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Uw-attack

Can {{Uw-attack}} be added to the list, or if it is already there somewhere, can you please let me know where to find it? --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 16:05, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

restoring thread from archive which was not responded yet to --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 19:48, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Question

Is there any way I can configure twinkle so it runs in FireFox but not in MWT? I think it causes script errors in MWT. --Captain Yankee ^(Talk) 18:16, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Question - TW v. AWB

Is there any comparison between these two editors? I have AWB, but am far from an expert on it. I'm looking for a little more functionality, such as search out red links, redirect pages that link to non-existent pages, etc. Do either of these tools enable such action? Generally, any comparisons between what TW and AWB do would be helpful. Thanks. --CPAScott 16:46, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, AWB is a semi-automated editor. Twinkle is a collection of scripts that is mostly intended to help editors fight vandalism (among other things). The two are fundamentally different in focus and objectives. Oh, and please don't delink redlinks unless you have a good reason. They do serve a purpose and having them doesn't really hurt (please read WP:REDLINK). Cheers --Seed 2.0 17:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

CSD tab

Why don't I have the CSD tab? --Smokizzy 22:51, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

You should... SchuminWeb (Talk) 23:20, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Have a look at my personal CSS. You should find a section addressing "#p-cactions", setting its width. Copy it to your personal CSS (I've included it here, too.):

#p-cactions
{
min-width: 855px;
}

I did that based on a 1024x768 pixel monitor. It prevents the width of the tab bar from being too low. If you get a horizontal scrollbar after installing that code and Shift-Reloading, you may need to reduce the number. Hope that helps you. Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 04:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I need to put a space before each line, right? Still not working. :( --Smokizzy (talk) 14:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

You don't need the spaces, actually. In fact, CSS is sensitive to spaces, so you might try taking them out and purging your browser's cache. My version doesn't have spaces. That's my mistake, anyway; I should have noted that you copy the code from the article view, not edit view.

Also, what browser are you using? The property min-width isn't supported in Internet Explorer, as far as I've been able to tell. Do you use Firefox? Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 23:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response. I use Opera for all my editing. --Smokizzy (talk) 13:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

(reset indent) I'm not sure if Opera supports those properties. My only way of testing would be to download the suite, which I'm not inclined to do. How about you add the code to your monobook.css and post back here to let me know. I'll check your implementation to see if it works for me in Firefox. Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 02:33, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

A couple of things. The code comes out:

1. p-cactions

{ min-width: 855px; }

on my .css, I guess because of the #. I copied Cometstyles' .css about a week ago, and had the tab, but I didn't need the whole "thing", so I removed it. I tried to pinpoint the code, with no luck. --Smokizzy (talk) 03:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Xfd

As I now have added the CfD part to the xfd module, I felt it's ok to "release" it to the "mass" now. the only parts left now would be ucfd, rfd and sfd, and I think they are minor in importance. Something more perhaps needs to be done (the ifdmultiarticleretaggingofimagelinksfunctionallitythatwheredelayedperbuginthegeckoengine problem delayed some). _→AzaToth 21:38, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't that be without the brackets in the code? SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Also, could you make a change where the namespace prefix is retained regardless of which XFD is selected? I nominated Wikipedia:Sandbox under AFD as a test, and it nominated Sandbox in the article namespace rather than Wikipedia:Sandbox in the project namespace. I'm afraid that similar errant nominations could occur if this isn't fixed. Even if someone makes a nomination under the wrong XFD, it would at least contain the error to the intended target page, and not bring an unrelated page into the mess. SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:38, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

All but MfD templates requires only the title, so it can't use the namespace prefixed title in those cases. _→AzaToth 09:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, then, my question becomes is there a way to make sure that the place where it drops the tag is the page where the browser is sitting? As I mentioned, I was sitting at Wikipedia:Sandbox, did the XFD under the wrong one deliberately as a test, and it tagged Sandbox. To me, this just seems like a good fail-safe. Whether the XFD templates work this way is a different matter, and it's not particularly relevant to what I mean. I just want to be 100% certain that the page that gets the tag is the intended page, regardless of whether the right format is chosen. SchuminWeb (Talk) 19:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I didn't disable other types of XfD if you are in a namespace not intended for that type of XfD, but the current namespace decides the default action, if you are on Image:Example.png for example, you will have as default an IfD option. I did this as I though in particular that all types of pages should be able to be MfD:ed, but I didn't want to do a special exception just for MfD. If you have a good solution, please tell me :) _→AzaToth 20:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I think I'm still not entirely making myself clear on what I'm seeking to have implemented. When a page is nominated for deletion, as it presently stands, TWINKLE chooses the namespace to edit in based on what XFD is chosen. Thus nominating Wikipedia:Sandbox with AFD selected using TWINKLE will cause TWINKLE to pull the edit page for Sandbox. When it calls up the edit page, it decides on the namespace for you in the URL for the edit page, thus leading to the box getting dropped on a completely unrelated page.

I think what I mean will be better explained if you give it a whirl for yourself. Go to Wikipedia:Sandbox and then use the XFD option. Change it from MFD to AFD. It runs the script and then it appears to just stop. Meanwhile, it just tagged a completely different page and created the AFD page. Of course, since we're testing, don't forget to mark the AFD page you just created for speedy deletion. Basically, when TWINKLE edits the page to insert the XFD tag, I'm asking that it use the namespace that's already on there when it edits, rather than choosing the namespace based on the XFD option. SchuminWeb (Talk) 00:03, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The question I ask is why you should go from MfD to AfD, MfD is selected because it's a miscellany page. _→AzaToth 01:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

But I think I understand a bit what you are refering to, I'll see if it's possible to fix later. _→AzaToth 01:06, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I did it "wrong" on purpose to see what would happen in the chance someone would do that for real and not mean it, and it did something I didn't expect, and it caused collateral damage. But thank you for looking into a fix for it. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:55, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Suggestion

What if Twinkle were to include welcome template tabs for anonymous users and new users? Not totally necessary, but it would be really helpful. Zucchini Marie → ^{Complain here} _{Please sign!} 15:04, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

I have written a script to work with the TW scripts that puts welcome notes on user talk pages. To use, add the following somewhere after the twinkle.js include:

   importScript('User:Jayvdb/welcome.js');

then go to a diff, and a green "[Welcome]" link should appear whenever a user talk page is a red link. John Vandenberg 06:51, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Removal

How do you remove TW its butchering my screen. I removed it the import script from user:Icewedge/monobook.js but the functions and the problems are still there. -Ĭ₠ŴΣĐĝё 20:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Please be sure to clear your cache and restart your browser. --Seed 2.0 22:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, monobook.js changes usually take a few minutes before they go "live", for some reason. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

That's why we have a purge function. :) -- Seed 2.0 10:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Delsorting

Hi, I have written a delsorting tool based on the TW rollback functionality. Anyone interested in it being integrated into TW? To try it, include User:Jayvdb/delsort.js in the usual manner. John Vandenberg 19:37, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Auto-image removal

Auto-image removal is kinda neat, but it doesn't seem to handle brackets right is the image caption included a link. See [1] for an example. Thanks. --BigDT 00:30, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Yea, I was afraid of that, I really don't know an easy way to fix that. If someone have an idea, plase tell me. _→AzaToth 12:08, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Skins problem?

