User:GhostInTheMachine/common

common.js and common.css are loaded by the system for all skins.

• common.js — contains configuration values and the code to load all of the other scripts. It does no "work" itself, just loads all of the other scripts.
• common.css — In my case, common.css contains no CSS at all. All of the CSS that I need is loaded by the JS script that needs it.

Notes

This script is written to be loaded by my account on the other WikiMedia wikis that I use.

On other wikis, common.js only contains

mw.loader.load('//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GhostInTheMachine/common.js?action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');

This script includes a system for selecting which other scripts should be loaded on the different wikis. A configuration array contains strings like

"|en|media|commons|meta| GhostInTheMachine/UI",

This means — load my UI script on the wikis that return one of the four listed IDs. The ID is obtained by fetching wgWikiID and removing any "wiki" – just to make the ID smaller.

Possible (modified) wiki ID

"ID"	Which wiki?	What is it?
en	English Wikipedia	This wiki
media	MediaWiki	The wiki software
commons	Wikimedia Commons	Media repository
meta	Meta-Wiki	Wikimedia Foundation projects

Where it is not appropriate to use a specific script or the wiki does not support it, the ID value is replaced with a matching number of dashes (just to keep the list tidy).

Users scripts from other people that I use

Options set for "standard" gadgets — enabled in Preferences

Gadget	Settings	Value	Details
HotCat	hotcat_use_category_links	true	Enable "Easy categorizing to child or parent categories"
UTCLiveClock	LiveClockTimeZone	"Europe/London"	Display the live time using local UK time — See Time zones
Comments in Local Time	twentyFourHours	true	Display all timestamps using the 24 hour format
User:SD0001/W-Ping	WPing_Quick_Durations	"-1d / 1d / 2d / 3d / 1w / 2w / 3w / 1m"	drop the longer intervals, -1d ~= Now

External scripts

Script	Summary	Note
User:SD0001/Making user scripts load faster	As of 2023-09-29, I am using SD0001's faster load code.	Not a user script, has to be at the start of common.js. Works wonders
User:Anomie/linkclassifier	Colour code wiki links	Really helps
Wikipedia:AutoEd	Collection of "standard" edits	Early days ...
User:Bradv/Scripts/Superlinks	Adds a menu with an assortment of pop-up quick views
User:BrandonXLF/FloatSide	Loaded by TalkHelper
User:DemonDays64/Scripts/Dumb_quotes	Fix curly quotes	Operates in the editor. Now duplicated by AutoEd
User:Evad37/ToDoLister	Manage a TODO list in my TODO subpage	Stores in a user sub-page, so public
User:Nardog/CatChangesViewer	Track additions and removals of a category
User:PerfektesChaos/js/lintHint	Adds a button to run a lint check on a page	I do use it sometimes
User:PrimeHunter/Source_links.js	Adds "Source links" below "What links here" in the sidebar
Wikipedia:RedWarn	Counter-vandalism tool. Need to load it myself	Use it every day
User:SD0001/shortdescs-in-category	Adds a button to the category listings to display all of the short descriptions	Use it every day
User:SD0001/W-Ping	Adds reminders to display at the top of watchlists. Best todo list	Stores in WP user profile, so does not create edits like the Evad37 script
User:Taavi/Aligner	Align all equal signs in infoboxe templates	Simple, but so awesome
User:Uglemat/RefMan	Display all of the refs in a toolbox	Operates in the editor

Options set after the scripts have loaded

For	Settings	Value	Details
User:Evad37/ToDoLister	todo_subpage	"TODO"	Use /TODO to store my To Do list instead of /todo
Wikipedia:AutoEd	autoEdClick	false	if I used wikEd — not needed

Users scripts from other people that I previously used

• User:Eizen/LastEditor — displays data about a page's last editor — I created a slightly modified version
• User:Þjarkur/Highlight recently added text — highlights any text that has been recently added — rather heavy and not very effective — disabled
• Wikipedia:Subpages#Notes — add subpages link to the sidebar Tools menu — moved this into my UI script

My scripts

See my Scripts page