For all users experiencing annoying though non-fatal "Internet Explorer Script Error" messages, I regret to inform you that I have yet to find an absolute cure for this problem. I originally hypothesized that it was a component installation problem; however, after multiple rendentions of setup files on several machines experiencing this problem, I have concluded that the problem does not result from the actions of my program, but rather from the incorrect rendering of Wikipedia pages by Javascript engines. When navigating Wikipedia (and likely other java-enabled sites as well) in Internet Explorer, you may notice a small exclamation point icon on the status bar and/or the text "Error on page." This is the subtle and non-intrusive way that IE handles non-fatal JS exceptions, by supressing them to the toolbar, yet the browser control incorporated into VandalProof often handles the errors by displaying an annoying message with confusing and misleading text. As I cannot modify the.ocx distributed by Microsoft, I cannot change the way that the browser control deals with Javascript errors.
Now for all the users asking, "I thought this section was titled Temporary Fix for Javascript Error Messages," I have indeed found a highly unorthodoxed way to fix this problem. I have created a very simple Windows API application that can run in the background while VandalProof is running that, upon identifying IE script error messages, will close the warnings immediately. While the background application is running, you may see a slight flicker on the screen and perhaps hear a beep (though this hasn't been the case on the machines where I've tested it), but the messages will no longer impair your ability to use VandalProof.
If you are having Javascript error messages, please download and save the file CloseScriptErr.exe (also available here and here) to the same directory as VandalProof. Whenever you want to run VandalProof warning-free, simply run the CloseScriptErr executable, and then run VandalProof. Only close the dialog it loads once you are done using VandalProof.
Whether or not the simple app helps you, or if you have any other, perhaps more orthodoxed, solutions to the IE script error problem, please let me know in this section. Thanks, and I hope this helps. AmiDaniel (Talk) 03:58, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, for those of you interested in the source code for this simple app, I have made it availabe at User:AmiDaniel/VP/CSE Source. And I should also give some credit to allapi.net, about the only resource for API programming, and where I learned everything I know about API. AmiDaniel (Talk) 04:52, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Good News! I've found a way to cure the JS error messages, so in the next release this problem won't exist at all (hopefully). AmiDaniel (Talk) 07:25, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I use the new IE7 beta, and i'm not getting any script errors. However, as IE7 is a beta, I advise you to take caution with it. MPN23:43, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not using IE7 beta; everything I've developed has been using IE6 and a lot of the OLE automation and techniques I'm using were developed for IE5. I'm not going to touch IE7 for at least another couple of years — Microsoft has this tendency to take simple and useful software, like word processors for example, and make them perpetually more complex and less functional with each release. Everything I've seen of IE7 has been graphics, graphics, graphics, which, as you can tell from the bland and ugly interface of VP, doesn't interest me at all (I'm probably the only person still using XP with a modified "classic" look). So, not to worry — I won't touch the IE7 beta; thus there's no reason to be afraid! Thanks for the comment though — perhaps MS did manage to fix something with their new browser. AmiDaniel (Talk) 00:20, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I only use XP on my laptop, and I've only allowed it to remain because people are always asking for help with XP boxen. All my other active machines run 2000, except 1 Red Hat. RichFarmbrough 09:22 7 May2006 (UTC).
I have an even quicker fix for this problem, delete all the contents of your monobook.js file and then slowly readd them until you find the script causing the messages. Wikipedia should only give an occasional JS error, repeated errors are caused by buggy user-scripts.--SomeStranger(t|c)01:34, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
(reset indent) I've found a fix for some of the problems causing the IE script errors. Open IE, Go to Tools > Internet Options, 'Advanced' tab, and click 'Restore Defaults'. This may not always work, depending on the issue causing the script errors, but it works for me. --Draicone(talk)08:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to report that that didn't work. I was going to suggest using the window.onerror property in monobook.js to disable script error dialogs, but it didn't work for me when I tested it. Supposedly, setting window.onerror to a function that returns true would disable the script popups, but I didn't see that happen. I only get one script error per page load, actually. — Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 06:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I had problems with the script errors with IE6. I found that the problem was with the Twinkle monobook.js scripts that I had installed. I deleted those scripts and flushed the cache on Internet Explorer and the problem disappeared. Warfieldian15:43, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Umm...I did read the known bugs, and that one's not listed. If you guys are going to hound me for not reporting bugs, then hound me when I do...what am I to do?-- Zpb5206:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Woa, calm down; nobody's hounding you. This is a bug that existed in v1.0 (thus why mboverload suggested it was a known bug), but that I believed I had fixed in the current version; however, it seems to still be occurring. Just a thought: Did you maybe load the user's talk page before WP:AIV finished loading? In the past what happened was that AIV would load and then go straight back to the user's talk page, but I believe that has been fixed. I'm just briefly dropping by right now and will likely be unavailable until late tomorrow, but I'll look into it a bit more once I get the chance. Thanks for reporting the bug! AmiDaniel ( talk) 06:14, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No, I let VP run its course on this. I didn't click anything else until I saw it had stopped working on its own. As a matter of fact, if you'll look at the edit, you'll see it happened again when I tried to report the user again. -- Zpb5215:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
NOTE: This appears to be a feature request and not a bug! —— Eagle (ask me for help) 21:31, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
When you report a user to AIV, it does not provide an edit summary. Not a huge issue but it would be nice if that could be fixed. —Mets501talk02:02, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Also, adding to that; It would be nice if it also supported {{IPvandal|ip}} for adding ip adresses. (adds an whois link to the report). Clq18:15, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I was going to implement the IPVandal template but wasn't sure if that had become a permanent addition yet. As for not leaving edit summaries, the dummy that I am, the report to AIV function is still piggy-backing on top of Lupin's popups to leave the edit summary for that one. You can fix it by adding {{subst:navpop}} to your monobook.js file and doing a hard refresh, or you can wait until the next release where I really have made it independent of popups (as I claimed I did with this release). My apologies. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:23, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I placed a deletion for the article Driwash, which is now deleted, using the {{db-reason|commercial advert}} tag. I was surprised to see that I wasn't auto-clicked to the correct display (nor did it show in my contribs). My next edit went through and the warning for User_talk:24.74.0.217 showed the {{db-reason|commercial advert}} that was added from the prior edit (the speedy deletion). I removed that tag and placed comments within that user talk page regarding the suspected bug.
Obviously I'm using VP 1.2.1 as 1.2 doesn't work. The update every setting was at 10 seconds (this sometimes makes menu drop-downs hard to use as each refresh blows away the drop-down menu). Hope this helps. --Geneb1955Talk/CVU06:30, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
VP seems to have problems with adding db tags when you view the first edit to the page. I'm not sure why, but it does, and I'm working on fixing it. When it does that the next time, just click on the article tab and hit it again. AmiDaniel (talk) 03:04, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If i press Navigate back (ctrl+b) several times, so that it tries to go back further then to the first page, Vandal proof will display an error message and shut down.
You might consider changing it to doing nothing.