I'd like to use TW, as it seems quite useful, but I use the Cologne Blue skin. I assumed I could get TW to work by merely adding the lines, as advised, to cologneblue.js instead of monobook.js. However, it doesn't seem to work, despite doing all the necessary hard reloading, purging caches, etc in Firefox. Is my hope to use TW with this skin bound to fail? DDStretch (talk) 12:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC) At the moment, yes. _→AzaToth 12:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Sig

The signature and timestamp tildes aren't necessary in the {{uw-vblock}} template. Leaving users this warning with Twinkle creates duplicate signatures. Cheers, Anas ^talk? 13:18, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I've had to make sure to remember to delete those, but I forget sometimes. It would be nice to have this tweaked. --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 23:57, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

restoring thread from archive which was not yet fixed --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 10:14, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Twinklespeedy image addition for admins

I have added a long wanted functionality for the script to automatically remove instances of images from articles. I hope it works just fine, have only tested it on an image with one article linked. It will edit up to 500 articles. So use it on your own risk :) _→AzaToth 17:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

How do you use it? And this must be great for admins deleted images. --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 02:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Bit of a warning, if you do a "db (reason)" on an image that is duplicated on Commons, then this new feature will remove instances in articles (even though the image is fine, the article is just using the Commons version). Eg from a maintenance cat I deleted Image:Erekle II of Georgia coat of arms.jpg and Twinkle incorrectly commented out an image usage. Mmm, even if you do "db (csd)" and select "I8: Images available on commons" I think it still comments out the images [2]. But I do love the new deletion feature (it was on my wishlist :-). Would it be possible to get the script to list each time it edits an article to comment out an image, like above where it says removal of instances completed? I took a screenshot R Parlate, once you hit the "db (csd)" and select a reason you get this screen - the script goes to the deleted page, fills out the reason, deletes, and removes instances of the image automatically (listing each step). By the way is Twinkle freely licensed, I don't know if that affects the copyright on the screenshot? Oh and why does it comment out the images rather than just removing them (I'm not up-to-date with the image removal guidelines)? And does it work ok with images in Infoboxes, I have heard they can be hard for scripts to spot?--Commander Keane 10:18, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Yea, it shouldn't remove images on CSD:I8, I'll fix that. Why I only have a counter was because I felt it might be a bit too much information to list up to 500 pages. How it works, is that it tries to remove the image from up to 500 pages (the max for admins to grab from the api), it it's there it gets removed, if it's not on that page it will skip to next. _→AzaToth 10:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Great tool. This will really be used. It keeps adding all the articles I remove images from to my watchlist. I have'nt found anything it configuration manual. Anyway to avoid this? Rette tast 10:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Major refactor of Speedy

Have made a such big refatoring of speedy now, my fingers are burning. Sadly I havn't been able to test it as non-admin, but think it should be fine. I made a decision to remove the "db (reason)", as I felt it was a bit unneeded, as for an admin it's just clicking in the "delete" tab, and for a non-admin to add {{db|foo}}. If there are any problem, shout! _→AzaToth 20:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't seem to be working properly for me. I've been trying to flag a speedy G4 and it seems that the script is trying to actually delete the page. It comes up with "grabbing page...", "deleting page..." - then it just stops. --Kurt Shaped Box 21:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, missed one copy there :) fixed _→AzaToth 21:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Still doesn't seem to be working. Stops at "Updating the page" now. :( --Kurt Shaped Box 22:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Fixed again, was a little lazy there, didn't test the non-admin functionallity. Have tested it now, and it works for me. _→AzaToth 23:01, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Seems to be working great now. Thanks very much. :) --Kurt Shaped Box 23:04, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

For admins it used to add the summary and delete the page, then take you to the deleted confirmation. Now the status box remains and it doesn't take you to the confirmation page. —Ocatecir ^Talk 01:45, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I changed the procedure from the older post-form to the XmlhttpRequest approach. To be able to be sure that everything is completed, I need to add trackers. _→AzaToth 03:38, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I like the tooltips, but unless I missed it, there's now no way to enter a specific reason that you make yourself. I think it's useful for those that don't meet some of them exactly. --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 04:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I felt that the "db (reason)" was unneeded, as admins has their delete tab, and for non-admins, it's just the to add a {{db|reason}}. But If you feel the need for the abillity to do just that, I migh be able to fix something. _→AzaToth 11:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Maybe something like the comments box on ARV? --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 12:39, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Popup edit summary

When I last installed twinkle my popup edit summary stopped working. The pop ups worked but when I went to revert spam or vandalism about half way through a box appeared with a message saying automatic edit summary unavailable, or something like that. When I uninstalled twinkle it started to work again and I am not sure if twinkle worked as well. Would it be possible for me to have both pop ups and twinkle and have them both work or could someone tell me if I did something wrong. Thanks--AdamJWC 05:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Popup edit summary? never have heard about that. _→AzaToth 13:24, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

(Revert to revision 137210693 dated 2007-06-10 09:16:54 by 85.86.134.220 using popups) --AdamJWC 13:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
(Revert to revision 130028065 dated (unknown) by (unknown) using popups) and one that didn't work properly --AdamJWC 13:27, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I might not be using the wright terminology for it but thats what I mean--AdamJWC 13:31, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

- User:Mindys12345/monobook.js My monobook
THANKS FOR YOU HELP

{{helpme}}

It's not clear what you want help with; could you explain? (By the way, {{helpme}} should usually go on your own User talk page ('my talk' at the top of the screen); place helpme back up and explain the problem there. --ais523 13:29, 11 June 2007 (U T C)

