User talk:BrandonXLF/Archives/2020

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for the TodoList :-). Jambette (talk) 14:12, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Module:Script

Module:Script has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the module's entry on the Templates for discussion page. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Help with the Hewlett Packard Enterprise article

Hi, Brandon. Thanks again for your help here updating the Acquisitions table. I've given this more thought, and I think there's a much better way to cover acquisitions (and divestitures). Currently, the article mentions some of HPE's acquisitions and divestitures in the 'History' section, then there's a table below. To eliminate redundancy and make the article more complete, I've proposed an 'Acquisitions and divestitures' sub-section for the 'History' section, which includes a simplified table.

If the proposed sub-section text looks good to you, I've noted which (redundant, and sometimes unsourced) claims can be removed from the 'History' section. My goals are to make the article more accurate and complete, and improve flow by grouping all acquisition and divestitures text within a single sub-section, rather than being scattered throughout the page. Do you mind taking a quick look at the proposed changes? Thanks! AMorar HPE (talk) 20:07, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

AMorar HPE, I'm not sure I really like having the table that simple, I think It should at least include the cost of the acquisition. Perhaps of having the text part of the "Acquisitions and divestitures" section, we could have a description column in the table. What do you think? – BrandonXLF (talk) 22:32, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Script templates

A tag has been placed on Category:Script templates requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 05:39, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Reviewing FFU requests

Hello BrandonXLF! Thank you for helping to review requests at Wikipedia:Files for upload. If information is not included in a request, but you can easily determine or find that information, you shouldn't decline or delay a request because of that. Please remember to always notify requesting editors when you have commented, accepted, or declined a request. Most of the people requesting uploads are IP editors and don't have the benifit of watchlists or pings. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 22:30, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: I have since realized that, thanks for uploading them. Is there any particular instance that you have where I didn't notify the requesting user because I would like to see if it was me who did it or if it was my script.– BrandonXLF (talk) 22:34, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Files_for_upload#Record_Plant_Studios_Control_Room,

WP:FFU#C64_The_Way_Of_The_Exploding_Fist_cover.jpg, and only one of the Mountain West files made it to User_talk:2600:1700:8B60:CA00:581E:B061:80FD:5382. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 22:52, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

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Turning off restorer script on mobile

Hi Brandon. Thanks for writing the restorer script – it's very useful, especially for cleaning up vandalism from multiple editors on the same page. I had the "fat finger" problem where I'd accidentally click the restore link when scrolling through histories on my mobile phone, and RexxS helpfully showed me that I could turn restorer off on mobile devices by installing it on my vector.js instead of common.js. I wanted to suggest maybe adding that info to the script doc page, so other editors (technically clueless like me) will know how to turn it off on mobile if they want to. I didn't want to edit the doc page directly; I figured I'd mention it here instead. Thanks again for the great script! Cheers, Levivich 02:04, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

@Levivich: I added a "mobile" section explaining that you can install the script at skin.js/vector.js. Do you think it is good enough? Feel free to make any changes to the section if you feel like they will make it more understandable.– BrandonXLF (talk) 02:19, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Looks great! I made a minor copyedit and addition. Thanks for adding it so fast! Levivich 02:46, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 12

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past two months (December 2019 and January 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 12th issue issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here

XFDcloser (now a gadget) is this issue's featured script

Suffusion of Yellow's mark-reverted • Majavah's unslashifier

Guywan's BulletSort and HistoryHighlight

BrandonXLF's QuickEdit and CompareRevisions

Enterprisey's fancy-diff should now be able to handle everything the parser can throw at it.

Twinkle has a new update (more). It now supports partial blocks and includes the select2 library as a dependency.
Select2 is available at MediaWiki:Gadget-select2.min.js for other gadgets and scripts to use.

Miscellaneous

Until now, this newsletter has been written primarily by me (DannyS712).

If others would like to contribute, help is always appreciated;

this was intended to be a community newsletter.

Pending requests
A number of requests are listed at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests#Some ideas.
Some of the remaining ideas include scripts to:

• expand a diff until it covers all contiguous edits made by that user
• highlight which content (in the HTML) comes from which template
• hyperlink "per X" to the last comment X made
• show a pop-up section preview when you hover over its TOC link

...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 06:12, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

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QuickEdit marking all edits as "minor"

Hello BrandonXLF. First of all, thank you very much for your great set of scripts. They are really helpful.

I wanted to report a tiny problem with the QuickEdit script. I have tested it on multiple projects, and on all of them, it marks all edits as "minor", no matter what option (minor/non-minor) you choose. Can you please look into it? Thank you. Ahmad^talk 20:04, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Ahmad252: Thanks for letting me know about the issue. The issue should be fixed now, can you try it now? – BrandonXLF (talk) 20:22, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Yes, it's fixed now. Thanks a lot. Ahmad^talk 20:30, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Natureofnight

Hi Brandon!

Could you possibly guide me in the right direction to set up an evel knievel museum article and one for co founder Mike Patterson?

Per your advice - I tried several weeks ago & failed miserably. There are far to many Michael Pattersons. Not sure how to distinguish him. Also, on Lathan the name was red. Which doesnt make sense since an article exists?

Mike patterson has more than plenty of external links, etc.