Anka.21310:23, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Confirm, this actually does happen. AmiDaniel, I would sugest putting pending butten clicks on a stack, as to make sure that all clicks are accounted for. If this is too much work, than just make the program ignore multiple rapid clicks as suggested above.Eagletalk02:58, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Look at this edit. Notice how the equal signs do not create a new heading, but rather show up as two sets of back-to-back equal signs. On the next edit, I pressed enter between the equal sign and the HTML paragraph break, and the wiki heading showed up. Any idea why this happened? It's happening to me every time I use the {{summary}} editing hint. --Zpb5206:55, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for taking so long to respond; I've been quite baffled by this one and so have tried to find the source. Apparently the devs must have made some changes to the way the Wiki Mark-up is being rendered--previously the "==Headline Text== Body Text" construction would work just fine, but now it seems to require:
==Headline Text==
Body text
I've noticed that User:VoABot has had similar problems with this as well. I know how to fix it on my end, but it's really getting frustrating how frequently changes are being made to the MediaWiki software without anyone being told... AmiDaniel (talk) 00:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is effecting me EACH TIME with the subst:preview tip. I have to manually go back and edit it to add an enter. Really embarrassing when you have to fix an edit when you're telling someone to use the preview button so they won't have to fix their edits. --mboverload@09:30, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please see this diff [2] and the history [3] -- it appears Marysunshine reverted to the last version by Sampi, but in fact, that is not what happened. -- Stbalbach19:25, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm absolutley baffled. I have no idea what happened here. My one guess would be that Marysunshine might have some strange cookie settings whereby it loaded the edit page from cache rather than actualizing it, but it seems quite strange to me. Thanks for pointing this out. AmiDaniel (talk) 00:30, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note the edit times are exactly the same -- it' possibly an error with MediaWiki when two edits arrived at the same time. If that's the case it should be replicable (I don't run VP or I would try it). -- Stbalbach17:32, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting, I just came here and saw my own problem already noted! I'm having a few issues with VP at present; such as the above, a lot of error messages when I try to use the "rollback" buttons to leave warnings, etc. The only advice I can offer is that I'm running IE 6.0.2800.1106 (which is old, I think -- I use Mozilla usually...), so maybe it's just a browser issue on my end. I'll update and comment in more detail if the problems persist. --Marysunshine19:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to try clearing out your tifs and cookies, which may be corrupt and causing a lot of your problems. Open up an instance of Internet Explorer, go to Tools / Internet Options, and click both "Delete Cookies" and "Delete Files." AmiDaniel (talk) 21:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When updating my stats page I started getting the error "User error '438': object doesn't support this property or method. The crash does not seem to occur when updating other lists. --Phoenix Hacker23:00, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This sounds like the kind of error you would get editing a protected page, but your stats page is not protected. Let me look over that function again and see if I can replicate the bug. AmiDaniel (talk) 21:03, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There was some change in the MediaWiki software that doesn't let titles render on the same line as text. AmiDaniel said he's going to try and find a workaround for the next release. —Mets501 (talk)17:27, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When you use the custom rollback and try to rollback an edit where the user also had the edit before it, it just stops and doesn't do anything. Always effects the Rollback (Custom) button. --mboverload@09:32, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just letting you know that in the updated MediaWiki software titles on the same line as other text are not rendering as titles. You should probably work out a workaround for this. Also, the {{anon}} template already has a title in it, so you don't need to add another header to that. —Mets501 (talk)20:47, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When approving two users, and welcoming them, the edits are made to the talkpages but the progress bar hangs so I have to close the window manually. However, if I do one user, three or four, it changes over to Done once they've been posted. This has been occuring for ages, but since it is so trivial to work around it, I didn't bother reporting. Also, when I rejected a user, I got User:, in my summary instead of the username - go see this diff. Thanks. —Xyrael/ 17:55, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Every now and then, I get logged out. It may be related to hibernating the PC, not sure. I won't notice unless I go and click any article I already had in my watchlist update list, and then in the top I see that I am my IP address. I assume it is MSIE "under the hood" with the problem. However, when logged out, the "Update List" button acts as if it worked, but really does nothing. I think VP should notice that the watchlist doesn't come back with my username in it anymore, and notify me in some way it is not working. here is an example.
As an aside, I see the comment changed to "...using VP" - why not VPRF since that is the 'official' shortcut?
Yes, but it does update the recent changes. By the way, I think it's a php session timeout problem and this could be fixed by having the VP software send some sort of NULL command every 5 mins or so. --Zoz(t)12:42, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The Update Log feature is not working for me. I can open the update window, I can even press the update stats and update log buttons, and after about 5 seconds a little window pops up saying 'Log Updated'. But when I got to User:Tobes00/VandalismStats or User:Tobes00/VandalismLog it says I have only reverted 5 counts of vandalism. This is because I orginally updated them after I had been using it for a while, but since that original update it appears to be broken. Enhance Recent Changes is off so that isn't the problem. And the .txt files in my VP directory all say that I have reverted 143 counts of vandalism, even the VandalismLog.txt file has 143 entries. My main browser is Firefox, but I have IE7, my operating system is Windows Vista Beta 2. If you need any more info just ask. Tobes(talk)11:53, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When I click on the button to update my VandalismLog file, it says it's updated, but the file doesn't actually change. The VandalismStats file does get updated when I do that button. Rlevse02:14, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
AmiDaniel is the only one with access to the source code, and would be the only one who could answer this. Unfortunatly, he is currently on break, so you may have to wait a while. :-( Sorry! Prodegotalk23:48, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The only work around I found is to copy the text from the file on your hard drive into your wiki VandalismLog. What upsets me the most is that more and more we don't even get a response to our bug reports, we are just left dangling.Rlevse18:08, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have twice done a rollback only to find the system flash up that I was editing a prior version. Each case was due to having another editor spot and roll back the same edit as I, virtually at the same time. Is it not possible to have the system spot the revert message from the first rollback and abort the second, until visual confirmation confirms the edit needs to be reverted? This will save some embarrassing cleaning up of each others talk pages. Richard Harvey18:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When I try to "Notify Contributors" under "User Tools", the user list is empty; after I click "Notify Contributors", nobody is listed under the "Users" section of the new popup window. -- King of♥♦♣♠21:58, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: This problem is also occurring for me. It has never worked on either system I'm using (I have VP installed on two). In both cases, I installed 1.22, then upgraded to 1.3 - is that part of the problem? SkerHawx11:10, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I was trying to tag the article Cavanagh Farrell with {{db-repost}} which was a recreated redirect. After clicking back from the target article to get back to Cavanagh Farrell, I tagged the article using VP and it tagged Cavanagh Farrell&redirect=no instead. Can VP ignore this text? Thanks for the great program, mattbr3007:44, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Let me preface this (as I do with everything I post on this page), by saying that VP is awesome. I have over 1100 vandalism reverts with this version alone.
I've been having tons of trouble with reporting people to WP:AIV. I saw this bug referenced above, but it's still sort of a problem. Today I even accidentally reported myself, which was a little bit embarrassing. I've found that if I activate the report to AIV warning from any page other than a user's contribs, it will probably end up on his userpage, not the AIV page. AIV warnings are also posting without an edit summary.
I've also had a lot of trouble with the welcome anonymous user function. Check out this. That's exactly how all of my anon welcomes have appeared since 1.2. I would change the template, but it's locked to anyone but admins.
The following were checked with 1.2.2 open alongside as a comparision:
When displaying last edit of a page 1.3 seems to show the editor on the left in the colored bar above rather than the right. This means if he/she is an admin VP wont revert
Rollback all function is always greyed out
For some reason my watchlist takes aggggeeesss' to load
When using RSS Feed for Recent Changes often the same edits are listed repeatedly causing a significant lag behind realtime edits
When you're viewing a diff, or when you're viewing an RC item? And there's nothing prohibiting reverting admins that I'm aware of. I find this bug quite odd, and I think I must be misunderstanding something.
I reworked Rollback All to use bot rollback, which is available to admins only, and there were many concerns raised about the risk of making Rollback All available to non-admins. However, after some discussion with User:ShaunES, I've agreed to put the non-admin rollback all back in in the actual 1.3 release.
Maybe because you have a lot of items on your watchlist? =P Let me take a look at it, and see if I may have screwed something up.
Yes, I'm aware, and I'm not sure how to fix it. The RSS feed has a lot of problems with browser caching, whereby it sometimes will need to be loaded twice before it is actually up to date. Typically as long as you engage in other activity, i.e. looking at and reviewing edits in between loads, it will clear your cache such that the feed will be loaded real-time. I've been trying to find a way to fix this, but have had no luck, which is much the reason that the 1.3 release has been so delayed.
Yes when viewing an edit from the RC list, if an admin was the 2nd to last editor, their name would be listed on top and buttons grey out when that occurs. However I will try this on another PC as you know probs I've had...
That explains it :) Can I have a beta with the function restored?? ;)
Yes but 1.2.2 loads it NP
Righto - sorry to hear. How does the AWB and VF do it?
When warning a user, if their talk page is already open (for editing) then VP actually creates another page with the &action=edit on the end (eg [[User talk:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx&action=edit]])
I do not know but I assume the above may occur when tagging open articles for speedy delete also.
