Sandbox Template redirects Typos Usage stats Userbox Shortcuts WP:GENFIXESWP:GENFIXES WP:AWB/GFWP:AWB/GF General fixes is a set of semi-automated edits that...

- I just want to verify that you want me to run awb with genfixes enables, and have genfixes run after adding the template so that it is in the correct...

it with genfixes off. A recent discussion concluded that we can activate genfixes if we make certain restrictions. I am ok both ways (genfixes can be limited...

("infobox genfixes")? I'm seeing changes in your trial that are not about the infobox (ex1, ex2). — xaosflux Talk 20:46, 27 November 2018 (UTC) The genfixes were...

with <su$1>−$2< Applies AWB genfixes if it finds them (but skips whitespace-only, minor genfixes, and cosmetic genfixes if that's the only thing it does)...

run with genfixes, you would, at the very least, need to both skip if only minor genfixes fixes are made, and skip if only cosmetic genfixes are made...

run genfixes, but if you'd like them enabled I can supervise an extended trial --DannyS712 (talk) 00:11, 21 March 2019 (UTC) In my experience genfixes have...

some time. For the moment it's easy enough to run a genfixes custom module with only the genfixes you need enabled. Rjwilmsi 18:19, 4 May 2010 (UTC) The...

06:38, 24 August 2011 (UTC) Which genfixes are on for this? I generally feel uncomfortable with bots doing genfixes, as it merely clutters the diff and...

will include a link to the discussion. I see no reason to turn genfixes on. I have genfixes on in all others I do. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:24, 6 May 2011...

the manual of style. This should be a fairly uncontroversial task, AWB genfixes will be switched on, unless anyone has a problem with that. I was originally...

(UTC) How does the bot determine if the change is not genfixes only if you cannot control what genfixes run? Are you only working through a list? —  HELLKNOWZ   ▎TALK...

{{subst:#language:$2|en}}$1|$3}}. I ran it without genfixes enabled, but if I am already editing the page should I apply genfixes? --DannyS712 (talk) 01:58, 30 March...

genfixes. Look for articles with == *External links *==[^=]+== *References *== and save only if the code no longer exists after applying the genfixes...

I'll note that the first two are with genfixes, and the latter two are without, so it looks like AWB's own genfixes needs, well, fixing. Your regex simply...

Remove double / empty pipes in {{sfn}} and {{harv}}-like templates. Plus WP:GENFIXES. Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Edit period(s): One...

maintenance category manually. My manual runs included AWB genfixes, but I would not run genfixes in automatic (depending on recommendations in discussions)...

number of pages, will you also be running other non-controversial AWB genfixes? Also, will the template be added at the appropriate place in the article...

details: Creating links to PMID/PMC identifiers, e.g. [1], [2], plus WP:GENFIXES. Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions...

trial should be fine on the existing list. By the way, this runs with genfixes to handle the placement of project templates appropriately. ~ RobTalk 21:07...

interesting and useful. Out of interest, are you just going to be running AWB genfixes or writing custom regexes? Also, have you come across any scenarios where...

names of the portal templates above, and also of {{Cat main}} Genfixes: Std AWB genfixes, auto tagging, and Unicode the page Cleanup HTML line breaks,...

believe I had left the AWB genfixes turned on, otherwise, it would (should) skip. So I'll make sure skip if only genfixes is enabled. (I'll also review...

closing parens of the WikiProject banner. No other changes (other than AWB genfixes) will be made. Also noting that I will check to make sure the template...

May 2010 (UTC) You appear to have genfixes turned on, but haven't checked "apply only if something other than genfixes happens". Is this by design? Josh...

we agree that Yobot will only perform approved tasks, and will not run genfixes or anything else at the same time? SarahSV (talk) 15:28, 3 February 2017...

Most of these do NOT rely on AWB's genfixes, and I've added some requests for AWB developers to expand the genfixes. GoingBatty (talk) 17:20, 8 May 2023...

Remove navboxes from pages to carry out a TfD deletion decision (with genfixes) Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Always following a...

can be dealt with manually. Essentially, this is running AWB with only genfixes enabled. Edit summary will read Removing duplicate categories (CheckWiki...

will need to be used with genfixes? I was planning to append the text in the talk page; however, is it advisable to use genfixes in bot mode? Ryan Vesey...

see no reason why GenFixes shouldn't be allowed. Magio has demonstrated that he can keep to the restrictions of only applying genfixes if the main task...

space). If you don't need the genfixes, it's a good idea to keep them off. The somewhat-annoying thing about genfixes is that you're still responsible...

