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== LDS Standard Works on Wikisource ==

Thanks for the offer to help on the Wikisource side of things with [[Template talk:LDS#Proposal:_Migrate_to_Wikisource_as_Default_Source|my proposal]] to revamp the {{tl|LDS}} template. The issue I wanted to raise on Wikisource relates to the way the [[s:The Pearl of Great Price (1913)|Pearl of Great Price]] handles HTML bookmarks to allow for jumping to specific chapters/verses. While that text uses a slightly different pattern than the Bible and Book of Mormon, in general that's not much of a problem to handle on the Wikipedia template side, it just requires a bit of extra logic.

However, on the page for the Book of Moses, the bookmark for each chapter is of the form <code>#1</code>, <code>#2</code>, etc., which causes a problem because those bookmarks are already in use by the links to the scans of the book that are provided for proofreading (sorry I don't know any of the correct lingo for this stuff, so hopefully that makes sense—in short, there's already a <code>#1</code> bookmark that is the name of the link that takes you to [[s:Page:The Pearl of Great Price 1913.djvu/13|the scan of the first page of the book]]).

As a concrete example, if the Wikipedia template jumps to the <code>#3</code> bookmark because someone cited the 3rd chapter of Moses, [[s:The Pearl of Great Price (1913)/Moses#3|the link will actually take the user to the bookmark for page 3 of the physical book]], which happens to be in the middle of verse 8 of chapter 1.

The ideal solution would be to change the HTML bookmark names for chapters so that they are of the form <code>#Chapter_3</code>, which is how the Bible and Book of Mormon projects work. My issues are that (1) I don't know how to affect the HTML code that gets generated (though admittedly I have also done zero research on this yet), and (2) even if I did, I want to raise this issue on Wikisource to make sure there aren't any other reasons for the way things are, or other projects that rely on the existing bookmarks, that would get in the way of making this change. You may not have had any experience with the nitty-gritty of how Wikisource generates its HTML bookmarks, of course, but I'm hoping you might perhaps be able to point me in the right direction of where to raise this issue or who to make sure to include in the discussion (if it involves anything more complicated than just posting on the PoGP talk page or whatever).

I see that you're involved in real-world COVID-19 projects, which obviously takes major precedence over this, but let me know when you get a chance whether you have any tips for where to start/how to go about this. Thank you! ― [[User:Biggins|biggins]] ([[User talk:Biggins|talk]]) 22:06, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
:{{re|Biggins}} Having whatever anchors you want can definitely be done: each chapter can have multiple anchors, so it's just a matter of what do they already have and how to add whatever is missing.{{pb}}Wikisource relies on the [[mw:Extension:ProofreadPage|ProofreadPage extension]] and a ton of custom formatting and navigation templates to function. The core setup is that for every file in the File: namespace you can create a page with the same name in the Index: namespace and ProofreadPage knows the latter refers to the former based on the filename. That Index: page is the "central hub" for works on Wikisource so far as the software is concerned. Based on this Index: page ProofreadPage creates "virtual" wikipages in the Page: namespace for every physical page in the scanned book. So the outside front cover (usually the first physical page in a scan) will be found in the wikipage <code>Page:''filename''/1</code>. Since the logical page numbers (the number usually printed on each page in the book) usually do not correspond with the physical pages in the scan (e.g. the logical page number 1 is at physical page 13), ProofreadPage provides a special <code><nowiki><pagelist /></nowiki></code> tag you can use on the Index: page to create a mapping from physical to logical page numbers. For example, to tell the software that the book's page numbering starts on physical page 13, one might use <code><nowiki><pagelist 13=1 /></nowiki></code>.{{pb}}Once that is set up we transcribe and format the text of each page of the book on the virtual wikipages in the Page: namespace. ProofreadPage provides a custom editing interface in that namespace that, among other things, shows the scanned page image side by side with the wikitext editing text box (it also does other stuff like preload the editing box with OCR text if the file has a text layer). When all pages of the book have been transcribed on separate wikipages in the Page: namespace, we use a tag like <code><nowiki><pages index="filename.pdf" from=1 to=345 /></nowiki></code> to transclude the individual pages together into a complete text on a wikipage in mainspace. It uses custom functionality of the ProofreadPage extension, but you can just think of it as template transclusion if each page were a separate template. The small page number links you see in the left margin are the logical page numbers provided in the mapping on the Index: page.{{pb}}Or put succinctly: what you see on [[s:The Pearl of Great Price (1913)|Pearl of Great Price]] is the result of transcluding in the contents of the "templates" for each page in the Page: namespace. For the most part these can be edited just like any other wikipage.{{pb}}We also have some (mainly very old) texts that do not use the ProofreadPage extension. These have been transcribed manually on normal wikipages (just like an article here on enwp), and these often use the standard MediaWiki syntax (<code><nowiki>== Chapter 123 ==</nowiki></code>) for chapter headings. Crucially, for our purposes here, the current practice on Wikisource is to ''not'' use that syntax and instead use formatting templates to make the heading text bigger and bold (etc.). This means that link targets for these older texts (MediaWiki-generated anchors / "bookmarks") will be different from newer texts (no or manually generated anchors).{{pb}}We can add as many anchors as we want, using pretty much any scheme we want, so it's just a matter of figuring out what's needed and how to add them with the minimum amount of effort. Manually adding all new anchors for every chapter of every LDS-related text is going to be quite a bit of manual labour (but perhaps doable). But a lot of these are going to be using a template like [[s:Template:chapter]] to add the anchor.{{pb}}And when I looked into it based on your message here I discovered that that template was emitting broken anchors: the old version used anchors that were identical with those that ProofreadPage uses for its page numbers (the ones you see in the left margin) and so they just didn't work. I've now modified that template so it uses anchors of the form <code>#chapter_''123''</code>. And since [[s:The Pearl of Great Price (1913)|Pearl of Great Price]] happens to use that template to generate chapter anchors, you should now have functional targets in all of that text.{{pb}}The other relevant texts may or may not be the same. So I think the path forward is that you just try linking to the texts that are relevant, and if you find any that don't work you can let me know and I'll see what we can do about it.{{pb}}PS. Once this effort hits "production" it may be a good idea to post about it on the [[s:WS:S|Scriptorium]] (essentially our Village Pump) since sister links from Wikipedia do not show up in "What links here" on Wikisource. If people there are not aware the anchors are being used here they will not know to account for it when making changes. --[[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 06:48, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