(header formerly 'VP fails to log me in')
When loading VP, while logged in under IE6 and it appearing so in the top right hand corner, I am taken to a page which temporarily has: $$LOGINMESSAGE$$ DONOTALLOW V1_0_0. I have my VP clearance, I am logged in correctly, it does the same when logged in under another account that does not have VP clearance (User:DraiconeBot, I happened to be logged in with it under IE to test AWB) yet it fails the identity check. Is there a workaround, a previous fix that I've missed or something? --Draicone(talk)08:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Somehow, by clicking places and logging out/in again, I've got into VP. However, now my RC Feed refuses to load. I have the latest version of VP, I've managed to test it by rv'ing an edit I found under Lupin's Anti Vandal tool and everything is fine, yet my RC feed in the left pane is always blank, even if i set it to auto update or update it manually. Any suggestions? --Draicone(talk)08:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I can't login at all even though I'm logged in and have VandalProof clearance. I have tryed on 3 computers (Windows Vista, Windows XP Home and XP Pro) since i thought it maybe something to do with my computer.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Robertmyers (talk • contribs)
Similar to the "Custom rollback can't go back" reports above, with 1.3, when I hit "rollback" (regular rollback) when an editor has made 2 or more edits in a row, I first get the normal "the previous edit was by the same user..." prompt. Upon hitting "yes" I hear a couple "IE clicks" like it's changing page, but nothing happens - I'm still left looking at the current edit compared to the edit immediately preceding (same user). --AbsolutDan(talk)04:25, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am having the same issue. I have worked around it by navigating manually back using the "older edit" link, until I get to the one I want. Then it will let me do the rollback. --Brian G (Talk) 23:46, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When I warn a user the links don't come out correctly. I have to manually make a second edit to fix the links. here is an example. linkSirGrant21:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Mine was set to 20 when I first installed it, and 18 items would appear in the recent changes list. I changed it to 22, and then 22 were indeed appearing. I changed it back to 20, and 18 are now listed. I changed it to 10, and 7 appear. So, it sort-of works. Keesiewonder17:04, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The times between RSS feed loads seem to be too short. Usually the same set of diffs loads twice before the next set of diffs appear. This is in 1.3, btw. alphaChimplaudare13:29, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi - I had the same problem until about 15 minutes ago! I've solved it by running it as administrator in Windows Vista (if that's what you're using). Hope this helps. Martinp2308:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I get this too, under XPSP2. Haven't found a solution yet. I only run VP from an admin acct, so this workaround wouldn't work in my case. --Rrburke13:56, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Me as well. I started using VP1.3 this morning, and after an extended period of time I got the run-time 91 error. I simply re-opened the app and started again. It occurred more and more frequently, and now VP isn't usable for more than 2 minutes. I've hard cleared my monobook.js in both IE and FF. I've cleared up some gunk in it; it currently has LastDif/AddTab, interiot's tool2, picture popups and nav popups. Problem still persists. JoeSmackTalk(p-review!) 20:43, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I just tried it with only Zocky/Lupin's popups in my monobook, hardcleared and still get the crash. It happens btw when the app is checking for previous templates/tags from a user/ip. JoeSmackTalk(p-review!) 23:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Question: Problems with the edit summary editing hint
Hi, I've been off for a while. I'm still off, but I thought I'd prepare for when I'm on: VandalProof crashes on start-up. I've downloaded version 1.22, but it still crashes. Any thoughts? P.S. I know it says "see persistent crash on start-up", but since it crashes on start-up, I can't follow the link... --Chodorkovskiy(talk)17:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I have to turn off my anti-virus software to get VP to work, I'm using Norton Internet Security 2005, is there a bug in the software? --Katieh558420:46, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I attempted a revert to the article for C++ here[5] yet somehow it moved the text that was supposed to go into C++ to the article C here[6] resulting in a complete messup of the article. Sorry if it was a user error on my part but it seems like it could be a bug. Canadian-Bacon(contribs)05:15, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Several months ago, I was having trouble with VandalProof not recognizing me as an authorized user. I had been using the Classic skin, and VandalProof promptly worked today when I switched to MonoBook. Could you please make VandalProof compatible with non-Monobook skins? Thanks. --Ixfd6408:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've tried resolve this bug by clearing my cookies and monobook.js, but VP freezes everytime I start it. I'm running it on an old 700 MHZ Celeron on Windows XP is it helps. -- Selmo(talk)21:28, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Vandalproof seems to be stuck at 12:12pm (gmt) - if I click "update list" or "recent changes" - it just brings up the same entries over and over again. Suggestions? --Charlesknight22:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Whenever I login, my login request keeps failing and it says so on top. I am logged in to Wikipedia and VP through the browser, and I am definitely on the "Approved" list of users. Any way I can stop the login request from failing? I am entering the right username, and I have Version 1.2.2 of VP. Thanks. Thistheman17:47, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am having the same problem. It's only a recent occurrence, so maybe it might be a "bug", even if restarting clears it up. To clarify the problem: VP opens and announces that the login request failed. This is common. Then when logging in within the VP browser, it confirms successful login, but the page changes to report login failed. I also was able to login after restart. PrometheusX30317:25, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When I try to open VP 1.2.2 I am asked to enter my username and when I enter it, I get the error message "Run-time error '55': File already open". When I click OK or the X button, VandalProof 1.1 shows up. (I am logged on to Wikipedia) Can you help me? -- FrostytheSnowman'sup?20:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It appears that there may be a problem with things that may result in a warning message being left on an inadvertent user’s page. I wanted to post a {{bv}} on a new user page due to some redirect vandalism. The talk page had not yet been created. I tried to post the warning on the talk page using the menu option (User tools --> Warn --> blatantvandal). When I did this, it posted the warning on another user's page. Obviously I reverted myself quickly and left an apology message. It turned out that the other user was an admin who had issued a block against the user just before I tried to issue the warning. Could this have caused the error? --After Midnight000110:34, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for experimenting with the page "Weird Al" Yankovic on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: "Weird_Al"_Yankovic&diff=next&oldid=77548958 link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Andeh 16:02, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm was guessing it was the bad article name with the " " in it. But was unable to reproduce the bug in pages in my user space.[7]. Possibly the bug can only be reproduced in the article space. Please look into it. Thanks.--Andeh16:08, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to use VandalProof to add {{prod}} to Musso & Frank's Grill, but the tag got added to Musso instead. I have no idea how this happened. I think it has something to do with the & in the article name - the program may be misreading it as the beginning of a tag. --Coredesattalk!06:09, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently, when reverting vandalism to an article with a "+" in the title, this tool pastes the old version back at the wrong title, as if the plus were a space. See this edit from C (the letter C):
Now neither 137.122.201.76 nor Swalot had edited the C article, but they had edited the C++ article [9] (To make things more confusing, 137.122.201.76 reverted his own edit). A couple things to note:
Once the program has started and the Welcome to VandalProof page loaded I get a message saying "Run-time error '75': Path/File access error". The program then closes. Lcarsdata (Talk) 18:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yup, I just brought this up recently: we addressed it above at User_talk:AmiDaniel/VP/Bugs#Windows_User_Permissions. The user must have full Windows priveledges (sp?), even if the program is placed into a read/write ready folder (e.g,. c:\windows\temp, where I've run other programs). I suspect that the program tries to write a file in a directory somewhere that we don't have access to. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs)17:49, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm using VP 1.3, and whenever I try and do a custom rollback with a custom edit summary, VP just leaves the default edit summary no matter what I type in the edit summary box. Leuko00:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not so sure that this is a bug, but every now and then, a message box pops up saying "runtime '91 error occured: Object variable or with block variable not set", then the program closes. --AAA!02:58, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Anyone else suddenly not able to login? I am getting the "set user name" - "make sure you are logged in" window when I try to start up VP.(and I am definitely logged in) It started yesterday on my work PC's. Now this morning I am unable to login on any of my home computers. If anyone can lend assistance it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Anger2210:39, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm getting the same problem. In the past, it would often take two or three tries, but I haven't been able to get in at all for the last 10 hours - and I'd say at least thirty login attempts. Brian12:24, 26 October 2006 (UTC)btball[reply]
Ditto on that. This is the screen I get (click to enlarge): I get this no matter what. I am logging in exactly the same as before. I promise I'm not some n00b retard. LOL This just randomly started, and no matter what I do, it occurs. --NMChico2408:38, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there -- just downloaded VP and am having some trouble. For some reason "Recent Changes" won't load at all. My watchlist is fine, and none of my tabs are greyed out, but when I go to Recent Changes and click update, the windows on the left remain empty. Also, when I go to file --> RC Preferences I get runtime error 9, "subscipt out of range. I'm running 1.3 with IE 6.0.2, SP2 and monobook. Am I missing something? If so, I'd appreciate any gentle nudges in the right direction. I'd really like to start using VP. -- Bailey(talk)07:08, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't seen this mentioned here but I think it's connected. When I load my watchlist, I can't open recent changes and vice versa. The only way to open them is to exit VP 1.3.1 and then restart the program. Perhaps this is an old prob. Another person I know who uses VP has the same problem, different computer. --Pigman (talk • contribs) 19:20, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Clicking either of these two buttons will sometimes open an identical tab instead of saving or previewing. It's an intermittent problem and I haven't yet found any pattern in when it happens.