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y Function details: I will run AWB with genfixes off. Only auto-tagger will be activated. This means that the only actions...

then there is no risk to running either genfixes or auto-tagger. Auto-tagger is just a small portion of the genfixes that can run independently, I believe...

obscure/confusing here). If feel that, if approved, a task like this should have AWB genfixes bundled into it, given the amounts of edits considered. Concerning the...

bot will also align the talk pages per WP:TPL (WP:GENFIXES#Talk page general fixes). In order genfixes to run in optimal way a custom module is used. @Bgwhite...

2026 (UTC) Likely. It might also be worth requesting this be added to the genfixes for AWB so that when this run is over any new instances will be more likely...

These strings are listed at User:Ahechtbot#Task 3. No "Automatic changes" (genfixes, etc.) will be enabled. All edits will be marked as "bot" and "minor"....

edits. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 00:24, 28 January 2016 (UTC) Possible genfixes issue here: this undid a bot change (pinging Nyttend); isn't using ndashes...

than |CEO=, you'd still pick that up. This would also be best run with WP:GENFIXES enabled, I feel. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 01:39, 11 August 2018 (UTC) I...

WP:Categorization#Guidelines_for_articles_with_eponymous_categories Apply WP:GENFIXes I don't see any reason not to approve this. Also @BrownHairedGirl: try...

edits made, sorry: [1]. I didn't see any issues. I ran the trial without genfixes enabled, but I can enable them if you want. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk)...

in: Category:Infobox journals with bypassed redirect checking. (And AWB genfixes if applicable.) Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): The...

to fix, so I made 19 edits: [2]. I didn't see any issues. I ran without genfixes enabled, but I could enable them. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 04:02, 8 April...

ArticleText; } if (nuText != ArticleText) { Summary = Summary + "[[WP:GENFIXES]]"; return nuText; } // If we get here, there was no replacement, so skip...

not approve bots for non-essential cosmetic or stylistic changes (most "genfixes") without an otherwise major change to the page. Especially, since "<br/>"...

especially if making such changes on large scales. AWB general fixes (genfixes) are a package of common fixes which can be enabled in bulk in AWB by the...

if only genfixes" option. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 06:31, 30 May 2022 (UTC) Hi @ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ - the thing is, these edits rely on GenFixes to work :)...

else there is to clarify. Example edits here [1][2][3]. It will use AWBs genfixes to add {{WikiProjectBannerShell}} where appropriate. Works like LostBot...

March 2024 (UTC) Approved. Appears to work as advertised. I note that AWB genfixes seem to be on even though that was not mentioned anywhere above. Anomie⚔...

"The ordinal suffix should not superscripted per [[WP:ORDINAL]] + [[WP:GENFIXES]], replaced: ^th → th". -- Magioladitis (talk) 02:04, 21 February...

Citation bot can expand them. (let's leave this for another BRFA) AWB genfixes Removal of rarely used empty parameters (on a per-template basis). For...

uses of the template will not match the regex and are skipped. Also apply genfixes, I guess? Not sure if that's a good idea or not.  Request withdrawn because...

identifiers are present (per Help:Citation Style 1#Identifiers), plus WP:GENFIXES. E.g. [1]. Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Help talk:Citation...

restriction to perform cosmetic changes other than AWB genfixes. I'm OK to give a trial with AWB genfixes only. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 16:28, 27 March 2012 (UTC)...

lot of erroneous edits where just genfixes or cosmetic-only changes are being made. Do you have "Skip if genfixes only" checked? See [7] [8] [9] [10]...

to also do genfixes (of course only if it matches the regex as well), but this can be disabled as you know. It's already editing so genfixes (which many...

first word|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}]]. I am willing to turn off genfixes if this is preferred. How many pages are expected to be edited with this...

Nevertheless, my understanding is that the proposed BattyBot 53 is only running genfixes that plenty of other existing bots are already running, though not as their...

the article title will remain italicized. I plan on running this with genfixes enabled. Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:WikiProject...

discussion on BOTREQ and the relevant WikiProject. One time AWB run with genfixes. Handles both bare links and links with titles. I know I know what I'm...

note, I did not run genfixes just to make the proposed change more obvious, but if this task does proceed I will be running genfixes alongside them. Piotrus...

AWB folks about their list (as I seem to recall it's one of the built-in genfixes) and post here when that is completed. Primefac (talk) 20:32, 22 May 2020...

functionality has ever been discussed as acceptable for automated editing, genfixes does not equal botfixes. This works most of the time but needs human review...

off your chest. Is genfixes turned on? You might want to turn it off. Josh Parris 06:43, 21 May 2010 (UTC) I'm almost positive genfixes was turned off, but...

then manually check the ticket and insert the licence. I will also run genfixes and the Wiki project module at the same time to fix any issues in the WP...

regardless if other fixes could be done. AWB genfixes may not be done on their own as part of this task. AWB genfixes may be enabled, but only if this is explicitly...