::{{re|Xover}} Got it, that is all super helpful. I've prowled around a bit on Wikisource now and I was piecing together the whole Index:/Page: namespace thing, but your explanation is much faster :) It's especially good to know that anchors can have multiple names so I don't have to worry about changing anything that's already there. That all gives, I think, a workable path forward—fortunately the other LDS-specific texts ([[s:Book_of_Mormon_(1981)]] and [[s:The Doctrine and Covenants]]) have workable anchors so the only changes that (might) need to be made should be limited to the PoGP, which is very short. And I will make sure to put a notice on the Scriptorium page if/when this Wikipedia template is rolled out to production. Thanks for sharing your expertise! ― [[User:Biggins|biggins]] ([[User talk:Biggins|talk]]) 17:12, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

== Hope things are still tolerable ==

I thought [https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/kolumnister/a/dOxdnq/norsk-skadegladje-fyller-min-mejlkorg--men-andra-halvlek-kan-bli-varr Norsk skadeglädje fyller min mejlkorg – men andra halvlek kan bli värre] could interest you a little. If you haven't read his ''[[Jan_Guillou#The_Great_Century|Brobyggarna]]'' I highly recommend it, great fun. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 16:04, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
:{{re|Gråbergs Gråa Sång}} I can't meaningfully comment on that without violating both [[WP:CIVIL]] and [[WP:BLP]]. But let's just sum up that every factual assertion he makes there is incorrect, and adopting the same rhetorical strategy as antivaxxers does not particularly indicate journalistic integrity. "Kanske, vad vet jag?" Then again, has Guillou really had any credible claim to being a journalist the last three decades?{{pb}}But I'm going to make a prediction: Norway will have a second wave in September, maybe as late as October, as a result of easing restrictions and permitting travel without quarantine, including to and from Sweden (which is on course to exit the "red" category in the coming week, or at the next scheduled bi-weekly assessment at the latest; despite 75% of Norwegians polled being against opening the borders with Sweden). When that happens—unless we manage to contain all the import cases and prevent community spread—we will see actual schadenfreude in ''Expressen'' and ''Aftonbladet'''s opinion columns, from the same people who are complaining about imaginary gloating in Norway now.{{pb}}I hope I'm wrong on both counts, but all available information suggests this is where we're headed. --[[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 08:52, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
::{{re|Gråbergs Gråa Sång}} Incidentally, on the off chance you haven't seen it (I think Expressen ran them too?), and without any additional comment or interpretation, [[sv:Emanuel Karlsten|Emanuel Karlsten]]'s posts [https://emanuelkarlsten.se/har-ar-kontext-till-de-lackta-tegnell-mejlen/ here], [https://emanuelkarlsten.se/tegnell-mejlen-berattelsen-om-johan-giesecke-och-folkhalsomyndigheten/ here], and [https://emanuelkarlsten.se/tegnell-mejlen-sa-fick-flockimmuniteten-faste-hos-folkhalsomyndigheten/ here] are interesting. --[[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 08:31, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