Using VP 1.3, when I use rollback and a warning together, it works fine but then in the warning there is a link given to the revision, and its always broken. One example at User talk:76.19.187.48. Also when I click on a difference in recent changes, sometimes the previous edits are by the same user, VP asks if I wish to review the previous edits, I click yes and it gives me the same broken page. The watchlist and recent changes tabs in VP do not work for me. I tried VP 1.2.2 but it freezes while loading. - Tutmosis23:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The run-time error mentioned in one of the bug reports above mine has reocurred. I'm running VP 1.3 on an Administrative account and refreshed my monobook.js making sure popups was the only code in it. I deleted my temp files and cookies as well but still no success. Has this error been resolved yet?¤~Persian Poet Gal(talk) 00:37, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Edit: Sorry didn't try the RSS feed solution, I'll update the status in a sec.¤~Persian Poet Gal(talk) 00:39, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Edit2: Phew, the RSS feed was the issue, problem seems solved for now.¤~Persian Poet Gal(talk)00:41, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm getting the error too. My system is running XP Pro with admin privileges. Just installed this morning and tested briefly, and it worked ok. Now it's taking several tries before it will log me in, and it's crashing randomly after no more than a few minutes with that error message. -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs)02:57, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, in a short test, it doesn't seem to crash when the RSS feed is disabled. OTOH, it doesn't actually work when the RSS feed is disabled; the list won't update. I can fool it into working by (1) enabling RSS, (2) clicking update, (3) disabling RSS, then perusing the list and navigating to various pages. If I do much of anything while RSS is active, the program crashes fairly quickly. -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs)05:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, good catch. I have found similar results: when updating the Recent Changes list, using RSS feeds is necessary but not required when perusing/navigating the list. Turning it off for this part eliminates the crashing, albeit also limiting the functionality of RSS features like contribs at the bottom of each list item, etc. JoeSmackTalk(p-review!) 07:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Not my catch! Someone mentioned it above. In a longer test, RSS does seem to be the issue. If I leave RSS disabled most of the time, just enabling it briefly to refresh the RC list, the program works correctly. If I leave RSS enabled, the program crashes either immediately or within several minutes. -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs)07:25, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, Betacommand figured it out: make backups of your text files, but reinstall them all. VP must get choked up when then get too big. After you get some clean ones, it works again (but prolly only for a while before you need to do it again). But i have RSS features back, huzah! :) JoeSmackTalk(p-review!) 18:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, sorry. Backup all the text files. Reinstall from 1.2. Throw in the new 1.3 app and addendum text files. Move in your backed-up RCprefs and blacklist. Attack. Should work. (keep in mind you'll have to re-do this when it degrades again). JoeSmackTalk(p-review!) 18:13, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
(newindent) Heh, it's cool. Ok, take all the text files that are in the VandalProof folder, and move them to another folder named "Backup", or something of that nature. Delete everything else in the VandalProof folder (should be just an application). Re-install VandalProof just like you never had it, in a new folder. Keep in mind this includes a 'RCprefs' text file and a 'badwords' textfile. Launch VandalProof and make an edit or two. Neato. Add like one person to the 'blacklist' and another to the 'whitelist'. Everything should be a-ok. At this point, close VandalProof and open the "Backup" folder. Copy the 'RCprefs' text file to the new VandalProof folder. Open the "backup" 'whitelist' and 'blacklist' text files and copy their contents into the newly installed 'whitelist' and 'blacklist' text files. Re-launch VandalProof and it should now feel like nothing was ever different than before you got the errors!
You still do get the errors eventually, but it won't be every time you make an edit. They'll still get worse and worse, and you'll have to do this whole process again, but it gives you about a day of using VandalProof before you need to do it again. If you still have any questions, I'd be more than happy to address them; the more vandal fighters we have out there the better! :D Also, keep in mind that the IRC channel #vandalproof is a good reference for some live help. JoeSmackTalk(p-review!) 01:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've finally had the chance to operate the new update, unfortunately the bug is not fixed. However, if people follow the possible solutions above, it usually corrects the error.¤~Persian Poet Gal(talk)21:35, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Followed the steps above, still getting a crash about every two minutes. Makes using VP very frustrating, which is unfortunate, because it's a great program. I'm finding it better for my blood pressure to do it the old way though. :( Does anyone have any other ideas for me? Philippe Beaudette01:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It seems that after a four hour break from vandal hunting tonight that I returned to find that I could no longer login. My name is on the user list but when I go to login it pops up a little box that says I am not on the user list. I ventured to the IRC channel and User:wizardrydragon and User:Luna-San also attempted to login using VP1.3 and also received the same error. It seems to be their consensus that the user list has become corrupted. Any help on this would be appreciated. --Kf4bdytalkcontribs07:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is a very strange problem as of late. I recently was about to sign into VP (as I have been doing for the past week or so) and now I get the message "You are not on the user list." I have of course already recieved the message from Betacommand reflecting that I'm a VP member now, I'm scratching my head on this one. I've tried to restart my computer, sign in and out of my Wikipedia account, delete my temp files/cookies, and refresh my monobook.js. Is this just a bug on the VP admin front or is there a way I can correct this problem?
Still is a problem. I am on the Recently approved list and even adding myself to the Approved list on the other page did not help. Nibuod14:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Still is a problem. I am on the “Recently approved” list and even adding user to the “Approved” list on the other page did not help. Does any one know what is going on? The Recently approved page says this page is not active click here. Nibuod14:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, the best solution I have gathered from various responses is to just resubmit your username to the Awaiting Approval list here. They should be able to reprocess you promptly. Hopefully that should solve things.¤~Persian Poet Gal(talk)18:35, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Changing the "Set RC limit" from the default of 20 doesn't not work. 20 still come up no matter what I set it to. We need the abiltiy to change this permanently so we don't have to reset it all the time and for it to work. Rlevse18:54, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I downloaded VP 1.31, and my recent changes list doesn't work. Also, any article that has a symbol like quotes, or a letter like this é in the title can't be linked to by my watchlist. How do I fix this? Cheers, -- THLCCD00:35, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I continually get a 'too many tabs open' error - and yes, all 5 are open. The problem is that there is no way to close any of the ones not in use. Double clicking doesn't work, clearing my cache didn't work, swearing at them almost worked... Any other way to close them? SkierRMH23:23, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm also having this problem. Even more disconcerting is the name of tabs 2 through 5 all reflect one of my credit cards (i.e. a browser I had open earlier in the day). Keesiewonder22:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I was giving a new user User talk:Rajngupta an {{anon}} welcome when the small 'Vandal has been reported' box appeared and then I was taken to the admin intervention page. But I don't know why.
