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CollapseSections in selected NS or page

Hi brandon. I'm using User:BrandonXLF/CollapseSections script on fawiki. Can you please add a snippet so i can choose specific pages to load this script on? Is this even possible? It's being loaded in pages such as local WP:AFD, but i want it to load only on my own talk page. thank you. --Jeeputer (talk) 11:12, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Jeeputer, You could prefix the code to load the script with if (mw.config.get('wgPageName') === 'User_talk:Jeeputer') /** PUT CODE TO LOAD SCRIPT HERE */ so for example if (mw.config.get('wgPageName') === 'User_talk:Jeeputer') mw.loader.load('/w/index.php?title=User:BrandonXLF/CollapseSections.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); // [[User:BrandonXLF/CollapseSections.js]] – BrandonXLF (talk) 01:39, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you sir. Did it with a wgNamespaceNumber instead and it's working on all user talk pages. done. :) --Jeeputer (talk) 16:04, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
The green redirects script is great! Bop34 (talk) 23:21, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

The Technical Barnstar
I cannot thank you enough for some of the scripts you have made, todo list, quickedit, green redirects, I use these so much, and I'd like you to thank you for creating all the userscripts you do. — Yours, Berrely • Talk∕Contribs 08:26, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar! – BrandonXLF (talk) 06:33, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

User:BrandonXLF/SubpageMover

Hi, could you please make the script move the subpages of the talk page when "Move associated talk page" is checked as well? Thanks. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 20:13, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 January 2021

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User:BrandonXLF/QuickEdit

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Your script is becoming to powerful...
  • Double conflict!
    Double conflict!
  • Triple conflict!
    Triple conflict!

𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 16:17, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 20

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (January 2021).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 20th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Open tasks

  • As a reminder, the legacy javascript globals (like accessing wgPageName without first assigning it a value or using mw.config.get('wgPageName') instead) are deprecated. If your user scripts make use of the globals, please update them to use mw.config instead. Some global interface editors or local interface administrators may edit your user script to make these changes if you don't. See phab:T72470 for more.

Miscellaneous

  • For people interested in creating user scripts or gadgets using TypeScript, a types-mediawiki package (GitHub, NPM) is now available that provides type definitions for the MediaWiki JS interface and the API.
  • A GitHub organization has been created for hosting codebases of gadgets. Users who maintain gadgets using GitHub may choose to move their repos to this organization, to ensure continued maintenance by others even if the original maintainer becomes inactive.

Pending requests Pending requests

As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, including nominating a featured script, help is appreciated. Stay safe, and happy new year! --DannyS712 (talk) 01:17, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Special:WantedTemplates

Hi, I have been helping with an effort to clear up false-positives in Special:WantedTemplates and found that 7 of the entries can be traced back to User:BrandonXLF/FFUHelper.js. For example, if you check Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Su' + 'bst:ffu, you will see that the server is reporting that User:BrandonXLF/FFUHelper.js is transcluding that template. Clearly this is a quirk in how the backend software parses javascript pages, but it makes it harder to find the real problem pages. It would be great if you could put 

// <syntaxhighlight lang=javascript>

at the top of the script page and 

// </syntaxhighlight>

at the bottom of the script page. Since these are commented out, it won't break the javascript, but it will prevent the backend software from parsing the '{{su' + 'bst:ffu| as a template transclusion. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:25, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

You broke User:BrandonXLF/CitationStyleMarker.js; please fix

Today User:BrandonXLF/CitationStyleMarker.js started displaying big CS2 warning messages for articles that are entirely in CS2 (where no warning should be shown). This misbehavior makes your script worse than useless to me — I can't see the inconsistencies it previously showed and my reading experience on consistent articles is marred by the warnings. Please revert to the old behavior where these messages are shown only for articles that mix CS1 and CS2. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:48, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

David Eppstein, sorry about that, it should be fixed now. – BrandonXLF (talk) 19:51, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Yes, seems to be better again. Thanks for the quick fix. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:14, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Minor feature request re HotDefaultSort

Hi Brandon, I've been really enjoying your excellent script, even if I only discovered it a couple hundred non-automated sort keys in. One minor thing, though – could you possibly, in addition to clicking the little checkmark, enable the enter key as a secondary way of confirming one's input? Would save me some minor mouse-maneuvering ;) AngryHarpy‍talk 09:18, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

