I've brought in some coders from my University on the project, Mike Flynn, Robert Fuller, and Jason Schindler. They'll be working on addressing pretty much all the bugs that have been mentioned, putting in some of the requested features that I haven't done (e.g. sound, saveable list of channels, multiple profiles, better status messages, better file saving for swappable lists, full and complete multilanguage/project support). Togther we're going to be implementing collaboration between clients, and at the same time I'm going to work on a spec for a sort of "plug in" interface and I'll be providing the first plug in. Expect all this to be done within 2-3 months at the very latest. If I can get them to give me intermediate builds, I'll throw up new versions as the things get implemented. CryptoDerk 15:48, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
Great to hear development is continuing! Dan100 ( Talk) 22:09, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
Glad to be apart of this project! -Mike Flynn
Hello, CryptoDerk. I just started using your program, and it works pretty well, I'm impressed. Immediately, I have two suggestions: one, reverse the scroll, so that the newest edits are at the top, just like the normal recent changes, and two, when you click on a page to open it up, have it remain behind vandalfigher so that you can open multiple windows at once without having to click repeatedly on VF's minimized icon. I'm sure I'll have more once I use it for a while. -- Blackcap | talk 22:23, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
Fresh suggestion: have a "revert colors to default" button, and a more general "revert all settings to default" button. I've wished that I had that. -- Blackcap | talk 23:26, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
I've noticed that essentially all edits to User pages by anonymous editors tend to be vandalism or misplaced edits (I have seen one exception, but as it came after I mentioned my observation on #Wikipedia, I think it was by a logged out registered user). Perhaps these could be highlighted or emphasized in some way as being vastly more likely to be vandalism? -- Maru (talk) 04:11, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:CryptoDerk/CDVF/archive_1#Mark_as_patrolled. See further:
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3270.
The first link explains the original request to enable a function by which an article looked-up via vf can be marked as patrolled. In the mean time a request for extending the output to irc with the appropriate info has been posted. I observed from several sources that at least the Dutch community would very welcome such a feature. Is this still somewhere in your todo list?
RonaldB-nl
00:30, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
The port number option for the IRC channel doesn't seem to be editable. This is a real problem for me - my router requires using IRC through port 6666 only, and anything else simply doesn't work. Is there a workaround? -- ChrisO 13:34, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
FWIW, all of my autoscroll issues (jumpy, stopping occasionally) were fixed by having it scroll up instead of down. — mendel ☎ 18:33, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
This might be a bit offtopic, but I don't think the IRC rc patrol has its own page right?
Is there any word on if and when the IRC recent changes log will be converted to use static revision IDs like WP:RC does since the latest upgrade? It's nice to be able to open a diff from IRC RC and have it always go to the correct revision, even on fast-moving articles. -- fvw * 21:40, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
A feature where you could click a button to revert an edit would be useful, if it was feasible. Bart133 (t) 04:28, 1 October 2005 (UTC) Also, is there a regular expression to blacklist user page edits not by the user? If so, what? Great program, by the way. -- Bart133 (t) 15:51, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
Hello there!
I have just have downloaded your Vandal Fighter and I'd like to tell you that it is a great piece of software. One of my favourite tasks in Wikipedia is scanning through new pages and speeding any junk that tries to get through. With VF this is now a lot easier. I have a question however. Is it possible to configure VF to open pages in new Firefox tabs instead of the last one (I'm contributing under Linux)? This would save a few clicks and Ctrl+T's (new tab). Fantastic software anyway! -- Misza13 (Talk) 21:31, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm having a problem importing admins into CDVF's whitelist. It will import the admins alphabetically up to User:Bkonrad and then won't import any more. I've tried re-importing and clearing the whitelist, but it still won't import the rest of the admins. I did notice that this issue was mentioned in the archive, but it doesn't seem to be resolved. Is there anything I might be doing wrong or is there another way to put all admins in my whitelist (other than manually typing them in)? Other than this small issue, it's a really great program! Carbonite | Talk 16:34, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Probably already mentioned, but autoconnet would be nice so that one can start up the VF on boot up and not need to press connect in order to lurk. - Roy Boy 800 16:51, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
Hi, i'm using you CDVF from only two days but i already have got two suggestion:
Timendum from it.wikipedia 19:50, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
I have been using CDVF off and on for awhile now, but I still haven't figured out how to import a watchlist. I don't want to do it manually as I have almost 700 pages! Jaberwocky6669 | ☎ 05:35, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm attempting to connect, but get this message instead. Is this an issue on my end somewhere or something happening with the IRC channel?
Also, I've figured out how to import my watchlist now, but I'm wondering, is it possible (or could it be made possible?) to import a recent changes "shared watchlist", like Wikipedia:Most vandalized pages?
