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)

Summary of the voting below
Hi everyone,

thank you for participating and for all your feedback! The good news are, that almost all the tools which got named very often (Luxo's derivative, Overlordq's Whois and Dispenser's tools) are either back in service (Dispenser's tools, though he quit Tool Labs), will hopefully be migrated by their maintainers (Overlordq's Whois) or already have found new maintainers (Luxo's derivative). Also some other tools got fixed or will be migrated. Thanks, this is much appreciated!

What's next? Where can you help?
 * As mentioned below, Steinsplitter and Bawolff still are looking for someone who would like to help them out with Luxo's derivative.
 * VVV's adminstats got 9 votes, followed by Holek's citigen and Nikola's SVG translate. So if you are interested in maintaining a tool and you don't prefer a specific one, these could be the tools to get started with. We can help you to contact the current maintainers to find out about the whereabouts of their tools.

Not migrated, nobody working on it (3 or more mentions)

 * adminstats_vvv: 9 (there is a substitute that might work for may users)
 * Citegen by Holek: 5
 * SVG Translate by Nikola: 4, Jarry1250 is working on a fork already.

Will probably migrate or hasn't finished migration (3 or more mentions)

 * derivative by luxo: 22 (Steinsplitter, Bawolff, help wanted)

Will migrate for sure (3 or more mentions)

 * Merlbot by Merlissimo
 * the OSM projects
 * Overlordq/Whois: 7 (Overlordq promised to migrate, time issue)

Is on Tool Labs but not fully functional (3 or more mentions)

 * Connectivity by Lvova et al.: 3

Best, Birgit Müller (WMDE) (talk) and Silke Meyer (WMDE) (talk) 08:14, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Voting: 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.

aka

 * 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)

KKK

apper

 * http://toolserver.org/~apper/cat/ - show new entries in a cagegory. --Schnark (talk) 08:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

citegen

 * http://toolserver.org/~citegen/ - please bring it back! Michał Rosa (talk) 05:35, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * . it used to save a lot of dumb work of filling "cite" templates every sihgle day! --Akim Dubrow (talk) 15:10, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * This tool seemed to work much better than most of the alternatives for quickly building citation references from arbitrary web pages.--ToddDTaft (talk) 05:59, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * . An indispensable tool by Holek for generating citation templates. Michał Sobkowski (talk) 18:57, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * . This tool makes it (easy) possible to properly cite sites about sights and seen scenes. We still need this! Hires an editor (talk) 17:06, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * --MB-one (talk) 13:52, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

chm

 * http://toolserver.org/~chm/blockcalc.php (see the section about missing links below),

cyroxx

 * 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)

dapete

 * https://toolserver.org/~dapete/catgraph/ a replacement for this? Automatik (talk) 15:26, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, there is: https://tools.wmflabs.org/vcat/. I added catgraph below for the missing redirect. --Schnark (talk) 09:18, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~dapete/valstat/gnuplot/dewiki.html Visualisierung von ungesichteten Seiten -- Fctberlin (talk) 20:31, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~dapete/misc/dewiki-verwaiste-artikeldiskussionen.php any replacement for this? --Wnme (talk) 20:32, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

dartar

 * http://toolserver.org/~dartar/cite-o-meter/ --Kopiersperre (talk) 23:45, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

dispenser

 * 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 (t • c) 19:06, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * All tools are redirected to http://dispenser.homenet.org now. --Thgoiter (talk) 06:41, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

reflinks
Loss of Reflinks tool (partly moved up here from bottom of page)

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 -- Fylbecatulous talk 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. πr2 (t • c) 19:00, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Never mind, someone checked and it seems to be under GPL. πr2</b> (t</b> • c</b>) 13:48, 2 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)
 * +10 Please bring this back. It is in no way "[un]aligned with the Wikimedia Foundation's priorities".--Auric (talk) 12:46, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +11 Very Useful tool. --Aftab1995 (talk) 15:35, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 It tastes great, and it's less filling. 20:22, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Running: ~dispenser/view/Reflinks --2A02:810D:10C0:6F4:5CAB:F127:4580:B2B3 16:46, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thank you, I'm marking this as done. Silke WMDE (talk) 10:23, 7 July 2014 (UTC)


