hello, the U.S. Department of State website for the International Women of Courage Award is down. https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/ Quite a few articles link to this and similar pages.

There is an article here about a similar problem with whitehouse.gov. The article recommends using AutoWikiBrowser to find and fix the broken links.

Can anyone tell me about this? —Neotarf (talk) 23:40, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Yeah we will take care of this. Just need to find replacements for the various links first. Link Rot is nothing new, it happens all the time. -DJSasso (talk) 13:47, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

If you want some help with that let me know. Reguyla (talk) 21:04, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Once the replacement link is found, I think it would be easier to simply make the change rather than post it on a noticeboard. But I thought there might be some tool to make it easier. Does anyone know how to use the search function to find the links? This doesn't seem to be coming up with much, and not https either. Is a wildcard needed? https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?target=state.gov&title=Special%3ALinkSearch (Hey, Kumi) —Neotarf (talk) 01:18, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Hey Neotarf, I hope your doing well. I actually posted my retirement today so I'm not going to be able to help. Four years of constant fighting just to be allowed to improve the projects has burned me out. Cheers and good luck. Reguyla (talk) 03:18, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed your retired notice after I already pinged you. I won't try to drag you back if you need to be doing something else, I know how that is. None of the projects is perfect, but this is one of the least irritating ones. I seem to remember you had some government project you were tracking...congressional medal of honor, was it? Are the dot gov links still good? Otherwise feel free to add them to my list, I have a small workshop page at User talk:Neotarf/Relinking US gov. Cheers —Neotarf (talk) 20:06, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Yeah as for here it's not so bad but since Djsasso hates the air that I breath I didn't participate much to make sure I didn't stir them up and give him a reason to block me. I knew no one would intervene if he did even though he isn't that active here anymore. That's one of the reasons I stuck with almost entirely anti vandalism, I knew that wouldn't get reverted with some lame excuse. As for the MOH articles, there aren't too many here on this site. I added a few but whenever I copy the contents from EnWP it triggers the autoblock if I am logged in. Which means I have to log out, cut the content to something like notepad and then log back in. It's too much effort because a few clowns didn't want me editing EnWP and were willing to violate policy to make sure I couldn't. If you are referring to the ones on EnWP, honestly a lot of those articles have been trashed because no one is watching them. Quite a few have bad or broken links, several now have vandalism and spam, several have had bad data added and yet others have just languished. I tried to get unblocked for years but too many vandals, trolls and bullies want to be big shots and keep me out because I criticized the admins and arbs for violating policy and generally poor conduct. It's ironic those same ones eventually bullied me out and proved what I was saying was true. Cheers. Reguyla (talk) 20:53, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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Okay thanks all, I have finished relinking all the broken state.gov links I could find. If anyone wants to play with this any further, a wildcard search for "https://*.gov" returns a lot of hits, can probably refine the search if you are looking for a particular agency. If there is no apparent official archive, it may have been saved at the Wayback Machine or at Archive.is which is no longer on the blacklist. (@Kumi, answered on your talk page). —Neotarf (talk) 21:03, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

CAPTAIN RAJU

I'm interested for using AWB mainly for typo fixing to make copyediting easier and faster. I'll won't do anything contverisal with it.Request to more efficiently help patrolling new pages and fix issues on maintenance tagged pages.I have a already AutoWikiBrowser rights permisions in English Wikipedia.See here.CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 21:03, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Municipality

I would like to use AWB to add wikilinks to articles in Category:Settlements. Specifically municipality, commune, and linking incorporated to municipal corporation.

I will skip articles that have links already and for others only creating one link in each article. I will request a flood flag when I am ready to start. Thanks --Tbennert (talk) 17:42, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Approved. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:36, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Artix Kreiger

Hi, I would like to add the templates recently created to pages. Artix Kreiger (talk) 03:46, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@Artix Kreiger: Please be more specific. Which templates and which pages? --Auntof6 (talk) 06:59, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Template:Province-level divisions of China to the pages and the other templates I have created, such as the thailand provinces. Mostly im thinking of bring over templates from English wiki and add them. I also was thinking of deactivating the Prtected edit requests since no one has done them for almost 3 years. Plus, I was gonna create a "stub" notice under the bamboo pages I have crated. Artix Kreiger (talk) 18:14, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@Artix Kreiger: Not done AWB isn't really needed to add templates to pages, eith stub templates or navboxes. Someone who already has AWB access might use it for that, but that's not a task for which we'd give someone that access to begin with. If you like, I'd be glad to add the navbox templates for you -- just let me know.

