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==-remove doesn't remove ==
Running template.py -remove template_name gives me a bunch of results like:
<pre>No changes were necessary in [[Help:Copying]]</pre>
Any idea why it won't remove the template? --[[w:User:Naught101]] 00:54, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

:Syntax? Maybe run it <code style="background:steelblue;color:white">template.py -remove "templatename"</code> Do You have the newest version, have You visited {{IRC|pywikipediabot}} (they are quite helpful there). Best regards, --[[User:Spacebirdy|birdy <small>geimfyglið</small>]] [[User_talk:Spacebirdy|<sub>(:>&nbsp;)=|</sub>]] [[commons:User:Spacebirdy/Myndir|<small>∇</small>]] 11:12, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

== New entry for regex matches ==

When there is a space between {{Template: and the template being replaced, i.e.
<pre>
{{template: User moxie}}
</pre>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:MF14&diff=285461937&oldid=239803259 cf.] –<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:black;">[[User:Xeno|'''xeno''']] ([[User talk:Xeno|talk]])</span> 15:36, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
==no results when template exists (solved)==
I have the page: 

:http://dead-rising-wiki.com/w/index.php?title=Template:Cement_Saw

And get the result:

<pre>
C:\Users\t\Desktop\pywikipedia>template.py "Cement Saw" "Cement Saw test"
unicode test: triggers problem #3081100
Getting references to [[Template:Cement Saw]] via API...
0 pages were changed.
</pre>

Is this a problem with the family file? Can I get a result of what page  pywikipedia  is pulling from? I suspect it is pulling from the wrong pages. 

thank you for your time. [[User:Adamtheclown|Adamtheclown]] 05:50, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

<pre>
C:\Users\t\Desktop\pywikipedia> template.py "TOCright" "TOCright test"
unicode test: triggers problem #3081100
Getting references to [[Template:TOCright]] via API...
Getting 3 pages from dead:en...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\t\Desktop\pywikipedia\pagegenerators.py", line 1268, in __iter_
_
    for loaded_page in self.preload(somePages):
  File "C:\Users\t\Desktop\pywikipedia\pagegenerators.py", line 1287, in preload

    pywikibot.getall(site, pagesThisSite)
  File "C:\Users\t\Desktop\pywikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 4322, in getall
    _GetAll(site, pages, throttle, force).run()
  File "C:\Users\t\Desktop\pywikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 3955, in run
    data = self.getData()
  File "C:\Users\t\Desktop\pywikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 4138, in getData
    response, data = self.site.postForm(address, predata)
  File "C:\Users\t\Desktop\pywikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 5164, in postForm
    cookies=self.cookies(sysop = sysop))
  File "C:\Users\t\Desktop\pywikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 5215, in postData
    raise PageNotFound(u'Page %s could not be retrieved. Check your family file
?' % url)
PageNotFound: Page http://www.dead-rising-wiki.com/w/index.php/index.php?title=S
pecial:Export&useskin=monobook could not be retrieved. Check your family file ?
Page http://www.dead-rising-wiki.com/w/index.php/index.php?title=Special:Export&
useskin=monobook could not be retrieved. Check your family file ?
0 pages were changed.
</pre>

It looks like the bot is pulling from the wrong page:

:http://www.dead-rising-wiki.com/w/index.php<b>/index.php</b>?title=Special:Export&useskin=monobook

It is listing two index.php, not one. Maybe I should change my family file? [[User:Adamtheclown|Adamtheclown]] 08:34, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
:I figured it out by changing my family file:

<pre>
# -*- coding: utf-8  -*-

import family

# The official Beta Wiki.
class Family(family.Family):

    def __init__(self):

        family.Family.__init__(self)
        self.name = 'dead' #Set the family name; this should be the same as in the filename.

        self.langs = {
            'en': 'www.dead-rising-wiki.com', #Put the hostname here.
        }

    def version(self, code):
        return "1.16.0"  #The MediaWiki version used. Not very important in most cases.

    def scriptpath(self, code):
        return '/w/' #The value of {{SCRIPTPATH}} on this wiki

    def apipath(self, code):
        return '/w/api.php' #The path of api.php
</pre>

Problem solved. [[User:Adamtheclown|Adamtheclown]] 08:38, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
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== Replace old template with its parameter ==

Hi, is there any command to replace old template with all its parameters to a new template? For example: <code><nowiki>{{bar|1}}</nowiki></code> to be replaced by <code><nowiki>{{--}}</nowiki></code>

When I use <code>python pwb.py scripts/template.py "bar" "--"</code>, it replaces <code><nowiki>{{bar|1}}</nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki>{{--|1}}</nowiki></code>

Thanks, <span style="border: solid 2px #9c93E7; background-color: #E6E6FA; color=#5994C5">👦 [[User:Rachmat04|'''Rachmat''']]  '''·'''  [[User talk:Rachmat04|'''t''']]</span> 09:51, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

== Remove template with summary provided ==

It was throwing the error:
<pre>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".\scripts\template.py", line 369, in <module>
    main()
  File ".\scripts\template.py", line 364, in main
    bot = TemplateRobot(preloadingGen, templates, **options)
  File ".\scripts\template.py", line 225, in __init__
    builder = textlib._MultiTemplateMatchBuilder(site)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'site' referenced before assignment
</pre>

I made the following change and it fixed it:
<pre>
        builder = textlib._MultiTemplateMatchBuilder(site)
</pre>
to
<pre>
        builder = textlib._MultiTemplateMatchBuilder(self.site)
</pre>
-- [[User:Prod|Prod]] ([[User talk:Prod|talk]]) 19:28, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

== How to remove a template with parameter ==
I want to remove the Template "Tranlation" with parameter "st" (Translation|st)，What should I do?[[User:SteveZihang|SteveZihang]] ([[User talk:SteveZihang|talk]]) 03:17, 24 January 2017 (UTC)