 * +1 most notably reflinks. Technical 13 (talk) 21:34, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Reflinks - A vital tool. Sam Sailor Sing 15:25, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * --BokicaK (talk) 11:33, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Fortunately, this seems to be available to use now and appears to work. —Ost316 (talk) 13:30, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Running: ~dispenser/view/Reflinks --2A02:810D:10C0:6F4:5CAB:F127:4580:B2B3 16:46, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for providing the tool, marked reflinks as done, Silke WMDE (talk) 10:47, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yay!!! Happy now! Is it linked into the Linkrot template on en.WP as before? 220 of Borg (talk) 05:38, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

transcluded changes

 * 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)
 * Ditto on transcluded changes (WikiProject watchlist)Meclee (talk) 23:51, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * tools:~dispenser/cgi-bin/transcluded_changes.py/Template:WikiProject_Gastropods : this is the only tool by which we can check changes to more than 28,000 articles (and still growing in number) about gastropods. This tool is indispensable for our project. Without this tool, vandalism won't be noticed with all its consequences. JoJan (talk) 13:49, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree that this is an essential tool for us at the Gastropod Project. Invertzoo (talk) 19:30, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

logs / File viewer

 * Both coord-enwiki.log and 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)
 * Now http://tools.wmflabs.org/dispenser/logs/ . But the link ~dispenser/view/File viewer still tries to open the logfile from the toolserver. --Thgoiter (talk) 13:56, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

dabsolver & dablinks

 * 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)
 * --BokicaK (talk) 11:33, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dablinks.py was related —Ost316 (talk) 13:25, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * dab_solver & dablinks seem to be up now, but they throw errors trying to use them —Ost316 (talk) 13:30, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 for dabsolver, please! User:Furius

Checklinks

 * https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Checklinks - It's really helpful with getting rid of the linkrot. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 21:22, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * --BokicaK (talk) 11:33, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Most recently (20–28 June) for many of the changes within this bunch of edits -- which took a fair amount of time, but much less than without checklinks. I'd only recently discovered checklinks and had been planning to continue, using checklinks to go through every article for which I was the major contributor. Toolserver.org sometimes seemed to be down. No big deal: I'd just wait till it was up again. (There were always plenty of other things to keep me busy in the meantime.) -- Hoary (talk) 13:31, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Checklinks was useful for locating dead links for replacement. 173.48.134.121 03:45, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm now abe to get to this tool and though it seemed to run, it didn't display any links. —Ost316 (talk) 13:30, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

watcher

 * 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)
 * Labs is missing the watchlist table and likely will not be added for some stupid reason. Dispenser (talk) 04:32, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

embeddedincount

 * ~dispenser/cgi-bin/embeddedincount.py very useful to support analysis templates issues and fix them. Automatik (talk) 21:46, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * embeddedincount (this one was in public domain) πr2</b> (t</b> • c</b>) 13:16, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Many thanks! Automatik (talk) 14:51, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, that just returns the numerical count rather than a list of the page titles, which is what WikiProjects used the Transcluded Pages tool for. ~
 * Perhaps there is an equivalent for https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/backlinkscount.py ? Automatik (talk) 15:00, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It should really be rewritten as an fcgi script as bots like hammering it. There's also templatecount which isn't bot friendly.—Dispenser (talk) 00:47, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

dabfix

 * http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dabfix.py tool for expanding and cleaning up disambiguation pages. —Ost316 (talk) 13:25, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

locateCoord

 * https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/locateCoord.py - used by de:Vorlage:GeoTemplate which is linked from tons of articles. --2A02:810D:10C0:6F4:2DEE:585C:2874:3B0A 16:09, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Now ~dispenser/cgi-bin/locateCoord.py but now working at the moment. --Thgoiter (talk) 13:56, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

erwin85

 * I already ported the cross-wikiness tool. 60881 Don't I get any credit? :P πr2</b> (t</b> • 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/~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)
 * Did some debugging myself now, and I have find the cause. The tool should now be completely working. Akoopal (talk) 23:16, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Looks fully functional to me. Big thanks mate, marking this "done". Huntster (talk) 02:15, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

helloannyong
I miss Helloannyong's range contributions tool at very much. Can it be found somewhere else? Bishonen (talk) 12:52, 6 July 2014 (UTC).
 * Hey, you can find it here: https://tools.wmflabs.org/rangecontrib/. Birgit Müller (WMDE) (talk) 11:54, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Great, thank you very much, Birgit. Bishonen (talk) 08:29, 16 July 2014 (UTC).

