Hi, thank you for approving me to use VandalProof.
I do have a problem: I see this error message when I try to log in. "You might have entered an incorrect username." I am using the MonoBook skin. I don't believe I editied the MonoBook.js or any other .js file that I rememeber. I logged out of Wikipeda before I tried logging into ValdalProof. Also I cannot log into Wikipeida using VandalProof. I have disabled my software proxy server.
I do see a message saying: "Welcome to VandalProof, Starionwolf!"
I am using a Linksys wifi-broadband router and Windows XP. If you need any more information, let me know.
Thanks. -- Starionwolf 23:39, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Well 1.2 is out, and it fixed many of the bugs in 1.1. In fact, I think the program is stable enough to move into the Wikipedia namespace. I assume if this was done it would need to happen in 1.3, so the new pages loaded. What is your opinion? Prodego talk 00:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
I realised there was a bug-report page, so I moved this. Sorry for not seeing that before now. Clq 17:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
How do you work the global whitelist/blacklist? ILove Plankton ( L) 20:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
I downloaded the zip file but when I try to extract the file it says the file is password protected. Did I miss receiving a password? Thanks, -- Alabamaboy 18:12, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Apologies on being slow to respond but life intruded. I downloaded the VandalProof 120.zip file. When I tried to unzip the download it said a password was needed. I should also note I did not have the earlier 1.1 files.-- Alabamaboy 19:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Apologies if this has been discussed before, but it seems like when one rolls back edits by a user who's done more than one, it rolls back to that user's very first entry rather than the first in the most recent chain of edits.
So for example if you have:
It will try to roll back all the way to 7, rather than to 5, thus potentially erasing useful info. Is there any way to make it roll back only as far as 5?
Cheers — SteveRwanda 19:18, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I have a similar problem to this. Sometimes, when attempting to revert multiple vandalism edits by a single user, I'll click the "Yes" button to rollback all edits. It will then take me to what is supposedly that last good version. Sometimes, it takes me back farther than I want to go, and I sometimes revert good edits. Now, I simply do it manually by comparing the edits in the history log. - Zepheus 17:26, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I had asked to be put on the list of users and got a message on my talk page that I was approved but I still can't get onto VandalProof. Can anyone help me on this? Thank you.-- Jersey Devil 03:41, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Well, the message "Your log-in request failed." still comes up and I can't load any of the lists on the left-screen side but other options I seem to be able to use.-- Jersey Devil 10:39, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
As good as I'd like to think I am at this, I've made a couple of mistakes but whenever I try to record it, it doesn't seem to go through. Any help with this please? Thanks. Beno1000 12:35, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
![]() | If you haven't already, please discontinue use of vandalproof 1.2.0 and download VandalProof 1.2.1 |
Since it brought Vandalproof 1.2.0 use to a dead stop, I'm curious: What IS this very serious bug? PrometheusX303 19:58, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
In an attempt to avoid WP:BEANS, I'm not going to say specifically what the bug was, only that it was relatively simple to repair and that it could have been quite serious if it went unnoticed for much longer, but luckily I stumbled upon it last night. It was quite sad though when I was making great progress on some mind-dazzling new features for VP (RSS-feed, precached rollbacks, utilizing WikiAPI for greater speed, administrative quickblocks, etc.) and then had to go pull up the v1.2.0 source code to repair this bug. But in any case, it should be fixed now, and I do strongly apologize for having to so rudely disable the program and force you all to download the next release; I would have avoided it if I could. As usual, please let me know about any further bugs you find or any ideas you have. AmiDaniel ( talk) 21:02, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
I came across an edit summary reading "Reverted edits by Foo (talk) to version 54882798 by Bar using VandalProof", which I presume was generated automatically by this program. Now I know this is useful to promote the program, but it could be a violation of WP:BITE when used to revert newbie tests (as it was in this case). Perhaps the "using VandalProof" should be removed, or replaced with something else. the wub "?!" 00:41, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that the edit summary when welcoming a user (as in this welcome) says, "Welcoming user using VandalProof". I'm not sure that "welcome" and "vandal" belong in the same sentence -- someone who reads their user page history might be put off by it. On the other hand, there's probably a good reason to cite the name of the program being used. I'm just throwing this out there as something to think about; maybe users of VandalProof can come up with arguments for or against it. -- Elkman 18:26, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Was approved earlier today, thought the issue might be the first character of my username being upper/lower case... tried every way but no go. Have cookies enabled in IE and cleared my Monobook.js of everything... still unable to login. I get the Welcome To VandalProof screen and after the retrieveing user list, I get the above error. Help! -- Jamott 23:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
The same thing still happens to me. Before the system was changed I would get that but would at least be able to have tags come up when I would go to talk pages but now nothing seems to work. The tags don't come up, can't view recent changes, I press rollback and nothing happens. I really don't know what it is I am doing that is wrong.
