Tool Labs/Collection of issues after Toolserver shutdown

Collection: Issues after Toolserver shutdown / Sammelstelle: Probleme nach Toolserver-Abschaltung
Hi! We would like to provide an overview for everyone and see which tools are most wanted and what is not working properly.

If you miss any tools or have noticed any broken redirects or any other error messages, please fill in below! The Toolserver was a community project and Wikimedia Deutschland cannot maintain volunteers' tools in the long run. But as many tools use free licenses, you could become the new maintainer. If you are a tool developer or if you want to become one, you can use the list of most-missed tools to get an idea where to get started. We can help you to contact the person who first wrote the tool and find out if he or she is still active or agrees to handing over the project. We will also check the broken redirects and other errors.

Please note that the backups of the tools will only be available until end of August 2014.

Thank you all for your help!

''Hallo! Wir möchten einen Überblick über die am meisten vermissten Tools schaffen und sammeln, was seit der Toolserver-Abschaltung nicht mehr funktioniert.''

''Wenn Dir ein Tool besonders fehlt oder Du eine kaputte Weiterleitung oder andere Fehlermeldungen entdeckt hast, trag sie bitte unten ein. Der Toolserver war ein Community-Projekt und Wikimedia Deutschland kann nicht langfristig Tools von Freiwilligen warten. Da aber viele Tools unter freien Lizenzen stehen, kannst Du das bei Interesse tun! Wir können Dich dabei unterstützen, die Person zu kontaktieren, die das Tool geschrieben hat und herauszufinden, ob sie noch aktiv ist oder damit einverstanden ist, das Projekt zu übergeben. Darüber hinaus überprüfen wir die nicht funktionierenden Weiterleitungen und anderen Fehlermeldungen.''

Die Backups für die Tools können noch bis Ende August herausgegeben werden.

Danke für Eure Beteiligung!

Birgit Müller (WMDE) (talk) and Silke Meyer (WMDE) (talk) 15:16, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

This is the tool I miss most / Dieses Tool fehlt mir am meisten
Please name the tool and, if possible, the name of the tool developer and the tool's old web address. Please add your signatures to vote until July 15th (IPs welcome).

'''Do not add the same tool more than once please! Just add your +1 if a tool has already been named!''' (as in "add your signature to vote...)

''Bitte benenne das Tool und, wenn möglich, den Namen des Entwicklers oder der Entwicklerin und die alte Webadresse. Signiere '''bis zum 15.7. (IP-Adressen willkommen)''', damit wir sehen, welche Tools tatsächlich am häufigsten genannt werden.
 * https://toolserver.org/~vvv/adminstats.php (noting that it is an old tool, though the only known to me that looks at admin activity — billinghurst  sDrewth  15:59, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 -- Hoo man (talk) 16:07, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Disambiguation.svg possible alternative: xtools/adminstats --Hedonil (talk) 17:06, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * This is an important tool for eswiki. Local inactivity sysops policy is based on ~vvv/adminstats tool. With xtools/adminstats, actually I can't chose a different starting date, Jmvkrecords (talk) 08:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC).
 * You can now choose any time period you like. (default: latest 100 days) --Hedonil (talk) 14:16, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Wow! :) Thank you! Jmvkrecords (talk) 19:01, 1 July 2014 (UTC).
 * +1  — Jeff G. ツ 14:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/%7Eluxo/derivativeFX - linked from zh:Wikipedia:上传; reported by zhwiki users. Liangent (talk) 16:02, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 without it uploading derivative works to Commons is a complicated task. Chris McKenna (WMUK) (talk) 22:34, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * See also: c:Commons:Upload_help/Archive/2014/05, . Is anyone (perhaps ) interested to fix this? πr2 (t • c) 22:37, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Denis Barthel (talk) 08:18, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 --Martin Kraft (talk) 09:07, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 Lotje (talk) 09:22, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 --Hic et nunc (talk) 06:22, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~mzmcbride/yanker/ according to ctrl-h > sort by most visited. But all the tools I visit regularly are going to die, according to my browser history, except pathoschild's. --Nemo 16:17, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * pirsquared/ts_archive/mzmcbride/yanker.py should work until moves his TS tools to Labs. I'm willing to help with porting any other scripts where the code is available. πr2 (t • c) 21:19, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * {{done} http://toolserver.org/~para/cgi-bin/kmlexport - Used by commons:Template:GeoGroupTemplate and it's various clones across the Wikipediaverse /André Costa (WMSE) (talk) 16:35, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * {{done} http://toolserver.org/~para/GeoCommons/GeoCommons-simple.kml (used by https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Location) --2A02:810D:10C0:6F4:E579:6CB8:B2D3:F8CE 17:07, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ https://tools.wmflabs.org/quentinv57-tools/tools/sulinfo.php?username=Taketa - On the top the link "Cross-wikiness". - Taketa (talk) 17:19, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I already ported the cross-wikiness tool. 60881 Don't I get any credit? :P πr2 (t • c</b>) 17:37, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * It's apparently broken now, even though confirmed it worked before. Unfortunately I don't have access to fix it even though I asked erwin a while back. AFAIK none of the other maintainers are active... πr2</b> (t</b> • c</b>) 17:44, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Never mind. fixed it in less than ten seconds after I asked. All erwin's tools were giving 404 before. πr2</b> (t</b> • c</b>) 17:51, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the timely action PiRSquared17 and Cyberpower678! Good job. Cheers, Taketa (talk) 19:27, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey πr2</b>, was ~vvv/sulutil.php the same thing? --Elitre (talk) 09:07, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