AngryHarpy  Done – BrandonXLF (talk) 21:09, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! AngryHarpy‍talk 05:51, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 February 2021

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QuickEdit: WikiEditor toolbar support

Hey, I’ve discovered your script QuickEdit and wanted to ask if you’ve wanted to add WikiEditor (default editing toolbar) support to it. The code for it is somewhat complicated, but it looks basically like this: 

// Source: https://github.com/jwbth/convenient-discussions/blob/1567d7b78410840ccca2aa362ea8ef4f4311a7a3/src/js/CommentForm.js#L411-L429 | MIT licence
mw.loader.using('ext.wikiEditor').then(function() {
	// Change the selector below appropriately
	var $input = $('#quickedit-editor textarea');
	$input.wikiEditor(
		'addModule',
		mw.loader.moduleRegistry['ext.wikiEditor'].packageExports['jquery.wikiEditor.toolbar.config.js']
	);
	var dialogsConfig = mw.loader.moduleRegistry['ext.wikiEditor'].packageExports['jquery.wikiEditor.dialogs.config.js'];
	dialogsConfig.replaceIcons($input);
	$input.wikiEditor('addModule', dialogsConfig.getDefaultConfig());
});

(The code is from the script I am currently writing this message with.) I hope you consider this. stjn[ru] 17:08, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

HotDefaultSort

I wondered if you consider adding confirmation when you click on the - button.

It happened to me that I pressed it by mistake and I needed to redo the edit of the page. Adam080 (talk) 21:08, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam080 (talk • contribs) 21:08, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 March 2021

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Category:Articles using draft categories

Hello, BrandonXLF,

How are you intending this category to be used? Is there a bot you've programmed to put pages in this category? What are the parent categories and how does it fit into the existing Wikipedia category structure? What exactly are "draft categories"? I work with categories and I've never seen a category that was a draft.

Could you run this by WT:CFD or editors in another project space? Because unless other editors know about this category and use it, this will just be another empty category that will be deleted in a week. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 01:16, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Liz, it's just a tracking category for mainspace pages that use {{Draft categories}}. It's populated by the template automatically. These uses of the template should be removed, but I managed to empty it today. – BrandonXLF (talk) 01:18, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
I still don't understand it, maybe you shouldn't empty it or it could be deleted per CSD C1. This shouldn't be just a personal category for you to use, you need to inform other editors about it, like at WT:CFD or the Village Pump. You can't create a tracking category for your own use. Otherwise, I will be tagging it for deletion as an empty category unless another editor does so before me. Liz Read! Talk! 01:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Liz, it's mentioned on the documentation page for the template. The category is similar to the other categories listed under Category:Tracking categories like for example Category:Age error. I forgot to add {{empty category}} to the category page, as the category is meant to be empty since it's a backlog. – BrandonXLF (talk) 01:26, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) Here's a current example: Luke Singh, which is the single article in the category right now, was copy-pasted from draft space (see one of the recent edit summaries for a link and an explanation), which brought along {{draft categories}}. This tracking category alerts editors that the page needs to be tidied up. Once that page gets fixed, the category will be empty, which is the desired state for a tracking category that tracks errors. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:00, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Sunclass Airlines logo.png

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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) 17:49, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Editing UN Environment Programme (UNEP) page

Hello Brandon,

thanks a lot for your attention to the edits I've attempted to make on the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) page. I would like to make edits in line with the UN programme's brand policy (hence adding the updated logo) and amend some inaccuracies in the page, based on information provided by the programme's divisions and with links to every edit I make.

Tal Harris, 15 April 2021 "Tal E. Harris (talk) 10:28, 15 April 2021 (UTC)"

Tal E. Harris, I take it that you are affiliated with the UN Environment Programme? If so, you should take a look at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and please let me know. To help maintain a natural point of view, it is preferred that you use independent sources in your edits, see Wikipedia:independent sources. My main issues with your edits were that you added serveral links external sources, this should not be done and you should instead link to other articles using the syntax [[*insert article here*]] and external links should be added as references. It was also concerned with your rewrite of the history section without any references. I'm also curious if you are related to the accounts User:JerryMate or User:Unepleader because they too also only edited that article around the same time that you did. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I would gladly help you edit the article if needed. – BrandonXLF (talk) 04:47, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

WPBannerNavbar.js

Hi, I have some suggestions for User:BrandonXLF/WPBannerNavbar.js to correct some typos and get it more in line with Template:Navbar.