Sorry for taking so long to respond here--I've been playing around with using my new admin tools and haven't put much thought into VandalProof. Okay, let's try some of the more broad problems people have had and see if we can wittle it down. 1) Confirm that you're using the monobook skin. 2) Click the "try logging into Wikipedia" link, log in as you usually would within VP's browser, and be sure to check "Remember Me." 3) If that fails, check your IE cookie settings and see if there's anything strange. You may want to open up a stand-alone instance of IE and make sure you can log into Wikipedia and stay logged in while you edit.
AmiDaniel (
talk)
01:57, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Is the current edition of vandal proof too broad based? it removed a legitimate warning from a page i edited about a user link on the page. i think the scope of vandalproof should be used more limitedly and used more cautiously and sparingly. Vandalproof is putting of people from expressing gueniune but controversial peices of evidence for fear of it being classed as vandalism. Lucy-marie 15:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
This comment is in reference to this [2].I can understand the concern of seeing Vandal Proof, but if one follows the link they can see it's a program. Yanksox 15:46, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, whenever I try to install Vandal Proof (I have just been added to approved users), it comes up with the message Component TABCTL32.OCX or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid. Help, please? LBM 19:01, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
i want to state just for the record that vandalproof runs beutifully on linux using wine and the foss toolset winetools [3]. my platform is centos 4.2 with wine 0.9.2. frymaster 15:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if it's possible for me to start a new account and to use that account in VandalProof. I want to help out, but now I'm getting personally attacked on my userpage, which is a total pain. Also, I might like to keep all of my anti-vandalism contributions separate from my other contributions. - Zepheus 18:32, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
If you want to prove that somebody is your sockpuppet, when you create it, go here and create it while still logged on and link to the user-creation log like I did for my sockpuppet, User:GeorgeMoney VandalProof -- GeorgeMoney T· C 00:03, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, I'm back. I've downloaded the 1.21 version of VandalProof to a computer where I have admin rights. My IE browser is set to accept all cookies. Despite all this, when I try to login in with VandalProof is throws out a yellow box stating "Your log-in request failed." The funny thing is that under this yellow box it says, "Welcome to VandalProof, Alabamaboy!" Any tips on what the problem might be here? Thanks,-- Alabamaboy 00:34, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
I don't know what section to put this in, but I saw a weird edit summary, "Thanking user for voting in my RFA using VandalProof". How do you do that? -- GeorgeMoney T· C 03:29, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
You probably shouldn't use it for this (although I have myself!), but it's pretty easy. Just load up the page, and then click "Notify All Contributors." Pretty self explanatory. I would, however, like to note that the feature was developed for notifying 1-5 editors, and it doesn't conform to the bot policy when used to notify much more than that and could result in your being blocked. When I use it for mass notification, I tweak the timer to post every 30-60 seconds so as to avoid being blocked myself. AmiDaniel ( talk) 03:35, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I have been told that I am now authorized to use VandalProof, but when I try to use it, I get an error message saying that I am not logged in. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Thanks. -- Ixfd64 20:30, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Try these suggestions.
Good Luck Eagle talk 01:32, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, this is my first ever bizzarre event w/ VP. Everytime I load VP up, it will load me up but once I get the "Welcome to VP, Yanksox..." message, VP will just crash. I don't know if its a windows issue or a VP issue. Blah. Thanks for listening. Yanksox 22:21, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
nvm, it works. Yanksox 23:56, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
If I should choose to regester, and download the software, would the installation edit my PC's registry files or not? --GW_Simulations |User Page | Talk | Contribs | E-mail 20:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
The only modifications made to the registry are initializing the few dll's and ocx's you need--if these are already installed, then the setup will essentially do nothing except copy the exe to the specified destination. The exe itself makes absolutely no modifications to the registry; all data and everyting is stored in ASCII text files in the program's parent directory. I'm really paranoid about anything that modifies registry, so no need to worry. AmiDaniel ( talk) 02:09, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Why when I look at my monobook.js via clicking on it in history does it look okay, but when I click on the user page tab it looks like something is wrong with it? Does this need fixed or is it fine the way it is? Earlier today I added script for Interiot's counter tool to it, but neither that tool nor VP seem to like having both scripts in one file, so I removed the Interiot script from the file and that's when I noticed this problem. How should I set up the two different scripts? Rlevse 02:19, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
I just wanted to leave a note saying how impressed I am at the high level of intelligence this bot has! Whoever created it, and whoever runs it, you did and are doing a great job! I have seen the bot fix many cases of vandalism! Congrats! Keep up the good work! -- Andy Blak 21:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Hello! I downloaded what appeared to be the latest version from the link on the Vandalproof page. The .exe properties said that it was version 1.2.0.0 and I received a dialog box telling me that I mustn't use this version but the latest version instead. I deleted that .exe and downloaded the .exe on its own, renamed it as a .exe in my vandalproof directory and started it up. Now I can't logon as happened with version 1.1, although I can login to WP through the right-hand pane. I have also deleted the previous version of Vandalproof (1.1) just in case that was intefering with the newer one. (aeropagitica) (talk) 17:29, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I recently changed my username from User:TBC to User:Tree Biting Conspiracy. For a while though it wasn't a problem, as I was somehow still able to access VandalProof user and moderator tools using my new username [4]. However this no longer works, so any suggestions?-- ☆ TBC ☆ (aka Tree Biting Conspiracy) 00:28, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I've rewritten the download/install section for you, hopefully more clear now.