 * http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/ several useful tools --2A02:810D:10C0:6F4:E579:6CB8:B2D3:F8CE 17:43, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * See statement en:User:Dispenser/Toolserver migration --Thgoiter (talk) 10:49, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Although the source code is archived, it cannot be used on Labs unless he releases it freely. πr2</b> (t</b> • c</b>) 19:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 most notably reflinks. Technical 13 (talk) 21:34, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I also often use the transcluded changes (WikiProject watchlist) tool. https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/transcluded_changes.py/ --Paul 012 (talk) 06:22, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Both https://tools.wmflabs.org/dispenser/cgi-bin/viewer.py/File_viewer?action=view&#log:coord-enwiki.log and https://tools.wmflabs.org/dispenser/cgi-bin/viewer.py/File_viewer?action=view&#log:glupt.log were very useful (and not entirely overlapping) for finding errors in the formatting of coordinates in articles. Deor (talk) 07:05, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/logs for finding errors in geocolocated objects. --Thgoiter (talk) 08:17, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/dab_solver.py for fixing links to disambiguation pages. --R&#39;n&#39;B (talk) 10:02, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 for dab solver. Jenks24 (talk) 08:21, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Checklinks - It's really helpful with getting rid of the linkrot. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 21:22, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/watcher.py - for the number of active watchers, see also 49506 --Schnark (talk) 08:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1  — Jeff G. ツ 14:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Reflinks - A vital tool. Sam Sailor Sing 15:25, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://tools.wmflabs.org/dispenser/cgi-bin/embeddedincount.py very useful to support analysis templates issues and fix them. Automatik (talk) 21:46, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~osm/locale/ – localized OpenStreetMap tile overlays, used by m:MediaWiki:OSM.js and vi:MediaWiki:Gadget-OpenStreetMap.js. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 18:37, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~mzmcbride/stalker/ I use this tool quite often and I need it for user investigations. Natuur12 (talk) 19:43, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Do you know about ~pietrodn/intersectContribs.php aka intersect-contribs/? --Nemo 20:28, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes but I often use the tool for more than two users so I need this one. Natuur12 (talk) 21:35, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Disambiguation.svg Query arbitrary number of IP's/users for one wiki: xtools/rangecontribs --Hedonil (talk) 22:32, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * how d you use this tool for users? And the old tool is still better, you can filter namespaces etc. Natuur12 (talk) 08:17, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