Thank you & hope all is well. Natureofnight (talk) 17:06, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

@Natureofnight: I found a few news sites talking about Michael Patterson using the search https://www.google.com/search?q=Mike+Patterson+%22Evel+Knievel+Museum%22&tbm=nws or https://www.google.com/search?q=Michael+Patterson+%22Evel+Knievel+Museum%22&tbm=nws. It seems like the best way to find him using a query that needs to include Evel Knievel Museum like Mike Patterson "Evel Knievel Museum" or Michael Patterson "Evel Knievel Museum". It seems like Mike Patterson might not be very WP:NOTABLE, if you can't enough about him to make an article, you should consider adding him to a section in the Evel Knievel Museum called "History" or "Founders". As for creating the article Evel Knievel Museum, you should do a search like "Evel Knievel Museum" and read through the WP:RELIABLE sites that come up and start writing the article. At first you don't need sections, but if the lead is becoming too long, you should break the article into sections, remember not the copy and paste copyrighted text (with the exceptions of quotes) because it will become a big legal issue.– BrandonXLF (talk) 19:22, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank You

Appreciate the input. Makes sense- I’ll give it a shot.

Thanks again!

Natureofnight (talk) 21:54, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Callum.jarvie

Who is Brandon XLF? Callum.jarvie (talk) 06:10, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

@Callum.jarvie: Me.– BrandonXLF (talk) 06:10, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Apologies

Hi Brandon!

I wasnt aware you had assisted in making the museum page legitimate;) Thank you. I thought the old one i had attempted was deleted. Can you assist me i removing the current one i submitted as i wasnt aware? Always appreciate your wiki guidance. If i can help in any way please let me know.

17:22, 29 February 2020 (UTC)Natureofnight (talk)

@Natureofnight: You can just work on the article as you would normally as if it was in the mainspace, don't even worry about submitting it for now, just try to make it as good as possible. Everything seems fine looking at Draft:Evel Knievel Museum, is something missing that was there? – BrandonXLF (talk) 18:09, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

EKM

Nothing was missing. I thought jalen had removed the page. I’ll continue to work on it and stay in touch.

Question- Can you explain why lathan’s name would be red when he has an existing article?

Its on the ek page under posthumous recognition. See paragraph below-

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_Knievel

In 2017, a 13,000 square foot (1,200 m2) museum honoring Knievel was opened in Topeka, Kansas, by co-founders Lathan Mckay and Mike Patterson. Featuring his motorcycles, leathers, helmets, wardrobe and jewelry along with various displays and a virtual reality motorcycle jump.[73]

18:32, 29 February 2020 (UTC)Natureofnight (talk)

His name is spelt with a capital K, I'll create a redirect aswell. – BrandonXLF (talk) 19:02, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

haha

It was something that simple. Coding! I just invested some time in the ek museum article. Eyes are popping out. Let me know what you think thus far.

Appreciate it 20:53, 29 February 2020 (UTC)Natureofnight (talk)

@Natureofnight: So far it's looking good. Just remeber to include sources. [1] was able to detect some copy and pasted test, so just try to avoid copy and pasting text without paraphrasing it.– BrandonXLF (talk) 20:56, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 13

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (February 2019).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 13th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here

Cobaltcigs's DiffPreviewFindLine is this month's featured script

Amorymeltzer's History button links • Headbomb's Unreliable/Predatory Source Detector

Interstellarity's Semi-protected edit requests and Extended-protected edit requests

Amorymeltzer's Crat Highlighter now has separate colors for each user access level

Opencooper's IPtoEmoji has been updated

Pending requests

• A script to help administrators handle proposed deletions
• A script to hide newsletters when viewing another user's talk page
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

I hope everyone is having a great year so far! --DannyS712 (talk) 15:53, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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Progress

Hi Brandon-

Please review the latest. My eyes are popping out of my head. I think it looks pretty good. Please let me know what the next step should be?

As alway, appreciate your help.

21:02, 5 March 2020 (UTC)Natureofnight (talk)

Submit

Worked on it a bit more. Should it be submitted?

16:22, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Natureofnight (talk)

@Natureofnight: I moved the page from Draft:Evel Knievel Museum to Evel Knievel Museum after making a few changes mostly regarding WP:NOTADVERTISING. I also had to change citations to use {{Cite web}}, so try to use it in the future. Overall, good job with the article.– BrandonXLF (talk) 21:45, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

So Cool!

Thank you so much!

23:30, 6 March 2020 (UTC)23:30, 6 March 2020 (UTC)23:30, 6 March 2020 (UTC)23:30, 6 March 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Natureofnight (talk • contribs)

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	For developing User:BrandonXLF/QuickEdit! Works like a charm. I see that you've taken care of edit conflicts as well, which is awesome. SD0001 (talk) 22:08, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar!– BrandonXLF (talk) 03:40, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Some time back, I had begun working on such a script myself -- which I'm happy abandon now in favour of yours. There is just one suggestion I would make - when the "quick edit" button is pressed, presently there's no visual feedback, if the parse API call takes time (eg. for a long section), it can get confusing to the user. To fix this, I'd suggest reducing the opacity of entire section text. This was the (slightly hacky) code I used in my script:

var $heading = $(this).parent().parent();
var sectionId = $heading.children().first().attr('id');
var nextUntilSelector = [2,3,4,5,6].filter(function(e) {
	return e <= headingLevel;
}).map(function(e) {
	return 'h' + e;
}).join(', ');
$heading.css('opacity', '0.4');
$heading.nextUntil(nextUntilSelector).css('opacity', '0.4');

I guess you'll have to tweak the first line, the remaining should fit. SD0001 (talk) 03:53, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

I decided to grey out the "quick edit" button since you shouldn't be able to press it again and I also adding some loading dots at the end it indicate that it is loading. I feel like it's better to grey out the button as that's already where the user is looking. Let me know if you have a better idea or any other suggestions.– BrandonXLF (talk) 04:48, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Module:Offset

Module:Offset has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the module's entry on the Templates for discussion page. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:41, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Autoref script: how to?