==If you have the time==
Hello X. I hope you are well. If you have a moment would you please take a look at [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Macbeth&type=revision&diff=972577962&oldid=971355097 this] and see if it is reasonable? I also have replied to the editors post here [[Talk:Macbeth#Big change need talk]]. If you have other things going on please don't worry about it. Best regards. [[User:MarnetteD|MarnetteD]]&#124;[[User talk:MarnetteD|Talk]] 01:16, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
:{{re|MarnetteD}} Thanks! I check the watchlist here so sporadically these days that I'll miss most of what happens, so I ''really'' appreciate a ping when something interesting pops up! --[[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 08:23, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
::I'm glad I can be of assistance and thanks for adding your input :-) [[User:MarnetteD|MarnetteD]]&#124;[[User talk:MarnetteD|Talk]] 14:26, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

And if a draft about a Norwegian resistance member during WW2 interests you, you can take a peek at [[Wikipedia:Teahouse#Professional_translator_-_and_newbie_editor_on_EN_and_NO_Wikipedia_-_was_blocked_from_publishing_an_English_version_of_a_Norwegian_article_-_please_advise_and/or_help_with_publishing]]. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 12:25, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

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== Precious anniversary ==
{{User QAIbox/auto|years=Two}} --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 06:30, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
:Thank you Gerda! --[[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 07:38, 4 October 2020 (UTC)


== I have no idea if that's right ==

[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ghost_(Hamlet)&diff=1007733473&oldid=1006817679] Maybe you do. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 10:18, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|Gråbergs Gråa Sång}} I'd need to check. It'll be specified as either the clock having struck, or is striking, midnight; or as "the witching hour" or somesuch. I believe it's fairly plainly given in the text (it's emphasised for dramatic reasons), but I don't recall ottomh. --[[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 10:29, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
::{{re|Gråbergs Gråa Sång}} I (finally, sorry) checked. In both I.i and I.iv the characters make a point of fixing the time to shortly after midnight. The passage of time is a little vague since after about two minutes worth of dialogue after its appearance in I.i it is apparently daybreak with a cock crowing and all. --[[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 14:04, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
:::Thank you, the urgency was minimal. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 10:15, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

== Happy Christmas ==

Hi Xover, just wanted to stop by and wish you a happy Christmas. Hope 2020 isn't going too bad for you (I would have said "I hope 2020 is going well for you", but that's just crazy talk!!) [[User:Bertaut|Bertaut]] ([[User talk:Bertaut|talk]]) 03:04, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
:{{re|Bertaut}} Thank you, and a very belated ditto. 2020 has indeed turned itself into a cliché, but I don't want to tempt fate by intimating 2021 can only be better. Let's just appreciate the fact that it hasn't so far gone worse, and leave it at that. But I do hope everything is going as well as it can be under the circumstances for you. If I've not been too neglectful in keeping up on news I think you had some pretty rough stretches over your way, but that things have been looking a little better lately? Around here we've mostly been spared, but after a slow build since last autumn we now appear to be heading into the biggest wave so far, with the first time reporting worse per-capita numbers than the US(!) earlier this week. Still optimistic we can bring it around in time, but pretty frustrated with the lack of decisive action from Great Leader over the latter couple of months (and just this week getting caught breaking the social distancing rules didn't exactly inspire renewed confidence, sigh). In any case, great to hear from you and here's crossing fingers and toes 2021 will outperform 2020 in all the ''right'' ways! --[[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 14:21, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
::Someone said "The unforgetable year we'd like to forget." [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 15:44, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
:::{{re|Gråbergs Gråa Sång}} Amen! --[[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 15:49, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

==Here too==
[[File:Choosing the Red and White Roses.jpg|left|thumb|<center>Happy New Year Xover, and thanks for all your help!<br><small>—doubling up  as a [[User_talk:Serial_Number_54129#Some_partially_digested_leavings|talkback message]]</small> ~:) [[User:Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:black">'''——'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:black">''SerialNumber''</span>]][[User talk:Serial Number 54129|<span style="color:#8B0000">54129</span>]]</center>]]
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== God Jul och Gott Nytt År! ==
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== success and warning classes ==

