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==Purpose==

This script extends [[../TalkHelper|TalkHelper]] to further help when reading a long talk page.

The script does '''not''' alter any article but it highlights talk posts so that they are easier to read and provides a table of contents to the new talk posts.

==Use==

The script hunts for timestamps previously found by the CommentsInLocalTime gadget and selects any that are for '''yesterday''' and '''today'''.

It then adds a background colour and border around each of the posts.

If any posts were found, the script will:
* add a menu button showing the count - clicking the menu item will scroll to the first post
* build a table of the posts, sorted into time order, and add this table to the left-hand sidebar.
To provide space in the sidebar, the script also alters the existing sidebar menus so that they can be collapsed.

==Prerequisites==

This script requires the [[Wikipedia:Comments in Local Time|CommentsInLocalTime gadget]].

# Go to [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets|the gadgets tab of your preferences]]
# Enable "Change UTC-based times and dates, such as those used in signatures, to be relative to local time"
# Save

==Installing==

Add the following line to [[Special:MyPage/common.js|your common.js file]] if you want version 2
 {{tlg|subst=yes|Lusc|User:GhostInTheMachine/TalkHelper2.js}}
or this line if you want the latest version
 {{tlg|subst=yes|Lusc|User:GhostInTheMachine/TalkHelper.js}}

==Alternatives==

[[../TalkHelper1|Version 1 of TalkHelper]] is simpler - it highlights posts from yesterday and today and maybe adds a menu button. It does not alter the sidebar or build a table of contents.

==Bugs==

=== 2022-07-27 ===
The TH2 script does not work on [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)]], but is OK on the other VP pages.
: investigating why this is, but it seems that the [[Wikipedia:Comments in Local Time]] gadget is not firing
; 2022-08-07
: Cloned a fork of [[User:Gary/comments in local time.js]] so I could add debug etc.
: Sussed — the VP page included the {{tlx|Skip to bottom}} template.
: The template wraps the {{tq|Skip to bottom}} button with a div that has the ''mw-parser-output'' class.
: The CILT script intends to find the article body by looking for the div with the ''mw-parser-output'' class, and assumes there should only be one.
: I removed the {{tlx|Skip to bottom}} template and all was OK again — see [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)]] change 1102904261 → 1102906240)
; 2022-08-09
: Gary altered the CILT gadget to search for the ''mw-body-content'' class instead — see [[User:Gary/comments in local time.js]] change 1103478700

=== 2022-09-24 ===

Same issue for [[Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF)]]
: the {{tlx|pp-pc}} was added – the padlock icon is (unnecessarily) wrapped in a div with the ''mw-parser-output'' class which causes a similar issue for my CILT clone
: the ''mw-parser-output'' class was added by [[phab:T188443]]
; 2022-09-29
: quick test to remove the {{tlx|pp-pc}} from [[Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF)]] — confirmed
: need to alter TH2 to use the live version of CILT rather than my clone

=== June 2024 ===

Damage due to a series of changes to the HTML created for headings.
:see {{../t/phab|365736}} and more details in [[mw:Heading HTML changes]]

==Possible improvements==

* Also add highlighting for all of my own posts
** How should {{tqi|posts by me yesterday}} be highlighted? As {{tqi|by me}} or as {{tqi|yesterday}} or some hybrid of the two?
* Maybe split the border and the background to highlight different aspects?
* Add a lightweight border around '''all''' posts?
* Improve logic for finding the full extent of a post.
* Embed the awesome [[User:BrandonXLF/FloatSide]] to float the sidebar
* Add a ''full'' navigation menu to all highlighted posts
* Add {{tl|Infobox Wikipedia user script}}?

==See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:User scripts]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bypass your cache]]

[[Category:Wikipedia scripts|TalkHelper2]]