Hi Brandon, I've installed your Autoref script, and I might be missing something, but I can't see it in the toolbar or More drop down when editing - how is it used in the wikitext editor? Kingsif (talk) 22:11, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

It replaces the reference button with a popup, it's the same button. – BrandonXLF (talk) 14:40, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

@Kingsif: pinging. – BrandonXLF (talk) 14:41, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Kingsif (talk) 15:14, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

ToTopButton not working on fennec 68.6.0

i have added code given at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrandonXLF/ToTopButton on https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Leela52452/global.js

also added https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrandonXLF/ToTopButton.css on https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Leela52452/global.css

i have cleared private data on exit on fennec

Leela52452 (talk) 04:41, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

@Leela52452: It works for me on Fennec 68.6.0. Are you visiting a long page such as Toronto? For the button to show, you need to scroll a little down the page. Also, make sure JavaScript is enabled and you are logged in. I've changed the script to use mw.loader.load, so the CSS you added to your global.css shouldn't be needed anymore and it might have fixed your issue.– BrandonXLF (talk) 06:24, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

firefox for andoid aka fennec 68.6.0 tried scrolling upto middle and end on toronto page

steps:

• uninstall
• fresh installation
• login
• button not working
• reset preferences and global references to default
• quit w/clear private data
• login
• button not working
• removed global.css
• quit w/clear private data
• login
• button not working

excuse for the noise. Leela52452 (talk) 09:12, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Leela52452, it seems like global.js doesn't load on mobile.Try adding mw.loader.load('/w/index.php?title=User:BrandonXLF/ToTopButton.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); // [[User:BrandonXLF/ToTopButton.js]] to Special:MyPage/common.js. – BrandonXLF (talk) 20:50, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

@BrandonXLF: thank you for new code. unfortunately it is not working. Leela52452 (talk) 01:18, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

@Leela52452: Sorry for any confusion, but you need to try that code on User:Leela52452/common.js since global.js pages don't seem to work on mobile. This is only for testing so we can find out what the issue is.– BrandonXLF (talk) 01:22, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

@BrandonXLF: thank you for clarification. it is working. blue button is visible. thank you very much. Leela52452 (talk) 01:33, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

No problem. – BrandonXLF (talk) 01:46, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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Script

Hello again, in the hope I'm not abusing too much, I would like to ask you, if possible, for a bookmarklet script that adds prefix and suffix to all the elements in the <textarea>. The prefix and suffix are pre-defined ("((" and "))"), so there is no need to ask the user to introduce them. Thank you in advance. —  Ark25  (talk) 03:54, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Ark25, I don't mind. What do you mean by all the elements in a textarea? A textarea is an element that cannot contain other elements, the only thing it can contain is text. – BrandonXLF (talk) 04:04, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I mean all the lines, sorry. —  Ark25  (talk) 04:05, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Ark25, javascript:(function(){for(var e=document.getElementsByTagName('textarea'),i=0;i<e.length;i++)e[i].value='(('+e[i].value.split("\n").join('))\n((')+'))'})(); should work. – BrandonXLF (talk) 04:16, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

It works in Firefox but not in Chrome - at least for me. But that's still great, thank you! —  Ark25  (talk) 04:23, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 14

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (March 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 14th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here

Danski454's code-link is this month's featured script

RealFakeKim's pageInfo • Guywan: InsertShortcuts • ConfirmLogout

Headbomb's Unreliable/Predatory Source Detector has been updated to include more sources

• Evad37's rater script is now on version 2.5. New features include:

1. No longer showing dropdowns for projects without ratings
2. Making use of Category:WikiProject banner templates not based on WPBannerMeta to detect templates
3. Automatically detecting Good Article, Featured Article, and Featured List status, and limiting ORES predictions to B-class

• An updated version of Twinkle was released. Features relating to the recently-enabled
  partial blocks include automatic lookup of pages and expanded options for block templates.
  See a full list of changes here
• For users of Enterprisey's easy-brfa script, the bug with transcluding new BRFAs has been resolved
• Guywan's RefCruncher has had minor updates

Miscellaneous

• For any scripts that previously made use of the edit API to change a page's content model,
  a new API module is available: use action=changecontentmodel to specify the new
  content model of an existing page. Documentation is available: mw:API:ChangeContentModel.
• The dispute resolution noticeboard wizard is no longer a gadget, but rather is loaded using
  withJS and withCSS. See the discussion at MediaWiki talk:Gadget-DRN-wizard.js

Pending requests

• A script to help file movers process requests, including
  1. renaming the file
  2. updating file links
  3. removing the {{Rename media}} template (when relevant)
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

Stay safe, --DannyS712 (talk) 05:48, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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Layout question

Hi BrandonXLF! In light of technowizardry you displayed at the Teahouse, I was wondering whether you might know how to go about getting the Articles for Improvement box to display on the same line as the TOC/shortcut box at the Task Center? Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 05:44, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Sdkb, I added float: left to the TOC as it was originally taking up the entire width of the page with margin and now the article for improvement has moved up to where the TOC is. – BrandonXLF (talk) 05:52, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Horrible overlap....best bring to talk page.--Moxy 🍁 06:48, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

@Moxy: I wasn't getting any overlap. What is your screen size and are you using the mobile site/Minerva? It would be even better if you could share a screenshot.– BrandonXLF (talk) 06:52, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

WP:KISS

Overlap on all devices ...Note 6 - PC - TV. Less coding would be better for all - we seem to have an overload of coding lately. Need to keep pages simple because we have no clue how people are views pages ..lets think of everyone WP:RESOL... Wikipedia:Accessibility dos and don'ts.--Moxy 🍁 07:08, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Glitch makes Floating TOC add see-through recent changes on some pages

Hi! With Floating TOC, there is a glitch that causes a floating see-through recent changes pop up on some pages that have a recent changes module loaded, like Wikipedia:WikiProject Socialism. This is not a TOC and is illegible, covering up content.