New window/tab vs. pop-up

Would it be possible to change the part of the script that opens the user's talk page to make it open as a new regular window or a new tab (depending on how the user's browser is configured) vs. opening a pop-up window? My pop-up blocker on Firefox currently eats the talk page window, but the pop-up is a bit annoying even with the blocker turned off. If it opened a new tab, I'd think that would be much more manageable. SchuminWeb (Talk) 15:03, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

That happens until you allow popups for wikipedia. You need to go under preferences to change that sir. Have a nice week and God bless:)--James, La gloria è a dio 20:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

That's not what I'm asking. I'd like to be able to have it open as a tab instead of a pop-up. SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:46, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Torev

What exactly does the "torev" argument specify? Sala Skan 21:33, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

When you revert to a revision that doesn't have to be the last one. --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@(Let's Go Yankees!) 00:09, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Ah, okay, perhaps it'd be a bit clearer to state that on the page. Sala Skan 14:29, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

New configuration item

Would it be possible to create a new parameter to be added to the configuration? In User:AzaToth/twinklewarn.js, I would like to have a parameter like TwinkleConfig.summaryAd, perhaps called TwinkleConfig.blocksummaryAd, that would be used specifically within the function blockTagAdd. --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 18:18, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Default configuration change

I strongly suggest that in the default configuration, nothing but reverting vandalism gets marked as "minor". This is because a) things like prodding pages or reverting good-faith edits should definitely not be marked as minor, and b) many people just copy and paste the settings and forget about it (like I did until recently), and I have seen people get in trouble for marking TW edits as minor, while this happened automatically. Can I be bold and change the default configuration? Sala Skan 14:29, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Safari Beta 3

Has anyone tested this in new Safari? I loaded it last night and saw the tw links popped up, but I didn't have the chance to test it. -- Ipstenu (talk • contribs) 17:20, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Adding User talk pages to watchlist

Sorry to be such a dunce here, but what's the command to turn off adding user talk pages to your watchlist after assigning a warning to it? Wildthing61476 19:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Think I called it for watchWarnings. _→AzaToth 20:21, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Not Working

I added the line of text to my monopage.js file and the final result was...um... underwhelming. It did nothing at all. I use Opera and have refreshed my cache multiple times, re-entered the text multiple times and still nothing is working. Trusilver 23:42, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks like you have installed it correctly in your monobook.js. What version of Opera are you using, and are you running Windows, OS X or Linux? John Vandenberg 23:55, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm using Windows XP and version 9.20 of Opera. Trusilver 23:57, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

After repeated attempts, I have been unable to get Twinkle to work on Opera 9.20. I have had to switch off to Firefox while I'm using the script. Trusilver 06:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Is there any way to get the old warn functionality back?

Frequently, I like to leave a welcome message above the warning, leave a custom message (like {{subst:bv}}) instead of something on the menu, or use preview to make sure that everything looks right. One of the things I do all the time, particularly with IP addresses, is pick vandalism from the menu so I get the edit summary and dynamic IP message, then change the message to use {{subst:bv}} instead of whatever uw- message it comes with by default.

Another critical problem that basically makes the deletion functionality unusable for me is that I never get the delete "Action complete" page. That page is important for two reasons (1) it reminds you about deleting the talk page and (2) it gives you links to get back to CAT:CSD and its subpages. --BigDT 00:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

(1): enable the delete talk page on delete functionallity. (2), I could try to grab that content and display it. _→AzaToth 00:48, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Incomplete AfDs

I've nominated pages with the xfd tab, and it is not completing the task. The dialog box says it's going through all the steps, then stalls on 'nomination complete'. It will make the discussion page and post the discussion in the day's log, but it is not putting the template or an edit summary in the article itself. I keep having to do that step manually. DarkAudit 15:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I just tried to run xfd on List of superheroes who wear suits in their secret identities. The only thing TW actually did was notify the author. I closed the box after about a minute and had to do everything else manually. DarkAudit 14:23, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Twinklewarn update

have rewamped twinklewarn now, I hope it works for you guys. At the moment, no blocking templates is included, if you miss them, please tell me and I readd them. _→AzaToth 15:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

I think I like the old one better, it was much faster to warn vandals with. :( --Mschel 15:49, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't think there is any visible change of time. Remember now that you don't need to be on the edit page, you can be on the ordinary page as well. Also, you don't need to add more text, and you don't need to add the article (it will fill in automatic if 'vanarticle' is set) _→AzaToth 16:10, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

But all my block templates are gone! It is nicer though, but the block templates part was handy. -- lucasbfr ^talk 18:39, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

the old system with the block templates was a bit broken, so I have to implement a new system. _→AzaToth 18:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Have added the blocking messages now again(?). _→AzaToth 19:14, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks good. The other thing I would recommend is adding the levels to the dropdowns for new TW users (ie. General note (1), caution (2). --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@(Let's Go Yankees!) 22:19, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, it seems to be working :) -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:19, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Time delay

Is there an easy way to eliminate the time delay between posting messages on user's talk pages? What's the point?--RandomHumanoid^(⇒) 06:15, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Please change this default three minute delay. It makes dealing with persistent vandals quite tiresome.--RandomHumanoid^(⇒) 06:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I initially choosed one minute, but then asked some people what would be the most optimal minimum time between warnings I should implement into twinkle, and they all said three minutes. If you feel this is a way too long time, I could lower it. The reason for the time delay is mostly to prevent a user to get two warnings for the same thing. _→AzaToth 09:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not so sure this is going to do more good than harm. In the Lincoln (footballer) for example, I gave a user a level 2 warning and was surprised I couldn't send the level 3 one shortly afterwards. I don't see the benefit in this if an IP is on a drive by vandalism spree. Spellcast 11:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I think a minute is reasonable; spree vandals can do a lot of harm in three minutes, and many can be stopped by an equally fast set of warnings without going to ARV. Rmasbury 12:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Case in point: User talk:194.95.224.114 went on a tear and three or four editors and an admin couldn't issue a consistent, escalated set of warnings due to delays. He got blocked, but not very well warned. Rmasbury 12:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I personally like the 3 minutes delay, because the user might not notice the first warning before he is issued the second, otherwise. 3 minutes (make it 2, maybe) is long enough to assume that the user saw the big yellow notice. -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

This argument holds true for those (few) new users who innocently make mistakes. However, there are so many blatant vandals here, where Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith does not apply, that I really think the delay should be turned into a confirmation dialog. Or better yet, I'll second my own motion to remove it entirely and rely on editors' judgment.--RandomHumanoid^(⇒) 14:31, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

It was mostly to prevent two people to post warnings at the same time, but I'll reduce it to, lets say one minute? _→AzaToth 14:39, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Hmnnn, since the results generally get displayed immediately, for some definition of "immediately" based on server load, I'd reduce it to 30 seconds to prevent the race condition you describe. (Although I don't know how well time-sync'ed the servers here are.)--RandomHumanoid^(⇒) 14:44, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, many anonymous users aren't getting these messages due to a bug in the messaging system. See Category:Wikipedians_who_are_terribly_frustrated_about_Bug_ID_9213 for more details. --_Hdt83 ^Chat 18:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Problem...