  • Line 14: alter class="nv-view" to class="nv-talk"
  • Line 15: the <a> tag should also have the attribute class="external text"
  • Line 15: alter templatee to template

Also, is it possible to bring in the stylesheet Module:Navbar/styles.css? Thanks. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:08, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Redrose64, I've fixed the typos and loaded Module:Navbar/styles.css before the navbars are added. Let me know if you have any more suggestions. – BrandonXLF (talk) 22:53, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
It's much better, Thank you --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:32, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 April 2021

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"Template:Str = len" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Template:Str = len. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 April 26#Template:Str = len until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. User:GKFXtalk 07:15, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Add bn translation please

On bnwiki, some user uses User:BrandonXLF/Restorer.js. I am requesting to localise just this line: Restored revision $ID by [[Special:Contributions/$USER|$USER]] ([[User:BrandonXLF/Restorer|Restorer]]) (something like MediaWiki:Gadget-edittop.js). Thank you. --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 16:43, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

@আফতাবুজ্জামান: Can you give me the localized version of the line? Can you also translate the line "Restored revision sucessfully.".– BrandonXLF (talk) 17:29, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Here are translations:
  • button name: restore - পুনরুদ্ধার
  • Restored revision $ID by [[Special:Contributions/$USER|$USER]] ([[User:BrandonXLF/Restorer|Restorer]]) - [[Special:Contributions/$USER|$USER]]-এর করা $ID নং সংস্করণ পুনরুদ্ধার করা হয়েছে ([[:en:User:BrandonXLF/Restorer|পুনরুদ্ধারকারী]])
  • Restored revision sucessfully. - সফলভাবে সংস্করণটি পুনরুদ্ধার করা হয়েছে।
Thank you. --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 16:17, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Resorts World Las Vegas logo.png

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Hour-1

Template:Hour-1 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Eyesnore 03:09, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 21

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past four months (February through May 2021).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 21st issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

My apologies for this long-overdue issue, and if I missed any scripts.
Hopefully going forward we can go back to monthly releases - any help would be appreciated. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 13:04, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Scripts

Please can you create a User:BrandonXLF/ToBottomButton, mirroring User:BrandonXLF/ToTopButton i.e. A floating to bottom vutton. Also, could you make (somehow) User:BrandonXLF/TodoList more mobile-friendly, as the delete button, edit button, and other buttons for items don't appear unless I tap, in which case I can accidentally click on them. ― Qwerfjkl | 𝕋𝔸𝕃𝕂  (please use {{reply to|Qwerfjkl}} on reply) 20:47, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

UpdateNotifications

Is there a version without the "new notification" message? Vukky, a real human 👀 (talk to me!) 20:35, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Vukky, I've added an option to hide the notice by adding window.noUpdateNotificationNotice = true; to your JS file. – BrandonXLF (talk) 00:34, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

FloatingTOC stopped working (well anyway).

Looks like I'm the only customer for this one (Et tu, Brute?!). Anyway, it worked a charm before WP's fonts started going haywire. Now the TOC shows behind tables and templates in the article, and the Hide link no longer works. I'll prolly disable it soon, so please let me know if you decide to fix it. Cheers. — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 (talk) 23:21, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

That was easy; I just replaced prepend, with append.  Fixed — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 ☎ 00:02, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
Guarapiranga, sorry I didn't notice your original message earlier. I've now fixed the issue with the stacking of elements and the font issue. – BrandonXLF (talk) 01:04, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
Thumbs up icon Thanks. — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 ☎ 01:05, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
Wait, no, not working for me (I'm on Opera/Chromium). Shouldn't zindex be -1? — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 ☎ 03:12, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
Strike that. I got it working again, with your latest changes, appending back to body. — 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 ☎ 03:19, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 June 2021

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User:BrandonXLF/CollapseSections.js

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators/en-gb
More and more arrows as I type into the reply box...

Wish you a good day, Brandon. Thank you for your useful scripts.