I have the following suggestion on filenames: Don't have the executable download as a ".EXE". Instead, have it download as a ZIP file containing an EXE.
You want users to get the .EXE with the correct name to overwrite the one in "C:\program files\vandalproof", without having to rename, so their existing start menu shortcuts work. So the .EXE should just be named "VandalProof.exe".
Then, having it download in a zip file means you can name the zip "VandalProof_Update_1.21.zip" so users can tell what version it contains, since the .exe now doesn't identify that.
I think this will help a lot of users. FT2 ( Talk) 20:54, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Hopefully someone can help on this. Program's setup, updated to V 1.2.1, logs in ok, loads admin lists + displays recent contribs, navigates through wikiepdia etc... with no errors. The issue is that Nothing shows up in the Recent Changes no matter what options I select. What am I doing wrong here ? Peripitus (Talk) 09:18, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
How do I report a malicious or sneaky sockpuppett account? Rlevse 16:44, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
I was using VP on my mom's computer for a while without fail, because my own was out of commission. However, now that I am using my own, it almost always crashes or freezes within the first 5 or so minutes of use, if not immediately. My own computer is a bit slower and older than my mom's, hers being a 833mhz p3, mine is a 567mhz celeron. Other than that, they're fairly similar, they both run WinXP, etc. The only other difference that i can think would cause it to mess up is that I have a wireless internet connection that is not very stable at all (in fact, as I was typing this, the connection went out.) -- Evan S e eds (talk) 21:34, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
What do you think of either of these as an alternative to the current VandalProof lock:
— M e ts501 ( talk) 02:44, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
How about this? It took me weeks to made. Yanksox (talk) 03:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm crazy, and no I'm not suggesting we don't like to run. We just dislike running after vandals. Yanksox (talk) 03:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm not going to comment on the images myself as I don't want to influence opinion on the matter; however, I would like to point out that I've incorporated the current VP lock logo into my personal miniature test Wiki, found here and am going to incorporate it into the software soon as well. So, if you guys decide upon another logo, please let me know so I can update the wiki and the app. AmiDaniel ( talk) 01:29, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
For some reason I cannot view user contributions in VP. When I type the user name and click the update button, nothing happens. Any idea what the problem might be? 01:06, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
VP no longer shows me changes between article revisions. Instead, it takes me to the article. I have to click on history and select the revisions in order to see the changes. Is there any way to fix this? 01:19, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Please download version 1.2.2 from the main page. AmiDaniel ( talk) 05:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
What is VandalProof doing when you merge your local whitelist/blacklist into the global whitelist/blacklist or vice versa? It's really slow on my computer (often taking over a minute) — Mets501 ( talk) 21:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
oooh. i wouldn't want a global colourlist to be mandatory. i keep certain folks in my black list not because their habitual vandals but because i want their edits to leap out at me. -- frymaster 21:32, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes I have done it, if you want to do the same you can ask me via e-mail. —Preceding unsigned comment added by VandalKilla ( talk • contribs) 01:34, 22 June 2006 I have made a tutorial which explains the basic steps involved in making it work in linux http://vplinux.cjb.net/ I haven't checked this with AmiDaniel though, I would do it on irc but I was blocked for flooding which was an accident and then I wasn't properly warned (plus I forgot my ritalin) VandalKilla 09:35, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Just a small problem I'm having, and it's probably because I'm doing it wrong. When I click on Update VandalismStats, Update VandlismLog, and Update VandalismMistakes buttons, i hear internet explorer browse to 2 pages, but none of my Vandalism userpages are being updated, although it did work the first time. I'm not sure of what I'm doing wrong/not doing/misunderstanding so any guidance would be appreciated. Cheers, TheJC Talk Contributions 02:31, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Put in a link to WP:AIV. That would be really nice. Gang sta E B EA 02:48, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
When does version 1.3 come out? Gang sta E B EA 19:48, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
What is this programmed in? Visual Basic? I could help, considering I'll be able to learn how to program in the language of my choice in about 2 weeks. Gang sta E B EA 20:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
I have to download it from a mirror, for some reason downloading it from the place AmiDaniel provides never works. ILovePlankton 16:05, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
I seem to have been removed from the approved list, in addition to another user... Any reason for this? Perchance a mistake, although I'd like to be notified:P HawkerTyphoon 17:02, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Hello I have tried the help stuff but I seem unable to login?
