User blog comment:SpikeToronto/The AutoWikiBrowser — Important Tool?/@comment-1997905-20111205033048/@comment-3388044-20111207220713

Hey Monchoman! It is true that AWB is not entirely intuitive. So, if one is not inclined to work through the manual, one may not be able to get it to do exactly what one wants.

While someone with your skills would not have any trouble creating Pywikipedia bot scripts for each task you want to (semi-)automate, for most of us, an off-the-shelf, ready-to-use product is a better choice. That’s why I like AWB.