I have been using your CollapseSection for quite a while, but not until recently did I notice that it had (probably) caused a part of the section title to disappear, without displaying the arrow (pictured). This only happens when it comes to Wikidata Translation pages.

Could you please fix it? Many thanks.

UnnamedUser 07:56, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

The issue should be fixed now. Please let me know if you encounter any more issues. – BrandonXLF (talk) 05:42, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
Unfortunately, there is another one, which is even more troublematic.
Thank you in advance for your time.
UnnamedUser 11:26, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
@NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh Whoops, that's my bad. The issue should be fixed now. – BrandonXLF (talk) 18:48, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
Moved from Wikipedia:Teahouse § Link not working
 – ―Qwerfjkltalk 06:43, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reward board#Remove "A" as the first word from short descriptions appears to only link to Wikipedia:Reward board#Remove. Any idea why? ―Qwerfjkltalk 06:41, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Appears to only happen when linking from User:BrandonXLF/TodoList. ―Qwerfjkltalk 06:45, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
@Qwerfjkl There was an issue with TodoList.js that I've now fixed. Thanks for letting me know. – BrandonXLF (talk) 06:53, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Quick Editor Script Malfunction

See Draft:Servants of Christ the King. It appears that your editor caused created 7 copies (first one copy, then two copies, then four copies) of the article. Robert McClenon (talk) 13:10, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. The problem should be fixed now. – BrandonXLF (talk) 14:59, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

User:BrandonXLF/ReferenceExpander

Reference Expander doesn't seem to be loading for me; for example, on Draft:Estelle Thompson (painter) it didn't load, and just showed the loading screen. ―Qwerfjkltalk 17:27, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

This issue has been fixed now. Once again, thanks for reporting it. – BrandonXLF (talk) 18:26, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
There's a similar/the same issue at Colchester. ―Qwerfjkltalk 12:40, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
@BrandonXLF Ping? ―Qwerfjkltalk 17:13, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
For now, I know the extension has issues with expanding references that only contain text (like information about a book etc.). I can sort of fix the issue, but I'm not sure if the extension should try to expand these types of references at all. What do you think? – BrandonXLF (talk) 19:53, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
It should probably only expand bare urls. ―Qwerfjkltalk 19:57, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

One issue I ran into yesterday at COVID-19 pandemic deaths is that the bare refs had notes in them, and the script just threw them away instead of putting them on a template arg. — Guarapiranga ☎ 21:04, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Technical Barnstar
For repeatedly fixing script errors. ―Qwerfjkltalk 19:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

AJAXUndo

Love your AJAXUndo script, BrandonXLF, but sometimes miss adding a summary. Would it be possible for a dialog box to ask the edit summary before proceeding? (this must be WP policy too, no?) — Guarapiranga ☎ 00:52, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

I don't see why there would be any WP policy about it. The way I see it, if you want to add an edit summary, you might as well just use the undo link, but I'll see what I can do. I think I'll end up adding a configuration option or something so you can choose if you want to see the dialog box. – BrandonXLF (talk) 19:14, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, BrandonXLF. No worries. I like using your AJAXUndo bc I don't want to load the whole edit source window.(but still want to summarise why I'm reverting someone else's edit). The policy I was thinking of is WP:REVEXP (which is actually an essay). Cheers. — Guarapiranga ☎ 14:17, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

File:Aloha Stadium logo.png listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Aloha Stadium logo.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Ixfd64 (talk) 21:01, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

User:BrandonXLF/AJAXUndo

I'm not sure AJAXUndo is working for me; I can't see the AJAX undo link (though I might just be missing it), and in my common.js, it gives the warning too many errors (98% scanned). ―Qwerfjkltalk 11:27, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

@Qwerfjkl I believe any scripts below mw . loader . load ( '//de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TMg/autoFormatter.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' ); and mw . loader . load ( '//de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Users:TMg/cleanDiff.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' ); // [[User: TMg / cleanDiff.js]] in your common JS aren't loading because the spaces between the words and the dots causes JS errors. If you remove the spaces, the scripts below them, including AJAXUndo, should work. Also "Users:" should either be "User:" or "Benutzer:". From what I can tell Google translate messed up the spacing and the name of the scripts. The correct lines should be mw.loader.load('//de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TMg/autoFormatter.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); and mw.loader.load('//de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TMg/cleanDiff.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); respectively. – BrandonXLF (talk) 16:41, 16 July 2021 (UTC) Updated since I realized they're two separate scripts. – BrandonXLF (talk) 16:49, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
I've got a similar issue in line 79 now. Though it's only scanned 97% instead ―Qwerfjkltalk 13:40, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