I don't know why yet, but when you click on an article in the (top) RC pane, the RC windows flicker and the articles that were in the top pane are copied into the middle pane. So instead of having 3 listings that are all different, you get the top and middle panes the same and the bottom different. Then if you click on the pane again soon enough, all 3 panes will have the exact same set of articles listed. Rlevse12:56, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It seems as though VP is reading the use of a {{test2a-n}} template as a t1a in the vandalism history. For instance, see here - I gave a t2a, but the history at the top of the VP page shows it as a t1a. Malerin00:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Whenever I try to have the program auto update the RCs (like setting it to 60 seconds or 90 seconds), the program starts to update about every five seconds and the program often locks up (presumably because its trying to update as fast as possible for some reason). :( Manual update works fine though. Gzkn06:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It works when I open it the second time (after computer starts). But take a look at the post above. Update goes crazy, every 5 seconds. (Wikimachine01:46, 30 November 2006 (UTC))[reply]
Grr, starting to become annoying now! I've tried "reinstalling" 1.2, 1.3 and 1.3.1 from scratch, I've tried deleting the text files etc, but I still get "91" again and again... Help! Budgiekiller17:20, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've been getting a ton of those too. The "delete the text files" fix never seemed to work for me, but I've found that 91 seems to be caused by clicking on another recent change before the first one has loaded completely. If I wait and make sure it's loaded (that is, the history table of all the changes has loaded) and then click a new edit, my crash rate plummets. Might be something to try, anyway. Malerin04:57, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey guys. I was editing with VP when Norton Internet Security popped up and said that a website was trying to change my homepage & asked for my permission.
I denied.
Then on VandalProof, I got this message about some "block xxx". I clicked ok. Then CPU warmed up & VP shut down.
I get on several user and IP accounts the error message ": Error retrieving warnings (9)". With this error message the buttons don't work, either. I tried to clean the install, and tried to empty my IE6 cache, to no avail. Any clue what is going wrong? --Dirk BeetstraTC23:25, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Guess I make it four so far. Seems its only when i load my watchlist for both for users and IP's.recent changes woks fine so far. Hu1202:49, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A bit more description, just before I get the yellow error message ": Error retrieving warnings (9)" there is shortly a message, sometimes in red, sometimes in green: "BL WL Admin (retrieving warnings...)". When I watch a user talk-page in normal view (so not in diff), correct info is retrieved from the page (both in yellow: "AmiDaniel has received no vandalism warnings.", "000.000.000.000: 1 * t2 (t2 2006-12-05 21:22)"). Hope this helps in finding the problem. --Dirk BeetstraTC22:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Aren't we all Hu12? No worries though, whether it is fixed within a week or a month from now, I'm sure AmiDaniel's working on it. We got to cut him some slack however, the guy has a life just like the rest of us :P...¤~Persian Poet Gal(talk)05:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you :D. Yes, unfortunately, I do have a life, and it's finals week at the moment. I'll do what I can to fix this as soon as possible, though--expect a patch in a week or two. AmiDaniel (talk) 21:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Finals week? well with the greatest of respect - F**K OFF and don't come back until they are finished, don't worry about this stuff. :-) --Charlesknight21:07, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Second that, it's a free tool, and awesome, and if it seems we're clamoring for you to fix it, its only because it really is amazing. So do your important stuff, and I and everyone else will re-learn {-S-U-B-S-T-:-T-E-S-T-|....etc. until you're ready. Good luck with finals. Dina02:55, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Don't you just hate when you get a new toy and it's broken straight out of the box? It may be my first day with VP, but the short time it worked was great. AmiDaniel, great job on the program. I'm looking forward to the fix, but take your time. Good luck with finals! AuburnPilottalk21:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When I "verify authorization" using VP131, I am receiving a "You are not on the user list" message. I don't know where to check for the complete user list - I was added to the list on 10/23/2006 and am no longer on the "recently added users list."
Any recommendations?
By the way - how can I tell if VandalProof is successfully logging into Wikipedia? I click "ch", fill in my username/password, and then click "Log-in to WP". The application responds by clearing the password box and illuminating the "Verify Authorization" button. Does this mean I am successfully logged in?
Add me to this collection. Right before it goes to "error retrieving warnings" the warnings bar flashes full of "BL:WL WL WL WL WL WL WL WL WL WL WL WL WL WL...etc"Canadian-Bacon08:00, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm getting all sorts of funky messages. When I tried to leave a message in VandalProof on the Bugs page, I got a notification that I was banned. Huh? I've had VP close/crash on me often with the "Runtime error 438". It often ends my session before I've done more than load a page or two from the Recent Changes list. And now I'm getting the "Error retrieving warnings (9)" that I've see a few others post about. *sigh* I just wants to fightses the vandalses... --Pigman (talk • contribs) 22:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When doing a custom rollback, usually for bv (blatant vandal), it will leave the main bv message, but then add the "Here is a link to the edit I reverted" section twice, to the same link. It also logs these custom rollbacks as two edits. This doesn't really interfere with the use of VP, but it does look a bit odd. --Kathryn NicDhàna♫♦♫06:42, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, good luck with the finals. Just wanted to let you know that using VP, I racked up about 4000 edits in two weeks, 99% of which were perfect, the remaining 1% weren't. That 1% was human (my) error. Your tool is top drawer. However the old '91' error happens more and more and the sooner you can take us to VP 1.32 the better! But ONLY WHEN YOU GET THE TIME!!! All the best, look forward to hearing how you've got on. Cheers! Budgiekiller21:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I can't get VP to verify my account name on the user list, I tried with accounts Tom.k and TomSwifty (the second one just being a test account to see if my original username was somehow wrong). I tried with IE6 installed, then I upgraded to IE7, nothing (cookies are enabled). Antivirus and firewall were disabled. I tried on two other home computers and on my friend's computer, still nothing. All those computers have Firefox installed though. But setting IE as a default browser doesn't help either and I can't imagine any other way FF could affect the system, since it's in one directory only, a simple program not bound to the OS like IE is.
I getting the message as well. However, in the section just above this one Prodego says the user list is corrupt and it can't be fixed until AmiDaniel is back. I had assumed that AmiDaniel would have done some sort of roll back. Is this not the case? Does everybody affected need to reapply? --MarkS (talk) 14:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The bug above is fixed (by AmiDaniel), and I removed it. These problems are unrelated, it is a bug where, due to some unknown incompatible configuration, some users can't log in. Prodegotalk01:06, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
VandalProof is a great tool and I know that without it I find it much harder to fight vandals. AmiDaniel has done a fantastic job. What worries me is that AmiDaniel is currently unavailable (for a very good reason (see earlier section)) and in the meantime VandalProof isn't working for some users due to two significant problems (eg: Error_retrieving_warnings and Userlist_is_corrupt). I know that since the problems started I've virtually stopped fighting vandals. I guess that more vandalism is slipping through as a result of these problems. In view of the importance of VandalProof would it be possible to get somebody to provide full backup for those time when AmiDaniel isn't available? --MarkS (talk) 14:35, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Let AmiDaniel breath for a minute people and continue a little with his normal life :P...I see no problem in fighting vandalism at the moment. For the past few days I have tried to manually scan Recent Changes and I am sure many others found this just as productive as before. Plus there are other freewares to rely on if VandalProof is down at the moment. With or without a backup, it does not hurt to become a little less anti-vandal tool dependent ;).¤~Persian Poet Gal(talk)00:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The comment was entirely to give AmiDaniel a chance to breath. He is busy at the moment and probably deserves a holiday after to recover. I'm sure he also takes holidays etc just like the rest of us. Soem for of backup would give him a chance to get away from this. I agree we can use some of the other tools but they are not as efficient which shows just how good VandalProof is. --MarkS (talk) 12:02, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This has bitten me before, and now again. If I try to send a user with a space in his name to AIV, the wrong name appears in the post. eg, the correct name here is "Come and fuck me", not "Darkherox". I tried to correct it, but Antivandalbot reverted me twice, then the duty admin asked me what was going on. Glumly, Mr Stephen14:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am continuously getting 'Runtime Error 91' when clicking on items in the recent changes list. Then VP closed down and I have to log in again. Its happened 9 times in the last 40 minutes? Richard Harvey19:33, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, I get it all the time. It seems worse now than ever, not sure if it's a connection thing but I've crash out about once every two or three minutes right now... Budgiekiller21:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My watchlist is telling me that every single edit is done by " - admin". I've never had this one before. Added in with the rollback buttons not working and the "error 9" bug....VP has become all but useless to me. If anyone has a fix for me I'd certainly appreciate it. I am going into "whitelist/blacklist" withdrawl :). Cheers! Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 16:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I can't log into VandalProof now because my IP address keeps showing up in the username box. I allowed all cookies and I haven't logged out of WP yet.--Ed¿Cómo estás?20:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Every time I try to verify, VP says "You are not on the user list", although I was approved over 30 hours ago. How can I fix this problem?--KaragouniS12:21, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot really help, but I suggest contacting the moderators directly by placing a note on their personal talk page or possibly sending them email if they have that option active. The moderator list for VP is available here:VP Moderators. Other random ideas I have are to 1)uninstall and reinstall the software; 2) try logging in to VP both when you have already logged in to WP and when you have not; 3)clear various things on your system like the cache, temporary internet files, cookies, etc. Keesiewonder18:31, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've been kicked out of VP 3 times in the last 5 minutes, because of run-time error '5'... Is there any fix to this? Or is something amiss on my side? Thanks
Join the growing club! If you check above you'll see several of us are suffering from this. There seem to be a couple of anecdotal cures, but nothing definitive from AmiDaniel yet... Here's hoping! Budgiekiller21:45, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am using VP 1.31 on WinXp; it's working well (other than err91). I recently tried to roll back two articles but there was no change to the articles... however, a warning got posted on the anon IP talk page. I waited, thinking it might be a lag in the article history page update as sometimes happens... but I had to go back to manually revert the pages. Can anyone help/advise me on this problem? Thanks in advance... (Sorry if this is a newbie question and I am missing something.) Katalaveno15:59, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am using the User Contribs part of VandalProof, and what comes up does not match what the user has contributed to, mainly, with the list on VP a short list, while the list on Wikipedia is much longer, with all of the contributions. Whammies Were Here (PYLrulz)09:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
When VP starts up it displays the login screen, I can login to WP fine but once I click "Verify Authorizatioon" it does absolutley nothing. I've tried this with my IS and AV switched off but I still get the same results. I'm running Windows Vista, I don't know if this has anything to do with it.