-- Charlesknight 22:10, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Fixed thanks to the help of a masked Mod on a white horse.
-- Charlesknight 22:32, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
The error messages in VP are caused by User javascript that is not compatable with Internet Explorer. Any user that uses Firefox as their primary browser and IE only for VandalProof can put
if (navigator.product == 'Gecko' ) { ...current javascript... }
in their User:UserName/monobook.js file, and it will make VandalProof run without script errors and will not affect WP browsing in Firefox. — M e ts501 ( talk) 22:17, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
If you're using any version of Opera (and set it to identify as Opera browser) the following code should prevent JavaScript errors in VandalProof, although any customisations (such as extra tabs, popups, etc) will not be displayed in VandalProof nor Internet Explorer. As with the Firefox version above, put this in your User:UserName/monobook.js file:
if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('opera') + 1) { ...current javascript... }
I don't know of a way to simply block only internet explorer from processing some javascript - I'm by no means an expert in javascript (don't even know how to do an OR statement in javascript :P) - however I have tested this and it appears to work, and VandalProof appears to have sped up since it don't have to process the Javascript. TheJC Talk Contributions 03:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Untested since I'm on Mac OS X at the moment, but
if ( navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('msie') == -1 ) { //current javascript }
should work. Untested though as I said. --james // bornhj (talk) 03:30, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Would this be more appropriate:
Do you have a VandalProof manual? -- Bigtop ( tk| |cb| em| ea) 23:54, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm having trouble handling vandalism-or-not situations, and sometimes, I get "mistaked" messages. Also, I want to get some tips on how to use VandalProof easier. Could you please reply me if you have good answers? Thanks. -- Bigtop ( tk| |cb| em| ea) 06:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've just noticed that every time I reboot and start up VP, my vandalism stats go back to 0.
I was just wondering if that was supposed to happen, and also I went to see my [ My VandalismStats] and I happened to notice that it said that I had only reverted 2 edits of vandalism, when in reality it should be around 6 now. Then when I clicked 'update log' on VP, it changed the vandalism stats back to 0. If you need more specifics, just post to my Talk Page
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
Nishkid64 15:01, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Can anyone tell me why when I update my VP stats it works but the VP log doesn't? The update says it has run but it acutally doesn't modify the file on wiki. Rlevse 18:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've recently been testing vandal proof (see my contribs) and noticed it gives unique warnings on users talk pages. Is there anyway to set it to use default warnings that are on WP:VAND? Like a setting to adjust. Thanks.-- Andeh 10:37, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
If you could make a version of this for Mac OS X, that would be very swell. I would certainly use it. That is all. Thanks! Grand master ka 05:36, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I had an offer some time ago from someone interested in rewriting VandalProof for OS-X; however, I haven't followed up with him recently. As frymaster said, making VP run on OS-X would pretty much require a complete and total rewrite. If I knew this project was going to grow and grow as it has, I likely would have written VP in C#, which I believe is supported by OS-X; however, it's now a bit too late. Given that, in the 1.3 dev version, my largest of thirteen modules is about 6,000 lines long, we're talking a quite tremendous undertaking for anyone who chooses to "translate" it, and undertaking equivalent to that of writing originally. Anyway, I wish I could, but I'm afraid not. AmiDaniel ( talk) 21:16, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
-- frymaster 16:22, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Question regarding the 250 mainspace edits treshold for getting access to VP; how can I see how much mainspace edits I have withouth manually counting my contribs? And what counts towards this figure? Real additons to articles or effort put into reverting vandalism? Thanks. Intinn 22:27, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Cheers! Intinn 10:10, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I was made a user of VP by User:Eagle_101 back in May. I now find myself unable to login to VP (the latest version). Can anyone shed any light on the subject.
Regards, Chrisd87 23:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Is there any way to prevent VP from autosigning? I know it's a weird request, but if there is, I want to know... Fredil Yupigo 14:56, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
<ROLLBACK 4> Rollback {{test4}} {{subst:User:Fredil Yupigo/test4|%P}} [[User:Fredil Yupigo|Fredil Yupigo]] ~~~~~ ##NOSIG
Fredil Yupigo 20:01, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for approving me to use VandalProof.
