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[edit]Tagging for taskforces
[edit]Does anyone know how to go about tagging pages for taskforces using WP:AWB? It doesn't seem like the generic template on Kingbotk supports taskforces unless I'm mistaken. Kowal2701 (talk) 18:30, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- I assume you mean something like adding
|eclipses=yesto {{astronomy}}? If so, I feel like just adding the taskforce to the template call directly would be easiest. I generally do a find/replace adding in the extra parameter. Primefac (talk) 13:36, 6 October 2024 (UTC)- That's really clever, thank you! Kowal2701 (talk) 13:51, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Primefac sorry to bother you again, but Kingbotk isn't putting the template in the banner shell, but at the top of the page. It still does this with all AWB features like Find and Replace turned off. Append/prepend text is turned off. This was working fine earlier. The generic template has alternate names, and I've added a "Skip regular expression". No worries if you're too busy Kowal2701 (talk) 12:58, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- I've never used Kingbotk so I don't know how it should be tweaked to get your desired outcome. Primefac (talk) 17:37, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
Kingbotk
[edit]Hi, Kingbotk isn't putting the template in the banner shell, but at the top of the page. It still does this with all AWB features like Find and Replace turned off and when you click "Set AWB" in the Plugin tab. Append/prepend text is turned off. This was working fine earlier, there's probably just a small tweak needed. The generic template has alternate names, and I've added a "Skip regular expression". Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kowal2701 (talk) 17:49, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- I really know nothing about this plugin, but I do notice a comment on its PrependTemplate method:
- "// Add the template on the top. General fixes will put in a shell if it exists"
- which suggests something needs to be done at the main AWB level. But again I really don't know. David Brooks (talk) 16:34, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much. It works! The plugin has an option to "Set AWB" which turns general fixes off, but that must be for the templates it already supports, rather than the generic template where you make your own. Have a great day/rest of your day! Kowal2701 (talk) 18:09, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- One thought on that, which I now remember from a similar case a while back - append/prepend is done after genfixes, so if you're doing so and want genfixes to run, use the "F5"/refresh option after the changes have been made, which will re-run the genfixes and should hopefully move any banners into the shell if it's there. Primefac (talk) 11:42, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much. It works! The plugin has an option to "Set AWB" which turns general fixes off, but that must be for the templates it already supports, rather than the generic template where you make your own. Have a great day/rest of your day! Kowal2701 (talk) 18:09, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
I’m not sure what happened with the article. I only intended to add tags and fix typos, but somehow it ended up creating an article. Can someone help me understand what went wrong? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:37, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- You edited the article seconds after the page was deleted, so you saved an edit on a page with no history. Primefac (talk) 15:45, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, that makes much sense. Thanks for clarifying. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:52, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
Delete feature
[edit]Hi! Although I am the admin on Ukrainian Wikipedia, AWB does not let me delete or protect pages. Can someone help with this? Renvoy (talk) 13:30, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
"Following" #Rs from moves without an #R left behind
[edit]I frequently come across pages that have been moved without leaving a redirect, like Category talk:Piano pedagogues. The destination, Category talk:Piano educators, is right there on the (browser) page, and I'd like to capture it, but can't figure out how. The api doesn't return the destination, and using the normal URLs [1][2] both return null Tools.GetHTML(). Does anyone know how this can be done? ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 15:28, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- If you use the API to query for move events in the logs for the page the info you need is shown: move log. Rjwilmsi 09:39, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- Excellent, thank you! ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 09:44, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
Restarting in >> seconds (again)
[edit]I downloaded it three days ago on Windows 11, AWB Version 6.3.1.1 (SVN 12633). I want to work on the Slovenian Wikipedia, so I am logged in there. Other Slovenian users don’t have any issues. It works fine until I press the "Save" button, after which I get the message "Restarting in ...". Pinky sl (talk) 14:37, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
Removal of blp parameter by genfixes
[edit]In this diff, the |blp=no parameter was removed from {{WikiProject banner shell}}, which is incorrect. This parameter is needed to identify that the subject is not living. Otherwise the page ends up in Category:Biography articles without living parameter which is a maintenance category — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:09, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
- This came up earlier in the year (see /Archive 34#Request to change banner shell general fixes) and is tracked by T358963. If I recall correctly the OP had already fixed the cases they were concerned about. I just noticed it was also reported at /General fixes#BLP tagging. David Brooks (talk) 16:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
- OK, rev 12643 / T358963 don't remove "blp=no" from WikiProject banner shell. Will be in next release of AWB. Rjwilmsi 17:33, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
No longer handling WP:ORDER issues (specifically WP:STUBSPACING)
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ResolvedI'm having to manually drop the stub templates two spaces down where previously AWB did a pretty good job at handling those. It seemed to work nicely, whether the stub templates were butted up right beneath the categories, or whether they were mixed in with some of the nav templates. Seems like that functionality is gone now. Dawnseeker2000 22:19, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
- OK, I may be an idiot. Gen Fixes was off so continuing to edit and see if that does the trick. Dawnseeker2000 22:28, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
Username change
[edit]Hello. This is Sam S, previously known as The Sharpest Lives. I had a username change and am requesting this is changed in the AWB user list. Thanks. Sam S (talk) 05:24, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
Done, noting that these sorts of request are best handled at WP:PERM/AWB. Primefac (talk) 12:50, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