hoo

 * 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)

interiot

 * https://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=Wisdom89&site=en.wikipedia.org

jason

 * http://toolserver.org/~jason/ch/ —Dispenser (talk) 00:47, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

krinkle

 * http://toolserver.org/~krinkle/getTopRCusers.php?wiki=nlwiki

luxo

 * 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? <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>) 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)
 * +1 --Automatik (talk) 16:23, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 --Kopiersperre (talk) 02:21, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 --Edgars2007 (talk) 06:12, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 Rillke (talk) 17:16, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 (however, this functionality should also be implemented directly in the upload wizard asap!) --El Grafo (talk) 10:16, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 -- Perhelion (talk) 11:07, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 -- W!B: (talk) 17:47, 3 July 2014 (UTC) geniales teil
 * +1 --Guerillero (talk) 14:47, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 --Threecharlie (talk) 15:36, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 --Massimo Telò (talk) 15:42, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 :( -- Basilicofresco (talk) 21:05, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 per El Grafo. Michał Sobkowski (talk) 06:36, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Bawolff and Steinsplitter are working on luxo's tool (not yet working, but here: http://tools.wmflabs.org/derivative/). Steinsplitter wrote to me on IRC that help is needed for some security improvements. Her didn't go into detail though. Please contact Steinsplitter if you want to help. Silke WMDE (talk) 10:10, 7 July 2014 (UTC)


 * +1 (even a simplified tool, i.e. limited to text composing for copy/paste to the base upload page, would be very appreciated. --Fulvio314 (talk) 06:19, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 Yellowcard (talk) 08:03, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 Also +1 for the comments by Fulvio314 and El Grafo above. (c.f. bugzilla:67283) --McZusatz (talk) 10:55, 20 July 2014 (UTC)


 * https://toolserver.org/~luxo/contributions/contributions.php reported from cs.wv. I miss it.
 * +1 it was very useful! --Lkcl it (talk) 18:51, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
 * See https://tools.wmflabs.org/guc --Steinsplitter (talk) 12:32, 18 July 2014 (UTC)


 * +1 --Nastoshka (talk) 19:44, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 --Andyrom75 (talk) 19:59, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1--Pierpao (talk) 21:14, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

lvova

 * 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)
 * category tree is what i miss most. now loops will begin to accumulate... Akim Dubrow (talk) 15:12, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

magnus

 * 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)

merl

 * https://toolserver.org/~merl/specialpages/dewiki/Navigationsleistenwartung/Navigationsleiste_Musik (sorry for not correct link to the tool itself; didn't know which part I should paste here :) ); important tool at the dewiki (other wikis could also use it). Hey, why this one is still working? --Edgars2007 (talk) 06:23, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * merl is migrating. His tools are still working on Toolserver because he got in touch with WMDE about the amount of work needed for him to adapt the code for Tool Labs (incl. rewriting a formerly proprietary library). Partly, he was waiting for missing features in Tool Labs until very recently, too. So we agreed to give him just a bit more time to finish migration. (The same for OSM-related projects.) Silke WMDE (talk) 08:45, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Today its not working a toolserver and i cant find it at labs either. /Hangsna (talk) 14:51, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

myst

 * http://toolserver.org/~myst/cil/ : generate a list of articles in a category without an interwiki with a given language (articles in Category:Tolkien without an interwiki with fr:, for exemple). Mostly used to know articles to translate. --Harmonia Amanda (talk) 23:53, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I never used that tool, but from your description https://tools.wmflabs.org/joanjoc/sugart.php?l1=en&pr=wiki&l2=fr&cat=J.+R.+R.+Tolkien&dpt=3&tpl=&go=Proceed seems an appropriate substitute. --Schnark (talk) 09:12, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~myst/cil2/ : so Myst but cil2: Tool allowing to find all the articles in a language from a category in another language. Very very useful to categorize articles. (for exemple: http://toolserver.org/~myst/cil2/?cat=Recipients+of+the+Silver+Star&wpsrc=enwiki_p&wptgt=frwiki_p&submit=Go+get+it! ). Please. Thank you. --Julien1978 (talk) 15:57, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

mzmcbride

 * 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. <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>) 21:19, 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)

nikola

 * https://toolserver.org/~nikola/svgtranslate.php SVG Translate: the user seems repeatedly inactive now (and not willing to continue). Jarry1250 had also a fork of this but he seems mainly work on a extension for this. -- Perhelion (talk) 11:18, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 Kopiersperre (talk) 18:11, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 Wikiinger (talk) 07:28, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 --Trockennasenaffe (talk) 08:14, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Jarry1250 confirmed that he's on it. Thanks a lot! Silke WMDE (talk) 09:33, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