I do have a problem: I see this error message when I try to log in. "You might have entered an incorrect username." I am using the MonoBook skin. I don't believe I editied the MonoBook.js or any other .js file that I rememeber. I logged out of Wikipeda before I tried logging into ValdalProof. Also I cannot log into Wikipeida using VandalProof. I have disabled my software proxy server.
I do see a message saying: "Welcome to VandalProof, Starionwolf!"
I am using a Linksys wifi-broadband router and Windows XP. If you need any more information, let me know.
Thanks. -- Starionwolf 23:39, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Well 1.2 is out, and it fixed many of the bugs in 1.1. In fact, I think the program is stable enough to move into the Wikipedia namespace. I assume if this was done it would need to happen in 1.3, so the new pages loaded. What is your opinion? Prodego talk 00:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
I realised there was a bug-report page, so I moved this. Sorry for not seeing that before now. Clq 17:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
How do you work the global whitelist/blacklist? ILove Plankton ( L) 20:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
I downloaded the zip file but when I try to extract the file it says the file is password protected. Did I miss receiving a password? Thanks, -- Alabamaboy 18:12, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Apologies on being slow to respond but life intruded. I downloaded the VandalProof 120.zip file. When I tried to unzip the download it said a password was needed. I should also note I did not have the earlier 1.1 files.-- Alabamaboy 19:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Apologies if this has been discussed before, but it seems like when one rolls back edits by a user who's done more than one, it rolls back to that user's very first entry rather than the first in the most recent chain of edits.
So for example if you have:
It will try to roll back all the way to 7, rather than to 5, thus potentially erasing useful info. Is there any way to make it roll back only as far as 5?
Cheers — SteveRwanda 19:18, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I have a similar problem to this. Sometimes, when attempting to revert multiple vandalism edits by a single user, I'll click the "Yes" button to rollback all edits. It will then take me to what is supposedly that last good version. Sometimes, it takes me back farther than I want to go, and I sometimes revert good edits. Now, I simply do it manually by comparing the edits in the history log. - Zepheus 17:26, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I had asked to be put on the list of users and got a message on my talk page that I was approved but I still can't get onto VandalProof. Can anyone help me on this? Thank you.-- Jersey Devil 03:41, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Well, the message "Your log-in request failed." still comes up and I can't load any of the lists on the left-screen side but other options I seem to be able to use.-- Jersey Devil 10:39, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
As good as I'd like to think I am at this, I've made a couple of mistakes but whenever I try to record it, it doesn't seem to go through. Any help with this please? Thanks. Beno1000 12:35, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
![]() | If you haven't already, please discontinue use of vandalproof 1.2.0 and download VandalProof 1.2.1 |
Since it brought Vandalproof 1.2.0 use to a dead stop, I'm curious: What IS this very serious bug? PrometheusX303 19:58, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
In an attempt to avoid WP:BEANS, I'm not going to say specifically what the bug was, only that it was relatively simple to repair and that it could have been quite serious if it went unnoticed for much longer, but luckily I stumbled upon it last night. It was quite sad though when I was making great progress on some mind-dazzling new features for VP (RSS-feed, precached rollbacks, utilizing WikiAPI for greater speed, administrative quickblocks, etc.) and then had to go pull up the v1.2.0 source code to repair this bug. But in any case, it should be fixed now, and I do strongly apologize for having to so rudely disable the program and force you all to download the next release; I would have avoided it if I could. As usual, please let me know about any further bugs you find or any ideas you have. AmiDaniel ( talk) 21:02, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
I came across an edit summary reading "Reverted edits by Foo (talk) to version 54882798 by Bar using VandalProof", which I presume was generated automatically by this program. Now I know this is useful to promote the program, but it could be a violation of WP:BITE when used to revert newbie tests (as it was in this case). Perhaps the "using VandalProof" should be removed, or replaced with something else. the wub "?!" 00:41, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that the edit summary when welcoming a user (as in this welcome) says, "Welcoming user using VandalProof". I'm not sure that "welcome" and "vandal" belong in the same sentence -- someone who reads their user page history might be put off by it. On the other hand, there's probably a good reason to cite the name of the program being used. I'm just throwing this out there as something to think about; maybe users of VandalProof can come up with arguments for or against it. -- Elkman 18:26, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Was approved earlier today, thought the issue might be the first character of my username being upper/lower case... tried every way but no go. Have cookies enabled in IE and cleared my Monobook.js of everything... still unable to login. I get the Welcome To VandalProof screen and after the retrieveing user list, I get the above error. Help! -- Jamott 23:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
The same thing still happens to me. Before the system was changed I would get that but would at least be able to have tags come up when I would go to talk pages but now nothing seems to work. The tags don't come up, can't view recent changes, I press rollback and nothing happens. I really don't know what it is I am doing that is wrong.