Thanks for a great tool! — MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 06:28, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
This page should be moved to the wikipedia: namespace to increase visibility. Borisblue 21:51, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Hello, i am using your geat software on the french Wikipedia. We have some user with é à â ä etc. in ther names. When in try to clic on an user with diacritics (to see edits) the page do not open in the navigator. Sincerely. Miniwark 20:07, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
1987c1987 < String st1 = stt.nextToken(), st2 = stt.nextToken(); --- > String st1 = URLEncoder.encode(stt.nextToken(),"UTF-8"), st2 = stt.nextToken();
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
, every time that there is a URL composition (might be done with a function) for Talk, Blockip, Contributions. The URLEncode will not disturb what currently works for ASCII usersnames.
5ko
07:29, 14 December 2005 (UTC)Using Linux and JDK 1.4.2, could not connect to IRC server. With JDK 1.5.0, it works fine.
Do we download vf.jar or vf.data from the website. How do we install it? Do we just click on one of the files? Thanks. — MATHWIZ2020 TALK | CONTRIBS 01:26, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Just a simple suggestion for any new version of CDVF or bot. Non-admins fighting vandals currently have to use IRC or WP:AIV to secure an admin review of a problem user (impersonator etc|), or ask for a block. I suggest creating a simple flag, which can be included in any edit summary, which would show up on the CVUbot and CDVF, indicating to any admin that an editor wishes admin intervention. E.g. rvv etc .... *admin* (or test4 *a*) - where *admin* or simply *a* is the flag. Of course, it could be misused - but then, if vandals use, it ..... we know who they are. Doc ask? 18:06, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I'm translating this article to the dutch wikipedia ( nl:Wikipedia:Vandalfighter - it's a bit short at the moment). Can someone explain to me what speedied pages pages are? Venullian 17:48, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Also, it says that you can also import your Wikipedia watchlist, but i don't really see how to do so when i'm on the page to edit my watchlist... Venullian 17:53, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
I'm just curious when a new version might be released. I'm not trying to rush the coders, but I noticed that Cryptoderk quoted "2-3 months" back in September and "next week" back in mid-October. Carbonite | Talk 14:36, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
Is the IRC RC format defined anywhere? I wanted to experiment with the feed, but the format isn't immediately obvious to me. Any hints would be appreciated. Thanks, William Pietri 04:42, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
After more wandering, I found it in the source code: includes/RecentChange.php. It's at the bottom of the file as "getIRCLine". -- William Pietri 19:15, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
If anybody wants it, I now have an adequate Java parser for IRC recent change events, with more improvements upcoming. Even if you're not working in Java, the test cases would be useful if you're rolling your own. -- William Pietri 06:12, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
I propose that, due to the overwhelming usefulness of CDVF, that this page be moved into the Wikipedia namespace, to Wikipedia:CryptoDerk's Vandal Fighter or similar title, in the same way that Kate's Tool now has its own place. Unless, of course, CryptoDerk wants it kept here. Any thoughts? This tool certainly deserves it: it's the best vandalfighting anything since RC. Blackcap | talk 11:23, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi, CryptoDerk, i'm just testing your great tool. I'm amazed! Thank you :-)
You asked for suggestions... i would like to see all changes, including those made by the "good ones". Actually, i would like to highlight changes made by a) people on my whitelist and b) myself. I#M using a monobook.css which does right this on wikipedia, so i'm somehow used to that :-)
Well, to see my own edits highlighted, i had to blacklist myself... don't tell anyone ;-) Is there any better solution?
Thank you -- Magadan ?! 17:03, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
Great Tool, thank you very much! I am using it as an improved watch list, though, not "only" to keep an eye on vandalism.
As we all know, vandalism is not only occuring on the articles itself, but often on the corresponding discussion pages. Therefore, it would be a nice feature if the tool would monitor the discussion page of an article that I have on my watchlist automatically. Currently, if I want to watch changes there as well, I would need to add discussion:article#de.wikipedia.
Once again, thanks for the tool!-- nodutschke 19:07, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
one thing that I thought of that I would _really_ like to see, some sort of secondary network, where, for the people allowed in (such as admins and users who are known to be patrollers (such as the whitelisted users on the CVU bot), can join and the diffs are loaded between all of them, but if another admin hits one of those diffs and checks it off as non-vandalism, or another edit comes in showing that it has been taken care of by one of the users on the server, it disappers, so you don't go checking what somebody else already has. I've been shown multiple website based programs that do this, but none in realtime. -- Appleboy Talk 22:32, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
1) keep track of who checks of on edits 2) put that info in the ircstream when those two are in place it's rather trivial (tho would take a while) to add such a system to tools such as vandalfighter. Henna 22:23, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
Sorry it's taken so long -- real life got in the way. Anyway, the other coders involved have now finished their course and are in the process of providing me a final version of what they did (I've seen it working, and I examined an earlier copy). Starting on Monday I'm on it. It will take some time to get their version ready for release, plus if I can add in requested things from here that they didn't get to, I will. Really sorry for the delays. I promise a new version within a month. CryptoDerk 15:05, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
I look forward to it with bated breath! Thanks for all your efforts Derk, I hope you realise just how much you've done for keeping Wikipedia free of vandalism. Dan100 ( Talk) 10:27, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I definately look forward to it. Good job! Hope we can get a full list of admins though :) — Ilyan e p (Talk) 00:08, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
When I click on the article summary (or anything else that should link me to wikipedia), I get an application not found error. Can any help me? The Catfish 22:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I think I'm having the same problem. The program opens in the Java program, but when I click on a link, I get this error message: "There was a problem sending the command to the program." Banes suggested it might be IE, but I use firefox, so it's not that. Anyone have any advice? -- Violin G irl ♪
I just whant to thank you for this great tool and im realy egar to the when the patrolled function is enabled.