Whenever I add tags to pages for speedy deletion, The little box saying I added a tag stays and I must X out of the box and re-load the page to even see the tag I placed. Can this be fixed? Can the box automatically close itself and the page re-load with the tag placed on it?Wikidudeman ^(talk) 15:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Discussion is ongoing on this page under the heading `Reload page on CSD'--Rossheth | Talk 15:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

There's another problem. I can't add warnings to pages. Whenever I try to add a warning to a page the box pops up for me to choose the type of warning however the box under that, that specifies the warning, All I see is "XX" in the box and I can't add warnings.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 15:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

That problem is fixed now. --Mschel 15:40, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

No, It's not. [[3]].Wikidudeman ^(talk) 15:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, that shouldn't be possible. I can't think of anywhere the XX can get from. _→AzaToth 16:21, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks like it just fixed itself. It seems to be working fine now.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 16:26, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

What about the Reload page on CSD problem?Wikidudeman ^(talk) 19:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

TW not working

Twinkle completely disappeared from my profile when I use Opera, and repasting the code to monobook.js does not work. --Smokizzy (talk) 00:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I just noticed Trusilver's post, and have, I guess, the exact same problem. --Smokizzy (talk) 00:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I have fixed some errors in opera, but there are still some things opera have difficulty to understand. _→AzaToth 01:13, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

You won't mind if I type in all caps, do you? OMG, IT'S WORKING NOW, PLUS THE CSD AND ~~XFD~~ TABS! Thank you! --Smokizzy (talk) 02:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok, the XFD and WARN tabs do not work, and the CSD list has some extra radio buttons labled "undefined". However, all in all, YIPPEE! --Smokizzy (talk) 02:23, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I have fixed so that twinklewarn now will work in opera (was some fishy things I had to change). Please post if you find a new bug. _→AzaToth 14:43, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay, here goes: 1. the CSD dialog box has extra radio buttons labeled "undefined"; 2. those cute little question marks do not show tooltips in any dialog box; 3. what's supposed to happen when I click the ARV tab? it only has this effect when I click it on my user space: "You don't want to report yourself , do you?"; 4. would it be possible to make the dialog box that reports what twinkle is doing close on its own?

I hope you don't find this too harassing. Thanks again, Smokizzy (talk) 21:13, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

1: just had fixed that, 2:they work somewhat in opera, they just is placed in the wrong place, I'll look into it later. 3: ARV won't work in your own userspace, as there is no logical reason to report your self. 4: don't know. _→AzaToth 21:21, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Nothing happens when I click the ARV tab. --Smokizzy (talk) 02:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

ARV is next on my "fix for opera"-list _→AzaToth 10:48, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

New version

I appreciate the way that you make changes and improvements all the time. Thanks! I have a weird bug with the new version. I like to put a welcome tag before any warning or note, but when I do this with the new version, the welcome template I type in gets deleted when I save. Or at least it disappears. It would be great to know how to solve this one... Another idea would be to ask it would even be possible to have a 'welcome' that we could select to be added as part of the Twinkle process --Slp1 02:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

As the new version is totally automated, what you previous typed into the edit box is not evaluated, as it's designed to be usable from the normal talk page also. _→AzaToth 09:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

It would be nice to have the ability to only add at the bottom of the page, either without saving directly or by keeping the content of the edit box. Maybe with a textbox? Is that doable? I changed my mind about a warning and I had to remove the previous one first before using TW. -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:26, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Looks like there's a lot of fans of the old way Aza. Is there a chance we can make this new one-click warning system optional? I do like making all my edits in one go, and it's a little frustrating going back to put in what twinke didn't do. --Breno ^talk 14:32, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

One more thing too, did the new version go from placing warnings under Header 3's to Header 2's? It's not a huge drama but if there's already a ===June 2007=== then a ==June 2007== shouldn't be inserted. Many thanks. --Breno ^talk 14:34, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Warning scripts?

Thank you for this very useful tool!
Where can I find the scripts used for the various warnings? Now with the pop-up boxes, I can no longer view the warnings before they're posted on the user's page.
Thanks -- Operalala^talk 22:09, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The grid of warnings is here at WP:WARN. If you want the text that gets inserted into the page either click the individual warnings or the full list is on WP:WARNMLD. --Breno ^talk 14:44, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

A minor Idea

can you make it so that the pop up warn box inside the popup window with the talk page has something like a check box that, if checked, closes the window with the talk page so we don't have to move the mouse up to the x in the upper right hand corner of the window? That would be nice. Sincerely, Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 22:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

So make a click just to save a click? Have you checked the Twinkle config: the setting called userTalkPageMode can open talk pages either in a new tab or independant windows. Not exactly what you want, but I switched to tab mode and it does help keep wiki editing together better. --Breno ^talk 07:03, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Block Templates

When I use TW to notify an IP or account that they have been blocked, it always signs twice, once in the template and once afterwards. Now that I can't hit preview and take this out, it's there every time. Goodnightmush^Talk 17:11, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I knew I forgot that one... _→AzaToth 19:39, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Minor versus normal

Could someone make a list about which edits should/could be marked as minor and which that must not be marked as minor. _→AzaToth 18:20, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Major

xFDs
Speedies
User talk warnings ?

Minor

vandalism rollback/rollback/AGF rollback

Other

I would say make torev configurable.