22:51, 1 August 2016 (UTC) Btw, a lot of the edits from 30 July only did genfixes or changed whitespace, not removing the category. Rcsprinter123 (interface)...

March 2024 (UTC) Approved. Appears to work as advertised. I note that AWB genfixes seem to be being applied, even though that's not mentioned anywhere in...

21 March 2019 (UTC) @DannyS712: would you be willing to run this with genfixes? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 01:04, 21 March 2019 (UTC) @Headbomb: sure --DannyS712...

[2]. Here are some sample edits using the latest codebase [3]. Is this genfixes? If so, are you planning to disable changes like this (due to the lack...

It then adds the |inportance=low parameter, as well as performing AWB genfixes to Wikiproject tags (eg. merging into banner shell). As both sets have...

makes other edits and does this substitution along with those (e.g., AWB's genfixes), so as to avoid making a bunch of edits that could easily be combined...

227 (talk) 23:03, 28 May 2013 (UTC) My bot tasks generally run without genfixes, since I use custom Python modules that don't interface with AWB or one...

parameter instead of the new one, which is simply not good. I can't do genfixes (not using AWB), but I can use part of cosmetic_changes.py if you wish...

(UTC) @BU Rob13: Sure, let's give that a shot. Any reason to not enable genfixes? Approved for extended trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant...

bot flag (Yes/No): Yes Function details: This task will only run AWB's genfixes, mainly to fix improperly capitalized section headers such as "Personal...

(Yes/No): Yes Function details: Mark open access DOIs, e.g. [1], +AWB genfixes This is a bit of a mea culpa, I've been running this task for a few days...

turning on genfixes without additional approval to be appropriate under the bot policy." and "No, I would not consider turning on genfixes without additional...

appropriate place in the article, with sortkey if needed; and apply AWB genfixes to generally cleanup the article (as is already done with DrilBot's first...

allow spaces. Was this previously approved? Exclusion compliant? Will genfixes be enabled? I don't see immediate issues. ~ Rob13Talk 11:09, 3 February...

dedicated "infobox fixer" bot, or that these get rolled out as part of AWB genfixes, or something. Likely a BRFA would be needed, and the exact scope of the...

requests. The bot is not bundled with frameworks like AWB or pywikipedia genfixes, as it is a standalone Python program specifically designed for backlink...

have to make those genfixes later, which means one fewer diff for the rest of us to look through. I don't want all of the genfixes done in every edit...

when the trial is complete.. You can run whatever banner standardization genfixes you want on top of the task, but the primary task to be triggered to perform...

since it skips articles that contain Multiple issues after making all genfixes.) The Multiple issues template didn't add any value on this article, so...

and Even more skip options. Also I see there is a way to do customized genfixes. Overall as a developer I would hate to receive a "fix all the issues with...

applies, but it will still do it) Expand any redirects on WP:AWB/TR Any AWB Genfixes that I can get reliably working in time and will be used on files (right...

also be cleaned up. Though I note those headers were added as part of genfixes in another bot task. If editors manually saw this text on talk pages they...

These strings are listed at User:Ahechtbot#Task 2. No "Automatic changes" (genfixes, etc.) will be enabled. All edits will be marked as "bot" and "minor"....

(talk) 03:19, 7 January 2016 (UTC) Cool, cool. I didn't realize that was in genfixes, so no problem there. The thing about the Persondata migration is that...

These strings are listed at User:Ahechtbot#Task 4. No "Automatic changes" (genfixes, etc.) will be enabled. All edits will be marked as "bot" and "minor"....

that is needed for someone choosing a category is to edit the page with genfixes turned on (AWB will do the rest). Primefac (talk) 22:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)...

2013 (UTC) Approved. No further issues raised or that I can see. Noting genfixes are enabled. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 13:19, 6 August 2013 (UTC) The above discussion...

template. This led to empty lines being created. So I get AWB to run a genfixes after the bot run to remove these empty lines. — Ganeshk (talk) 15:07,...

only minor replacements" option will be enabled. No "Automatic changes" (genfixes, etc.) will be enabled. All edits will be marked as "minor". AWB permission...

rest of the edits look good to me, inline with normal practices and AWB genfixes. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 17:18, 27 September 2025 (UTC) Approved. Headbomb...

February 2017 (UTC) I have no problem with that so long as you have "skip if genfixes only" checked and take responsibility for any AWB-related errors that derive...