But I have also one suggestion, make it posible to translate the program by for exemple an external language file. / Grön 12:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
Is there any alternative to requiring a connection to an IRC server? The use of IRC precludes the use of the tool from behind corporate firewalls, and also shuts out any who are unable/unwilling to learn how to configure a firewall to allow IRC connections. Which is a pity, I think.
As far as I can tell though IRC is the only way edits are published by the wiki in an automated form. Is there any way we can make these available over HTTP? Adrian.baker 22:33, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
You admitted that the live scrolling is a little buggy (and in my experience it doesn't work when the window is minimized, like when I'm in my browser rolling back. Is there a way to fix this for the next version? — Ilyan e p (Talk) 18:14, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Just to let you know... I have just upgraded my JDK to 1.6 Mustang version and VF works just fine. Actually even better than under 1.5 (not to mention 1.4) - I use the "Insert rows into table at top" option and the autoscroll is no longer "jumpy". -- Misza13 (Talk) 11:02, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
I've been using this program for about 2 weeks now and it is really helpful. I have 2 suggestions that I think people would find helpful & that wouldn't be too hard to program. First, for people to be able to assign people on your temporary blacklist a different highlight color as the people on your permanant blacklist, and second, for you to be able to double click users listed in your temporary blacklist to get to their contributions page (like you can with users on your permanant black list). These features would be helpful for me, and I think they would be helpful for others as well. Thanks, VegaDark 01:51, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi - got a bit of a problem with the CDVF. When I open it and connect to start work, the page fills up once, and the program immediately crashes. I have to keep pausing it half way down the page, working on what's come up, clearing it out and releasing pause, to keep it working. If you need to know anything about my machine etc, I am putting up a System Spec on my page, which I will leave a link to. Go here to check it. Otherwise, I am open to suggestions as to what may be causing the issue. Thanks! Thor Malmjursson 15:29, 22 January 2006 (UTC) Talk to me
Hi CryptoDerk,
maybe this has already been asked but why don't you opensource this project ? A lot of people (including me) would be glad to help you it this long term project. -- Effco 19:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
I've never installed any Java thing before, what do you actually do with the vf.jar file? I had the same problem when I tried to install the Godmode lite program. -- Malthusian (talk) 13:34, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi fellas- I'm getting the following error on my fedora core 4 box. I currently have version jre-1_5_0_06 of java installed at /usr/java/ amd the libgcj.so.6.0.0 file is in the correct dir.
[root@localhost javashit]# ls
vf.jar vf.java
[root@localhost javashit]#java -jar vf.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.lang.Object.getClass() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at vf.vf() (Unknown Source) at vf.main(java.lang.String[]) (Unknown Source) at gnu.java.lang.MainThread.call_main() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at gnu.java.lang.MainThread.run() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0)
Its been years since I've debugged java, and I'm at a loss as to the issue. Any suggestions?
( Opes 22:21, 30 January 2006 (UTC))
$PATH
with /usr/java/name_of_the_vm_directory
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11:29, 12 March 2006 (UTC)Is it easily possible to make the utility search for regex patterns in the actual changes made by the user? Should it load the page from the database to make this check? Omer Enbar 00:36, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
How I can translate the program to Hebrew? Troll Refaim 14:18, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
An "import from file" feature for all lists would be greatly appreciated and extremely useful.
For one example of many, vandal watchers could import a list of recent "difficult" new users, their talk pages, and respond accordingly be it warnings or (more hopefully) advice about how to become a better contributor.
HI, when I try to connect, it says: "Problem connecting to server". I saw a couple of people ask the same question in the archive, but there was no answer. Help! Running Mac OS X, Firefox
ConDem 02:23, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Hello! I've gotten someone to work on CDVF and she's even refactored a bunch to make it more maintainable. Can we give this to you as your own tree, or do we fork from here? :-) Kim Bruning 19:48, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Derk (derkah derkah, my Brother), I have used the VF before and had no trouble, a screen just popped up. But now, it doesn't seem to want to work, and the java file comes as a notepad file and everything else just doesn't work either. So, how do I get it going? Thanks. Эйрон Кинни 03:43, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Running this under Mac OS X, it cannot launch a browser unless it is automatically detected. It appears to be unable to launch a browser that you specify. - S. Komae ( talk) 20:02, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Henna 20:17, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be better to make use of Sourceforge or something and make this more of an open source collabrative project since this has been somewhat stalled for awhile which is a real shame due to the fact that it's a great tool. With a SF system not only could CVS be implemented but we could get some new growth in the coding and get some new versions out with new features. Pegasus1138 Talk | Contribs | Email ---- 03:31, 20 March 2006 (UTC)