Hmm, if anyone is using Vista and can't log in, here is your answer. Also make sure your name was in the proper case when you submitted it. Prodegotalk20:54, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
VP is in it's own folder, login works fine, all normal functions work fine, but whenever I choose RC preferences or limit from the file menu, it gives me runtime error 9 and crashes. Any suggestions? Please let me know on my talk page, as I'm not very efficient at watching my watchlist. Thanks, Ard0 (Talk - Contribs) 03:18, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
When I try to log in i get a message saying "The user list is corupt. Please contact a moderator to have it repaired"
Natasha21:24, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
When I click "Verify Authorization", nothing happens. I've tried disabling my firewall (ZoneAlarm, which wasn't blocking it anyway), restarting the computer (XP SP2), etc. Please help. Thanks. Xiner (talk, email) 02:02, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Did you first enter your username and password by pressing Ch? I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but that is a common mistake. Prodegotalk02:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Some IE7 users have had problems like yours, where they can not log in. Others have no problem however, so I recommend you try messing around with settings to see if you can get it to work. Let me know if you do get it to work, since it is a pretty common problem. Prodegotalk18:22, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, I've tried setting IE security to lowest possible (Medium), but it still doesn't work. I hope someone can fix it soon. Thanks anyway for your help. Xiner (talk, email) 17:33, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've had the same problem - have your tried (if you're using Vista) running it as admin and in compatibility mode for XP SP2? Worked for me :) Martinp2313:12, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I get runtime error and it crashes sometimes several times in a short period of time. Can you add "on error resume next" so it does not CrashApp?
Jerry lavoie02:38, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am constantly receiving an error notice which then shuts down the program. "Run time error '91' - Object variable or With block variable not set". Please help, this is quite annoying.Neonblak23:00, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
When I am using the feature to greet new users, The tool puts the code to substitute the template on the same line as the heading for the Welcome message. This causes the page to be formatted awkwardly, and I suggest that the code for that template be redone to put the substitute command on a separate line. --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 04:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A quick fix to this would be to edit CustomButtons.txt which should be in the same directory as VandalProof. This lists the text and templates to be added when one of the buttons in vandalproof is clicked. You can amend the layout as needed or even change to an entirely different template. --MarkS (talk) 09:58, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
After an upgrade to IE7, this application would crash immediately after starting the embedded browser. Uninstalling IE7 fixed the problem. I know that you're busy, AmiDaniel, so if you want help fixing some bugs, please let me know. I am a VB6 programmer.
Jerry lavoie12:34, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm also willing to help, although the time available may be limited. I've already supplied a fix to another of AmiDaniel's programs (WhodunitQuery) which wasn't working for me, the difference there was access to the source code. --MarkS (talk) 10:11, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you put an IP user in the field and then click Load contribs, it won't work. Also, the program seems to be quite buggy as every 5-10 minutes it has to shutdown due to some runtime error (different number most of the times). If you want I can give you the number every time but I wasn't sure that would help. Yonatanh00:17, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unicode is evil >:(). I began work on an excellent unicode encoder/decoder for VB some time ago, but I've not yet finished it. Once it's complete these problems will hopefully disipate... AmiDaniel (talk) 19:50, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I found a new runtime error while clicking on an edit shown in recent changes (with RSS feed). Here is what it said:
Run-time error ‘-2147024726 (800700aa)’:
Automation error
The requested resource is in use
While I'm not clear entirely what the cause of this exception is, it seems to share a common thread with the Norton firewall. Basically what happens is that VP posts a GET to an instance of Internet Explorer, and then it attempts to interrupt its previous GET and post another--this typically works fine; however, Norton seems to tie up the instance of Internet Explorer (doing what, I'm not sure...) even after interrupting the previous GET, such that the next then fails. Unfortunately, IE provides no means to test whether the resource is available, nor is this automation error trappable--as such, I'm not sure how to fix it. My only advice would be to disable the Norton firewall and simply use the Windows firewall or another, non-Norton, firewall instead. AmiDaniel (talk) 19:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Check to see if this is the problem you were experiencing: There is a feature of the mediawiki software that ignores edits that do not create any change to the article. IE: if a user makes a vandalous edit, then self-reverts it, then you press rollback. Since the users sum of edite is the same as the previous version, there is no diff between what you are asking it to do and the way it already is. The mediawiki software does not give you any warning or notification, it just closes the editor as if the edit was made, but you never see an entry in the history on the article. See if this helps. Jerry lavoie05:15, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure you get asked this a million time, but how can I log in successfuly. Every which way I try I end up with this message:
You might not be correctly logged into Wikipedia with that username. Try logging into Wikipedia within the current browser.
You might not be on the list of authorized users. Please post a request for permission to use VandalProof on the VandalProof talk page. If you have received a message stating that you have already been added to the list, please contact the user who posted that message.