2026 (UTC) Likely. It might also be worth requesting this be added to the genfixes for AWB so that when this run is over any new instances will be more likely...

high volume tasks. The best option would be to bundle this into AWB WP:GENFIXES. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 21:09, 19 August 2021 (UTC) Denied. No indication...

code or identical code from the bot being taken over? Are you running genfixes with this? —CYBERPOWER (Chat) 15:27, 21 August 2017 (UTC) Cyberpower678...

{{anchor}}'s and link to requests if you want. I'd rather see this run without genfixes if it will be "Automatic". — xaosflux Talk 01:50, 18 August 2016 (UTC)...

remarks as Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 28 concerning WP:GENFIXES and User:Headbomb/sandbox#Proposed logic. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 01:41...

complaints here; concerns raised by Chris/answered by Rich reflect AWB genfixes. Cheers =) --slakr\ talk / 05:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC) The above discussion...

don't see any actual discussion on this. This may be better suited for AWB genfixes or sub-task of another task. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 11:59, 23 December 2010...

less clear guidance around wikilinking tiny countries. I plan to enable GENFIXes and to use the edit summary "Removed overlinked country wikilink and general...

strings from Task 4 as well as additional strings. No "Automatic changes" (genfixes, etc.) will be enabled. All edits will be marked as "bot" and "minor"....

on the non-broken but improvable links, then I would say use Awb with genfixes, tagging and unicodifying. For broken tags, approval for a trial run is...

Especially as you want to run genfixes blindly on all the pages as well. — xaosflux Talk 03:34, 17 October 2018 (UTC) I said "WP:GenFixes can be left on" (my emphasis)...

will need to be run supervised. I am open to running or not running AWB genfixes on articles if anyone has a preference. Thank you, — xaosflux Talk 03:39...

insignificant changes)? –xenotalk 14:42, 20 July 2010 (UTC) "Skip if only minor genfixes" and "skip if only whitespace changed" will be activated. I don't think...

order issue can't be fixed by genfixes, because AWB doesn't receive the output of the substitution before running the genfixes. It's possible to handle that...

the top of wikiprojects Moreover, I would like to ask to include various genfixes like the one's AWB does: Rename talkheader,talkpage to talk header Rename...

appreciate it if you could mention in the task that you're also doing GENFIXES. – DreamRimmer ■ 05:08, 19 July 2026 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved...

become 1nd 1rd will become 1rd 1th will become 1th Support if "skip if genfixes only" is checked. ~ Rob13Talk 21:41, 1 February 2017 (UTC) BU Rob13 I provide...

has the article open, it checks the television infobox to apply other genfixes to clean up additional items, including removal of unknown, deprecated...

discussion on AWB genfixes/checkwiki fixes (points #4/#5), I thought I had made it pretty clear the issue is not whether or not genfixes can or should be...

explicitly stated in the task description, this bot performs edits with AWB genfixes enabled. Primefac (talk) 01:42, 23 June 2026 (UTC) The above discussion...

the number of pages this bot will be editing, it would be nice to enable GENFIXes as well, but the latest stable release of AWB still includes the short...

teams/years using Module:Infobox gridiron football person/convert". AWB genfixes will be off. The script (created by Alakzi) splits *_teams and *_years...

On that note, I wonder if what some see as genfixes are really an AWB user's find/replace's + genfixes, and not knowing the difference. Stevie is the...

Street article, but they appear to be related to AWB's pre-programmed genfixes, so I've just turned those off. –Juliancolton | Talk 22:23, 30 December...

identifiers to templated instances, applying AWB genfixes along the way (but skip if only cosmetic/minor genfixes are made). This will also have the benefits...

really don't want to stuff anything else in. Also my current library of genfixes would require me to parse the page using mwparserfromhell, slowing down...

casing is changed — Only genfixes — Skip if only AWB general fixes are performed. Only minor genfixes — Skip if only genfixes other than FixDateOrdinalsAndOf...

tag movement you convert the template. If you also get it added to the genfixes of AWB then you'll have some hope of getting it done in a reasonable time...

especially if making such changes on large scales. AWB general fixes (genfixes) are a package of common fixes which can be enabled in bulk in AWB by the...

for testing), and 8,490 pages in the US are missing a country field. AWB genfixes could also be run at this time. Given what I have found manually cleaning...

AWB/WPCleaner only to load the list of pages faster and be able to perform WP:GENFIXES. -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:43, 27 March 2018 (UTC) #73 sample edit, #70...

I am however making it a requirement that extended trials cannot have genfixes enabled. My head is steaming from reviewing that.—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 15:25...

