After I changed the family file as suggested, it broke badly. I cannot successfully run a bot and save changes - this is even if I don't hit ctrl+C, of course! :) I could reinstall the whole thing, go back and redo all the things I've forgotten when I first installed Pywikipedia, but is there a simpler way? I tried packing the latest nightly package into the directory, replacing existing files, but it's still broken. Often it's a server error, but the site is running fine. Other commands access the server, but they all break when it comes to trying to put the changes. (Yes, I run "python login.py" before i start.) Thanks in advance, and for all the help so far. Chris E.g. 1: using a file list and the "-always" parameter: $ python replace.py -excepttext:"[[appropriate technology organizations" -excepttext:"appropriate technology organizations]]" "appropriate technology organizations" "[[appropriate technology organizations]]" -always -file:files1.txt This gives: No changes were necessary in [[Ashden Awards]] No changes were necessary in [[Category:Microhydro]] <snip> - The activities of BASIN are divided between four leading European, non-profit appropriate technology organizations, each of which covers a separate specialized subject area, in order to provide more qualified expertise with greater efficiency. + The activities of BASIN are divided between four leading European, non-profit [[appropriate technology organizations]], each of which covers a separate specialized subject area, in order to provide more qualified expertise with greater efficiency. Then it stops for a while, before giving this message: maximum recursion depth exceeded in cmp WARNING: Could not open ' http://www.appropedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uipr…ockinfo'. Maybe the server or your connection is down. Retrying in 1 minutes... maximum recursion depth exceeded in cmp WARNING: Could not open ' http://www.appropedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uipr…ockinfo'. Maybe the server or your connection is down. Retrying in 2 minutes... ...and so on. E.g. 2: using replace.py with the -xml parameter and manually selecting which changes to accept, I get a message like this: Waiting for 3 pages to be put. Estimated time remaining: 0:00:30 There are 3 pages remaining in the queue. Estimated time remaining: 0:00:30 But it doesn't actually make any changes - it either hangs there, or say it can't find the server, and keeps retrying until I stop it (after several hours in one case) Error messages occur during the running of replace.py as well, but don't actually stop it running. E.g. 3: redirect.py doesn't work either - the second part of the error about the server being down is the same as above: $ python redirect.py double -always Checked for running processes. 1 processes currently running, including the current process. Retrieving special page... maximum recursion depth exceeded in cmp WARNING: Could not open ' http://www.appropedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uipr…ockinfo'. Maybe the server or your connection is down. Retrying in 1 minutes... On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Chris Watkins < chriswaterguy(a)appropedia.org&gt; wrote: -- Chris Watkins (a.k.a. Chriswaterguy) Appropedia.org - Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives. Blog: chriswaterguy.livejournal.com/ Buying at Amazon, eBay etc? Start at http://appropedia.maatiam.com and a percentage of your purchase supports Appropedia - at no extra cost. Where men are the most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken, and have there given reins to passion, without that proper deliberation and suspense, which can alone secure them from the grossest absurdities. -- David Hume