OSM

 * 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)
 * OSM is migrating. Won't be lost. Silke WMDE (talk) 11:04, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

overlordq and nakon

 * 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)
 * If the source is available I would be willing to port it. <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>) 18:03, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 the overlordq whois CGI is linked from all anonymous Special:Contributions on en:, and is really useful. --Joy (talk) 15:31, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The autoblock finder tool link from w:Special:Log/Block is still pointing to a toolserver 403 page. Has this tool been moved?  I have struck the "done" tick for now as it appears that this tool is not working.  The link certainly doesn't work. This tool is essential for admins.  Without it it is next to impossible to unblock someone who has been caught in collateral damage from someone elses block. <font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning <font style="color:#4840a0">Spark  09:57, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

para

 * ✅ 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)
 * No redirect to Labs and http://tools.wmflabs.org/geocommons/ does not work. --2A02:810D:10C0:6F4:2DEE:585C:2874:3B0A 16:12, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Should be http://tools.wmflabs.org/geocommons/web.kml now. --Thgoiter (talk) 21:02, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey, I heard that the data aren't updating? Is the tool fully functional already, Thgoiter? Silke WMDE (talk) 09:43, 17 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:

phpMyAdmin

 * https://phpmyadmin.toolserver.org/ Very useful for browser databases. Dispenser (talk) 17:53, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

pietrodn

 * 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)

platonides

 * https://toolserver.org/~platonides/catdown/catdown.php JurgenNL (talk) 08:38, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

quentinv57

 * ✅ 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)

revolus

 * 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)
 * No. What does it do? I did not find a description. Does in work on (German) Wikipedia, too? --Leyo (talk) 22:12, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The tool does not depend on any toolserver support. It only uses api.php. The code could be placed on any public webspace. --77.184.67.36 18:04, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * See below - ireas offered to migrate afterUpload! Silke WMDE (talk) 15:13, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

rhaworth

 * https://toolserver.org/~rhaworth/os/ as in this query from the infobox on nl:Corney regarding OS (Ordnance Survey) grid code. The same code on en:Corney works fine. So should this be handled locally? Thanks (Danke), Sander1453 (talk) 12:58, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

sk / persondata tools

 * 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)

snottywong

 * 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? <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>) 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)
 * 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)
 * Great, thanks. Ansh666 (talk) 03:32, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Scottywong's afdadminstats was moved by JackPotte, but there's no user interface page for it. It can be used with the bare URL and editing the user param: https://tools.wmflabs.org/jackbot/snottywong/cgi-bin/afdadminstats.cgi?max=250&name=Example I've restored afdadminstats to the RfA toolbox template. Mojoworker (talk) 23:30, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Doesn't seem to be loading for me. I tried using my own username as well as several others. Ansh666 (talk) 04:48, 4 July 2014 (UTC) And, just as I save this edit, it loads. Thanks!... Ansh666 (talk) 04:49, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1  — Jeff G. ツ 14:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Theopolisme / CBM

 * 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) down again!

Tim1357

 * http://toolserver.org/~tim1357/cgi-bin/wikiproject_watchlist.py A tool to watchlist articles within the scope of a Wikiproject. <font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning <font style="color:#4840a0">Spark  09:53, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Schools watchlist: AS coordinator of the en.Wiki schools project I  miss this important tool: http://toolserver.org/~tim1357/cgi-bin/wikiproject_watchlist.py?template=WikiProject+Schools Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Schools --Kudpung (talk) 12:45, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

userregfinder

 * 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)

vvv

 * 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)
 * +1 --Pxos (talk) 21:25, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 --KS (talk) 09:04, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * http://toolserver.org/~vvv/adminstats.php?wiki=commonswiki_p&tlimit=2592000
 * I use Adminstats frequently to check on the current concentration of Admin work -- i.e. seeing that 90% of the work is being done by 10 people or whatever. Commons uses it every six months to determine which Admins have made the required five edits to retain their Admin status. Is there a substitute? Jameslwoodward (talk) 11:59, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm missing this tool too--Schnellbehalter (talk) 12:14, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~vvv/grep.php -- Helder.wiki 22:06, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Did it just grep for titles? If so, you can use https://tools.wmflabs.org/grep instead. --Schnark (talk) 10:04, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I think so, but the tool you suggested shows "Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /data/project/grep/public_html/index.php on line 33 An unexpected error occurred". Helder.wiki 11:07, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~vvv/yaec.php — Yet Another Edit Counter → Stats for User Accounts --Markus Bodensee (talk) 07:42, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 -101090ABC (talk) 14:31, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
 * https://toolserver.org/~vvv/sulutil.php -- shows edits across all wikis --Real-snake (talk) 00:23, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 Without it I have no idea how I can detect crosswiki vandalism. --Aphaia (talk) 12:27, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

wiki_researcher

 * http://wikidashboard.appspot.com/enwiki/wiki/Main_Page Timeline of the volume of a page and a user's edits. Dispenser (talk) 21:03, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

