Wikipedia talk:reFill
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Error on dead links
[edit]T305178 Hi, when creating archive links, archiveurl=, it's also creating deadurl=yes, which is a deprecated parameter, and therefore errors. Please replace with |url-status=dead. Thanks for setting up the tool, I use it loads, Tom B (talk) 13:20, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Tpbradbury: thanks Tom, this is known about, and once we've got our house in order this will get fixed at last. I will archive this thread for now. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 16:48, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
- I have unarchived this section, since it is a perennial topic for a few years now. It looks like some slow development has happened and has stalled. See T352379 for details. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:06, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
- Same issue on §Invalid parameter usage.––kemel49(connect)(contri) 12:38, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
deadurl?
[edit]Why does refill use the non-existent parameter deadurl=y? Can't someone just change it in the code or something to be url-status=dead instead? Schützenpanzer (Talk) 20:26, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
- See #Error on dead links above. This has been happening since 2019. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:06, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
Invalid parameter usage
[edit]I edited using refill on a page and it added a parameter |deadurl= which shown as invalid, i guess |url-status= was an appropriate parameter but refill forgot that.––kemel49(connect)(contri) 12:36, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
Watchlist labels are reset for article when ReFill is used on it
[edit]After the recent effort to fix the error with the API removing watchlist labels from pages (T423778), I was wondering why I still occasionally see this problem sometimes. It turns out that RefRenamer and ReFill were removing the watchlist label by the time I get to the preview/save screen. I've already reported this to the RefRenamer script developer and it was fixed.
See the ticket above for more. I don't normally like to ask for escalation for a bug fix, but this is continually screwing up my watchlist labels, and I can't be the only one this is affecting. So, please, let's get this fixed. Thanks! the Stefen 𝕋ower 20:59, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
[edit]Not sure if this is just me, but I'm getting an ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT message this evening. I've tried both Chrome and Microsoft Edge, but have the same error message. I've had the difficulties with this bot explained to me in the past, but just wanted to make others aware of this issue. This is Paul (talk) 21:38, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
- Yes, you are not alone. Refill has not worked for me all of today here in the UK. I am not technical enough to know why, nor indeed whether a report has been filed at 'Phabricator'. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 21:44, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
- @Derek R Bullamore @This is Paul
- This is because of the ongoing issues with PHP that has meant many Wikipedia services are down for the forseeable future. qcne (talk) 21:52, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for that and the quick response. I suspect then that Refill will not be working for some time yet, although the rationale behind that is broadly understood. Thanks again. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 22:09, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
- If it helps it's the same issue as reported on the BBC. qcne (talk) 22:13, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for getting back to me on this. Yes, that would make sense. This is Paul (talk) 16:20, 22 October 2026 (UTC)
- If it helps it's the same issue as reported on the BBC. qcne (talk) 22:13, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for that and the quick response. I suspect then that Refill will not be working for some time yet, although the rationale behind that is broadly understood. Thanks again. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 22:09, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
always creates issues with Toronto Transit Commission links
[edit]Hi... this script always seems to mangle references involving www.ttc.ca, the Toronto Transit Commission website.
For instance: this "fix".
Any ideas on how to fix it? I don't use the script myself but I see this type of error all the time and have to fix it manually. —Joeyconnick (talk) 17:03, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
- Feel free to create a phabricator (bug tracker) ticket with this diff and info, and tag it tool-refill. That'll put it into the queue. If others have the problem, they can post in your ticket too, gaining it additional attention. Then someday when someone figures out the python back end of this tool, maybe they'll go through the ticket queue and fix some stuff like this. Unfortunately the original tool creator is long gone, and I don't know Python. –Novem Linguae (talk) 21:01, 23 October 2026 (UTC)