 * http://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi - This was used heavily by almost every WikiProject on en.wiki. Kaldari (talk) 20:29, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * It's already on labs, but failed again. YuviPanda restarted the service. --Hedonil (talk) 22:16, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Scottywong's adminscore tool (it was mostly fun to see what my stats were in various areas). Technical 13 (talk) 21:34, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * jackbot/snottywong/adminscore.html - works or broken? πr2</b> (t</b> • c</b>) 21:58, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * The page loads and I'm testing it now. I'll update my shortcuts and links.  Thanks.  Technical 13 (talk) 12:48, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It AfD stats works, but the CSS styling is missing from the result pages. It seems to reference a non-existent CSS file. Admin score isn't working for me - it times out. This, that and the other (talk) 03:47, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Tried it three times now, times out for me too. Technical 13 (talk) 12:58, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~citegen/ - please bring it back!
 * http://toolserver.org/~chm/blockcalc.php (see the section about missing links below), http://toolserver.org/~overlordq/cgi-bin/whois.cgi, http://toolserver.org/~overlordq/scripts/checktor.fcgi?ip=$1 and http://toolserver.org/~nakon/autoblockfinder.php are linked to from various system messages at enwiki. This, that and the other (talk) 03:59, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1, I was about to report those. Trijnstel (talk) 11:21, 1 July 2014 (UTC) Addition: I've asked C-M and OverlordQ to move their tools already months ago; neither did (C-M, OverlordQ 1, OverlordQ 2).
 * Though, see http://tools.wmflabs.org/blockcalc/blockcalc.php - was it moved partially? Trijnstel (talk) 11:37, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, it suffered from some webserver problem on Tool Labs but has migrated. Added to missing links. Silke WMDE (talk) 12:49, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 on the whoistool by overlordq. Mbch331 (talk) 13:52, 1 July 2014 (UTC)


 * http://toolserver.org/~magnus/wikishootme/ (see below, wikishootme has migrated, redirect is missing. edited by Silke WMDE (talk) 08:09, 1 July 2014 (UTC)) - this and reflinks are two that I miss. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk) 05:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ https://toolserver.org/~magnus/ts2/geneawiki/ (added here from missing links section below) Silke WMDE (talk) 09:35, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, wrong, the tool *has* moved and now the redirect is in place. Silke WMDE (talk) 09:46, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


 * https://toolserver.org/~sk/cgi-bin/pd/pd.cgi – de:Hilfe:Personendaten/Wartung/Fehlerliste. --Ephraim33 (talk) 06:14, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://tools.wmflabs.org/checkpersondata/ existiert immerhin, auch wenn es (noch?) nichts tut. --Schnark (talk) 08:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I've listed several (4, I believe) broken links at w:WT:RfA which are part of a somewhat important template. Ansh666 (talk) 06:54, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks, Ansh666. Here they are again: snottywong's: http://toolserver.org/~snottywong/cgi-bin/afdadminstats.cgi?max=250&name=Requests+for+adminship, dungodung's tools have moved, I put them below for missing links http://toolserver.org/~dungodung/cgi-bin/userrights?user=Requests+for+adminship, http://toolserver.org/~dungodung/cgi-bin/recentlogs?user=Requests+for+adminship and http://toolserver.org/~dungodung/cgi-bin/rightslogsearch?user=Requests+for+adminship Silke WMDE (talk) 07:20, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1  — Jeff G. ツ 14:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~apper/cat/ - show new entries in a cagegory. --Schnark (talk) 08:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~cyroxx/familiar/familiar.php - similar to https://tools.wmflabs.org/intersect-contribs/, but sorted, filtered and nicely displayed. --Schnark (talk) 08:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~hoo/rcBytes.php - well, for some reason it still works, but let's just note it. --Schnark (talk) 08:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh! Hehe, thanks, Schnark. Update: It doesn't work any more now, sorry. Silke WMDE (talk) 08:58, 1 July 2014 (UTC)


 * http://toolserver.org/~aka/cgi-bin/revstat.cgi - show statistics about reverts on de.wikipedia. --Schnark (talk) 08:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * seems to be upcoming here: revertstat Silke WMDE (talk)