AWB genfixes and similar. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 02:29, 12 February 2021 (UTC) Comment Unfortunately, in this case, leaving it to AWB genfixes alone...

doesn't look right. Here is another example. I know it's part of genfixes, but I thought genfixes handled that case correctly. And regarding future more aggressive...

2017 (UTC) @Primefac: Fully done now. Also, is there a reason why AWB genfixes shouldn't be enabled during the main run? Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics...

I'll point out that WP:GENFIXES are a set of fixes made by WP:AWB, which can be enabled (or not) by the user/bot. Several WP:GENFIXES are substantive/non-cosmetic...

–xenotalk 12:45, 23 September 2010 (UTC) Fine by me. We'd probably lose a few genfixes, but that's not worth any concerns. Amalthea 12:53, 23 September 2010 (UTC)...

WP:GENFIXES would be an improvement in some cases, as I already mentioned above. I think we find some agreement here. (Actually I prefer WP:AWB/GENFIXES...

only whitespace", "Skip if only casing is changed", "Skip if only minor genfixes" etc. activated. BG19bot was approved for WP:CHECKWIKI error fixing on...

adding it to the AWB genfixes. Primefac (talk) 18:23, 6 April 2021 (UTC) I added a few parameter renaming lines to the AWB genfixes (for relatively rare...

No Function details: Fix Check Wiki errors on the affected pages with GenFixes turned on. Skip options in AWB, Page is in use, No changes made, Only cosmetic...

approval. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 11:39, 17 March 2025 (UTC) Specifically, running on AWB with genfixes enabled. Primefac (talk) 12:21, 17 March 2025 (UTC)...

I'm not comfortable approving the "extra" edits beyond the main task and genfixes. That would basically give your bot broad leeway to make any useful edit...

September 2016 (UTC) @The Earwig: Got an answer from WT:AWB – if I enable genfixes, then the {{unreferenced stub}} template redirect will be bypassed and...

Internet Archive. Tim1357 talk 15:23, 31 May 2010 (UTC) This edit claims genfixes; none are made. Josh Parris 08:33, 31 May 2010 (UTC) It does, it removes...

making constant edits to articles moving around whitespace using the AWB genfixes. It's essentially a "slippery slope" argument. No, the encyclopedia will...

leave AWB genfixes on while testing things, but better edit summaries are always helpful. I’ll keep it in mind. I’ll turn off the genfixes and get cracking...

WP:COSDAY or through GENFIXes sounds sensible to me. ƒirefly ( t · c ) 09:35, 22 February 2021 (UTC) Adding it to the AWB genfixes is definitely a good...

edits[11]. A further 17 pages needed no genfixes at all, so were skipped. Note that some of the pages had only genfixes unrelated to the first pass. That leaves...

to fix an accessibility issue for users of [[screen reader]]s. Do [[WP:GENFIXES|general fixes]] and cleanup if needed. Go to [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject...

I could possibly get behind rolling genfixes in which a bot, running existing cleanup work, can cleanup genfixes, whether it's limited to only every 30...

wondering about doing them alone. That's "cosmetic" that can be done by genfixes and no real need to do them alone. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 21:21, 26 February...

anything automatically amiss with these; only 5 not-worth-the-edit minor WP:GenFixes were found on as many pages. Manually, Anthaxia viridifrons, Melanophilini...

checked "No changes are made". I also checked "Page is in use" and "Only genfixes". Find and replace rules are NOT ignored when using a module. Skip if no...

or not bot operators are allowed, or should be required, to perform WP:GENFIXES with their own bots, or theoretical bots which may be developped in the...

need fixing. "Cosmetic edits" are only allowed if they are considered genfixes, not whatever cosmetic edit one likes (e.g. changing whitespace in headers...

Moreover, I worked more than a year in improving AWB too. This enabled AWB's genfixes to be used in large scale. Some of the "trivial edits" are now part of...

and in any case making edits like [141] at high speed smells like AWB genfixes to me. — Gavia immer (talk) 03:29, 12 May 2010 (UTC) By the way, I'm assuming...

Parham (talk) 13:29, 9 December 2009 (UTC) (unindent) rev 5730 Change AWB genfixes not to implement named references for an article if there are currently...

have been trying to think of "substantial" genfixes to perhaps reduce drama surrounding the cosmetic genfixes. ~ Rob13Talk 20:06, 20 June 2017 (UTC) I support...

WP:MASSCREATION and WP:COSMETICBOT (as well as WP:AWB's logic with respect to WP:GENFIXES) have had significant overhauls since 2010/2011, and are now much more...

not have AWB access, but his monobook does contain a lot of the same "genfixes" for template redirects. I won't bother pinging all those who have implied...

the discussion on focus, because criticizing Hmains for AWB's automatic genfixes isn't productive or helpful. Bearcat (talk) 15:45, 13 February 2019 (UTC)...

Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CitationCleanerBot 5 gives approval for the WP:GENFIXES that AutoWikiBrowser uses, but the section Citation templates (FixCitationTemplates)...

16 approval said he would set it so that it would ""Skip if only minor genfixes" and "skip if only whitespace changed" will be activated. I don't think...

55 "… I support the use of general fixes in this task provided "Skip if genfixes only" is checked and the edit summary indicates general fixes may be applied...

Details of how AWB's function works can be found in Wikipedia:GENFIXES#DEFAULTSORT_insertion_and_fixes_.28SetDefaultSort.29. I'll be using the...

substitution wouldn't be interpreted as a WikiProject banner at all by AWB genfixes, so it would likely move it out of the banner, even if it was already inside...

formatting T159078 Condition "only genfixes made changes" is false if Categorisation made changes prior to genfixes T159958 For in template rules, apply...

Just wish to note that the genfixes applied to articles and talk pages are different. In my experience (from applying genfixes to talk pages), comments...

(UTC) No, it wasn't part of Genfixes, it was the deliberate goal of that AWB run, and everything else in the edit was genfixes. * Pppery * it has begun....

'100%') in Module:Navbox WP:GenFixes on Known issue: When a navbar/navbox is misplaced on the page, i.e. below categories, WP:GenFixes will place it below the...

which are tested to be as stable (maybe moreso in some cases) as AWB's genfixes, with a small amount of custom regex when needed (the task would mainly...

fixes are based on Guidelines and Documentation" and cites the page WP:GENFIXES as evidence. However, most of the items on that list do not cite a guideline...

February 2017 (UTC) Oppose - turning this in to any sort of omnibus (and genfixes) approval. If AWB can't do it, then maybe it isn't the best tool for the...

especially if making such changes on large scales. AWB general fixes (genfixes) are a package of common fixes which can be enabled in bulk in AWB by the...

<br> tag (although using the former would probably be better since AWB genfixes and similar tools may perform <br> tag autofixes). Alternatively, a hidden...

did this. TJRC (talk) 06:45, 10 March 2011 (UTC) There is logic in AWB genfixes too. To run there must already be one or more uses of named references...

starters, you can't use quantifiers (+) in replace strings. In fact, AWB's genfixes does this for you so there is no need to write additional rules. OrangeDog...

an open bot approval request (BattyBot 53). AWB, as part of its current genfixes, will add birth/death categories (like Category:1980 births) to biographies...

October 2010 (UTC) So facts to help discussion: AWB's autotagger: Wikipedia:GENFIXES#Mainspace_tagger Not yet implemented stuff in AWB:...

Wikipedia is able to dictate that the AWB tool should be setting https as genfixes within AWB, when the AWB tool is more than English Wikipedia. I said that...

It was an AutoWiki Browser edit. It looks like all of the changes are genfixes except for the BD Will username change. I'm sure the AWB run was to update...

and templatise bare ISBNs added in future? Will it be added to the AWB "genfixes"? Will there be a bot trawling regularly to check for bare ISBNs? I suggest...

category was added inside a comment by User:Wbm1058, User:SdkbBot ran AWB genfixes which moved it outside the comment, and User:RussBot then changed the redirect...

the article title will remain italicized. I plan on running this with genfixes enabled which would maximize the usefulness of the run. This would be a...

morning that AWB is incorrectly trying to "fix" brackets within brackets as genfixes. For example in Symbolist painting, AWB tried to "fix": [[File:Somni_Joan_Brull...

October 2018, see Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos#Move "'s" rule to WP:GENFIXES?.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  14:43, 17 August 2019 (UTC) Tracked in T231012...

or not bot operators are allowed, or should be required, to perform WP:GENFIXES with their own bots, or theoretical bots which may be developped in the...

--Tagishsimon (talk) 00:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC) It's included in WP:AWB's genfixes, so there should be a number of bots around standardising it on the side...

variants) to strip all instances of the parameters. Would you like to do GenFixes?—CYBERPOWER (Be my Valentine) 21:11, 11 February 2018 (UTC) @Cyberpower678:...

Not sure how to deal with this situation Peculiar dates in cite journal Genfixes Aligning two cropped images next to each other, gallery style Regis Cordic...

title=Archie_Griffin&diff=prev&oldid=476780979 has endashes being inserted). If genfixes is on, please note this in the edit summary; if not, what's going on? I...

it effectively self-clears as a navbox WP:JR/SR applied for commas WP:GenFixes on Strong support: I see too many biographies, where there are identifiers...

changes: Standardize {{WP Bio}} #Rs to: {{WikiProject Biography}} (ex 5) WP:GenFixes on (primarily for addition of {{WikiProject banner shell}}) Edit summary:...