Note: I am on Firefox, so there is a slight chance this is caused by the browser interpreting the script wrong.

Please fix this! Thanks for the cool script. DemonDays64 (talk) 14:32, 17 April 2020 (UTC) (please ping on reply)

DemonDays64, the issue was caused because Wikipedia:WikiProject Socialism/Recent changes was using the element id toc for the recent changes list which made the script think it was the TOC. – BrandonXLF (talk) 18:33, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Oh thanks for getting back to me so quickly! That's interesting. I think that I might change it (and leave a message on the talk page to make sure it's ok). Thanks, DemonDays64 (talk) 18:47, 17 April 2020 (UTC)!

Hot Default Sort update

The new update sometimes deletes the last category. See the history at [2]. (I was using hot, not cold BTW) Fuddle (talk) 02:52, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

@Fuddle:  Fixed. Thank you for letting me know about the issue.– BrandonXLF (talk) 03:17, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Newly Created Article

Hi Brandon-

Out to increase my skills i attempted to construct the following page associated with the ek museum. Let me know how i did? I’ve taken your cues in the hopes of making progress- If it’s suitable would appreciate it being applicable. Hope you are well considering. Thanks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Natureofnight/Marilyn_Stemp

23:52, 22 April 2020 (UTC)23:52, 22 April 2020 (UTC)~~Thank You23:52, 22 April 2020 (UTC)23:52, 22 April 2020 (UTC)~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Natureofnight (talk • contribs)

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Proposed deletion of Trafalgar Road Connector

The article Trafalgar Road Connector has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:GNG with no reliable sources discussing this in depth. Even if Cameron Bevers was reliable, he only gives 2 sentences to this. (Note that redirecting to Ontario Highway 407#Planning and initial construction is fine (It gives this one sentence))

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Username⁶⁸⁹² 14:13, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 15

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (April 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 15th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here

SD0001's find-archived-section, now a gadget, is this month's featured script

Enterprisey:

1. link-deleted-revs (On error pages for deleted revisions, show a link to the Special:Undelete page)
2. undelete-backlink (On Special:Undelete pages for diffs and revisions, link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions)

Epicgenius's sortcategories (sorts categories in an article alphabetically)

Awesome Aasim:

1. addmylinks (adds a customizable area for links and/or text to the sidebar)
2. editrequest (tool that allows for processing and answering edit requests)

DemonDays64's Dumb quotes (replaces smart curly single and double quotes with "dumb" quotes)

Guywan's FileMoverHelper (move files and replace their uses in one action)

Enterprisey's reply-link has been updated to fail less, especially around template transclusions.

Twinkle released new features, including a new option to disable individual modules, support for stub template nomination at CfD, and integration with the PageTriage extension used to patrol new pages. (See full list of changes)

Open tasks

• The mediawiki.notify resource loader module was deprecated and is no longer needed; its functionality is now available by default. See mw:ResourceLoader/Migration guide (users) for more. Any dependency on it should be removed.

Pending requests

• A script to reload feeds automatically
• A script to mark templates in the TFD holding cell as ready for deletion
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

Miscellaneous

• Wikipedia:User scripts/Most imported scripts now also shows the number of active users for each script. It will now be updated by a bot periodically.
• Twinkle's Morebits library added a new Morebits.date class to replace the moment library. It can handle custom formatting and natural language for dates, as well as section header regexes. If you were using getUTCMonthName or getUTCMonthNameAbbrev with Date objects, those have been deprecated and should be updated.
• User:SD0001/find-archived-section was made a gadget. You can enable it from your gadget preferences, in the Browsing section.

Hope everyone stays safe. --DannyS712 (talk) 20:27, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

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Reference expander script

Sorry for what may be a dumb question, but I'm not sure how to use the reference expander script. The description suggests you just have to click to invoke it. I'm trying to use it on Brothers Lewandowski, and not sure what to do.S Philbrick(Talk) 12:05, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Sphilbrick, there should be a link in the toolbox on the left side of the screen that says "Expand References". – BrandonXLF (talk) 18:33, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

BrandonXLF, OK thanks I was right, I should have known that. Thanks. S Philbrick(Talk) 21:08, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

HotDefaultSort script help

Hey, I would like to modify your script to be usable for the Czech Wikipedia. Unfortunately, it is customary on Czech wikipedia that sort key is above categories, not below them. Can you help me, please? Preview here. Thanks--MrJaroslavik (talk) 16:31, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

MrJaroslavik, that's how we do it too. The issue was that I was only accounting for the English spelling of category, but my script should be fixed now. – BrandonXLF (talk) 18:47, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! --MrJaroslavik (talk) 19:15, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Translation for User:BrandonXLF/Restorer

Hi, can you add an option to translate the edit summary of Restorer? Thank you!--ValeJappo (talk) 17:47, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

P.S. Oh, and it is possible to add a buttom in the diff view?--ValeJappo (talk) 17:52, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

P.P.S. Same thing for ajax undo: can you add it to diff view? Thank you very much--ValeJappo (talk) 18:00, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

ValeJappo, the first one is done. Use window.restorerSummary to set a custom edit summary. – BrandonXLF (talk) 22:40, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks

I would like to thank you for getting "NRH2O logo.png" for me. I haven't figured out how to do all the image upload stuff correctly yet, especially with the copyright stuff. NerdBoy2021 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:56, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Marilyn Stemp

Hi Brandon!