I've tried the "set user" method and the logging in through VP method. None seem to work. I see mention above about a cookie issue. Can you describe or suggest another solution? -- Levine2112discuss21:01, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I know people have brought it up before, but is there yet a fix for the Error Retrieving Warnings (9) bug which renders all the rollback buttons useless? I've been unable to use this feature since I was approved in December and am eager to get to use VP. Goodnightmush00:52, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I figured out this happens for all custom warnings. The way to get around this is to uncheck "append link to reverted edit", and it will only put the link on once. This still isn't the way it should work, though. PyrospiritTalkContribs22:17, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A resolution for the runtime 438 error (at least for me)... when I rebooted my computer, the Google Web Accelerator that's resident on my computer kicked back on. When I logged into VP, I kept getting 438 errors. Once I disabled the Web Accelerator (duh!) the 438 went away. Philippe Beaudette04:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've seen a lot of problems with the Google Web Accelerator. For example, when I tried using the RuneScape forums with the Web Accelerator active, it kept saying that "your session has expired" after about 5 seconds instead of the usual couple minutes of inactivity. I uninstalled it. PyrospiritTalkContribs14:58, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
VandalProof is going extremely slow. I've noticed this over the last 3 weeks or so but when you click a warning to send to a user it takes about 8 seconds and occasionaly freezes for about 15 seconds then comes back to work again. As-well as this the Run time error 91 - Object variable with block variable not set is highly annoying, If I'm on VP for an hour it will come at least 5 times. Sometimes it's once every 5 mins, one moderator said its an unfixed bug but there must be something you can do to stop this error message and to try to speed it up a little as it was never this slow when I originally got it - any suggestions. Please reply on my talk page. TellyaddictEditor review!19:01, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I massively improved the speed of reverts by taking a hatchet to the vandalism.log file. What I did was (i) copy it (ii) open it in an editor and hack out all except the top warning (it seems to be formatted as a wiki markup table) (iii) save, exit, start VP. Mr Stephen19:44, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
VandalProof refuses to login to WP no matter how many times I enter my details and click login, even when I login to Wikipedia and I set it to remember me, my username does not appear in VandalProof. Oliver20219:34, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Every time a page loads in the main window, I get an IE script error. Namely, "Object doesn't support this property or method." Anyone know how to fix this? I have IE 7. .V.[[Talk|Email]20:09, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, dear, you too? Seems everyone using VP these days has those errors. I have them, too, and I have to use AmiDaniel's CloseScriptErr program to bypass them. I keep getting runtime error '91' too. I have IE6, and I still get the errors. Maybe someone who still has IE5 could test the program and see if it's version-dependent? — Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 21:42, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I had this problem, having to use the CloseScriptErr too - however once I removed Twinkle from my monobook and bypassed the cache, then all worked again fine... Not sure if it is the same problem with others, but worth a try if you are using Twinkle too currently... Cheers •CHILLDOUBT•21:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you have Twinkle installed, remove the Twinkle lines in your monobook.js and add this instead (it worked for me):
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")==-1) {
importScript('User:AzaToth/morebits.js');
importScript('User:AzaToth/twinklefluff.js');
importScript('Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Add LI menu');
importStylesheet('Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Add LI menu/css');
importScript('User:AzaToth/twinklewarn.js');
importScript('User:AzaToth/twinklearv.js');
importScript('User:AzaToth/twinklespeedy.js');
importScript('User:AzaToth/twinklediff.js');
importScript('User:AzaToth/twinkleprotect.js');
}
I have tried about 10 times to update my VandalismLog and VandalismStats pages with VP; none of the attempts have worked. I have cleared my IE cache and history. I tried logging out of WP and logging back in. I can't make it update. — Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 08:40, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Do you get any response from the program that you are trying to change something? That is, does the status change to 'Updating' or does nothing happen at all? Ale_Jrbtalk19:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I set "active scripting" to "Disable" in IE, and none of my scripts appear to run, however the pages still do not update. I do see an updating message in the title bar. — Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 10:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I seem to be having the same problem. Every time I try updating the log, it says log updated, when in fact nothing happened. It was working fine with VP 1.31... Anyone know how to solve this? --K.Z Talk • Vandal • Contrib 07:38, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(reset indent) Forget "working fine with VP 1.31"; I was using VP 1.31 when the problem occurred. I haven't managed to upgrade to VP 1.3.5 yet; it wasn't letting me log in, last I checked. — Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 23:59, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm afraid I can't log into VP as it says I'm not on the user list. I've checked and I am... am I logging in properly? AlanD12:24, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm... Try applying again. If you aren't added to the list correctly or something, it won't work. Any VP Moderator can fix that. If it's still giving you problems, let meh know =) Ale_Jrbtalk22:23, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My rollback buttons are all grayed out. I've clicked on numerous pages in Recent Changes, and the buttons stay grayed out and the history doesn't load. Only one or two pages have fully loaded properly. I've just downloaded VP 1.33, and I successfully tranfered all my data from VP 1.31 to VP 1.33 (count, white/blacklist, logs). Does anyone know why this is happening? PyrospiritFlamesFire22:15, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sometimes when I try to warn a user, the page acts like it is refreshing; however, it never stops. It keeps on "refreshing" the page without adding the warning. If I click "Main Page" or "My Talk" for example, just to get away from the page, it takes me right back to the page and continues "refreshing." It is very frustrating because the only way to stop it is to close the program. I hope somebody knows how to fix this. Thanks. Wikipediarules222101:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just downloaded 1.3.4 and when I use the RSS feed for Recent Changes, whether or not I have it doing it every some time interval or am doing it manually, when I refresh I get the same RC list. If I refresh again, or wait for X seconds to pass again, then I get a new list. Anyone had this before? Goodnightmush04:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It seems to be everywhere (watchlist, recent changes and user contribs). I am using IE7 with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004, if that helps. Oh and sometimes, but not usually, I will get a "green" but it doesn't look the right edit. An example: this edit [12] made by User:Jpgordon gives me a Green box with the message "Admin Rich Farmbrough has received no vandalism warrnings." Example #2 this edit [13] made by User:AuburnPilot gives me a green "Admin Kafziel has received no vandalism warrnings." I hope these help. --After Midnight000104:17, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For me, all of those are working fine. HAve you tried re-downloading the whole program, to a new folder, and running it from there? Also, clear your IE cookies and make sure you are running your PC on an administrator user. 19:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
OK, I've done that again. I can now use the Recent Changes, but I am still experiencing the same odd behaviour and the Error 9 on my watch list and the user contribs tabs. --After Midnight000119:37, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I keep getting IE script errors whenever using vandalproof 1.35. Has anybody else experienced this. My main browser is Firefox but Vandalproof uses IE. I have IE7. Please reply, Thanks. User: Hdt83 | Talk/Chat00:56, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I keep getting them on 1.34 with IE ver 6. They read:
I'm not sure if this has been fixed in 1.3.5 (as it does not work for me, I use 1.3.1) or if someone has reported it before, or even if it counts as a bug, so please disregard this otherwise.
The problem I noticed is that sometimes when you open a page and it loads the history, and you, for example, rollback and leave a test2a-n on the user's page, it leaves a message saying something like "This is the edit that I reverted - RazorICE" (bold I is just so you notice what I mean). While I have no problem with it saying that, it's when someone else reverts before you, but after you loaded the page history, so you end up not being the editor. While I know that this is not really a problem, some users may notice it (like me :P) and say that I never reverted it at all.
Maybe you should implement a check if it reverted correctly before warning?
Again, disregard this if I'm being stupid, or it doesn't count as a bug, or anything like that. --RazorICEtalk07:34, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I recently posted here about VP going really slow, it began to speed up but recently I've noticed when you click rollback it takes gaes again, is there anything you can do to fix it permanantely and save ot going all wrong again, and that run time error 91 - object variable with block variable not set is highyl annoying, please help! ThanksTellyaddict19:34, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I know, if you are using the latest version (1.35) the RunTime 91 error has been fixed (or everyone has randomly stopped complaining :P). If you still get it, report it again with lots of information such as what you are doing when you get it and so on.