Sorry for taking so long to respond here--I've been playing around with using my new admin tools and haven't put much thought into VandalProof. Okay, let's try some of the more broad problems people have had and see if we can wittle it down. 1) Confirm that you're using the monobook skin. 2) Click the "try logging into Wikipedia" link, log in as you usually would within VP's browser, and be sure to check "Remember Me." 3) If that fails, check your IE cookie settings and see if there's anything strange. You may want to open up a stand-alone instance of IE and make sure you can log into Wikipedia and stay logged in while you edit.
AmiDaniel (
talk)
01:57, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Is the current edition of vandal proof too broad based? it removed a legitimate warning from a page i edited about a user link on the page. i think the scope of vandalproof should be used more limitedly and used more cautiously and sparingly. Vandalproof is putting of people from expressing gueniune but controversial peices of evidence for fear of it being classed as vandalism. Lucy-marie 15:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
This comment is in reference to this [2].I can understand the concern of seeing Vandal Proof, but if one follows the link they can see it's a program. Yanksox 15:46, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, whenever I try to install Vandal Proof (I have just been added to approved users), it comes up with the message Component TABCTL32.OCX or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid. Help, please? LBM 19:01, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
i want to state just for the record that vandalproof runs beutifully on linux using wine and the foss toolset winetools [3]. my platform is centos 4.2 with wine 0.9.2. frymaster 15:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if it's possible for me to start a new account and to use that account in VandalProof. I want to help out, but now I'm getting personally attacked on my userpage, which is a total pain. Also, I might like to keep all of my anti-vandalism contributions separate from my other contributions. - Zepheus 18:32, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
If you want to prove that somebody is your sockpuppet, when you create it, go here and create it while still logged on and link to the user-creation log like I did for my sockpuppet, User:GeorgeMoney VandalProof -- GeorgeMoney T· C 00:03, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, I'm back. I've downloaded the 1.21 version of VandalProof to a computer where I have admin rights. My IE browser is set to accept all cookies. Despite all this, when I try to login in with VandalProof is throws out a yellow box stating "Your log-in request failed." The funny thing is that under this yellow box it says, "Welcome to VandalProof, Alabamaboy!" Any tips on what the problem might be here? Thanks,-- Alabamaboy 00:34, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
I don't know what section to put this in, but I saw a weird edit summary, "Thanking user for voting in my RFA using VandalProof". How do you do that? -- GeorgeMoney T· C 03:29, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
You probably shouldn't use it for this (although I have myself!), but it's pretty easy. Just load up the page, and then click "Notify All Contributors." Pretty self explanatory. I would, however, like to note that the feature was developed for notifying 1-5 editors, and it doesn't conform to the bot policy when used to notify much more than that and could result in your being blocked. When I use it for mass notification, I tweak the timer to post every 30-60 seconds so as to avoid being blocked myself. AmiDaniel ( talk) 03:35, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I have been told that I am now authorized to use VandalProof, but when I try to use it, I get an error message saying that I am not logged in. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Thanks. -- Ixfd64 20:30, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Try these suggestions.
Good Luck Eagle talk 01:32, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, this is my first ever bizzarre event w/ VP. Everytime I load VP up, it will load me up but once I get the "Welcome to VP, Yanksox..." message, VP will just crash. I don't know if its a windows issue or a VP issue. Blah. Thanks for listening. Yanksox 22:21, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
nvm, it works. Yanksox 23:56, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
If I should choose to regester, and download the software, would the installation edit my PC's registry files or not? --GW_Simulations |User Page | Talk | Contribs | E-mail 20:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
The only modifications made to the registry are initializing the few dll's and ocx's you need--if these are already installed, then the setup will essentially do nothing except copy the exe to the specified destination. The exe itself makes absolutely no modifications to the registry; all data and everyting is stored in ASCII text files in the program's parent directory. I'm really paranoid about anything that modifies registry, so no need to worry. AmiDaniel ( talk) 02:09, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Why when I look at my monobook.js via clicking on it in history does it look okay, but when I click on the user page tab it looks like something is wrong with it? Does this need fixed or is it fine the way it is? Earlier today I added script for Interiot's counter tool to it, but neither that tool nor VP seem to like having both scripts in one file, so I removed the Interiot script from the file and that's when I noticed this problem. How should I set up the two different scripts? Rlevse 02:19, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
I just wanted to leave a note saying how impressed I am at the high level of intelligence this bot has! Whoever created it, and whoever runs it, you did and are doing a great job! I have seen the bot fix many cases of vandalism! Congrats! Keep up the good work! -- Andy Blak 21:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Hello! I downloaded what appeared to be the latest version from the link on the Vandalproof page. The .exe properties said that it was version 1.2.0.0 and I received a dialog box telling me that I mustn't use this version but the latest version instead. I deleted that .exe and downloaded the .exe on its own, renamed it as a .exe in my vandalproof directory and started it up. Now I can't logon as happened with version 1.1, although I can login to WP through the right-hand pane. I have also deleted the previous version of Vandalproof (1.1) just in case that was intefering with the newer one. (aeropagitica) (talk) 17:29, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I recently changed my username from User:TBC to User:Tree Biting Conspiracy. For a while though it wasn't a problem, as I was somehow still able to access VandalProof user and moderator tools using my new username [4]. However this no longer works, so any suggestions?-- ☆ TBC ☆ (aka Tree Biting Conspiracy) 00:28, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I've rewritten the download/install section for you, hopefully more clear now.