One or more or your scripts uses the <code>warning</code> or <code>success</code> classes. Be aware that the styling for these classes may be removed in the near future. See [[WP:VPT#Tech News: 2021-18]] for a list of scripts. [[User:Izno|Izno]] ([[User talk:Izno|talk]]) 18:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

== Funny story ==

So, I was writing a new article. I got it to this [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Africa_Food_Prize&oldid=1022085159] stage, then I wondered "Who got it the "first first" time?" Huh. Well, at least I found some independent sources. Hmm, perhaps you'd  want to write a Norwegian version or two? [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 16:02, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

:{{re|Gråbergs Gråa Sång}} [[no:Africa Food Prize]]. [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 19:18, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

::Zounds, that was quick. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 21:26, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
::Any idea why no-WP doesn't show under "languages" on en-WP? [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 21:29, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
:::{{re|Gråbergs Gråa Sång}} Probably just a delay in updating cached Wikidata data. It's there now. [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 07:44, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
::::Bookmeal, check. Plenty of fiber, I'm sure. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 07:48, 9 May 2021 (UTC)


== :3 ==

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thanks for clearing up the copyright issue on my discussion page ! Not sure how to delete the file but thank you for the help/can confirm it was an error, admin pls delete :3 here's wikilove in cat form - yaq

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== Help me out? ==

About [[Christopher Marlowe]]. I quote [https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Development%20Files/Pelicans%202/Pelican-Easter-2014-FINAL-VERSION.pdf] p22:

"We do not know on which precise day he was born, but his
baptism at St George’s church, Canterbury, is recorded as 26
February 1563, which in accordance with the custom of the
timewould have beenwithin a fewdays of his birth. The Julian
calendar was then in use,so that the new year began on 25
March, for the Gregorian calendar, introduced in Catholic
countriesin 1582,was not adopted in England until 1752" 

The primary source [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081809109&view=1up&seq=32&q1=Marlowe], which is the WP-article's ref for 26 Feb 156'''4''', agrees with the above. Also, this source p32 [https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/images/Development%20Office/The%20letter/Corpus_Letter_93_2014%20-%20Copy%201.pdf] says  "Some meddling biographer emended his birth date
to 1564 without saying so, and has been copied by all other biographers, creating
false evidence."

So, should we change related WP articles to say born 1563/baptised  26 February 1563? [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 20:12, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]]: Both are correct, in that neither is sufficiently specified to create a conflict. The church registry lists the date (26 February 1563) in the calendar that was in use at the time. In England this is the [[Julian calendar]] with [[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]] year, in which the year starts on [[Lady Day]] (25 March). In the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]] with New Style year, the date for this point in time is 7 March 1564 (the difference is +10 days, but 1564 is a leap year). Both these dates are correct provided you specify which system you're using.{{pb}}But you might find a peek at [[William Shakespeare]] instructive in that regard. :) [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 12:16, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

::Ok, so "with the start of the year adjusted to 1 January" he was (most likely, unless hidden for several months, as a part of a "born within wedlock" plot, which probably doesn't make sense here) born 1564, and that is not an unreasonable way to write? It only makes a mess of things when people reason "So he was born 1564, and the [[Marlowe portrait]] is dated 1585, ''this means that...''" That article has expanded, btw. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 12:49, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]]: Just specify the calendar and Old/New Style usage, and be consistent throughout the article, and it's fine. As mentioned in the note on Will, using Julian dates with year adjusted to New Style is entirely reasonable. But every serious biographer, and most historians, will specify their treatment of dates when dealing with England between 1582 and 1752. [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 13:06, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
::::Helpful as always, thank you very much. Are you enjoying pleasant summer-weather as well? [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 13:21, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
:::::@[[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]]: Unseasonably so, for this latitude and microclimate, yes. Very pleasant, though I spend most of my time inside videoconferencing. :( [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 13:58, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, it's starting to remind me of '''[[2018 Sweden wildfires|2018]]'''... no, let's not go there. Also, we had plenty of rain in May. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 15:59, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
:::::::@[[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]]: Ugh, no, let's hope that won't happen again any time soon. I kinda feel like we're all of us due a decade or two of good years right about now… [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 18:23, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
::::::::I'll drink to that (hämtar en öl)! [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 18:47, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

Another question. It struck me recently while editing [[Shakespeare authorship question]] that I  should ''try'' to follow the established form of reference, FA-goldstar and everything. I've never bothered to try to grok this form of reference, so I asked 2 experienced editors "what's the easy way to do this" and they both answered ????, so I'm asking you now.