As for the protected edit requests, please do not do anything with those except for any pages that might belong to you. I'm not sure you would even be able to edit other users' .js pages anyway. It may look like those requests have been waiting for a few years, but in fact they just showed up in the last week or so. --Auntof6 (talk) 19:16, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Yeah I think its cause we had a broken template and my update of our code likely triggered them to finally show up. In most cases it will take an admin to fix, but some might be able to be edited. -DJSasso (talk) 19:21, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

ok then. i can live with no AWB.Artix Kreiger (talk) 00:23, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Clarkcj12

I do have AWB access on en.wiki. I am requesting it on here, to be able to quickly add navboxes to Communes of France as such most of them do not have their template on them. By doing this it would make it easier and quicker to do. --Clarkcj12 (talk) 01:01, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Ricky81682

I'd like to request the use of AutoWikiBrowser for additional categorization work. For example, something like adding categories like a new state at Category:Establishments in the United States by decade or Category:Establishments in the United States by year is a fairly automated process. Or something like a quick check of whether all the pages and subpages under Category:Sports in France has a category along the lines of Category:Establishments in France. I used to have AWB authority at English but I admit that was removed when I was blocked there. Thanks! -- Ricky81682 (talk) 06:10, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

AWB access for Operator873

I'd like to request AWB access to address the issues in Category:Pages using deprecated image syntax. I have utilized the beta-cluster to get a Find/Replace function worked out to remove [[File: along with any parameters (ex |thumb|right|left|pixelsize|misc caption|etc) following the file name of an image which is inside a template, but leave other files alone. Through trial and error, I found these steps correct the depreciated syntax error. There are 1,523 articles in this category and AWB would make this much easier. Operator873^talkconnect 06:07, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

 Done - Also an additional note here, our infoboxes are not consistent in terms of how they handle images in their parameters, so be sure to check your changes from time to time. Chenzw  Talk  07:31, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Task complete. There are a few articles remaining in the Category that I will have to correct manually. AWB accesses no longer required. Operator873^talkconnect 19:23, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

AWB access for Template:Infobox person corrections

I'm requesting AWB access to correct deprecated parameters in articles containing the {{Infobox person}} template. I will be starting with the alma_mater param which should be corrected to education. I recently requested a new copy of the template be imported (which Auntof6 accomplished) to ensure corrections are up-to-date. I have set up a find/replace for those changes only. I'm not requesting flood flag as I'll allow AWB to correct misc things while running on the 1,481 articles which need corrections. Operator873^talkconnect 02:17, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

 Done @Operator873: Note that if you don't use the flood flag, you need to limit your changes to about 100 at a time. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:28, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

@Auntof6: Caveat noted. Thank you! Operator873^talkconnect 01:30, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

AWB access for 1997kB

Hey, I am requesting AWB access to fix lint errors. See my recent contribs. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 16:43, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

I was looking over your recent changes to get an idea what you were wanting to use AWB for and it seems like a decent task to use with AWB. However, these changes may be difficult to accomplish automatically. I'll approve the request and work with you on IRC to fine tune your adjustments. Operator873^talkconnect 03:51, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

@1997kB: I forgot to add, please leave a message here when you're done with the tool. Thanks Operator873^talkconnect 04:04, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

@Operator873: I'm done for now. You can remove it. Thanks! ‐‐1997kB (talk) 12:22, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

 Done Thanks 1997kB Operator873^talkconnect 14:21, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

AWB access for dump analysis

Per my message on Operator873's talk page, I'm planning on analysing the success rate of the automated API calls I made to reFill when using the flood flag, however to do so efficiently (using RegEx to compare the XML dump to the current diff), I need to be on the AWB CheckPage for simple. I will not make any edits using AutoWikiBrowser and this is needed probably for only 24 hours (I may re-request it upon the next dump release when I plan to request +flood again to finish off the rest of the bare URLs). SITH (talk) 13:35, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

@StraussInTheHouse: Ok I will add you to the list until tomorrow or whenever I remember to remove it this week. Otherwise you can also let me know when you are done. -DJSasso (talk) 15:34, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Removed now. Let me know if you need it again. -DJSasso (talk) 16:29, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

AWB access for DannyS712

Hi. I'd like to be able to use AWB for repetitive changes; I was planning to create {{Illinois-geo-stub}} as a more specific stub type for {{US-geo-stub}}, and want to be able to migrate pages using AWB. I have access on enwiki, and am familiar with the software. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 17:15, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