--(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@(Let's Go Yankees!) 19:45, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I think that WP:VP marks user talk warnings as minor. You might want to check with Amidaniel if you have a desire to be consistent. --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 01:42, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I don't have a desire to be consistent, just mearly what needs to be major or can be minor. _→AzaToth 07:01, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

I've just noticed that twinkle marks afd notice on the page to be deleted as minor (see [4]). This page specifically states that you shouldn't do that, and as far as I can tell there isn't even a config option.--Rossheth | Talk to me 11:36, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. _→AzaToth 13:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response.--Rossheth | Talk to me 13:11, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Difference for admins

What does TW actually add for admins, and how does it work? --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 20:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

For twinklespeedy, instead of requesting speedy deletion, it will delete the page instead (and it's talk page, and if it's an image and it's not deleted per CSD I8, then it will edit up to 500 articles to remove any links to the image). for twinkleprotect, instead of requesting protection, it will protect/unprotect the page (and adding/removing protection templates). That's the major differences. _→AzaToth 22:53, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

And, not to forget, the salting module which, well, does just that. ;) --S ^up? 23:07, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocks as well as warnings or not? GDonato (talk) 19:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Twinkle leaves blank line when warning on talk page

I've noticed that twinkle leaves a blank line at the top of the page when warning a user with a previously blank talk page (see [5]). This leaves a slightly unsightly blank gap above the date heading. I'm fully aware that this is nitpicking in the extreme ;-).--Rossheth | Talk to me 19:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Block templates (again)

There is something weird with the block templates: they are supposed to act be outputing "for a short time" when you omit the |time= parameter. But when I use that templates with twinkle, {{{time}}} is output instead. To be honest, I don't see why. See [the user:example page] to see the outputs. -- lucasbfr ^talk 23:21, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Just a note

Just a note to say how much I appreciate the sense of humor you coded into Twinkle. ;-) 01:20, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Reload page on CSD

Recently I notice that TW leaves the dialog box open when nominating for CSD and does not reload the page after tagging. Was this change intentional, because I at least find that this means I then have to find the `close' button on the dialog box (small font), then reload the page to check that it was tagged properly.--Rossheth | Talk 17:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Same with admins deleting. Goodnightmush^Talk 20:34, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

The reason for no reload on admins, is that, there are no page to reload to, we just deleted it. I could either try to parse the data returned, to see if it went all right, or I could try to reload the page. _→AzaToth 21:49, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Surely it doesn't matter if there's no page there, because you'll just get the placeholder with the deletion log on?--Rossheth | Talk 12:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

SO how can this be fixed?Wikidudeman ^(talk) 15:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to see reload brought back if possible, because that page linking to the deletion log also alerts that the deleted page had a talk page and provides a 1-click to delete it. Goodnightmush^Talk 17:13, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[outdent] I've just noticed the same thing happens on PROD as well. There is definately no reason why the page shouldn't be reloaded in that case, and the font used for the close button is very small. I find it difficult to click reliably, though I do have an old, small monitor.--Rossheth | Talk to me 19:33, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I can implement reload features, but first, it requires total sync, as we dont want to reaload before everything is finish, remember that everything is progressing asyncronus. Second, a question what to reload to. Third the question if a reload is really necissary, as in a perfect situation, it did what it was meant to do. _→AzaToth 19:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll suggest what I'd like to see as a user (not an admin): begin page reload when tagging for CSD, PROD, and AfD, start reload say 1-2 seconds after the edit is submitted, close the dialog box after all the messages have been displayed (unless there's an error). If the database is lagging more than that delay, it doesn't matter too much, because the user will probably either try to tag again, which TW will catch, or reload the page, after which the database will probably have caught up.--Rossheth | Talk to me 20:22, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

1-2 seconds after what edit? remember, that for a normal user, CSD and PROD will do two edits, one on the page in question, and one on the original contributors page. For AFD, it will do around 4 edits, on on the article, on to create the discussion page, one to link that discussion page to the todays list, and one toify the original contributor. As for AFD, the question I ask, is that why should it reload the actual page. That for me seems to be the least optimal load. Why not load the newly created discussion page? Or why not load the todays list so the user may dig through some other nominees? Or we could allways load the orginal contributors talk page. Perhaps we want to read that one to see if he/she has done some more stuff in need of correction. Also in the near future, I will port the image tagging code to the IFD part of XFD, resulting in a up to 50+ edits for a normal user... What edit is the counter :) It not that easy to just say: "Realod when it's done", as it's not processed in a serial way. It's all paralell processing. I believe that more important to code, is some sort of error checking code to ensure that an edit really went through (for that, there are three ways, the easy way, the hard way and the way I havn't learn yet). No, before I implement reaload/load target functionallity, I need more input to where it should reload*/direct to. _→AzaToth 03:42, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I want the page where the script was executed reloaded. Say I executed CFD tag on Burberry (picking an article out of the blue). I end up reloading it anyway to visually confirm that the edit went through as I expected. So to reload Burberry after the script completed like it used to is a BIG help to me, since I can see that things worked properly automatically, and not have to manually reload the page. SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:21, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I can see if I can make that easly. But you are talking about specific issues. What about the rest? _→AzaToth 06:39, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, in my opinion, exactly the same thing should happen for prod. As for Afd, maybe open today's discussions? Or maybe make it user configurable.--Rossheth | Talk to me 11:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

What we're asking is if you could make it like it was previously a few weeks ago. This means that after we click "CSD" and choose the option we want and it loads, We want the screen that says "Updating the page" "Checking for tags on page" etc, to close itself and the page that we tagged to reload so that it shows the tag. Currently we need to close the CSD screen and then re-load the page we previously tagged to see it all, which gets tiresome.Wikidudeman ^(talk) 00:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Previous Version?

Is there a way to get back the previous version where the warning levels were displayed with individual tabs like {1}, {2} , {3}, {4} and a list of warnings for each level? I prefer that version over the pop-up box that now shows for the warn tab. --_Hdt83 ^Chat 00:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