I created this article in my spare time. Could you take a look at it & let me know if it’s approval worthy? Hope-you are well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Marilyn_Stemp#Biography_And_Career

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Natureofnight (talk • contribs)

Invitation to RedWarn

Hello, BrandonXLF! I noticed you have been using Twinkle and was wondering if you'd like to beta test my new tool, RedWarn, specifically designed to improve your editing experience.

• Easy to use - Unlike other tools, RedWarn uses easy to interpret icons and simple summaries for common actions, reducing both learning and reading times.
• Supports rollback and rollback-like functionality - Unlike Twinkle, RedWarn supports both rollback and rollback-like functionality for users will rollback permissions. This decreases waiting times during rollbacks.

• Making life easier on the battlefield - Ever been in the middle of a vandalism war or campaign, frantically reloading the history page to see a new edit? No more! Enabling RedWarn's "Alert on Change" feature will automatically send you to the latest edit when a new edit occurs - and if you're working on something else, RedWarn will send you a notification while the tab is still open in the background. No time wasted.
• Rollback previews - If you're ever worried about the changes a rollback will make, especially in the case of reverting good faith edits, you can click the rollback preview button to preview the difference a rollback will make, with the version that will be restored on the right, and the latest revision on the left.

• Always the latest revision - RedWarn will automatically redirect you to the latest revision if the rollback is no longer for the latest revision - no more frustrating errors.

• Fast - RedWarn can automatically select a warning level, and, on vandalism and content removal rollbacks, automatically select a warning template.

• Built on your feedback - RedWarn is receiving frequent feature additions and changes based on your feedback. If there's something you don't like, or would like to see, just say!

• and many more features ...but I don't want to fill your userpage.

RedWarn is currently in use by over 35 other Wikipedians, and feedback so far has been extremely positive. If you're interested, please see see the RedWarn tool page for more information on RedWarn's features which I haven't listed here. Otherwise, feel free to remove this message from your page. If you have any further questions, please ping me or leave a message on my talk page. Your feedback is much appreciated! Ed6767 talk! 00:46, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

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AWB

I've granted it (and wasted 5 minutes looking for a pretty template to let you know I'd done it). I don't want to resurrect old problems but please bear in mind that any contentious issues in regular editing happen at many times faster with AWB. Be careful. Happy editing, Cabayi (talk) 12:01, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll be much more careful for now on. – BrandonXLF (talk) 01:59, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:CURRENTWEEKOFYEAR

Template:CURRENTWEEKOFYEAR has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. --Ahecht (TALK
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Nomination for deletion of Template:CURRENTMONTHNUMBER

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Nomination for deletion of Template:CURRENTMONTHABBREV

Template:CURRENTMONTHABBREV has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. --Ahecht (TALK
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Talk:Rock paper scissors

I just discovered the yearly talk page archives you made for this page, and was wondering why you split them into yearly archives. This is a pretty non-standard system and seems to have stopped the normal archive bot operations. Was there a discussion about splitting those in that way? -- Netoholic @ 18:56, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Netoholic, I believe I did it because Talk:Rock paper scissors/Archive older then 2007 was getting very long and it was easier to manually split the page based on date rather than making a new page when a size threshold is met. The bot was misconfigured and it should work as expected now. – BrandonXLF (talk) 19:21, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Yes but why not just use standard numbered archives? The talk page does not get nearly enough traffic to warrant yearly ones. Where was the discussion that resulted in doing this different from most other article talk page archives? -- Netoholic @ 19:24, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Netoholic, I just said why I used yearly archives, there's was no discussion about the archive format so you can go ahead and use the standard numbered archives if you'd like. – BrandonXLF (talk) 19:29, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Would you mind helping by tagging the yearly archives with {{db-user}} (full list can be seen at Special:PrefixIndex/Talk:Rock paper scissors). I'll take care of moving the bot-created archives. -- Netoholic @ 19:33, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Netoholic, I can do that once the archives are emptied. – BrandonXLF (talk) 19:43, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Please stop manipulating archives. 150k is pretty standard, there's no reason at all to reduce to 75k arbitrarily, especially when sections go missing in the change. Let the bots do the work. Please put in for the speedy deletions, including your Archive 3. --Netoholic @ 23:52, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Netoholic, ok I g7ed the 3rd archive. Having 116 discussions in one archive is a little much, no sections went missing that I'm aware of so I'm not sure what you're talking about. 150k works for standard talk pages, but there's a lot of short discussions on Talk:Rock_paper_scissors. I chose 75k as it's used in the example config at WP:ARCHIVE. – BrandonXLF (talk) 05:43, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