I have the following suggestion on filenames: Don't have the executable download as a ".EXE". Instead, have it download as a ZIP file containing an EXE.
You want users to get the .EXE with the correct name to overwrite the one in "C:\program files\vandalproof", without having to rename, so their existing start menu shortcuts work. So the .EXE should just be named "VandalProof.exe".
Then, having it download in a zip file means you can name the zip "VandalProof_Update_1.21.zip" so users can tell what version it contains, since the .exe now doesn't identify that.
I think this will help a lot of users. FT2 ( Talk) 20:54, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Hopefully someone can help on this. Program's setup, updated to V 1.2.1, logs in ok, loads admin lists + displays recent contribs, navigates through wikiepdia etc... with no errors. The issue is that Nothing shows up in the Recent Changes no matter what options I select. What am I doing wrong here ? Peripitus (Talk) 09:18, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
How do I report a malicious or sneaky sockpuppett account? Rlevse 16:44, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
I was using VP on my mom's computer for a while without fail, because my own was out of commission. However, now that I am using my own, it almost always crashes or freezes within the first 5 or so minutes of use, if not immediately. My own computer is a bit slower and older than my mom's, hers being a 833mhz p3, mine is a 567mhz celeron. Other than that, they're fairly similar, they both run WinXP, etc. The only other difference that i can think would cause it to mess up is that I have a wireless internet connection that is not very stable at all (in fact, as I was typing this, the connection went out.) -- Evan S e eds (talk) 21:34, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
What do you think of either of these as an alternative to the current VandalProof lock:
— M e ts501 ( talk) 02:44, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
How about this? It took me weeks to made. Yanksox (talk) 03:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm crazy, and no I'm not suggesting we don't like to run. We just dislike running after vandals. Yanksox (talk) 03:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm not going to comment on the images myself as I don't want to influence opinion on the matter; however, I would like to point out that I've incorporated the current VP lock logo into my personal miniature test Wiki, found here and am going to incorporate it into the software soon as well. So, if you guys decide upon another logo, please let me know so I can update the wiki and the app. AmiDaniel ( talk) 01:29, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
For some reason I cannot view user contributions in VP. When I type the user name and click the update button, nothing happens. Any idea what the problem might be? 01:06, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
VP no longer shows me changes between article revisions. Instead, it takes me to the article. I have to click on history and select the revisions in order to see the changes. Is there any way to fix this? 01:19, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Please download version 1.2.2 from the main page. AmiDaniel ( talk) 05:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
What is VandalProof doing when you merge your local whitelist/blacklist into the global whitelist/blacklist or vice versa? It's really slow on my computer (often taking over a minute) — Mets501 ( talk) 21:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
oooh. i wouldn't want a global colourlist to be mandatory. i keep certain folks in my black list not because their habitual vandals but because i want their edits to leap out at me. -- frymaster 21:32, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes I have done it, if you want to do the same you can ask me via e-mail. —Preceding unsigned comment added by VandalKilla ( talk • contribs) 01:34, 22 June 2006 I have made a tutorial which explains the basic steps involved in making it work in linux http://vplinux.cjb.net/ I haven't checked this with AmiDaniel though, I would do it on irc but I was blocked for flooding which was an accident and then I wasn't properly warned (plus I forgot my ritalin) VandalKilla 09:35, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Just a small problem I'm having, and it's probably because I'm doing it wrong. When I click on Update VandalismStats, Update VandlismLog, and Update VandalismMistakes buttons, i hear internet explorer browse to 2 pages, but none of my Vandalism userpages are being updated, although it did work the first time. I'm not sure of what I'm doing wrong/not doing/misunderstanding so any guidance would be appreciated. Cheers, TheJC Talk Contributions 02:31, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Put in a link to WP:AIV. That would be really nice. Gang sta E B EA 02:48, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
When does version 1.3 come out? Gang sta E B EA 19:48, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
What is this programmed in? Visual Basic? I could help, considering I'll be able to learn how to program in the language of my choice in about 2 weeks. Gang sta E B EA 20:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
I have to download it from a mirror, for some reason downloading it from the place AmiDaniel provides never works. ILovePlankton 16:05, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
I seem to have been removed from the approved list, in addition to another user... Any reason for this? Perchance a mistake, although I'd like to be notified:P HawkerTyphoon 17:02, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Hello I have tried the help stuff but I seem unable to login?