You can just copy it from the history. _→AzaToth 01:15, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The reason for removing tghe tabs was because there was too many tabs, and the tabs doesn't work well for people with small screens. _→AzaToth 01:16, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Is it at all feasible to make all of your recent changes into options that can be turned off? I too would rather just grab the old version, but I don't want to miss out on future updates/bug fixes. --BigDT 01:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I also liked the previous version better. It enabled me to put in the SharedIP and proper warning layout per WP:UW. --Breno ^talk 05:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I have missed that it a new guideline, I try to implement that. _→AzaToth 09:38, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I also have to agree on this one. Tabbed version was much better and allowed better formatting of warnings, and I'm totally used to the old format. While I agree that one can simply revert to the old version manually, it seems like it might be a better option to make it a configuration directive. Anyway, keep up the great work. =) --koder 08:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, I also noticed that if one tried to implement the older version, the JS threw errors about not having addlimenu(), which AzaToth recently removed from the trunk of twinkle.js. Thus, in case anyone is interested, and as long as it's okay with AzaToth, I went ahead and added the prereqs and the actual old-format warnings to User:Koder/twinkle-oldwarn.js for everyone to use. Just make sure you're using the long-format invocation of twinkle (ie, calling every single script instead of simply calling twinkle.js), and it'll work fine. Cheers. --koder 11:10, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Koder, not too sure what you mean though. Are you able to post somewhere what I'd need to put into my monobook.js? Also, do my custom settings for twinkle break if it's moved like that? --Breno ^talk 14:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Look at the installation section for WP:TWINKLE and you should figure it out quick. All you customized configs should be fine. JoeSmack ^Talk 04:56, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually it isn't working for me. Here is my monobook setting, [6], everything should be fine... arg! JoeSmack ^Talk 05:02, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks like youdouble-included importScript('Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Add LI menu'); and importStylesheet('Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Add LI menu/css');, which I already include in the script itself. Double check your browser to see if it throws errors about redefining functions, or just simply try removing those two lines and hard refresh. Cheers. --slakr 15:10, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Old Version?

How can I get the old version? I preferred the version with the individual tabs for different warning levels. Clamster 02:43, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

As did I. Is it possible to still use that? - G 1 ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 07:52, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

As long as it's okay with AzaToth, I went ahead and did that: User:Koder/twinkle-oldwarn.js. Just make sure to call twinkle not using the one-line-only way, but by adding each individual module that you want, THEN replacing what would normally be the warning script with this one. It also includes the old prereqs that were removed/obsoleted. --koder 11:15, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

That's awesome! Thank you so much =D -- - G 1 ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 06:09, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

No prob. I'm not sure if it will ever be an issue, though, but I just recently changed my username to 'Slakr'. Technically everything should work fine, but if you ever get a chance, you might also want to switch it over. Cheers. --slakr 15:05, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Instructions for use??

Well the Installation instructions are all very detailed, but having installed it there's nothing to tell me what to do next. I mean: how do I use the damn thing? Dontdoit 00:15, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Good point. Perhaps a TWINKLE user's manual is in order? Perhaps you'd be willing to help write one? SchuminWeb (Talk) 00:20, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

How could he write one if he doesn't know how to use it? I'll tell you how to use it.

1. To request pages for speedy deletion simply look at your tabs and click "CSD" and choose the option that best fits the page. Click it and another page will open up for you to warn the user. Click "Warn" and choose what you want there as well.

2. To use the rollback or vandalism functions simply get to the "Diff" area and you can click which ever option you want to use. To get to the "DIff" area go there from your watch list by clicking "Diff" or go to "History" from the page itself and then "Compare selected versions".Wikidudeman ^(talk) 00:26, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Because TWINKLE is incredibly intuitive it would be pretty easy to add explanations of what all the different functions do, for those who can't figure out what the different buttons mean. --JayHenry 00:32, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

That's why I said "help". I figure that he'll twiddle with TWINKLE a little bit and figure out some of the stuff, plus as others work on said manual, he can help fine-tune it with what he's learned. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:20, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Also, if you are not seeing the new tabs appear at the top of pages, be sure to check step 3 and bypass your cache. --Breno ^talk 03:25, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

New "warn" tab

Ugh, I hate it! It makes it take twice as long to find the right warning from the drop-down menu and warn the vandal, time I should be spending reverting other changes. I like the way it checks for old warnings and such on the vandal's page to make the right level and provides a space for comments, but can you please bring back the tab for each warning level and then bring up the box? -- BlastOButter42 ^See Hear _Speak 20:38, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, after using it a little more, it isn't so bad. But can you at least provide the option to use either way? -- BlastOButter42 ^See Hear _Speak 20:44, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I will probably not be able to provide an option to use the old lousy code. _→AzaToth 06:37, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I actually prefer it this way, reduces the number of tabs on User talk pages (too many before) GDonato (talk) 21:33, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, I guess it just took some getting used to -- I like it fine now. -- BlastOButter42 ^See Hear _Speak 00:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Minor glitch in Twinkle - or are its users a bit too happy to hit the trigger button?

I made a good-faith edit and then a BJAODN, whereupon someone Twinkled both edits into revert heaven. This forced me to restore the good faith edit, which was wrongly deleted. Any way to fix that little bug? 204.52.215.107 06:15, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

If someone sees an edit they decide is vandalism, twinkle will automatically revert previous edits made in a row by that person on that article, assuming they are also vandalism. In 99.9% of the cases, this is true -- usually the vandal is editing what he said, or, having seen that no one has reverted him, adding more. But users should always be careful not to revert non-vandalism, and it is their responsibility to check. TWINKLE is just trying to save time here. -- BlastOButter42 ^See Hear _Speak 06:48, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I have a question about that. I made some (non-vandalism) editings to the Psylocke article, where I followed the Trivia-tag advice, I removed a speculation sentence and I changed some sentences from list form to ordinary sentences form. After those editions, a TWINKLE reverted everything that I had edit. I asked in the Talk page of the article about this, but the TWINKLE owner doesn't seem to be around. My question is, should I contact the person behind the TWINKLE if I can re-edit, or should I go ahead and re-edit the article (again)? 194.17.6.3 11:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

On the surface, it looks to me like the edits you made were good and it was probably an over-zealous editor that reverted it. You may help prevent this from happening in the future by getting a user account and more importantly, use the edit summary. A long series of non-described edits made by anonymous users tends to arouse suspicion, though it seems that this time the one reverting is at fault. You might want to ask why you were reverted, on the talk page of that user. --Pekaje 12:20, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Pekaje. I think I know what the problem was. I'm using a public computer and I saw that this IP number have been warned from time to time, so when I did all of those non-described edits to the article, the Twinkle must have reacted to that (I presume that the twinkle is a bot?). I've made a single re-editing, but if the twinkle strikes again, I will talk to the owner (of it). 194.17.6.3 10:57, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Twinkle is not a bot-it's a program that users can use to do certain things more quickly than would otherwise be possible. A real person has to push the button to do anything.--Rossheth | Talk to me 11:24, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

New windows

I love to use TWINKLE with Lupin's Anti-Vandal tool. One drawback to this, though, is that I often identify a bunch of vandalisms, click the (last) button to open them up in new tabs, and go through reverting them all. When I do this, the talk page for the first one opens up in a new window, but then as the other vandalisms are reverted, the talk pages for those vandals are opened in the same window, so eventually only the last vandal I reverted's page is open. I assume this is Firefox trying to keep down the clutter by preventing each vandal's page from being opened in a new window. Is there a way to make sure each talk page is opened? The only way I can see is to have talk pages opened in a new tab instead of a new window -- perhaps Firefox would allow multiple new pages to be opened if they are opened in tabs.

