Need to download program and install continuous updates
Which users are affected?
Who would benefit:
All program users (including administrators)
Proposed solution:
Convert AWB to a special page can only be used by program users (including administrators) and will be translated into all languages by translatewiki.net
I am concerned that this is such a backwater discussion page that very few people who use the program even know of its existence. The voting should reflect the community. The handful of people who have logged in votes here are not representative of the AWB using community. Also, the proposal is so vague as to be almost incomprehensible. Who will be allowed to use it? And who will be making that determination? On Wikipedia, the Wikipedia community decided the restrictions. Will those restrictions still be honored, and how? The Transhumanist (talk) 00:41, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It sounds like not everyone will have access to it. It also sounds like it will be starting over, with fewer features. If it will have the same access restrictions as we currently have (anyone with 500 main namespace edits can use it), and will start out with all the same features as the current version of AWB, I would support. Otherwise, it will be a major step backwards. The Transhumanist (talk) 23:27, 1 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I do not understand the proposal as written (perhaps someone with native English-language skills could clarify the description for us), but it sounds like the proposal is to convert AWB from a downloadable program (for Windows only) to a web-based interface of some sort. If that is the case, I Support the proposal. As a Mac OS user, I have been unable to use AWB, which would enhance my gnome editing significantly. Jonesey95 (talk) 23:37, 1 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support in theory, subject to being able to restrict access to those with a user right. This proposal really needs more detail before anyone can make an informed decision, though. ~ Rob13Talk03:15, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose What? This proposal is hard to understand. Are you trying to turn the AWB program in to a webpage? Do you plan on it running server side? What about people that use it on non-WMF wikis? Is this a "FORK AWB" proposal? — xaosfluxTalk04:44, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as unclear. I'm concerned that the "database scanner" may disappear; I use it with regexes that are far too complex for the MediaWiki search box. I'm concerned that I may lose the ability to configure find+replace rules in a text file; my rules are up to 2.5 megabytes and are sometimes edited with Notepad. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:04, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose is the proposal trying to make AWB an online tool like twinkle? Simply put: I dont think it would work reliably. Also per TerraCodes, and John of Reading. —usernamekiran(talk)11:39, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, improve the existing tool instead. Currently it’s absolutely possible to internationalize and localize C# programs, and even to run them on *nix systems like macOS and Debian GNU/Linux. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 18:27, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - If this is proposing to change AWB into a page then I can't see how it's going to work and as Xaosflux says who's going to run it and keep tabs on it ?, If I have read this right then I don't the point in changing it all at all ..... if I've read it wrong and it's Twinkle or something else related then you've lost me ..... –Davey2010Talk15:44, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose For all of its esoteric and arcane controls and processes and its supposed faults and steep learning curve, AWB is valuable tool. The proposal appears to be based on the assumption that turning it into a special page will somehow remove its problems. There's no reason to suppose that such a translation would deliver the expected benefits. More probably, it would result in a neutered tool with a reduced feature-set.--DavidCane (talk) 21:44, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
StrongOppose - AWB give us Modulity. We can add plugin and and can make module according to our requrement. But Wikimedia will allow anyone to upload .dll file into their Server (For Secuirt Resons). And This will destory AWB wide uses. Hence I am oppsing this. And Other thing which is "Same Faciltiy is given by JWB. But you can see major Diff between Both". Thanks-Jayprakash >>> Talk06:27, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]