We purposefully have very few stub tags. I'm not sure if there's consensus to create this one. Vermont (talk) 19:18, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

@Vermont: There are almost 600 illinois pages that are tagged as US geo stubs, and in total the US geo stub category has over 9,000 pages. I can understand not wanting too many stub types, but 9000 is just too many to be manageable --DannyS712 (talk) 19:38, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Hm, 600 may be enough. Auntof6, any comment on this? Vermont (talk) 19:42, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

@Vermont and DannyS712: We usually want at least 1000, a commitment to actively work on expanding the stubs in the new stub type right away, and general agreement (consensus) to create the new type. My personal thoughts are 1) the person wanting the new type could show their commitment by sufficiently expanding a significant number of the articles in question and 2) it doesn't really require a dedicated stub type to work on stubs. In any case, the new type should be requested at Wikipedia talk:Simple Stub Project.

As far as creating a new type because 9000 in a category is too many to be manageable, we don't create new stub types just to reduce the number in a category. However, make the request on the page I linked above and see what others think. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:52, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

I agree to follow the rules for creating new tags. Given that there are over 4400 articles with just the plain {{stub}} tag, I’d like to be able to use AWB for sorting stubs. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 23:15, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

@DannyS712: Actually, in the past, stub sorting like that has been discouraged. If you want to expand stubs, you could make your own list of the articles in question and work from that. --Auntof6 (talk) 04:31, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

I’m sorry, stub sorting is discouraged? —DannyS712 (talk) 04:49, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

@DannyS712: As a stand-alone effort it has been, yes. I do it when I'm making other changes to stub articles, but not just for the sake of doing the sorting. Don't feel bad, though. Many people with good intentions have been asked to stop sorting stubs. Remember, this wiki doesn't do things the same way as enwiki, and stub management is an area where we're quite different. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:04, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

 Not done Stub sorting is a task we discourage, and the specific stub type in question has not been approved. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:04, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

@Auntof6: where is the appropriate place to discuss not discouraging stub sorting anymore - even if it isn’t for the creation of new stub templates, it should be (in my opinion) okay to use the ones we currently have DannyS712 (talk) 05:18, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

@DannyS712: Probably the page I linked above. It has some previous discussions on the topic. It just usually ends up being a lot of changes with little real value for the project. Now, since this page is about AWB and not stubs, please take this discussion elsewhere if you want to continue it. --Auntof6 (talk) 07:24, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

AWB access for Hiàn

Hi there. I'm planning on using AWB to deal with the cite errors in Category:CS1 errors: explicit use of et al. (~625 pages in total). The fix is mostly simple (et al to |display-authors = etal) and you can find some recent examples in my contributions. As for flooding, I intend on requesting a flag from a sysop via IRC before beginning the batch. I'll note I'm new to the software but I plan on taking things slowly and I'll probably have someone more experienced on hand to help out if anything goes wrong. Hiàn (talk) 04:06, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

We can definitely give you access for this task. You will need to be careful, as most of what is left will require careful consideration of what is being replaced as you might get some false positives. -DJSasso (talk) 16:44, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks DJSasso, will do. Hiàn (talk) 18:24, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

The job is mostly complete and it should be fine to remove my name now. Hiàn (talk) 00:19, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Removed per request Operator873^talkconnect 00:33, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

AWB access for Path slopu

Hi greetings, I'd like to use AWB in Simple English Wikipedia for doing some repetitive tasks such as adding templates (navboxes), error fixing, adding categories, creating missing articles, etc. I have AWB access in English Wikipedia and using in some other wikis also and know the guidelines for using. Thank you.--Path slopu ^(Talk) 04:40, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

I don't think we'd want it used for adding categories, creating articles, or whatever you're including in "etc." --Auntof6 (talk) 05:33, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@Auntof6:Hi greetings, I meant that I'd like to use it for creating missing articles (large number) on different topics such as highly populated settlements in India (only an example). I am withdrawing adding categories from my request due to the needless of AWB for that in this wiki. I also like to use it for typo fixing. Thank you.--Path slopu ^(Talk) 05:52, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

We don't allow semi-automated page/content creation here because we have had issues with it in the past. One of the areas that was at issue was the creation of populated settlements. So much so that there is a fairly strong contingent of editors that still want to go back and delete them all even though the pages have been around for about a decade now. Others like pages about asteroids and rivers that were created semi-automated have since been deleted which has amounted to many thousands of articles. -DJSasso (talk) 11:05, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@Djsasso and Auntof6:Hi greetings, I agree with your statements. I will not use AWB for any kind of automated page/content creation (that means new articles). I can use it for fixing typos, adding templates, etc. Thank you.--Path slopu ^(Talk) 12:41, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