By the way, as a long term project, it would be interesting to see if TWINKLE and AVT could be integrated in some manner, since they already work so well together. -- BlastOButter42 ^See Hear _Speak 00:44, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

The ARV tab is not visible.

Quite simply, I don't have the ARV tab. I used to have it though. Smokizzy (talk) 13:53, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Image instance tagging

Have added image instance tagging for IFD now. it's limited to maximum of 50 instances, as that's the maximum a normal user gat get from the api per request, so if you are an admin, and feel that 50 pages is too little, you can poke on me. Have also updated the code for speedy removal of instances to use a more refined code, able to detect nested tags. _→AzaToth 23:51, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Prod of user-page?

The prod tab doesn't show up on user-pages. Proposed deletion is appropriate there, as a low-bureaucracy method of removing pages where someone has used Wikipedia as their free web-host and has since become inactive. Can anything be done about this? --Pekaje 19:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, either I missed that clause, or it was added after I created the PROD thingi. I'll loook it up tomorrow if I get time. _→AzaToth 16:18, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Help?

Can someone set this up for me on my monobook page? I'm having trouble getting it to work! themcman1 _talk 13:08, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I had some compatibility problems when I first installed Twinkle. I suggest you try removing all of your current monobook.js contents and adding the Twinkle script; that may get it to work. Then you can re-add each component of the stuff you deleted, to isolate which element is breaking Twinkle. That's what worked for me (it was Live Preview that broke mine). -Joshuapaquin 13:15, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Is it a bug?

When I try tagging articles for CSD, occasionally Twinkle says the tagging has been done when in fact it wasn't. Once, I ended up warning a user but did not tag the article. Am I doing something wrong here? - TwoOars 21:57, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

It's possilbe a bug, but until I can get grab of a edit failed page, it's not much I can do about it. _→AzaToth 04:38, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, I have it... I get this problem when there is an edit conflict I think. When there is an EC, TW says the page is tagged and opens the user talk page of the creator. Not a big problem anyway, just a minor annoyance. - TwoOars 06:34, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Only adding Vandalize warnings

Not working with firefox since the GUI update. --RandomHumanoid^(⇒) 00:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, that's strange, it fully works for me. _→AzaToth 00:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

If it's helpful, I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.4. I'll try restarting.

FWIW, I'm no longer getting this odd behavior. --RandomHumanoid^(⇒) 04:02, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Forget that. I am still getting this. Anything selected from the "Caution" category comes out as a Vandalism warning. --RandomHumanoid^(⇒) 04:57, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

That's really strange, do you get any errors? _→AzaToth 12:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

No errors. And since posting no longer requires an explicit "Save page" anymore (yay!), I only saw the problem after it was on the user's page. I haven't given any warnings since last night, so I don't know if you've fixed the problem in the interim....--RandomHumanoid^(⇒) 14:34, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

My problem is that it reverses the edits, but as far as I can see, that's all. Nothing else — no warnings issued or anything like that. I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.4 on Kubuntu if that is of any help. DDStretch (talk) 00:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

XfD not working?

Every time I try to use the XfD tool, it does not work. All what TW does is notify the creator; it neither creates the XfD, nor does it place it in the log. It seems to work for others, though. I tried purging my cache a couple of times, but it didn't work. Is there something wrong? I would appreciate some help. —Anas ^talk? 13:57, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't work reliably here either. Notification and AFD subpage was created, tag and log were not. It has worked before, though. --Pekaje 20:42, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm trying to fix the problem, but I need data from you what the http result is. _→AzaToth 21:01, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

How, exactly, can I get these results for you? —Anas ^talk? 10:55, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I just noticed this as well. Twinkle created the subpage[7], added the tag to the article[8] and correctly notified the article's creator[9]. No problem there (except for the leading space before the signature, which may very well have been my fault though). No error messages or anything in the log but Twinkle somehow didn't transclude the subpage into the log (I did that manually[10]). --S ^up? 13:25, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

The same thing just happened with another nomination. 'Adding AFD discussion to the todays list...' is listed in the logfile though. -- S ^up? 13:56, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

See here

Grabbing data of eventual previous nominations
next in order is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Denis Murray (athlete)
Putting the deletion tag on the article...
Creating the article's deletion discussion page...
Adding AFD discussion to the todays list...
Getting data for first contributor...
found user Jonel as first contributor, proceeding to notify user...
Discussion page created.
Article tagged.

User notification complete

I've had this same bug for a while - it gets rather annoying, so I usually skip AFDs using twinkle and do them myself. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 23:44, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

UAA Duplicates

In the ARV module, twinkle will create a new report on UAA when there is already one there for that user. I noticed there are three reports on UAA for the same user, two of which are twinkle, and the first is the original request. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 23:46, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

TW not placing AFD tags on nominated article

I just nominated Lindsay Lohan's third album for deletion using TW. While it correctly created the AFD discussion and added it to the list, it did not actually place the afd1 template on the article itself (had to add it manually). --Kurt Shaped Box 14:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC) I really don't know why that sometimes happened, perhaps I should try to implement a test to see if an edit succeeded or not. If you get a such error page, that an edit didn't succeed, could you please send me the HTML output (the mediawiki error output), so I can see what went wrong. _→AzaToth 14:59, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

As far as I know, there was no error message. The script appeared to have completely normally, yet when I reloaded the article, the template had not been inserted. --Kurt Shaped Box 15:08, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I meant what the error message would be if you made it manually. _→AzaToth 15:36, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I've had a similar problem, in that it placed the tags onto the article, and the original authors page, but it did not create the AFD subpage or add the listing to the main afd page. It also added the templates for a 2nd nomination, when I couldn't find a first. The scripts all seemed to run OK, but the box never closed. Kevin 02:33, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

A slight variant on this. In my instance Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Concorde pilots, it did not add the transcluded page into the main afd page. → AA ^{(talk • contribs)} — 11:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I can fix the problem, but I need to know what the return data is when a failed edit is made. _→AzaToth 12:24, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

hmmm...I didn't notice - it seemed to have worked at the time. I only observed this after User:DumbBOT added it (and a bunch of others) into the main AfD page. I'll keep an eye out for it, if it happens again. Is there something specific, I should look for (where is the return data)? Also, there is no confirmation in the messages to say "all is done - you can now close this window". → AA ^{(talk • contribs)} — 12:34, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

If you are running firefox, you could install the extension firebug, and when you are sending a report, activate firebug, and if one edit fails, you gan grab the http result from there. _→AzaToth 12:59, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - will install the addon and see if it happens again (have to hunt for something to nominate now :) → AA ^{(talk • contribs)} — 13:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

(Outdent) OK. Had it occur again. Here's some info from firebug - not sure where the http return data is but hoping it's contained in the info below. The status code was 200 and statusText was "OK".