We are likely the only two living editors to look at these archives at all in a long time. Sure, Archive_1 is a lot of small discussions, but chances are no one will need to go back to them for something important. The 75k number mentioned there is for when to archive the live talk page - the actual archive pages can be much longer because they aren't actively edited, and the bot config examples use 150k for the most part. But now we can have an archive search box on the main talk page, and that will be a benefit in locating past discussions. My huge worry was just that I saw in a couple of your edits some text go missing and content end up under the wrong headings. Manually moving sections is always tricky. Thanks for your help, I think its in a much more maintainable arrangement now. -- Netoholic @ 05:57, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Film Articles

Hi, the plot and cast sections of film articles are not usually referenced because they are primary sourced from the film itself, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 23:19, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Ok, I was vaguely aware that was the case for the plot, but I didn't know that is the case for the cast as well, it doesn't mention that at MOS:FILM. – BrandonXLF (talk) 23:27, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Archive header

Template:Archive header has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. -- Netoholic @ 18:47, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Archived talk

Template:Archived talk has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. -- Netoholic @ 18:47, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 16

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past two months (May and June 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 16th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here

Ed6767's redwarn is this month's featured script

Enterprisey: abusefilter-diff-check • abusefilter-hide-search • live-reload • quick-vand-block •

abusefilter-mass-test • simple-notifs • User:Enterprisey/rc-thanks

• DannyS712's RemindMe • Majavah's Aligner
• BrandonXLF: ShowUserGender • ReferenceExpander
• Awesome Aasim: oneclickdelete • noeditredlinks.js • editrequest
• TheTVExpert: searchForSection • scriptDocumentationTabs
• Alex 21: script-categoriessort.js • script-imageres.js
• Ed6767's redwarn

Twinkle released new features, including a rollback links on history pages and Special:Recentchanges,

the ability to rollback-in-place on Recent changes and Contributions, a new option autoselect warning

level, and an XfD log. (Enable in your prefences; See full list of changes)

• Headbomb's unreliable source detector script now allows users to add their own custom rules. See the documentation at User:Headbomb/unreliable#Custom rules.

Open tasks

• Recent changes to the vector skin may have broken some scripts and gadgets. Uses of the .vectorTabs selector

should be replaced with .vector-menu-tabs. Additionally, .menu should be replaced with <ul>, and .vectorMenu

should be replaced with .vector-menu. See phabricator:T255718 and phabricator:T254797 for more.

Pending requests

• A script to simplify the process of nominating articles for good article reassessment (request)
• A script to help create navboxes (request)
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

If anyone else would like to contribute to future issues, please comment at Wikipedia talk:Scripts++. --DannyS712 (talk) 20:13, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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Nomination for merging of Module:ISO 639

Module:ISO 639 has been nominated for merging with Module:ISO 639 name. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the module's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Gonnym (talk) 11:15, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Updated and synced with the SCP website

Hi BrandonXLF,

Might the article on the SCP be updated with information from the SCP website, perhaps in the way in which I did this morning, or something close to it? Right now, wiki complains about it being a stub and call for expanding it.

All the best,

Daniel Howard-Snyder Executive Committee, SCP — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel Howard-Snyder (talk • contribs) 00:40, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Daniel Howard-Snyder, yes it can be, but you are not allowed to copy and paste text directly from sources as that is a copyright violation. Also, be careful when using a primary source, see WP:PRIMARY. – BrandonXLF (talk) 02:05, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Hot Default Sort blank at first position issue

I've noticed this repeatedly while doing CW Error #88 cleanup, your tool inserts a blank that should not be there. This edit shows it happening. Jerod Lycett (talk) 01:06, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Jerodlycett, it seems that people were adding a space before the value when using the tool, the tool now removes whitespace before and after the value. – BrandonXLF (talk) 01:56, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Jerod Lycett (talk) 02:08, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

QuickEdit and badtoken errors

I was wondering whether you could the ability to do an automated retry on badtoken errors? It occurs on spending too much time in the editbox following which the only way out is to copy the whole section content, reload the page and try again. I have encountered it too many times.

As for the fix, as you must be knowing, just look for the API errorcode badtoken and if it occurs get a new token using action=query&meta=tokens&type=csrftoken and use that to re-send the edit. mw.Api()#edit and mw.Api()#postWithToken() handle this automatically, so you could also consider just switching to that rather than do manual $.posts. Cheers, SD0001 (talk) 07:27, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Todo script

Hey, On click can you make it appear below firstHeading? Thanks! ‐‐1997kB (talk) 15:59, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

1997kB, what do you mean? Do you want it to be inline before the article content or do you want the popup to be below the first heading? – BrandonXLF (talk) 22:25, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

See my common.js, I'm talking about top margin. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 06:49, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Feature request: Is it possible that when you install this globally, todo of one wiki show on another? ‐‐1997kB (talk) 07:05, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Sporting clube de steichen.jpeg

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Thanks for uploading File:Sporting clube de steichen.jpeg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:57, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:ISO 639 code-1

Template:ISO 639 code-1 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:35, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:ISO 639 code-2

Template:ISO 639 code-2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:35, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:ISO 639 code-3

Template:ISO 639 code-3 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:35, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:ISO 639 code-5

Template:ISO 639 code-5 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:35, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Hope you don't mind

Hello, BrandonXLF! I hope you don't mind, but I adjusted a section placement on some user pages of yours. [3][4] Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 06:00, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Bison X, thanks for trying to fix the issue, but that won't work since User:BrandonXLF/scripts/doc is also used by my other scripts. – BrandonXLF (talk) 06:18, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

I tried one more fix, sorry to butt in, I'll leave it to you. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 06:25, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Bison X, I think I found a fix, thanks for your help. – BrandonXLF (talk) 06:28, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Ha, sorry, I saw something on the internet that Must. Be. Fixed. All's well that ends well. (BTW, thanks for the script.) Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 06:35, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:ISO 639 templates