I managed to do it in 2 steps. '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shakespeare_authorship_question&diff=1026172818&oldid=1026149178 First]''' I edited the References section, using reftoolbar but tweaking the result, removing reftags, vertical shape etc. '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shakespeare_authorship_question&diff=next&oldid=1026172818 Then]''' I added articletext and harvnb tags, which I figured out in a monkey-see monkey-do fashion. This works, and I can probably get used to it, but is there an easier way? [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 11:57, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]]. It depends entirely on what you find "easy". The short reference style really shines when you cite each source more than once, because then you add the full reference only once down in the References section and subsequently you just throw in {{tlx|sfn|''last''|''year''}} (no ref tags needed; you only need {{tlx|harvnb}} when you need to merge multiple cites or for other reasons need to manually control the ref tags) wherever you need it. It also makes the wikitext a ''lot'' neater and easier to edit, and makes it a lot easier to maintain a consistent reference style (cf. FAC). But if you mostly cite sources just once, and you only edit using some kind of visual mode (i.e. you never see wikitext), this style is almost inevitably going to feel more tedious and with little apparent benefit. I still recommend it, because I think it has significant benefits for others even if not for yourself, but the ''cost—benefit'' is going to be subjective and I certainly couldn't claim not adopting it would be wrong in any objective sense.{{pb}}In practice, the easiest way, for me, is pretty much what you've done in your example: first edit the References section to add the full ref, then go up and edit the section you want to add the {{tlx|sfn}} or {{tlx|harvnb}}. For shorter articles I may edit the whole article instead of a section so I can do both in one operation, but the principle is the same.{{pb}}One possibility, which I haven't tried because I use the old wikitext editor in mainspace (for performance, mainly), is to use the Visual Editor to add the full reference ''as a template'' instead of as a ref (refToolbar and friends always wrap the result in ref tags I think). That may possibly make it sufficiently less tedious, even if you lose the auto-fill/lookup features the real ref tools give you. I also have a browser-side favlet to extract a pre-filled citation template from an article's page on JSTOR, which I tend to cite a lot, but I think it broke in their last redesign (let me know if you want it and I'll try to fix it up).{{pb}}If you need to convert a whole article to this style (''cave'' [[WP:CITEVAR]]) I can often be persuaded to do the job if the topic is at least tangentially connected to Shakespeare. Some of my TWL accesses have probably expired by now, but if the extant bibliographic data is half way decent i should be able to muddle through anyway. [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 12:31, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

::Thanks again. Like you say, there is a subjective element involved. I find that reftoolbar can deal with repetetive refs well if you name them and use "Named references" (rarely perfect because editors will often go by the "good idea at the time" naming method), and think that in-text page-number templates is preferable to having "Shapiro, 2010" being 62/276 citations at [[Shakespeare_authorship_question#Citations|SAQ]]. This is very subjective, I know there are editors who consider in-text pagenumbers ugly, and I think I've seen GA and FA people asking for them to be removed. I noted though that citenames like "Shapiro, 2010" and "Polo 2020" seems to add an aspect of, I don't know, equality (you have to check the SAQ article to understand my meaning, Polo 2020 is a perfectly fine ref ''in context'')?

::I now feel capable of dealing with these refs when necessary. And the important message of [[WP:CITEVAR]] is obviously{{cn}} ''"If '''I''' create the article, '''I''' get to pick, bitches."'' Pinging {{u|Jenhawk777}} because you will find this discussion fascinating. Possibly. Maybe. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 15:44, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

:::[[User:Xover|Xover]] and [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] I am sure this is a wonderfully clear explanation, but I remain as clueless as ever. Why are the citation templates different if this is the best approach?  WP annoys me with this!!  I am frowning now!  :-( [[User:Jenhawk777|Jenhawk777]] ([[User talk:Jenhawk777|talk]]) 16:12, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
::::My understanding is that like with [[WP:ENGVAR]], WP says that there is more than one way to skin a cat, and while one way is not necessarily better than the other, articles should pick a way and stick with it. If you want to do it like [[Shakespeare authorship question]] or [[Marlowe portrait]] either is fine, and editors should adapt to the established form. I think the SAQ way may generally be more pleasing to academics, the which I am not, I just plunder their works for my own purposes. I also think that way may be generally more difficult for new editors and not very new editors. That said, the alphabetical [[Shakespeare_authorship_question#References|References section at SAQ]] looks very nice, the one at Marlowe portrait is more jumbled (not necessarily a problem). [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 16:23, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

== The horror ==

[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florian_theory_of_Shakespeare_authorship&diff=1029571962&oldid=1029571020 Bet you didn't realize that about me.] [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 21:05, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]]: Oh, I've always had my suspicions! :) [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 05:32, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

