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Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hey there, welcome to the 25th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 1 March 2024. We've got a ton of wonderful editors taking back their pitchforks today. Don't worry, for they come in peace, to forcibly fix and extend existing scripts you use with sheer passion. There's so many, them forks have got what's basically their own column now! gift us with some rows before it's too late Aaron Liu (talk) 04:01, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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To a lesser extent, the same goes for PrimeHunter/Search sort. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
An easily configurable script to add a link to the #p-vector-user-menu-overflow portlet with a name, target, and icon. This one should be a relatively easier one. I would do it myself, but I'm too busy rotting away on Celeste (video game).
After the ＲＩＩＪ update, Aaron Liu: Watchlyst Greybar Unsin has a dismiss button that allows you to mark an item as read in one click and cycle to the next Watchlist item.
Lordseriouspig/StatusChangerImproved is just like Enterprisey's script, except you select your status from a dropdown instead of cycling through them with a button. The WMF operates out of car-centric infrastructure anyway. Shame!
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Aaron Liu has created Duplinks from Evad37/duplinks-alt; his fork adds a config variable to automatically highlight duplicate links on the loading of any page where the portlet link would've appeared.
Tired of staring at a bunch of filtering text and waiting for darn filter logs to load? Msz2001/AbuseFilter analyzer can parse abuse filters into a visual syntax tree and evaluate locally on-demand!
Polygnotus/DuplicateReferences finds references with the same link and displays the number of them along with a button to add the {{duplicated citations}} tag under the references section. Being lazy has never been easier!
fastest gun on the net Ponor/really-quick-block really quick add to contribution lists three buttons awesome
My bad. It's WP:G7 which says "For redirects created as a result of a page move, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the pages before the move". May I go again? Kailash29792(talk)05:22, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
Redirects that are a result of page moves from the draft namespace to the main namespace should be retained.[note 1]
I can understand if RDRAFT may have passed under the radar, but I don't think the wording of G7 somehow cancels out RDRAFT. SamSailor17:31, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
Notes
^It was determined that the community consensus in this RfC regarding draft namespace redirects amounted to "there is a clear consensus against deletion of draft namespace redirects. There is a rough consensus against the alternative proposal to delete draft namespace redirects after six months."
Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hello! The A Grammar of Vai article had existed but was redirected to Vai language, which is why the existing book cover image was deleted. I restored it after citing some book reviews examining the book in detail. I don't know which book cover image it was, but Im hoping to have it restored. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:15, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
No worries, happens all the time with the several scripts we have that do not protect file names from being "corrected". In this case the file names on Commons are really unusual with those trailing spaces. Best, SamSailor15:49, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
The best way would be to spend some months becoming acquainted with Wikipedia and the it's writing style. Draft:Nonso Okpala as it stands is unbearably promotional, and, not to much surprise, many sentences are copied directly from the sources. SamSailor10:35, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
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Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
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Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hey, Sam. I just want you to know that the things you're writing on our common friend's page are appreciated. If they edit again without even trying to do anything about the points you're telling them about, it'll be time for a CIR block. Bishonen | tålk21:26, 16 November 2024 (UTC).
Hejsan, Bishonen. Thanks for keeping an eye on this. I wish they were responding, but I doubt they will. There's something almost amusing about a ChatGPT-reply that includes the wording "my primary focus was on copying the exact lines from the source material to ensure accuracy." when the opposite is the reality. But good on ChatGPT to accidentally produce a blurb implying that they violated copyright or closely paraphrased. :-) Best, SamSailor06:25, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 18 November 2024
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Latest comment: 1 month ago6 comments3 people in discussion
Hi Sam, please note that your edits to the above AfD have been reverted by the article creator. You may not have been notified as it looks to have been a manual revert. This removal makes a big difference as it's now 3 vs 3 on keep to delete rather than 4 vs 3. I also note that the user continues to make unfounded accusations of discrimination based on ethnicity and religion. This user's behaviour is getting close to WP:ANI imho. Spiderone(Talk to Spider)06:42, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
Hi, Spiderone, many thanks for taking care of that. I suspect that there might be socking going on, and I will mention you in an SPI shortly. All the best, SamSailor08:38, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
The redirect Kenny Veach has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 July 4 § Kenny Veach until a consensus is reached. Jalen Folf (Bark[s]) 22:52, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
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