User:BrandonXLF/ReferenceExpander

This script seems not to work on 90% of the pages I try it on (from Special:RandomInCategory/Category:CS1 errors: bare URL). Please can you tell me if this is the script or just me. Thanks again for the effort you put into your user scripts! ―Qwerfjkltalk 19:43, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

@Qwerfjkl It might be because the links are dead. Can you give an example of a page or revision where the extension didn't work? Also I would appreciate it if you could reply to my comment from the #User:BrandonXLF/ReferenceExpander thread above. – BrandonXLF (talk) 19:55, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
―Qwerfjkltalk 13:04, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
​Actually, looking at the error console, it seems to be this RedWarn error:
2mdlLogic.js:1 Uncaught URIError: URI malformed
    at decodeURIComponent (<anonymous>)
    at Function.t.EPPyTH (mdlLogic.js:1)
    at t (mdlLogic.js:1)
    at Object.mw.loader.getScript (<anonymous>:2:324)
    at HTMLLIElement.<anonymous> (<anonymous>:70:12)
    at HTMLLIElement.dispatch (load.php?lang=en&modules=jquery%2Coojs-ui-core|jquery.ui&skin=vector&version=19iec:70)
    at HTMLLIElement.elemData.handle (load.php?lang=en&modules=jquery%2Coojs-ui-core|jquery.ui&skin=vector&version=19iec:66)
―Qwerfjkltalk 13:05, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 July 2021

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Issue with User:BrandonXLF/UpdateNotificationsWorker.js

I am seeing over 1000 errors every 12hrs in the form: `SecurityError: Failed to construct 'SharedWorker': Script at 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:BrandonXLF/UpdateNotificationsWorker.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' cannot be accessed from origin 'https://meta.wikimedia.org'.`.

It looks like some people are loading this script from another domain which is disallowed by the security policy of service workers. Can you look into updating that script to avoid these errors being logged to our servers?

Thanks in advance! Jon (WMF) (talk) 15:58, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

I've updated the script to longer use a SharedWorker. – BrandonXLF (talk) 08:32, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

QuickEdit.js

edit sourcequick edit

Hello, a few minutes ago you changed the script a bit, and... somehow the "quick edit" link got stuck with "edit source".
Thanks for all your scripts, as always.
UnnamedUser 16:30, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

@NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh Whoops, I forgot to add the divider back. It's fixed now. – BrandonXLF (talk) 18:16, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

A couple minor issues with FloatSide that I'd like to pick your brain about

Hi Brandon! I'm a long time user of a few of your user scripts and should've reached out long before now just to say thanks for sharing them. I wondered if I might detail a couple of issues I'm having with the Timeless skin just as of the last couple months at the most and see if you might have any insight into potential resolutions.

The one that's really chapping my hide is related to the Page Tools (I wanna say portlet, aren't they called portlets?), anyhow, that box up on the very top of the right sidebar that has the handy "Page logs...", "Analysis...", "Search..." links and such, all of which produce a fly-out box with the actual set of links for each grouping on the hover state. What's happening is that little fly-out box that naturally appears to the left of the right sidebar, every last stinkin' one of 'em displays BENEATH the center mw-content panel, so that I can't click any of them. It struck me as a matter of the z-index value being too low, but that's not it because I jacked it up to 102 and still no dice. I'm forced to have to admit that my days of playing make-believe WebDev are fast coming to a close; it's been too many years since I did it regularly enough to understand the concepts at work. Can you perhaps at least try to point me in the right direction?