-- Charlesknight 22:10, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Fixed thanks to the help of a masked Mod on a white horse.
-- Charlesknight 22:32, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
The error messages in VP are caused by User javascript that is not compatable with Internet Explorer. Any user that uses Firefox as their primary browser and IE only for VandalProof can put
if (navigator.product == 'Gecko' ) { ...current javascript... }
in their User:UserName/monobook.js file, and it will make VandalProof run without script errors and will not affect WP browsing in Firefox. — M e ts501 ( talk) 22:17, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
If you're using any version of Opera (and set it to identify as Opera browser) the following code should prevent JavaScript errors in VandalProof, although any customisations (such as extra tabs, popups, etc) will not be displayed in VandalProof nor Internet Explorer. As with the Firefox version above, put this in your User:UserName/monobook.js file:
if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('opera') + 1) { ...current javascript... }
I don't know of a way to simply block only internet explorer from processing some javascript - I'm by no means an expert in javascript (don't even know how to do an OR statement in javascript :P) - however I have tested this and it appears to work, and VandalProof appears to have sped up since it don't have to process the Javascript. TheJC Talk Contributions 03:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Untested since I'm on Mac OS X at the moment, but
if ( navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('msie') == -1 ) { //current javascript }
should work. Untested though as I said. --james // bornhj (talk) 03:30, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Would this be more appropriate:
Do you have a VandalProof manual? -- Bigtop ( tk| |cb| em| ea) 23:54, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm having trouble handling vandalism-or-not situations, and sometimes, I get "mistaked" messages. Also, I want to get some tips on how to use VandalProof easier. Could you please reply me if you have good answers? Thanks. -- Bigtop ( tk| |cb| em| ea) 06:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've just noticed that every time I reboot and start up VP, my vandalism stats go back to 0.
I was just wondering if that was supposed to happen, and also I went to see my [ My VandalismStats] and I happened to notice that it said that I had only reverted 2 edits of vandalism, when in reality it should be around 6 now. Then when I clicked 'update log' on VP, it changed the vandalism stats back to 0. If you need more specifics, just post to my Talk Page
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
Nishkid64 15:01, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Can anyone tell me why when I update my VP stats it works but the VP log doesn't? The update says it has run but it acutally doesn't modify the file on wiki. Rlevse 18:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've recently been testing vandal proof (see my contribs) and noticed it gives unique warnings on users talk pages. Is there anyway to set it to use default warnings that are on WP:VAND? Like a setting to adjust. Thanks.-- Andeh 10:37, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
If you could make a version of this for Mac OS X, that would be very swell. I would certainly use it. That is all. Thanks! Grand master ka 05:36, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I had an offer some time ago from someone interested in rewriting VandalProof for OS-X; however, I haven't followed up with him recently. As frymaster said, making VP run on OS-X would pretty much require a complete and total rewrite. If I knew this project was going to grow and grow as it has, I likely would have written VP in C#, which I believe is supported by OS-X; however, it's now a bit too late. Given that, in the 1.3 dev version, my largest of thirteen modules is about 6,000 lines long, we're talking a quite tremendous undertaking for anyone who chooses to "translate" it, and undertaking equivalent to that of writing originally. Anyway, I wish I could, but I'm afraid not. AmiDaniel ( talk) 21:16, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
-- frymaster 16:22, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Question regarding the 250 mainspace edits treshold for getting access to VP; how can I see how much mainspace edits I have withouth manually counting my contribs? And what counts towards this figure? Real additons to articles or effort put into reverting vandalism? Thanks. Intinn 22:27, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Cheers! Intinn 10:10, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I was made a user of VP by User:Eagle_101 back in May. I now find myself unable to login to VP (the latest version). Can anyone shed any light on the subject.
Regards, Chrisd87 23:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Is there any way to prevent VP from autosigning? I know it's a weird request, but if there is, I want to know... Fredil Yupigo 14:56, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
<ROLLBACK 4> Rollback {{test4}} {{subst:User:Fredil Yupigo/test4|%P}} [[User:Fredil Yupigo|Fredil Yupigo]] ~~~~~ ##NOSIG
Fredil Yupigo 20:01, 16 July 2006 (UTC)