 * http://toolserver.org/userregfinder/ - figure out when a user registered, even if before the time where a log entry was created. --Schnark (talk) 08:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1  — Jeff G. ツ 14:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~krinkle/getTopRCusers.php?wiki=nlwiki
 * https://toolserver.org/~platonides/catdown/catdown.php JurgenNL (talk) 08:38, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~erwin85/relatedchanges.php "Related Changes" by Erwin85. Was incredibly useful for monitoring changes to files within a specific category tree on Commons, and no other tool replicated its range of functionality. Note that the tool was partially migrated to http://tools.wmflabs.org/erwin85/relatedchanges.php, but is not functional...possibly a database issue? Huntster (talk) 09:05, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I have migrated that one. There is still a problem with it for commons, which I don't understand and hope to tackle later. Are you trying to use it for commons? Akoopal (talk) 11:47, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * , yes, I use it exclusively on Commons. If it is at all possible to get it working, you'll have my undying gratitude. I don't check this wiki often, but if you get it functioning, please ping me on Commons or En.wiki, I'll be happy to test and troubleshoot. Huntster (talk) 01:39, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ http://toolserver.org/~para/region.php Used by other tools to set the location. Akoopal (talk) 11:51, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * has moved, redirect is in place, see:


 * http://toolserver.org/~lvova/ "Migrated" here, needs a lot of changes to work. --Incola (talk) 12:01, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 one of the most important tools for wikilink (disambig, orphan, etc.) and category (tree, loops, etc.) --AlessioMela (talk) 12:18, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~revolus/afterUpload/ made it easy to find out, where a file was previously used. --Leyo (talk) 21:13, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Do you know this great script? Natuur12 (talk) 08:17, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Checklinks was useful for locating dead links for replacement. 173.48.134.121 03:45, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I might consider to maintain a tool / Ich kann mir vorstellen, ein Tool zu pflegen
Please name the tool and what kind of information you need within August 20th.

Bitte benenne das Tool und welche Informationen Du darüber haben möchtest (bis 20.8.).


 * I'm interested in helping migrate an abandoned tool to Tool Labs. I don't particularly care which tool -- happy to work on the one most needed / most abandoned.  I'll need access to the source code, any data files, crontab entries, etc. Ijon (talk) 20:22, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * As Ijon above, I am interested in porting tools to Tool Labs. I have already done a few. πr2</b> (t</b> • <b style="color:#03f;font-family:Arial">c</b>) 22:34, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Ijon and <b style="color:#f90;font-family:Arial">πr2</b>, much appreciated! Let's wait some more days (July 15th) to see which tools get the most ++. Birgit Müller (WMDE) (talk) 09:36, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/dab_solver.py; I already have an account on Tools Labs that could be used. --R&#39;n&#39;B (talk) 10:04, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The author, says it is under a proprietary license which cannot be used on Labs. <b style="color:#f90;font-family:Arial">πr2</b> (<b style="color:#0f3;font-family:Arial">t</b> • <b style="color:#03f;font-family:Arial">c</b>) 19:03, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't know why he won't work with the WMF on it, from what some of there people are saying they are willing to work with him. Someone needs to come up with a similar tool to DabSolver & Reflinks if he is unwilling to work with the WMF. We need high quality tools like these.Blethering Scot (talk) 20:42, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

This tool is lacking a proper redirect to its new location / Bei diesem Tool stimmt etwas mit der Weiterleitung nicht
Please paste broken toolserver links and new locations here.

Bitte kaputte Toolserver-Links einfügen.
 * ✅ toolserver.org/~dschwen/wma/ → //wma.wmflabs.org/ —Dispenser (talk) 22:20, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * second that. This needs to capture all files at those paths as well (especially toolserver.org/~dschwen/wma/iframe.html → //wma.wmflabs.org/iframe.html) --Dschwen (talk) 15:32, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ❌ http://toolserver.org/~overlordq/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?lookup=119.93.35.55 Dhtwiki (talk) 02:58, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Is this in the right section? If so, where should it redirect? <b style="color:#f90;font-family:Arial">πr2</b> (<b style="color:#0f3;font-family:Arial">t</b> • <b style="color:#03f;font-family:Arial">c</b>) 03:16, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Not a missing redirect but a missing tool. Marking this at "not done", it has already been mentioned above. Silke WMDE (talk) 09:22, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ 10 tools by dungodung have moved, redirects missing: http://tools.wmflabs.org/rightstool/ Silke WMDE (talk) 07:40, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ https://toolserver.org/~magnus/wikishootme/ -> https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikishootme/ is missing Silke WMDE (talk) 08:05, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ http://toolserver.org/~chm/blockcalc.php --> http://tools.wmflabs.org/blockcalc/
 * ✅ https://toolserver.org/~magnus/ts2/geneawiki/ --> http://tools.wmflabs.org/magnus-toolserver/ts2/geneawiki/