::There’s no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 07:25, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]]: Why, thou whoreson, impudent, embossed rascal! If there were anything in thy pocket but tavern reckonings, memorandums of bawdy houses, and one poor pennyworth of sugar candy to make thee long-winded… If thy pocket were enriched with any other injuries but these, I am a villain! There’s no room for faith, truth, nor honesty in this bosom of thine. It is all filled up with guts and midriff. Art thou not ashamed? [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 10:54, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
::::Villain, I have... no, let's not go there. You are the victor of this round of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuIY1GN6PsU Shakespeare insults.] [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 11:02, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
::::...is it Marlowe he's talking about? [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 11:07, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
:::::@[[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]]: No, that's in AYL 3.5: {{tqi|Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might: / ‘Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?’|q)y}} (the Dead Shepherd is Marlowe, and the quoted bit is from ''[[Hero and Leander (poem)|Hero and Leander]]''). [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 12:23, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
::::::Got it, it was the "tavern reckonings" that made me wonder. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 12:25, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

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==Hamlet Reverts==

Hi Xover. Regarding your reversions in the Hamlet page. Terri Bourus' analysis is regarded as robust even by those who does not agree with all her conclusions. Please I have seen respecful references in: 

* Taylor, Gary, and Rory Loughnane. “The Canon and Chronology of Shakespeare’s Works.” In The New Oxford Shakespeare: Authorship Companion, edited by Gary Taylor and Gabriel Egan, 415–602, 2017.

* Jackson, MacDonald P. “Vocabulary, Chronology, and the First Quarto (1603) of Hamlet.” Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England 31 (2018): 17–42. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26800525.

* Dutton, Richard. Shakespeare, Court Dramatist. Kindle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.

The views your reverting to is no longer current. If revert because you agree with the old dating, you should read up on the subject, as a lot has happened the last 15 or so years.


Edit: Did not notice I was not logged in.

[[User:Wrimle|Wrimle]] ([[User talk:Wrimle|talk]]) 10:20, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

== [https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/resource/document/john-shakespeares-draft-exemplification-arms impaling Arden on Shakespeare] ==

Shakespearean humor on purpose or just my filthy mind? Who can say. Anyway, [[Shakespeare coat of arms]] is in mainspace. And thanks for mentioning Schoenaum, that helped. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 20:48, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]]: Bleh. Apologies for being so lame about responding. I did skim it when you posted (over three weeks ago?!? Jeeze!) and it looked awesome, but I've been meaning to look at it properly and real life has just not been cooperative lately. I'm hoping I'll have some time around Christmas for wiki stuff, but no promises. [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 10:04, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
::Take care! A scholar named Duncan-Jones had a couple of interesting interpretations of "shake [one's] spear", but they didn't quite fit the article. Also started [[Shakespeare's signet ring]]. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 12:49, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

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== Shakespeare Image ==

So I tried to ping you & others, but I'm not totally sure I did it properly. Anyway, this is in reference to changing the Shakespeare article image to Droeshout. I replied to various comments explaining why I think people are wrong to prefer Chandos, and it seems like nobody cares to defend their position. If so, fair enough, the rule is we go by consensus. But I just wanted to check whether you were ignoring the issue intentionally (maybe you have more important things to worry about), or accidentally (maybe I didn't ping you correctly).

To re-summarize: The primary objection to Droeshout seems to be based on the effect other editors seem to think it will have on (modern) readers in terms of making them more likely to read the article. I don't know what evidence the other editors have for this claim, if any. I'm inclined to say that even if there were evidence to support this claim, that wouldn't necessarily be dispositive (we might get very good VTR if we replaced Chandos with pornography, but that doesn't mean we should). But if there was actual evidence for it, I'd feel better about the whole thing. [[User:Dingsuntil|Dingsuntil]] ([[User talk:Dingsuntil|talk]]) 00:38, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

== Just want you to know ==

Shakespeare is alive and well in outer space:[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shakespeare_and_Star_Trek&diff=prev&oldid=1163943995][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Quality_of_Mercy&diff=prev&oldid=1162584962] [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 07:49, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

:I preferred [[The Quality of Mercy (Babylon 5)|jms' take]]. :) (Well, actually not, because that particular episode was crap, but the series as a whole: when it was good it was ''gooood''!) [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 07:59, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
::That's the one where Londo use one of his penises to cheat in (alien?) poker, right? I didn't even know there was a new Star Trek out there, but it's heartwarming that [https://screenrant.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-tomorrow-shakespeare-macbeth/] goes into such detail. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 08:05, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