Details available here.

I've still got the page loaded, so if you need any further details let me know. → AA ^{(talk • contribs)} — 14:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Checking your contributions, it seems that it was the edit where it were to add the tag to the article, correct? I would then need the content under POST http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dick%20Smith_Foods&action=submit (1281ms)index.php (line 372)<br />, i.e. the html of the reply for the failed edit. _→AzaToth 15:23, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Yep - that's the one. I've e-mailed you the complete response (twas quite long). Let me know if you need anything else. → AA ^{(talk • contribs)} — 16:25, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I know now what's the problem, the server lost the session data, can see if I can fix that. _→AzaToth 17:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Glad to have been able to help. Hopefully, it'll be an easy fix. → AA ^{(talk • contribs)} — 20:45, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I thought it was going to be a really easy fix, but it seems I need to restructurate a big part, so it migfht take some time. _→AzaToth 12:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Multiple CSD

If I tag an article for SD when I've already done so (such as when they remove the tag) it won't let me, it automatically sends me to the user's talk page, and does not add the tag. Is this a bug? Alcemáe T • C 19:03, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Twinkle Not Working Entirely?

Ok. I have installed Twinkle, and am using it. It can revert vandalism, but, unless I've misread the documentation, I get no reports posted to the user's pages, no matter what I do (clearing browser cache, restarting my browser and my PC even.) Can anyone advise? Am I supposed to be doing anything else other than pressing the various Rollback options? Nothing opebns upon the user's talk page, no new tab appears, as people have mentioned, all that happens is that I get the various notices about the edits being reverted, which they are, and that the user's talk pages have been opened, which they appear not to have been. I am using Firefox 2.0.0.4 under Kubuntu (KDE desktop on Ubuntu Linux system). Thanks. DDStretch (talk) 11:24, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

just an idea, but are your popups blocked? Brianga 12:11, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I did. Unblocking wikipedia seems at first glance, to have solved the problem. Thanks! DDStretch (talk) 21:30, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Twinkle didn't subst an AFD template

Not sure if this is part of some work in progress, but I noticed that TW didn't subst the AFD template it added here. Is this a known issue, or am I in error in thinking that the template in question should be substed? JavaTenor 18:45, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

That's not an issue in twinkle, but it's how {{afd}} and {{afdx}} is defined. _→AzaToth 19:08, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Testing updated code for Twinklexfd

Have redone the AFD part of twinklexfd now, so it should be able to fix it when it for some doesn't edit a page. Though I don't know if it's 100%, so please bear with me :) _→AzaToth 19:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Worked this time ... :-)

I may have mentioned this before, but the dialog doesn't seem to close after it's done. If this is deliberate, some indication that the entire process was completed would be nice. Would it be difficult to implement an option for automatically watching the AFD subpage? I like to keep them on my watchlist until it's closed, and I imagine others would like that as well. --Pekaje 21:56, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately with me Twinkle, now, just does nothing. It neither creates the XfD, nor does it update the log. It used to warn the creator before, but now even that it does not do. I have 3 other scripts in my monobook; could that be affecting this? —Anas ^talk? 11:24, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Does it tell you anything? _→AzaToth 13:24, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

It just tells me it is doing the tasks, but it doesn't tell me that they're done (because they're not). —Anas ^talk? 15:36, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok, that's strange, what browser are you using? do you get any js-error messages? do any edit time out? I'll gonna add some on-error code to the code to give an idea if it's a problem deep inside somewhere. _→AzaToth 16:00, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

I use Firefox 2.0.0.4 and I have absolutely no problems with all the TW scripts, except for this one. I get no errors whatsoever; the thing just freezes after a indicating that it found the creator. —Anas ^talk? 17:34, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Pretty strange, check that you have purged your JS cache, a successful session would look like this:

_→AzaToth 18:18, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't know what you did, but I purged my JS cache after reading your reply and it worked! Thank you for your help, AzaToth. All the best, Anas ^talk? 19:45, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Hmm ... An IFD nomination just failed to do two of the three edits required (only notified uploader). I should probably go find and install firebug ... --Pekaje 17:24, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Havn't got to Ifd and Cfd yet :) _→AzaToth 17:47, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, OK then. I had some suggestions to improve the IFD dialog, but I think I should probably let you get around to the more critical stuff first ... :-) --Pekaje 18:01, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

think Ifd is owrking now again :) _→AzaToth 19:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh good, so supposedly now you have a bit of time to add the 'prod' to user-space pages? ;-) --Pekaje 19:42, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Twinkle-armed vandal

Can IPs perform TW rollbacks such as this vandal? Or was this just edit summary bluff?--Hús ö nd 02:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

No monobook.js so I doubt it. Viridae ^Talk 02:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

He just copied my edit summary I think hence why he added "TWO CAN PLACE THIS GAME, YOU ASSWIPE!!! ROTFLMAO!!!!". Jackaranga 02:22, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Also if you look at this diff, you can see that when you revert to a version by an unregistered user it says " to last revision by 69.183.150.107" not "to last revision by an anonymous user ", like he put. Jackaranga 02:25, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I was about to say... that was a very non-standard summary for TWINKLE. No links. SchuminWeb (Talk) 23:18, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Twinkle not completing AfD's correctly

I nominated some articles for deletion today and Twinkle didn't put the {{afd}} notice on the page or create the discussion page—it only notified the creator. Anybody else having a similar problem? east.718 00:07, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Please see the discussion about this above your comment. Thanks. --S ^up? 00:20, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't use Safari, I'm on Firefox 1.5. east.718 07:05, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Try Firefox 2.0.0.4. —Anas ^talk? 11:05, 30 June 2007 (UTC)