Okay, one more little chuffer of an issue, but I'll open by saying that this one is just as likely a product of my own environment as anything with FloatSide, but I'll defer to your expertise. So I split my screen time between Linux (a ThinkServer running Manjaro and a ThinkPad running Kubuntu, all very current) probably 85% of the time, and road testing the Windows 11 Insiders Build on both of them the other 15%. The constant on all of them is that 99.8% of the time I spend in a browser is done in Vivaldi, which if you're not familiar with it, manages all the user data through a docked panel that I have on the left side of the browser. The behavior is that when I'm on WikiPedia and need to open that panel, naturally the viewport narrows and what I see is the center panel reducing its width accordingly, but the two sidebars fail to adapt their what-should-be relative position to it and end up with the left one totally obscured under the Vivaldi panel (it cheats in towards the center a teeny bit, like 2-3em, nowhere near enough to stay in snug against the center panel, and the right bar decides to head off to Bermuda, moving what looks like roughly the correct distance that it should to stay visible...except it goes in the diametrically opposite direction, all the way off the right side of the screen. I have this theory that since FloatSide performs those calc functions using the 115em max value for #mw-content, that's giving rise to this wonkiness, but I'm gonna stick to my word and not pretend like I know what's going on here, and trust that your far deeper skillset can save the day, if ever you have a moment to spare to poke at it.

If you need screenshots or anything else to catalyze the debugging effort, all you have to do is ask. Thanks again, and I hope this message finds you well and in good spirits. If you need me for something over synchronous comms, Keybase and Telegram are my jams, I'm @rscholar on both, otherwise the usual routine around this place is fine, too. Warmly, — ⚞ ℛogueScholar🐈 ₨🗩 ⚟ 02:50, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

ReferenceExpander gone haywire

My extremely limited knowledge suggests the problem may actually be in Citoid, but 1. I'm not at all sure, and 2. if so, I'm not sure how to file a bug on it. But look at this diff:[1] An article about a Chicago public housing project suddenly got citations to a textbook of equine upper respiratory surgery and such. eritain (talk) 22:51, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

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ReferenceExpander not working on Virginie Bovie

hello @BrandonXLF: it is not working on Virginie Bovie. please look into the issue. -28au21 (talk) 14:34, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @28au21 What exactly is not working? ― Qwerfjkltalk 16:46, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
@BrandonXLF:, excuse. fixed it. it shows couple of red and green (green example google books) in pop up, "saving changes to Virginie Bovie" & last message "edit saved". however, when i tap shows changes it says "no difference". it has given impression about fixing some issue. 28au21 (talk) 17:09, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

ReferenceExpander issues on Kathleen Petyarre

diff – no title on https://www.metmuseum.org/press/news/2016/aboriginal-art and 404 url (fot me) and no title https://www.galleryanthonycurtis.com/exhibitions/ThePerfectWomen/intro.html -28au21 (talk) 13:48, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

ReferenceExpander issue on Margaret Preston

diff added pop up title "Cultural Advice" not article title. -28au21 (talk) 05:18, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Bug in WPBannerNavbar.js when a page has Military history

Hi, regarding User:BrandonXLF/WPBannerNavbar.js I think that there is a bug. See for example Talk:George Washington - the first two WP banners have the v-t-e links as normal, then {{WikiProject Military history}} does not (presumably because it doesn't use {{WPBannerMeta}}); but none of the subsequent banners have v-t-e links. I guess that the non-standard nature of Milhist is preventing the later banners from being processed correctly. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:23, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

I've added a catch to prevent the script from crashing when there's no title or the title is invalid. Military history still doesn't get v-t-e links because it's doesn't use WPBannerMeta as you said, but the banners below it do. – BrandonXLF (talk) 20:48, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
Thank you, working as expected now. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:27, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

No redirect script

Greetings BrandonXLF. I recently started using your no redirect script and love it. You did ask those using your script if they would suggest any possible improvements they might know. The only way it could possibly be any better, in my opinion, is if another link allowed you to go directly into the editing mode. Thank you for considering this, and mostly, thank you for the many scripts that you have written.--John Cline (talk) 11:15, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