I'm observing strange effects here... / Mir ist hier was Komisches aufgefallen...
Please add only what is related to the Toolserver. ;)

''Bitte nur Probleme mit Toolserver-Bezug nennen. ;)''

Loss of Reflinks tool
It seems that Reflinks, previously hosted on Toolserver, is no longer functioning. Reflinks is a tool essential for our mission to provide citations and enhance verifiability. It simplifies the job of populating references, yet the developer feels that the WMF is forcing him to abandon the tool. It's exactly cases like these that makes me wonder where I should be asking questions about the whys and the wherefores. Not only that, I'm extremely disappointed and slightly angry that this has happened, and would like to appeal to the powers that be to reconsider. --Ohconfucius (talk) 07:22, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 -- <b style="color:#595454">Fylbecatulous</b> <b style="color:#DB7093">talk</b> 12:30, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +2 --Moxy (talk) 18:03, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +3 --Epicgenius (talk) 18:37, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +4 I also support the reinstatement of the WP:Reflinks tool. --12.203.51.195 19:32, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * -1. Dispenser has told me on IRC that it is under a proprietary license (unusable on Labs), and seems unlikely to reconsider. <b style="color:#f90;font-family:Arial">πr2</b> (<b style="color:#0f3;font-family:Arial">t</b> • <b style="color:#03f;font-family:Arial">c</b>) 19:00, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +5 -Davey2010 (talk) 21:33, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +6 - Useful tool. Are there any suggested replacements?  Reify-tech (talk) 22:20, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +7- Used it often. Had absolutely no idea it was to 'disappear'﻿. S#cks.   :-( 220 of Borg (talk) 05:28, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +8 -MaxPayne888 (talk) 08:16, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +9 Indispensable tool. Sam Sailor Sing 08:31, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Edit Request for TS main page
Can someone please [//wiki.toolserver.org/edit/Toolserver:Homepage update] Toolserver's main page to reflect that the site has been shut down (instead of will be shut down) and add a link to this discussion for people to be able to request tool migrations and note bugs with redirects or whatnot? Thanks. Technical 13 (talk) 14:58, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Technical 13, thanks for the reminder! Done. Best, Silke WMDE (talk) 07:49, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Where is the WHOIS tool?
With the closure of toolserver, we were left without a WHOIS tool (only days after I replaced the previous, "account-expired" tool). There's dozens of tools at the wmflabs page, none is labeled clearly as "Whois" and I don't have time to check each and everyone of them. Which is the whois tool we could use for the "WHOIS" option at the bottom of the IP contributions page? Also, to whom it may concern: please consider maintaining some basic tools, like whois, global contribs, edit count etcetera, by WMF's developers as an integral/centralized part of the wiki sites function, to avoid having to look for these tools, especially in hours of need, again and again every time a developer account expires. Thanks - Badseed (talk) 23:10, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Tried to contact overlordq about his/her missing tools. No answer yet though. Whois is licensed under GPLv3, so anyone could resurrect the tool. Silke WMDE (talk) 09:31, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Related collections / Andere Sammelstellen

 * Tools in Tool Labs (Overview)
 * Collection of tools known to have migrated (in German, gathered by the community)
 * toolserver.org tools that have not been migrated
 * Toolserver/List of Tools
 * Top 50 most requested tools in June 2014
 * Poll on tools' usage (in German, 2012)
 * w:en:User:Magnus Manske/tools2port