User:andrybak/Scripts/Unsigned helper

Unsigned helper
Description	Simplifies adding {{Unsigned}}, {{Unsigned IP}}, and {{Undated}}
Author(s)	Anomie, andrybak
First released	2024-07-20
Updated	August 5, 2024; (3 months ago)
Source	User:Andrybak/Scripts/Unsigned helper.js

Unsigned helper is a user script for semi-automatically adding templates {{Unsigned}}, {{Unsigned IP}}, and {{Undated}}. This script is a fork of User:Anomie/unsignedhelper with faster search, an automatic edit summary, and added support for the CodeMirror editor (syntax highlighting).

How to install

On English Wikipedia it is recommended to install this script using the script-installer gadget, which can be turned on at:

Install scripts without having to manually edit JavaScript files (documentation) (direct link)

Then you can go back to this page and click the big blue "Install" button in the infobox.

To install the script on another wiki (including your global.js), use the following snippet:

mw.loader.load('https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Andrybak/Scripts/Unsigned_helper.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');

Open the wikitext editor for the discussion, where you want to mark an unsigned message.
In the dropdown below the editor, select button set "Insert" or "Wiki markup" (see MediaWiki talk:Edittools for details).
At the end of the button set, click on {{unsigned}}
Wait for the script to find the revision, which introduced this change.
Check that the diff found by script corresponds to the unsigned message.
If the found diff is wrong, click button "Keep looking".
If the found diff is correct, click button "Use that revision".
Once ready, click button Publish changes at the bottom.

If someone other than the original author has edited the unsigned comment, that someone will be (incorrectly) used in the {{unsigned}} template.
Doesn't work in VisualEditor, 2017 wikitext editor, wikEd.
If an author of an undated comment changed their username since leaving the comment, it will be automatically marked with {{unsigned}} instead of {{undated}}.

The original script User:Anomie/unsignedhelper was published on 2011-12-11. The forked script was developed as follows:

2024-06-14 – the fork is published and automatic edit summaries is immediately added. This was inspired by automatic edit summary support in TemplateScript.
2024-07-20 – the script is heavily refactored. The search is upgraded to use binary search instead of linear search, greatly increasing the speed of finding the correct revision.
2024-07-22 – support for Template:Undated is added. UI now shows the user a link to the found diff to allow manual inspection
2024-08-05 – support for mw:Extension:CodeMirror is added. The code for inserting the template now uses the function encapsulateSelection, similarly to how enwiki's version of CharInsert does it. See also phab:T185917, phab:T211205, and gerrit:1003927.