@John Cline Do you mean a script that would put a edit link beside every link to an article? – BrandonXLF (talk) 17:30, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
Just as your current script places an arrow at every occurrence of a redirect that when launched arrives at the redirect page in read mode, a sister script that placed an arrow in the same exact fashion except for arriving at the redirect page in edit mode would serve me slightly better whereas a hybrid script that gave the choice of both options simultaneously would ultimately be best. I hope this is clear. Thanks again.--John Cline (talk) 18:31, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) @John Cline This would be relatively simple to do (something like this should do it). To get both, simply use both scripts. ― Qwerfjkltalk 18:43, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Qwerfjkl, I appreciate your help and will begin testing/using the script you've provided, to further clarify, it is my intention to introduce and ensure that members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Redirect are aware of this script and to be sure, I would hope for it to be posted and perpetually available to project members desiring to use it now or at anytime in the foreseeable future. I don't know how these things go but again, just to be clear, I'm asking that this be available for others aside myself, by some form of dashboard publishing or similar that makes it stable, discoverable, and perpetually available. Again, I hope I have been clear (I'm not fluent in technical jargon).--John Cline (talk) 19:09, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
I happen to be a member of WikiProject Redirect ― Qwerfjkltalk 19:59, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
Thank you. I know that other project members will appreciate, if they didn't already know, learning of this script. I saw where you posted it and am glad. Cheers.--John Cline (talk) 21:28, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Updating maps

Hey Brandon. You seem to have a better handle on working with svg maps than I do. I'm wondering if you could update The HOV lane map to include the 427 extension and Highway 400 through Vaughan? I don't think, given the short length, that the overall 400-series map warrants updating... it would be rather unnoticeable. - Floydian τ ¢ 16:30, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and update both of them, it's not too much trouble. – BrandonXLF (talk) 19:06, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

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NoRedirect – possible change of arrow symbol

Hi Brandon, I just installed your NoRedirect script, and it works great. One thing I noticed is, however, that the arrow symbol it currently uses (⇨) renders pretty flimsily on my 1080p display at standard 100% browser zoom, which I imagine is how most active editors view the site right now. Would you be open to replacing it with something like ➞ or possibly ➜? I've tried them out via inspect element, and both seem like improvements to me. AngryHarpy‍talk 08:58, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Please don't use anything too similar to → which is what User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/editRedirect uses. ― Qwerfjkltalk 21:03, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Huh, makes sense. I just installed the second script, and looking at them together, maybe a simple ^ circumflex would be the clearest choice for NoRedirect – WP:V(^)(→) AngryHarpy‍talk 06:18, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
@AngryHarpy Do Foono redirect and Foono redirect look fine for you? I feel like they better reflect what the extension does, a simple circumflex could be confusing and could already be used on the page. – BrandonXLF (talk) 19:04, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
Yep, both look fine to me, with perhaps a slight personal preference for no redirect. AngryHarpy‍talk 19:10, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
I'm happy to change the symbol in my script, if it helps. ― Qwerfjkltalk 19:11, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
I updated the script to use as well as some other tweaks. Let me know if you have any more suggestions. – BrandonXLF (talk) 06:59, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
Perfect, thanks! AngryHarpy‍talk 07:02, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

AJAXUndo.js

Hi, I'm just passing by to thank you for this script. It works wonderfully, especially on Wikidata, where most of edits are separated to the rest. However, that it enforces reloading immediately after making the API query, scrolls back to top and doesn't allow undoing multiple consecutive edits is a bit uncomfortable. Would you mind tweaking the code? Thanks in advance. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 22:05, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a way to reload the revision list without reloading the entire page, so I'm not sure if it's possible to not reload immediately after. I'll continue trying to see if there's anything I can do, but so far it's not looking too good. – BrandonXLF (talk) 14:11, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you

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for creating User:BrandonXLF/ReferenceExpander. I only started using it today, and ... wow!

It's by a long way the best of the various tools for filling WP:Bare URLs. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 18:58, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 22

Hello everyone, and welcome to the 22nd issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter. This issue will be covering new and updated user scripts from the past seven months (June through December 2021).

Scripts Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!