~enwikt/definitions
Probably due to its link in Wiktionary FAQ, there are rare but steady requests for this tool in IRC help channel. - Amgine (talk) 13:17, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Limes

 * [] interactive map of limes

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. <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>) 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)
 * Hey Ijon and <b style="color:#f90;font-family:Arial">πr2</b>! Thanks again for your offer! As you see above, luxo's tool is missed by lots of people. There are Steinsplitter and Bawolff who started to migrate it. Steinsplitter would appreciate help with security questions. (But didn't go into detail, yet.) Does one of you want to support him to get luxo's tool up and running? Best, Silke WMDE (talk) 09:36, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I can't offer help on security review, specifically. Sorry. Ijon (talk) 16:59, 22 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)


 * ~revolus/afterUpload — Ireas (talk) 12:17, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Cool, Ireas, thanks a lot!!! Silke WMDE (talk) 15:14, 10 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.
 * ✅ http://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)
 * Is there a reason why this isn't being fixed? —Dispenser (talk) 00:47, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Nope, just human error. Simply redirected toolserver.org/~dschwen/wma/iframe.html but nothing else. Fixed. Nosy79 (talk) 12:38, 14 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/
 * ✅ http://toolserver.org/~dcoetzee/duplicationdetector/ → https://tools.wmflabs.org/dupdet/ This, that and the other (talk) 12:03, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ http://toolserver.org/~snottywong/* → https://tools.wmflabs.org/jackbot/snottywong/* (possibly; not all tools working yet) This, that and the other (talk) 12:03, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ https://toolserver.org/~dapete/catgraph/ → https://tools.wmflabs.org/vcat/catgraphConvert --Schnark (talk) 09:17, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ https://toolserver.org/~mwbot/logs/ → http://bots.wmflabs.org/~wm-bot/logs/

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. ;)''

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)
 * This needs fixing as a matter of urgency. It is not just a tool in the toolbox of a few experienced editors.  It is linked on the talk page and the history page of every single IP editor and they are all returning a 403 error.  This is not quite as broken as the site could get but it is a pretty poor situation.  I don't think the Foundation developers should be sitting around on their thumbs hoping that some volunteer will pick this up. <font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning <font style="color:#4840a0">Spark  16:39, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The link was added by the admins of some wikis, and they can remove it just as easily. It is not there by default. <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>) 17:48, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I know that, but removing the link to the tool and pretending it never existed is not really any kind of solution. The transfer of tools from Toolserver has been completely botched, relying entirely on the efforts of individual volunteers to get it done.  There is stuff broken all over the wiki.  This is not the only highly visible breakage; most of the tools in the RfA menu have stopped working. <font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning <font style="color:#4840a0">Spark  09:47, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Agreed, this is pretty useful/visible tool. Shame that it is now broken. Red Harvest (talk) 09:36, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * For my personnal usage I switched from http://toolserver.org/~overlordq/cgi-bin/whois.cgi to http://www.ip-adress.com/whois/ followed by the IP, wich is not linked in tools.wmflabs --JackAttack (talk) 11:31, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It's not identical but does http://tools.wmflabs.org/whois/208.80.155.131/lookup work for you? You can use http://tools.wmflabs.org/whois/208.80.155.131/redirect/ARIN for a direct result from ARIN and similarly for APNIC etc. I will be happy to have the place "/whois" on Tool Labs taken over by OverlordQ or someone else for a complete migration or a better tool. whym (talk) 10:29, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * OverlordQ got back to us by now. He wrote in an email that he hasn't had time to migrate, yet, but he's got his backup and will hopefully set it up on Tool Labs soon. Silke WMDE (talk) 08:54, 7 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
 * tools-info/migration-status.php (unknown criteria for selection)
 * this is irrelevant, it is for eqiad migration, no? See <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>) 22:27, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Top 50 most requested tools in June 2014
 * Poll on tools' usage (in German, 2012)
 * w:en:User:Magnus Manske/tools2port
 * w:Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Labs/Toolserver_replacements