I think you misunderstand what we have tried to tell you. We don't give it out just to use it. You have to have a specific project to use it on. For example you are going to add X template on these 200 articles. At which point when you are done we remove it. We do not allow it for fixing typos etc. We treat AWB much differently here than on English Wikipedia. -DJSasso (talk) 15:16, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

@Djsasso: Hi greetings, I agree with you. I have misunderstood some of the points you said. I'd like to use JWB (not AWB, due to some technical reasons) for doing following tasks..

• Adding reference section with {{reflist}} in articles lacking it.

No. of articles: No specific number (as much as possible). I'd like to do category wise for convenience.

• Adding navboxes in the bottom of articles.

eg: {{Arizona}} in Arizona related article (it's only an example) No. of articles: No. of articles come under that particular topic (here "Arizona")

Hope you understand it. I have a humble request also. Please add some necessary information about policies and guidelines prevail in simplewiki along with the link to enwiki in WP:AWB. It will be a great help for users seeking local guidelines. Thank you.--Path slopu ^(Talk) 07:14, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Right I understand what you are saying, but I am not sure you understand what I am saying. You have to tell us the exact template you are planning to add, how many pages you needed it to be added on so that we can judge if it is worth granting AWB for, for example if its only 20 pages then there is no point to AWB, if it id 500 pages then we might want to figure out if that template should actually be added to 500 pages etc. We do not do semi-automated editing in the amount that other wikis do because we do not want our recent changes flooded by fast edits from AWB. Essentially most things like adding a template to pages we would typically ask that you do it manually unless there was a very large amount that needed to be added. At which point an admin would have to watch your changes because you would need to be given a flood flag as well, which requires that the granting admin check your changes to make sure you didn't do something you were not approved to do while you had the flood flag. So to sum it up, we don't just give AWB for you to have access to it, we only grant it for specific short term projects and only then when its necessary. -DJSasso (talk) 21:21, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi greetings, I agree with you. Thank you very much for the valuable advices. I've some tasks which I would like to do.

Task 1: Add reference section in articles lacking it. Code to be added: == References ==
{{reflist}}

• No. of articles: around 5000 (I have a set of pages need it)
• It may take some days. But I will try to do as soon as possible.
• During this, I'd also like to replace External links with Other websites and See also with Related pages, if needed.

I would like to do this task in future also. When I need this in future I shall ask here for AWB access. Regards. --Path slopu ^(Talk) 14:43, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Alright I will grant access. Try to spread out your working through the list, for example do 100 then a couple hours later do another 100. Don't do all 5000 at once unless you get an admin to temporarily grant you the flood flag. Let us know here when you are done. -DJSasso (talk)

@Djsasso:Thank you very much for giving AWB permission. I agree with you. Should I ask for flood flag here for editing more than 100 pages at a time? Thank you.--Path slopu ^(Talk) 15:09, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Yep there would probably be the easiest way to make sure someone saw it. -DJSasso (talk) 16:04, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

@Djsasso: I have added a request in WP:AN. Thank you.--Path slopu ^(Talk) 16:39, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Note: I have removed this user's AWB access, because I found several instances where they added reference sections to articles that have no references. I have asked the user to undo those changes before getting AWB access again. --Auntof6 (talk) 06:27, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

I meant to go and talk to them about that yesterday when I noticed but I got called away from the computer and didn't make it back again until now so I support the move. -DJSasso (talk) 11:02, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

@Djsasso and Auntof6:Please see the discussions in my talk page and WP:AN. I don't need AWB access for now, I shall ask here when I need this. At that time I will try to work with least errors. Thank you.--Path slopu ^(Talk) 13:09, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Chris Aziz

Thanks for your help Chris Aziz (talk) 02:04, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Requesting AWB access for Interstellarity

I plan on using AWB to clean up red links in articles. I have AWB rights on the English Wikipedia so I am familiar with usage of the tool. Interstellarity (talk) 20:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

@Interstellarity: Please be more specific about what you mean by "clean up red links". --Auntof6 (talk) 04:22, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