A tag has been placed on Category:ISO 639 templates requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:50, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	For the very speedy coding of User:BrandonXLF/CitationStyleMarker, a great little script that will be useful for years to come. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 22:34, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! – BrandonXLF (talk) 22:39, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Module:Language/data/iana

Module:Language/data/iana has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the module's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 16:37, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 17

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past two months (July and August 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 17th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here

Yet another Articles for creation helper script ("AFCH"), a gadget used by Articles for creation reviewers, is this month's featured script

Opencooper's collapseBots declutters talk pages by collapsing comments made by bots

SD0001's GAR-helper is a script to easily create a GAR nomination and carry out the necessary related steps

SD0001's shortdescs-in-category can be used to view short descriptions of pages in a category

WikiMacaroons's Talk to Wiki allows for voice-activated functionality and navigation of Wikipedia

WikiMacaroons's AutoShortDesc simplifies the addition of short descriptions to pages

IagoQnsi's ipareader adds a button next to IPA pronunciations to have them read out by a text-to-speech program

Awesome Aasim's xfdvote makes it easier to participate in XFD discussions

BrandonXLF's CitationStyleMarker adds "CS1" or "CS2" beside citations to show their style with an optional toggle

GeneralNotability's spihelper a script to help CheckUsers, SPI clerks, and patrolling admins with sockpuppet investigation case pages

Evad37's TimestampDiffs adds a link at the end of every comment to the diff in which it was added

Twinkle has a number of improvements including additional redirect category templates

Updates to Enterprisey's reply-link include compatibility fixes with Mdaniels5757's markAdmins script and Kephir's unclutter script

Evad37's rater is now at version 2.6.0, which updates including OOUI tweaks and the inclusion of banners for inactive projects

Miscellaneous

• If anyone would like to help contribute to this newsletter, please leave a note at Wikipedia talk:Scripts++

Pending requests

• A script to simplify addition of "connected contributor" templates to talk pages
• A script to simplify removal of the "persondata" template on mlwiki
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

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translation

Hi, it it possible to add a Bengali translation for this line "'Restored revision $ID by $USER (Restorer)" here? Some people use your script on bnwiki & it produces summary in english & a red link. If possible please add this:

[[Special:Contributions/$USER|$USER]]-এর করা $ID নং সংস্করণ পুনরুদ্ধার ([[:en:User:BrandonXLF/Restorer|Restorer]])

Thanks. --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 20:41, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@আফতাবুজ্জামান: Dear, I add the code on my bn:User:Al Riaz Uddin Ripon/Restorer page for Bengali Wikipedian. Please see this code, you can correction if you found error. Thanks. — Al Riaz Uddin (talk) 16:59, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Scripts

Hi, 2 of your scripts are not working named 'Autoref' and 'Citoid'. I've installed them both, but not working. However, I don't use visual editor. Are these scripts for VE? Thank you. Empire AS ^Talk! 07:22, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Empire AS, Citoid is a utility that is used by other scripts, so it should not be installed. Autoref should work fine, just to clarify it changes the way the "Reference" button works and doesn't create its own button. Let me know if you still encounter an issue with it. – BrandonXLF (talk) 07:33, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

BrandonXLF, But where does it appear. In visual mode or in source mode, in side bar or toolbar? Empire AS ^Talk! 07:39, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Empire AS, it appears in the classic editor (non VE) at the toolbar at the top. It looks like . – BrandonXLF (talk) 07:42, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

I found it. But it doesn't work. I added a raw ref in it and it didn't expand? Empire AS ^Talk! 07:53, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Empire AS, did you see a popup that said: "Enter a source:"? If you did, provide the raw reference you were trying to expand. If you didn't, provide any errors that are in the developer console (Ctrl+Shift+J on Chrome). – BrandonXLF (talk) 08:10, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

BrandonXLF, it isn't good and complicated. Is there any way to run it throughout the article to remove errors. Thank you. Empire AS ^Talk! 08:15, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Empire AS, what do you mean to run it throughout the article? If you mean fixing references already in the article you could try WP:CITATIONBOT or you could try User:BrandonXLF/ReferenceExpander if you want to expand references. – BrandonXLF (talk) 08:24, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

BrandonXLF, Refs Expander doesn't shows preview and it also fails to expand some refs. Can you update it more? Empire AS ^Talk! 08:29, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

User:BrandonXLF/ReferenceExpander isn't working for some references

Hello Brandon, User:BrandonXLF/ReferenceExpander isn't working for some references. Same as this. I believe this is happening because of this bug. MediaWiki:RefToolbar.js also had this bug. I reported that here & user:Kaldari fixed it. If you have time, please take a look into this. Thank you. --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 22:44, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

আফতাবুজ্জামান, it should be fixed now. – BrandonXLF (talk) 02:56, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Yes. But there is a new problem. It is turning decoded url into encoded. Because of that some url might not work. For example, see this, after reference expanding the url isn't working. It would be great if the gadget try not to change the url. আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 03:23, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

আফতাবুজ্জামান, the issue is that Citoid is returning a non-normalized URL that when normalized becomes the wrong URL. This seems to be more of an issue with Citoid rather than this script. – BrandonXLF (talk) 04:15, 12 September 2020 (UTC) আফতাবুজ্জামান, I managed the fix it by encoding the URL Citoid returns, it should work now.– BrandonXLF (talk) 04:32, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Yes, working. Thank you. --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 04:57, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, while using it, i found two more problems. 1. It doesn't escape | in title, see this 2. Not sure what happend here. --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 21:34, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 18

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past three months (September, October, and November 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 18th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here

SD0001's W-Ping is this month's featured script

Sportzpikachu's bookmarks adds a bookmarks section to the navigation toolbar

SD0001's deleted-metadata-link.js adds links to the deletedrevisions API output for deleted pages

SD0001's GAN-helper makes it easier to create a GAN nomination.