As for the speed, it runs quite fast for me. Are you sure it isn't your computer? Obviously, we try our best to get it to run fast, and often make improvements on that front, but there's only so much we can do. Ale_Jrbtalk20:35, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have the same, if I click rollback, it first starts doing a lot of processor work (fan speeds up, processoruse to 100%), then it speeds down, and starts with the revert. Some system specs, WinXP, 512 MB, AMD processor, 2 GHz. Should be enough. Oh, I also notice that memory use goes up and up in time, as if it does not free certain variables or something. Maybe the things are connected. Hope this helps. --Dirk BeetstraTC23:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Recent changes doesn't load after loading watchlist
After I load my watchlist, the update button on Recent Changes stops working. I have to restart the whole program before it will work again. This has happened every single time in every version of VandalProof since I first downloaded VP 1.31, and it's still happening in 1.35. PyrospiritFlamesFire20:51, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Whenever I click on the rollback buttons on the top of the screen, a box shows up saying "Vandal has already been reported" and I'm redirected to WP:AIV. The problem is: the vandals in question have never been reported! In fact, no messages were even sent to them at all! --Ed¿Cómo estás?18:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Done Recent Changes Fails to Update, Fails to retrieve user warners
I had this problem back with 1.3.1 and figured it would be fixed by now but I guess not, anyways... The recent changes tab will not update, not manually or automatically. Enhanced recent changes is turned off. I'm using XP SP2, IE7, the monobook wikipedia skin, Twinkle and popups, and I extracted the files to my desktop and am running of of that. Also, when using the watchlist tab it often fails to retrieve user's warnings, saying "Error retrieving warnings (9)" How do I fix this?--Mbc36219:11, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
On the differences between two versions pages, it usually does not load the user's warnings and sometimes it will load the warnings for unrelated users. If I go to the user's talk page it will almost always correctly load them there.--Mbc36216:38, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well it seems as soon as I complained about the problem, it fixed itself. I now get a message that says there is a script error, but if I continue running scripts on the page VP correctly loads the user's warnings. Unfortunately, the Recent Changes tab still does not update. Any suggestsion?--Mbc36218:02, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Typical, that! :P Unfortunately, as it all works for me, I'll have to try and work around that. Have you tried it with RSS Changes both on and off? Ale_Jrbtalk22:32, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Turning off the RSS Changes fixes it, however, every time it updates and every time I click on a new page it gives me the script error message (just a little bit annoying). Would that error be due to VP or IE?--Mbc36222:45, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, I believe that the script errors are caused by IE, so I'm not sure about that. AmiDaniel made a program that closed them automatically, but I can't remember where he put it...Ale_Jrbtalk10:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've recently upgraded to VandalProof 1.35 and neither the rollback buttons are active nor does the Recent Changes tab update new pages. Netkinetic(t/c/@)15:07, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Um, the rollback buttons won't be enables unless you are viewing a diff - if you are not, they will (obviously) be switched off. Have you tried using Recent Chnages with RSS Feed turned off?. Ale_Jrbtalk16:37, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there! I no those who answer my comment here will pobably be thinkin, oh not this again! However the problem with VP going slow is back again. I'll descrive it in detail - When I install Vandal proof for the first two weeks (approx) it goes fast and what I'd say to be a normal speedt but after that it begins to go very slow and when you press rollback it takes about 6-7 seconds, however it is always after I've made about a total of 500 reverts over a different period of time. Is the anyway this problem can be permanently fixed as its highly annoying and every time you replace VP it makes your vandalism counter which is dispplayed on my user page go back to zero, there must be something you can do to permanently fix it. Please help soon!! Thanks - Regards Tellyaddict16:00, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Also is there any way I can clear my black list on vandal proof all at once without having to do it one by one as there must be thousands of IP addresses their in which I haven't added, I think this may be slowing it up
Um, as far as I know, there isn't really a perm fix except for getting a faster computer. Try emptying the following files:
By the way, you can manually get your vandalism counter to count previous reversions after reinstalling VP so it doesn't reset every time. Just copy and paste the contents of VandalismLog.txt from the old VP to the same file for the new VP. I do that every time I upgrade to a newer version. PyrospiritFlamesFire21:38, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know if this is the place to post this... I was trying to log in, but the programme seemed to be malfunctioning. When I clicked Verify Authorisation, a message popped up which read that the "user list is corrupt" and that I had to contact a moderator to repair it. What is this all about? --Orthologist20:19, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
VP doesn't seem to recognize special characters (such as French). Is this an issue with VP or my version of Internet Explorer? diff. --Wafulz17:04, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This isn't an IE problem, it's a problem with how VB stores strings. I've had the exact same problem with my own tool, and I'm pretty sure I know how to fix it. I'll kill 2 birds with one stone and write a function to put the page titles through before posting. Let's see if this works.. --Michael Billington (talk) 12:46, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
'Function to fix mojibake in page titles, by Michael Billington <michael.billington@gmail.com> Function Fix_unicode_title(pTitle As String) As String Dim i As Long, allowed As String, currentChar As String, Outp As String allowed = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_ ,()" ReDim chars(1 To Len(pTitle)) For i = 1 To Len(pTitle) 'loop through all characters in the string currentChar = Mid(pTitle, i, 1) 'grab the current character 'if the current character is not allowed, then change it to percent-encoded _ form before it is appended to the output If InStr(allowed, currentChar) = 0 Then currentChar = "%" & Hex(Asc(currentChar)) Outp = Outp & currentChar 'appending the character to the output Next i Fix_unicode_title = Outp End Function
The {{anon}} button also adds a header == Welcome! ==, but the template already incorporates this so it makes a duplicate. I don't know if this qualifies as a bug but I didn't know where else to put it. Goodnightmush01:47, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Go to the place where VP is installed (probably a folder called VP135_bin or something) and open CustomButtons.txt. You can remove the header for the anon button there. PyrospiritFlamesFire23:45, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A couple of days ago (March 18) I reverted some vandalism on pages that started with "Ratchet &" (Special:Contributions/71.28.66.222), in all cases it appears that it did load the previous version of the page "Ratchet & something" , and wrote the contents over the page "Ratchet" (hist). Something wrong with the recognition of some special characters (or at least the ampersand?). --Dirk BeetstraTC00:04, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, were you reverting this using the RSS feed or the normal feed? I recently fixed a problem with the normal feed that would do this, but I can't remember if it was in version 1.35 or the as yet unreleased 1.36... Ale_Jrbtalk12:50, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Problems with watchlist, contribs, and (sometimes) recent changes in v. 1.3.5
I just began using your program and I think it's really great. However, I'm having a few problems here and there. First, my watchlist doesn't load at all. Sometimes the recent changes update does not work either, no matter if I'm using manual or automatic refreshing. When this happens, all I can do is shut down and then restart. When I restart, the recent changes update works just fine.
And last, if I click on a user in user lists and then click "contribs", the program switches to the contribs window but nothing is loaded. I've tried manually typing in the username or ip address, but still nothing. Thanks for any help you can offer! Carinemily17:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
To load recent changes, untick File->Use RSS Feed, then update RC (you may have to click the button two or three times), retick File->Use RSS Feed, and update RC again. You should be up & running. User Contribs only lists those instances where the user's contributions are on top (try looking up your own contribs). I can't help you with My Watchlist, mine doesn't load anymore either. Regards, Mr Stephen11:21, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Citing concerns of server lag, domas removed the watchlist listquery option from both query.php and api.php as it failed to conform to db standards, lending only the advice that Yurik (who already has far, far too much to do) rewrite the extension from scratch, and that the VP devs rewrite to use Special:Watchlist (meaning it will run 100 times slower then the previous form used). Alex is apparently rewriting to use Special:Watchlist, and it will be available in the 1.36 release, although it will be horrible in comparison to the query.php method used As you may be able to tell, I'm rather upset about this, but so be it. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please watch your tone, pay our incredibly overworked volunteer mods some respect, and get rid of the ridiculous and illegible sig. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:29, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, I'm getting the same error. When I tried re-entering my username and password, I got about 5 different script errors before the verify button could be clicked. I then would get the error. No biggie, just fix it when you have time.--Wizardman19:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is this something that should be dealt with by a re-download or something? Because I've been getting it too. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to deal with it if it's on my end. Thanks! Tony Fox(arf!)19:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I beg everyone's pardon for not figuring out the whole 'download the new version' thing beforehand. I'm kind of stupid with computer stuff sometimes. =P Tony Fox(arf!)00:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
When I've entered my username and password and click Log in to WP, nothing happens.. I had the same problem when I first got the previous version, but it sorted itself out after a while.. this one probably will too, but is there anything I can do to fix it a bit sooner? Thanks, LibLord21:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No joy =( ah well, I'm sure it'll sort itself out eventually. For now I'll just make do with popups! Thanks anyway! LibLord11:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm always logged in anyway, but I logged out and back in.. and then did it in Firefox too, tried every combination of logged in-ness, all to no avail! Not my lucky day... LibLord21:04, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Trying to log in to VP this morning, I keep getting the message "The user list is corrupt. Please contact a moderator to have it repaired". Please help! RolandR09:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've just downloaded and run VP 1.3.5. Everyy time I try to use it, I get the "Run time error 91" message, and the programme closes. I'm not able to do anything with VP. Please help/advise. RolandR11:08, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is unlikely that you are running version 1.35 as the bug is fixed in this version. Try downloading it again, to a different folder than before, and make sure you run the 1.35 executable file. Ale_Jrbtalk20:25, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am indeed running VP 1.35. After the error recurred, I deleted VP1.31 to make sure, but still got the same problem. And I checked the version number after I was unable to do anything. RolandR15:57, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Temporary Fix for Javascript Error Messages (hopefully fixed in v1.2.0)
Question: AIV report
Question: Is this fixed or a remedy provided? if so change the status amidaniel! —— Eagle (ask me for help) 21:49, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Done Warnings not linking correctly
- 20:33, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Can't update VandalismStuff pages
Internet Explorer Script Errors