Anonymouse321 (talk • contribs) 05:16, 1 November 2012 (UTC) I didn't see it in WP:GENFIXES, it seems like that would be a good use for it. Legoktm (talk) 05:51, 1...

to me My contributions 02:56, 19 February 2012 (UTC) It's part of the genfixes AWB does. Salvidrim! 03:25, 19 February 2012 (UTC) There are several of...

Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 18:52, 9 March 2010 (UTC) Yea, putting this in AWB's genfixes (after the TFDs are closed) would be worthwhile. Other than that,  Not...

beginning) and error 10 (Square brackets without correct end) with WP:GenFixes switched on. Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Supervised Programming language(s):...

after the cat was added and applied MOS:ORDER, possibly as part of the AWB genfixes, such as this edit which indicates that the original placement was within...

tag if no, prepend the {{Cleanup bare URLs}} tag (with date) Apply WP:GENFIXES Save page, with edit summary of the form: WP:BHGbot 8: removed 4 of 4 {{Template:Bare...

will have no real effect. Mr.Z-man 03:27, 12 April 2010 (UTC) Adding in genfixes something that won't reoccur in the future is not worth. At the moment...

punctuation like periods and commas, not before it. This is already included in GENFIXes, but I think it's noticeable enough to readers that it'd be good to have...

the same mistake. Rreagan007 (talk) 00:33, 12 September 2011 (UTC) AWB's genfixes includes logic to move hatnotes to the top of pages. Rjwilmsi 17:17, 12...

21:25, 1 October 2011 (UTC) Well it could also be incorporated in AWB genfixes, but this is a very bot-friendly task. Anything template-based can be handle...

Function details: The bot will fix these following cases of error 34 and WP:GenFixes will be turned off: {{PAGENAME}}, {{PAGENAMEE}}, {{BASEPAGENAME}}, {{BASEPAGENAMEE}}...

Wirries is an American actress, singer, and composer 2026-07-31 - [[WP:GenFixes]]/cleanup, [[WP:AWB/T|typo(s) fixed]]: ’s → 's Draft:Shereene Idriss Shereene...

previously and tested it out. The bot will use AWB and it won't use WP:GenFixes or typo fixing. All edits will be previewed before saving. This task shouldn't...

All edits will be previewed when AWB is used. Additional note that WP:GenFixes or typo fixing is not going to be enabled in this task. Approved for trial (20...

userpages. AWB does this in some cases as part of its general fixes, see WP:GENFIXES#Duplicate Unnamed References (DuplicateUnnamedReferences). I don't think...

DH85868993 (talk) 06:40, 10 November 2017 (UTC) BTW, I believe AWB with genfixes on will take care of those. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:37, 9 November...

page remove the banner {{Cleanup bare URLs}}, and save the page with AWB genfixes, using an edit summary of the form WP:BHGbot 9: removed {{Cleanup bare...

replace on AWB. It will find ^th and replace it with th. WP:GenFixes and spell checking will be turned off. You say 100 a week, but the check...

don't start with a pipe, are converted to starting with pipes (i.e. 5). WP:GenFixes are on. Support (I know, not a vote, but still, thanks.) Thanks for taking...

task, or something close to it such as making these changes part of WP:GENFIXES, exist, but short of an RFC on the issue this cannot go to trial. Headbomb...

Programming language(s): AWB Source code available: AWB find/replace logic + GenFixes Function overview: Cleans up invalid use of {{{electrified}}} in {{Infobox...

that it also handled the banner shells (or that AWB included these as genfixes). -- Black Falcon (talk) 22:34, 6 April 2011 (UTC) I added some stuff some...

([[Apple|apple]]) to apple ([[apple]]) is WP:COSMETICBOT. In fact, AWB genfixes have other cosmetic edits. Cosmetic tasks aren't allowed by themselves...

{{unreferenced}} to find those that contain ref tags, then go through with genfixes. AWB genfixes by default will change {{unreferenced}} to {{refimprove}} in those...

January 2019 (UTC) @Primefac: Trial complete. The edits are located here. WP:GenFixes were switched on as stated for this task. I will point out a couple of...

Lightmouse (talk) 08:27, 6 April 2008 (UTC) if you can create a table of genfixes that you think need to be done Ill see what I can do. βcommand 2 20:19...

Rich Farmbrough, 17:00, 1 May 2012 (UTC). While most of AWB's "major" genfixes are good enough to warrant an edit, there are several AWB's non-minor fixes...