@Auntof6: I didn't receive the ping for some reason. Here is an example of what I would do with the tool: In the article, Oklahoma, there are red links in the infobox. To clean up those red links, I would change them from this: Greater Oklahoma City, to this: Greater Oklahoma City. Hope this helps. Interstellarity (talk) 20:25, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done @Interstellarity: That is not something we want done, either AWB or otherwise. On this Wikipedia, we don't unlink red links, because having them red helps us see what articles we are missing. If you have been doing that manually, please stop. In addition, I see one place where you unlinked a piped link, but didn't remove the pipe and display text. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:33, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

@Auntof6: I apologize for removing the red links. I will stop doing that. Interstellarity (talk) 22:35, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

@Interstellarity: Not a huge deal: it's one of the things people often don't realize are different here. In case you haven't seen it, here is a list I keep of things that are different here: User:Auntof6/simplediffs. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:38, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

@Auntof6: Thanks. I will definitely check that out. Interstellarity (talk) 22:42, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

AWB access for SithJarJar666

(Yes, I realize that this request is highly unusual, but please, bear with me.) I am requesting AWB access so I can use the WP:JWB script to fix typos and clean up pages. I have done so on test2 Wikipedia, and I wish to be added to the CheckPage here. (Yes, I know I have a spotty history to say the least, but I give you guys permission to indef me if I make the slightest mistake. I just want to help, because I’m tired of being a vandal, and want to help in any way I can. This is one of those ways. And before you protest that I’m not experienced enough, remember I’ve been editing en.wp since 2017, racking up thousands of edits.) Regards, --sithjarjar666 ^{(my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile)} 18:36, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

(I would also use the script to change “see also” to “related pages”, giving User:Auntof6 time to do other things.) --sithjarjar666 ^{(my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile)} 18:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

We don't allow AWB/JWB to be used to fix typos. The other we could probably do but I will let another admin decide if they wanted to temporarily let you use AWB for the related pages. -Djsasso (talk) 18:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

@Djsasso: If AWB isn;t allowed to fix typos, then why does this page exist? Wouldn’t it be sorta pointless? Also, I’m fine with my AWB access being temporary if I get it; I’d just be happy if I get it at all. --sithjarjar666 ^{(my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile)} 19:22, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

It can fix typos but we don't allow a user to use it for that purpose. In other words it can fix typos while you are doing other things to a page. But you can't edit a page with it just to fix a typo. -Djsasso (talk) 19:23, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

@Djsasso: That makes sense. --sithjarjar666 ^{(my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile)} 19:41, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

See also https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Requesting_flood_flag_again 162.248.93.173 (talk) 18:43, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Don't concern yourself with freeing up my time. Also, please note that with these specific changes (changes to use "Related pages" and "Other websites"), they cannot be completely automated. Each one needs to be verified. That's because any given heading, such as "See also", has been used both for local links and for external links. Sometimes, local and external links are even in the same section and need to be separated. You have to make sure how each the heading is used before you know what to change it to. --Auntof6 (talk) 00:08, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

@Auntof6: That’s why I’d check each one before hitting the save button. You can do that, right? --sithjarjar666 ^{(my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile)} 14:49, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

It was already taken care of yesterday so there probably no longer is a need for it. -Djsasso (talk) 15:56, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

@Djsasso: For now, yes. However, they will just keep popping back up—its not like it’s a one-time thing. And when they do pop up, I want a slightly easier method than doing it manually. And yes, I am offering to monitor those so you admins can do... whatever it is admins do over here in their spare time. I’m not much of an article writer. I do maintenance stuff and clean up vandalism mostly, and there’s barely any vandalism to clean up over here... --sithjarjar666 ^{(my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile)} 18:11, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

I think that is where you are confusing what we allow AWB to be used for. We typically only give AWB out for a short term one time use. We don't grant access on a permanent basis to just do things that may pop up here and there. -Djsasso (talk) 18:19, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

@Djsasso: Yeah, that makes sense. It’s not like that on en.wp though, which is what kinda threw me off... --sithjarjar666 ^{(my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile)} 18:22, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Yeah we don't treat it like they do on en.wiki because we don't want our recent changes flooded by people doing changes with AWB making us miss vandalism. In the past we also had people use it to do thousands of edits that were all edits the community wouldn't have approved of if they hadn't been done so fast so it took a lot of work to revert it all or we had to decide to live with it in some cases. So in general we don't give it out much unless we have an exact idea of what kinds of changes are going to be made and how many pages it applies to etc and even then its often just to long term editors. -Djsasso (talk) 18:25, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

That makes sense --sithjarjar666 ^{(my contribs | talk to me | email me | see my enwiki profile)} 18:27, 25 June 2020 (UTC)