User:Frietjes/findargdups
Why does this script exist?
[edit]Pages transcluding templates called with duplicate arguments are listed in Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls. Examples of duplicate arguments are {{Foo|name=Bob|birth_date=Today|name=Jack}}
or {{Foo|Bob|Today|1=Jack}}
This script assists editors with finding the duplicate arguments within a particular page.
How to install
[edit]- Open your common.js script page in edit mode.
- Paste the following line:
importScript('User:Frietjes/findargdups.js'); // [[User:Frietjes/findargdups]]
- Reload the script page (press
ctrl+R
or the equivalent for your browser).
To install on another Wikipedia, use
mw.loader.load('//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Frietjes/findargdups.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');
How to use
[edit]- Find a page with duplicate arguments in Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls.
- Open the page in edit mode, and press "Show preview" without making any changes.
- Look for the following message at the top of the page: Warning: $1 (edit) is calling $2 with more than one value for the "$3" parameter. Only the last value provided will be used. (Help)
- If the above warning does not appear at all, then the problem has already been fixed. Save the page without making any edits to force the server to re-process the page to remove it from the category.
- If the text in place of "$1" in the above warning is a link to a template, then the problem lies in that template. Open that template in edit mode and continue with the next step.
- If the text in place of "$1" in the above warning is a self-link (i.e., the page's own name in bold), then continue with the next step.
- Select the
Find dups
link in theTools
section on the left side of the page. - If duplicate template arguments were found by the script, you will see an alert popup telling you where to look.
- Fix the problem, and save the page. The script will create an edit summary for you.
Caveats
[edit]If the warning message appears for the page you are currently editing, but the script fails to provide a popup, then you have encountered a case not considered by the script's author, or a bug, and you should report this on the talk page so it can be fixed (or a reason can be given for not fixing it).
Technical details
[edit]For editors interested in better understanding how the script works, the following is a general overview of how it works. The script does the following:
- Copies the contents of the edit window to a local string (
mytxt
) - Removes triple brace enclosed template variables, like
{{{foo|}}}
. - Replaces braces not preceded or followed by a brace with the HTML equivalent.
- Replaces all carriage returns and newlines and tabs with spaces, and replace duplicate spaces with a single space.
- Splits
mytxt
into an array of strings where the split points are any double braces. - Loops through the array of strings, pulling out unnested templates and pushing them into an array of strings called
tlist
. This step is performed repeatedly (up to 10 times) to try to unnest all the templates on the page. - Loops through the list of unnested templates (
tlist
)- Inserts equivalent numeric arguments for any unnamed arguments for each template in
tlist
. - Sorts the template arguments
- Issues an alert popup for any duplicate arguments
- Inserts equivalent numeric arguments for any unnamed arguments for each template in
- If any duplicates were found, changes the edit summary to a useful default.
Changing the default edit summary
[edit]To change the default edit summary, define findargdupseditsummary
in your common.js script page before the script is imported. For example,
findargdupseditsummary = 'Remove from [[:Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls]]';
importScript('User:Frietjes/findargdups.js'); // [[User:Frietjes/findargdups]]
To disable this feature, use an empty string (findargdupseditsummary = '';
).
Adding an additional results box
[edit]On some browsers, like Google Chrome, the text in the alert box cannot be copied/selected for searching. To add an additional results box with selectable text, define findargdupsresultsbox
in your common.js script page before the script is imported. For example,
findargdupsresultsbox = 'yes';
importScript('User:Frietjes/findargdups.js'); // [[User:Frietjes/findargdups]]
Bubble notification when no duplicates are found
[edit]By default, the script issues a bubble notification when no duplicates are found. If you would like to change this message, define findargdupsnonefound
in your common.js script page before the script is imported. For example,
findargdupsnonefound = 'No dupes!';
importScript('User:Frietjes/findargdups.js'); // [[User:Frietjes/findargdups]]
To disable this message, define findargdupsnonefound
to be an empty string (findargdupsnonefound = '';
)
Translating messages and link text
[edit]To change the default messages and link text, define findargdupseditsummary
, findargdupslinktext
, findargdupsmorefound
, and findargdupsnonefound
in your common.js script page before the script is imported. For example, for French,
findargdupslinktext = 'Arguments dupliqués';
findargdupsmoretext = 'Il existe d\'autres arguments dupliqués, corrigez en quelques-uns et exécutez à nouveau !';
findargdupseditsummary = 'Nettoyage des [[:Catégorie:Page utilisant des arguments dupliqués dans les appels de modèle|arguments dupliqués dans les appels de modèle]] avec [[:en:User:Frietjes/findargdups|findargdups]]';
findargdupsnonefound = 'Aucun doublon n\'a été trouvé !';
mw.loader.load('//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Frietjes/findargdups.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');
or for Latvian
findargdupslinktext = 'Atrast dublikātus';
findargdupsmoretext = 'Atrasti vēl vairāki dublikāti, salabo dažus un palaid vēlreiz!';
findargdupseditsummary = 'Izlaboti [[:Kategorija:Lapas ar vairākiem viena argumenta izsaukumiem veidnēs|argumenti]], izmantojot [[:en:User:Frietjes/findargdups|findargdups]]';
mw.loader.load('//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Frietjes/findargdups.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');