== In case you happen to know someone who took a picture ==

[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PaykanArtCar&diff=1168579997&oldid=1125195332] The article could use one. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 17:34, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]]: No, but if I'd known in advance I could have probably arranged it (Oslo isn't that far out of my way on semi-regular travels; in fact, I attended a conference in late March that was held in [[w:no:Vika kino]] whose entrance is from the same little town square as the [[Oslo Concert Hall]]). Your best bet now is probably to ask at [[w:no:WP:TO]]. [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 08:53, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
::Thanks, I may try that. I also have the username of a COI editor since I started the article, it's not impossible they're still watching. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 09:02, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
::Asked in both places. We'll see what happens. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 09:24, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
::FOP on steroids: [[Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2023_January_24#File:Independence_Monument_(27506800337),_cropped,_Ärtogrul.jpg]]. And speaking of steroids, I made this article recently: [[Enhanced Games]]. [[User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|Gråbergs Gråa Sång]] ([[User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång|talk]]) 09:44, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

== Palmerin of England ==

Your draft article in your sandbox looks like a very good basis for an article. I suggest you publish it so others can work to expand it. [[User:Goustien|Goustien]] ([[User talk:Goustien|talk]]) 21:36, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

:@[[User:Goustien|Goustien]]: Thanks, but it's unlikely I'll bother until I get over my acquired antipathy for the project, and most especially for the new page patrollers. Do you have an interest in ''Palmerin of England'' or was it just a passing fancy? [[User:Xover|Xover]] ([[User talk:Xover#top|talk]]) 08:14, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
::I've been reading ''[[Amadis of Gaul]]'', and I see ''Palmerin'' was one of the other romances (along with ''[[Tirant lo Blanch]])'' spared in the burning of Don Quixote's library. [[User:Goustien|Goustien]] ([[User talk:Goustien|talk]]) 03:19, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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== Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 23 ==

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New year, new scripts. Welcome to the 23rd issue of the Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Scripts++|Scripts++ Newsletter]], covering around 39% of our favorite new and updated user scripts since {{#formatdate:2021-12-24|dmy}}.  That’s right, we haven’t published in two years! Can you believe it? Did you miss us?

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=== [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|20px|alt=Featured script|This month's featured script]] Featured script ===
: '''''[[User:Nardog/RefRenamer|RefRenamer]]''''' by '''[[User:Nardog|Nardog]]''' is this issue's featured script. For whatever reason, [[m:Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Status report 1#Named References in VE|the foundation will only give us better reference names]] in [[WP:VE|VisualEditor]] if we [[Wish (film)|wish]] for it in [[m:Community Wishlist Survey 2024|the next survey]]. Nardog to the rescue! This script has a ton of options to satisfy almost anyone who wishes to use better refnames than [[WP:VECRUFT|":0" and ":418"]].

===[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=Updated scripts|Updated]] Updated scripts===
* [[User:Nardog|Nardog]]: [[User:Nardog/MoveHistory|MoveHistory]] can now look up the move history of any page from anywhere on the site.
* [[User:Enterprisey/diff-permalink]] now has a version that copies the Special:Diff link with square brackets.
* [[User:GhostInTheMachine/WatchlistTidy]] now moves the Active Filters panel to the right so that the Show/Hide button doesn't constantly jump.
* [[User:Alexander Davronov/HistoryHelper]] has now become stable with some bugfixes and features such as automatically highlighting potentially uncivil edit summaries and automatically pinging all the users selected.
* [[Wikipedia:AutoEd/unicodehex.js]] will no longer replace [[mw:Manual:$wgFragmentMode#Details|legacy MediaWiki dot-entities]] (dot followed by two uppercase alphanumeric characters) in article links, which caused several links to become broken.

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===[[File:Ambox important.svg|20px]] Improve a script===
* Many of our favorite scripts such as [[User:Fred Gandt/userResourceManager]], [[User:Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts]] and [[User:Bradv/Scripts/Superlinks]] haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
* [[User:Elominius/gadget/media timer]] works, but its UI looks alien. Someone could improve it...
* To a lesser extent, the same goes for [[User:PrimeHunter/Search sort.js]]. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
* We want...
:* ...a mark-as-read button for [[User:Aaron Liu/Watchlyst Greybar Unsin|Watchlyst Greybar Unsin]]
:* ...a tool to automatically fix [[CAT:BROKENREF]]s, preferably a fork/addition to [[User:TheJJJunk/ARA]]
:* ...a fix/fork of [[User:DannyS712/SectionRemover.js]] to make it work

