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Error on dead links
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)
- Same issue on §Invalid parameter usage.––kemel49(connect)(contri) 12:38, 8 July 2025 (UTC)
deadurl?
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
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)
Issues with Safari on iOS
Asked about this a year or so ago and never heard back - but I’m unable to use ReFill on Safari iOS. It processes etc. but when I select the option to Prefiew/Save, it takes me back to the page as expected… but doesn’t apply the changes - when I select Show Changes there aren’t any changes made. Any ideas? Danners430 tweaks made 08:55, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
- Unable to reproduce on https://www.browserling.com/browse/mac15/safari18/refill.toolforge.org. However that website uses desktop rather than mobile. I don't own any Apple stuff so don't have an easy way to try to reproduce your bug. Any talk page watchers want to try to reproduce this? Also can I please get your exact versions of iOS and Safari? –Novem Linguae (talk) 12:48, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
- So using iOS 26.5 Beta 2, although this has happened for many months now even on public releases, and Safari 26.5. I am using AdGuard Pro which is a content blocker and local VPN, but the issue occurs even with it disabled. Also, Safari settings which may be relevant: Prevent cross site tracking is enabled, and advanced tracking and fingerprinting protection is enabled for all websites. Wikipedia is set to always open in desktop mode. Danners430 tweaks made 13:36, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Prevent cross site tracking is enabled, and advanced tracking and fingerprinting protection is enabled for all websites.
You can try temporarily disabling those and see if it fixes it. Easier for you to test directly I think.Wikipedia is set to always open in desktop mode.
refill.toolforge.org is a different domain than Wikipedia. Although maybe desktop mode is per tab rather than per domain. Might be another good one to temporarily turn off and see if anything changes. –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:46, 22 April 2026 (UTC)- Tried each in turn and a combination of them all and unfortunately no change. Also tried disabling content blockers and reducing privacy protections in the ReFill tab to no avail. Danners430 tweaks made 13:53, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
- So using iOS 26.5 Beta 2, although this has happened for many months now even on public releases, and Safari 26.5. I am using AdGuard Pro which is a content blocker and local VPN, but the issue occurs even with it disabled. Also, Safari settings which may be relevant: Prevent cross site tracking is enabled, and advanced tracking and fingerprinting protection is enabled for all websites. Wikipedia is set to always open in desktop mode. Danners430 tweaks made 13:36, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
- Anyone been able to recreate this? Danners430 tweaks made 18:00, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
Feature request - move archive URLs out of URL parameter
I was wondering if ReFill could be updated to move archive URLs out of the URL parameter and into the relevant parameters? For example (taken from this diff):
{{cite news |title=Charlotte, N.C., airport looks to Raleigh-Durham for how to handle loss of hub |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406134248/https://archives.californiaaviation.org/airport/msg31071.html |access-date=23 June 2026 |publisher=The Charlotte Observer |date=July 4, 2004}}
becomes...
{{cite news |title=Charlotte, N.C., airport looks to Raleigh-Durham for how to handle loss of hub |url=https://archives.californiaaviation.org/airport/msg31071.html |access-date=23 June 2026 |publisher=The Charlotte Observer |date=July 4, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406134248/https://archives.californiaaviation.org/airport/msg31071.html |archive-date=6 April 2016}}
I can't say this always works for other archive sites, but it certainly does for the Internet Archive - the original URL is contained within the archive URL (in this case prepended with https://web.archive.org/web/20160406134248/), and the archive date can be determined by the timestamp in the archive URL (20160406 = 2016/04/06). Danners430 tweaks made 18:00, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
Watchlist labels are reset for article when ReFill is used on it
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)