Wikipedia:AWB
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| Original author(s) | Bluemoose (retired) |
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| Stable release | 5.9.0.0 (January 3, 2017) |
| Preview release | SVN (SVN) |
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| Written in | C# |
| Operating system | Windows Vista and later |
| Platform | .NET Framework |
| Available in | English |
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| License | GPL v2 |
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(often abbreviated AWB) is a semi-automated editor designed to make tedious or repetitive editing tasks quicker and easier. It is, essentially, a browser that follows a user-generated list of pages to modify, presenting changes to implement within each of those pages, then progressing to the next page in the list once the changes are confirmed or skipped by the user. When set to do so, it suggests some changes (typically formatting) that are generally meant to be incidental to the main change.
AWB is written for Windows operating system version Vista and newer. It also functions reasonably well under Windows 2000/XP and Wine on Linux and Mac, but is not officially supported.
The sources are available under the GPLv2 (see Documentation page). It is written in C# using Microsoft Visual C# Express Edition/Visual Studio, which is freely available at Microsoft downloads.
There is an AWB IRC channel at connect.
Anyone can be registered, but only if an admin approves your registration. As a general rule, only users with more than 250 non-automated mainspace edits or 500 total mainspace edits will be registered. You will probably not be contacted when your registration has been approved, so look at the check page periodically for your name or watchlist the page. Admin accounts are automatically approved for using the software, even without being registered.
If you are planning to use only the "Make list" or "List comparer" options then there is no need to register. These parts of the software do not prompt for a username or check the account permissions.
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