1234qwer1234qwer4's XfDstarted scripts add links to today's XfD log pages to the personal toolbar

Awesome Aasim's rcpatrol is a tool that can be used to patrol recent changes, including reverting edits and warning users

A new JavaScript snippet, MediaWiki:AFC-add-project-tags.js, can be used to add WikiProject tags to drafts at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Add WikiProject tags without actually needing to install a user script.

Nardog's PlayAudioNow makes {{audio}} links playable while staying on the page, regardless of the format

GeneralNotability's ip-ext-info.js adds extended info on IPs in a popup with their range, ASN, and ISP

TheTVExpert's submitRMTR adds a button to Special:MovePage to submit a technical request at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests

TheTVExpert's rmCloser helps with closing and relisting requested moves.

Enterprisey's parsoid-round-trip uses Parsoid to convert wikitext to HTML and back, and then shows the result and the difference between the original wikitext and the post-conversion wikitext.

Frietjes's infoboxgap assists in renumbering infobox labels/data/classes, so that a new line can be inserted in the middle of the infobox.

Pending requests

• A request for a script to help with maintaining the lists of vital articles
• A request for a script to make it easier to archive specific list entries, rather than whole discussion sections
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

Twinkle has made a number of improvements, including using a change tag to identify actions made with it and automatically filing edit requests for protected XfD nominations.

SD0001's shortdescs-in-category is now compatible with scripts modifying category listings, such as Equazcion's CatListMainTalkLinks

GhostInTheMachine's TalkHelper2 is a newer version of their prior script, TalkHelper

GeneralNotability's spihelper updated to 2.2.10, fixing a number of small bugs, automatically tagging globally locked socks as such in the sockpuppet template, and restoring open cases following an SPI history merge.

Enterprisey's script-installer gadget has been updated with more internationalization of messages, as well as addition of a user preference, window.scriptInstallerInstallTarget to allow controlling where new scripts are to be installed.

Open tasks

• Enterprisey is looking for beta testers for their new section-watchlist user script. See the announcement.

Miscellaneous

• The second edition of the m:Coolest Tool Award will be taking place in December.
• Enterprisey's links-in-logs script has now been implemented as part of MediaWiki core, see gerrit:640761 and phab:T207562.

My apologies for the delayed issue. As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, help is appreciated. Stay safe, --DannyS712 (talk) 18:20, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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Minor typo

May be you'd like to fix a typo in `navagation menu` in the comment in User:BrandonXLF/ToBottom.js --CiaPan (talk) 10:20, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 19

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (December 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 19th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

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Enterprisey's script-installer, a gadget that makes it easier to install scripts, is this month's featured script

Enterprisey's copy-section-link adds popups to section headers which has an appropriate wikilink and external link to the section.

DannyS712's FindBlacklistEntry can be used to figure out which line(s) in either the local or global spamblacklist prevent a particular url from being added.

Nardog's CodeEditorAssist allows customizing the code editor, including changing the color theme and enabling live autocompletion.

Cobaltcigs's IllWill allows searches wikidata.org for foreign-language sitelinks, to populate {{ill}} and replace plain red links.

Twinkle has made a number of improvements, most notably full support for expiring watchlist items.

Evad37's Signpost Publishing Script is now at version 2.4.2, with changes including a fix for calculating the size of pages with files.

Evad37's MoveToDraft is now at version 2.5.1, with changes including:

• checks for move conflicts and better options if move fails
• the addition of {{Drafts moved from mainspace}} after moves
• updating the default move log and notification texts to be more in line with WP:DRAFTIFY

Enterprisey's cv-revdel now handles failures more cleanly, including reporting failures caused by the spam blacklist.

Bradv's Notepad.js script has been updated with new styles and a new launch button.

A beta version of XFDcloser is available for testing, and brings a new user interface for dialogs and some preferences for customization.

Open tasks

• Voting in the m:Community Wishlist Survey 2021 is ongoing until December 21, 2020. There are 15 proposals in the "bots and gadgets" category that may be of interest.

Pending requests

• A script to help list discussions at WP:ANRFC (request)
• A script to allow undoing edits despite conflicting intermediary edits (request)
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

Miscellaneous

• The Watchlist Expiry feature worked on by the Community Tech team has been enabled on Wikipedia. For scripts that include watching or unwatching pages, developers may want to update their code to take advantage of the new functionality. See the documentation on mediawiki.org.
• As noted in the prior issue, Enterprisey's links-in-logs script has now been implemented as part of MediaWiki core. By my count, this is his third script that was replaced by implementing the code in MediaWiki core or an extension, along with link-section-edits and abusefilter-hide-search. Additionally, his reply-link script is being converted in part to mw:Extension:DiscussionTools. Are there any other scripts that might be worth integrating directly in MediaWiki? Thoughts would be welcome at Wikipedia talk:Scripts++.

As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, help is appreciated. Stay safe, and happy holidays! --DannyS712 (talk) 00:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

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File:Christmas tree in field.jpg	Merry Christmas BrandonXLF
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