New scripts New scripts

  • Ahecht:
  • Awesome Aasim:
    • Infiniscroll adds infinite scrolling to user contributions, page histories, and log pages.
    • Quick create allows for the fast creation of red-linked pages with two clicks.
  • Caburum:
    • UTCclock adds a clock displaying the current UTC time.
  • Chlod:
  • DaxServer:
    • BooksToSfn adds a portlet link in Visual Editor's source mode editing, in main namespace articles or in the user's Sandbox. When clicked, it converts one {{cite book}} inside a <ref>...</ref> tag block into an {{Sfn}}.
  • FlightTime:
  • Jon Harald Søby:
    • diffedit enables editing directly from viewing a diff "when, for instance, you notice a tiny mistake deep into an article, and don't want to edit the entire article and re-find that one line to fix that tiny mistake".
    • warnOnLargeFile warns you if you're about to open a very large file (width/height >10,000px or file size >100 MB) from a file page.
  • JPxG:
    • PressPass adds a collection of tools for Newspapers.com including configurable automatic citation generation in five different formats.
    • CurrentSwitcher gives you links on the contribs page to hide duplicate entries, current revisions, rollbacks, huggles, twinkles, and redwarns.
    • TrackSum lets you automatically sum the lengths of tracks in templates like {{track listing}} and get total runtimes.
  • Nardog:
    • CopySectLink adds a button to copy the unencoded page title or section path next to each heading.
    • IPAInput allows you to type in IPA symbols by directly looking at an IPA key like Help:IPA/English and clicking on the symbols.
    • TemplatePreviewGuard warns when you try to use "Preview page with this template" with a page that doesn't transclude the template.
  • NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh:
    • ContribsTabVector adds "Contributions" and "Statistics" tabs to user and user talk pages on the Vector skin.
    • CopyvioChecker adds a "CopyvioCheck" tab to all pages, except Special (Vector skin only).
    • LiveDiffLink is a version of Equazcion's LiveDiffLink which shows a wikilink instead of a URL.
    • QuickDiff (by OneTwoThreeFall at Fandom) lets you quickly view any diff link on a wiki, whether on Recent Changes, contribs pages, history pages, the diff view itself, or elsewhere. For more information, view its page on Fandom.
  • Novem Linguae:
    • DetectSNG scans a list of 1,600 SNG keywords and displays them at the top of the article.
    • NotSoFast highlights recently created articles in the new pages feed, to discourage patrolling them too quickly.
    • UserRightsDiff concisely displays what perm was added or removed when viewing Special:UserRights.
    • VoteCounter displays a rough count of keeps and deletes at XFDs, RFCs, etc.
    • WatchlistAFD automatically watchlists the AFDs of any pages you AFC accept or NPP patrol, to help you calibrate your reviewing.
  • P.T.Đ:
  • Qwerfjkl:
    • editRedirect adds a → link after redirects to edit them.
    • RegExTypoFix, a script for fixing typos, is a wrapper for User:Joeytje50/RETF.js.
    • talkback creates links after user talk page links like this: |C|TB (with the first linking to the user's contributions, and the latter giving the option of sending a {{talkback}} notice). It also adds a [copy] link next to section headers.
  • Rublov:
    • diff-link shows "copy" links on history and contributions pages that copy an internal link to the diff (e.g., Special:Diff/1026402230) to your clipboard when clicked.
  • Rummskartoffel:
    • auto-watchlist-expiry automatically watchlists every page you edit for a user-definable duration (you can still pick a different time using the dropdown, though).
    • generate pings generates the wikitext needed to ping all members of a category, up to 50 editors (the limit defined by MediaWiki).
    • share ExpandTemplates url allows for easy sharing of your inputs to Special:ExpandTemplates. It adds a button that, when clicked, copies a shareable URL to your exact invocation of the page, like this. Other editors do not need to have this script installed in order to access the URL generated.
    • show tag names shows the real names of tags next to their display names in places such as page revision histories or the watchlist.
  • Tol:
  • Venkat TL:
    • ColourContrib color-codes the user contributions page so that pages you've edited last are sharply distinguished from pages where another editor was the last to edit the page.
  • Vukky:

All in all, some very neat scripts were written in these last few months. Hoping to see many more in the next issue -- drop us a line on the talk page if you've been writing (or seeing) anything cool and good. Filling in for DannyS712, this has been jp×g. Take care, and merry Christmas! jp×g 07:30, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

HotDefaultSort.js is in two maintenance categories

User:BrandonXLF/HotDefaultSort.js is putting itself into two maintenance categories. Would you consider putting // <nowiki> in/after the initial docblock and changing the last comment to // </nowiki> {{DEFAULTSORT:{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}? I have tested this in my own userspace (without saving) and it should remove both categories. User:GKFXtalk 18:40, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I've updated the script so all the defaultsort stuff is inside nowiki tags. – BrandonXLF (talk) 21:16, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

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