Function details: Firstly, I am already approved to use Auto Tagging and GenFixes with the first bot task. That was mainly based upon CW errors, so I have...

look into this now. -- DQ (t) (e) 15:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)  Done with genfixes. -- DQ (t) (e) 15:27, 16 October 2010 (UTC) Hello. I would like to update...

clearly breaking protocol. I'm failing to understand how "skip if only genfixes performed" is so difficult for you to enable. Primefac (talk) 03:22, 12...

before`after). I excluded mainspace but ran this on all other namespaces, and GenFixes were on. — Qwerfjkltalk 19:03, 22 December 2025 (UTC) Approved. – DreamRimmer...

look at doing any kind of mass-repair (be it a bot or adding it to AWB genfixes). Could someone look through a dump for this sort of thing? I'm happy to...

any infoboxes where |image_upright= is preferred (i.e. {{Taxobox}}) WP:GenFixes on It might be useful for me give a little bit of background on the relevant...

run of deleting this parameter from pages, but could the task list for genfixes (or whatever it is that makes code look pretty) be expanded so that AWB...

being easily & robustly added to the typos list. I do have a personal genfixes list though, to which I've added my efforts here, and will always know...

All very well, but I thought it wasn't supposed to be doing AWB-type genfixes). Will continue... Re-opened page, hit "Page settings", no problem. Will...

and should be fixable (for the moment) by running them though AWB with genfixes. Certes (talk) 11:37, 22 June 2020 (UTC) Where did you find that list of...

shouldn't they be fixed? Jay 💬 09:19, 16 June 2023 (UTC) Of course. WP:AWB WP:GENFIXES#Talk page general fixes using the custom module User:Magioladitis/WikiProjects...

aesthetic - to separate article content from non-content. I do know that AWB genfixes follows this, so I think it is well accepted that two blanks lines is correct...

above, anything listed at WP:AWB/TR will be replaced if/when someone edits the page with genfixes turned on. Primefac (talk) 10:16, 2 July 2026 (UTC)...

diffhist m Draft:Nathan Gettings 22:53 −4 Tom.Reding talk contribs (WP:GenFixes/cleanup, typo(s) fixed: ’s → 's (4)) Tag: AWB diffhist m Draft talk:Nathan...

sufficient. Table captions and legend are present. Also, I've applied minor genfixes through AWB. That's all from me then. Shwabb1 ⟨taco⟩ 14:14, 17 April 2026...

Parham (talk) 13:29, 9 December 2009 (UTC) (unindent) rev 5730 Change AWB genfixes not to implement named references for an article if there are currently...

2024 (UTC) @Acebulf: WP:GENFIXES does at least some of this.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  00:21, 18 June 2024 (UTC) Genfixes does this on the condition...

copyedits: MOS:CURLY, MOS:DASH, and at least one reference before punctuation. GENFIXES alone might handle it all, but I'm not on Windows and don't have access...

the curly braces, I just let someone else gnoming and/or using AWB with genfixes to fix it. Curly braces are a style thing, not anything critical. Primefac...

fixes are based on Guidelines and Documentation" and cites the page WP:GENFIXES as evidence. However, most of the items on that list do not cite a guideline...

(UTC) to 02:49, 24 July 2024 (UTC) 02:47, 24 July 2024 (UTC) "Overlinking; genfixes" 02:49, 24 July 2024 (UTC) "User:M.Bitton, I reverted your original inclusion...

don't know or care whether it is RS or not. I'm more into maintenance and genfixes these days. What do longer term editors like Krimuk2.0 have to say on Pinkvilla...

Could someone better able to work with new users who are single purpose accounts please take a look at this user's contributions and try to help them understand...

(talk) 04:41, 3 September 2023 (UTC) Agreed. Looking at AWB's current genfixes, they do have some that fix MOS:ORDER stuff (categories, deletion tags...

DestructibleTimes (talk) 20:04, 9 May 2023 (UTC) Is it okay to use the AWB for genfixes? If not, then why is it an option? Lastly, is there anything else I can...

will have an uphill battle getting that sort of thing removed from WP:GENFIXES. I will note that Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/FrescoBot_2 is fairly...

sufficient. Table captions and legend are present. Also, I've applied minor genfixes through AWB. That's all from me then. Shwabb1 ⟨taco⟩ 14:14, 17 April 2026...

comments before the first section. I propose a bot which, using AWB's WP:GENFIXES, will add a == Untitled == header above the comment(s). There are, however...

get this done would probably be to get these replacements included in WP:GENFIXES. But is anyone maintaining AWB nowadays? – SD0001 (talk) 08:54, 17 September...