===[[File:1009Clock.jpg|20px|alt=Pending requests]] Requested scripts===
* A [[WP:3O]] requesting and responding tool, similar to [[WP:ERT|Terasil's classic edit request tool]]
* A "bytes removed"/"added" filter on the user contribs page
* A review tool for [[WP:proposed deletion]]s
* Mass patrol new pages by a user for use in [[WP:RFP/A]]
* ...and many more, all available at [[Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests]]

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===[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=New scripts|New]] New scripts===
* [[User:Aaron Liu|Aaron Liu]]: [[User:Aaron Liu/Watchlyst Greybar Unsin|Watchlyst Greybar Unsin]] is a rewrite of Ais's Watchlist Notifier with modern APIs and several new features such as not displaying watchlist items marked as seen (hence the name), not bolding diffs of unseen watchlist elements  which doesn’t work properly anyways, displaying the rendered edit summary, proper display of log and creation actions and more links.
* [[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]]: [[User:Alexis Jazz/Factotum|Factotum]] is a spiritual successor to reply-link with a host of extra features like section adding, link rewriting, regular expressions and more.
* [[User:Aveaoz/AutoMobileRedirect]]: This script will automatically redirect MobileFrontend (en.m.wikipedia) to normal Wikipedia. Unlike existing scripts, this one will actually check if your browser is mobile or not through its secret agent string, so you can stay logged in on mobile! Hooray screen estate!
* [[User:Chlod|Chlod]]:
** [[User:Chlod/Scripts/Deputy|Deputy]] is a first-of-its-kind copyright cleanup toolkit. It overrides the interface for [[Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations]] for easy case processing. It also includes the functionality of the following (also new) scripts:
*** [[User:Chlod/Scripts/Deputy/AttributionNoticeTemplateEditor|Attribution Notice Template Editor]] (ANTE) graphically modifies content attribution notices. It is the successor to [[User:Chlod/Scripts/CopiedTemplateEditor]] and supports more templates than {{T|copied}} ones.
*** [[User:Chlod/Scripts/Deputy/InfringementAssistant|Infringement Assistant]] allows a user to hide sections of a page for suspected copyright violations and report the page to the appropriate [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems]] noticeboard.
* [[User:Elominius/gadget/diff arrow keys]] allows navigation between diffs with the arrow keys. It also has a version that requires holding {{key press|Ctrl}} with the arrow key.
* [[User:Enterprisey|Enterprisey]]
** [[User:Enterprisey/diff-permalink-2.js|diff-permalink-2]] allows quickly copying wikilinks to diff and permalink pages from those pages, a variation of existing script [[User:Enterprisey/diff-permalink]]
** [[User:Enterprisey/archiver|archiver]] is a fork of Σ's Archiver with several bugfixes.
** [[User:Enterprisey/parent-cats|/parent-cats]] highlights categories that are a subcategory of a category already included in a page's categories. 
* [[User:Guarapiranga/accessKeysCheatSheet]] adds an [[WP:access key|access key]] shortcut to display all shortcuts based on code provided by [[User:Nardog|Nardog]] and [[User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh|NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh]].
* [[User:HungKhanh0106/ProperDisplay]] loads a bunch of fonts to add correct [[Help:Multilingual support#Scripts|rendering support]]s for "esoteric" languages.
* [[User:Jeeputer/highlightPiped]] will make piped links [[Cerise (color)#Irresistible|irresistible]] (or [[Lists of colors|else]]).
* [[User:Jerome Frank Disciple/curlyfixer.js]] adds an [[WP:AutoEd]] function that straightens curly quotes per MOS. That's right! Such a module was only made in the 14th year of AutoEd's existence! [[WP:AutoEd/Customization|Configure]] away!
* Frequently link to Wikipedia on your websites yet find generating CC-BY credits to be such a hassle? Say no more! [[User:Luke10.27/attribute]] will automatically do it for ya and copy the credit to yer clipboard.
* [[User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft]], a spiritual successor (i.e. fork) to [[User:Evad37|Evad37's]] script, with a few bugs solved, and a host of extra features like check-boxes for choosing draftification reasons, multi-contributor notification, and appropriate warnings based on last edit time.
* [[User:Nardog|Nardog]]
** [[User:Nardog/CopyCodeBlock|/CopyCodeBlock]]: one of the most important operations for any scripter and script-user is to copy and paste. This script adds a copy button in the top right of every code block (not to be confused with <nowiki><code></nowiki>) that will, well, copy it to your clipboard!
** [[User:Nardog/RCMuter|/RCMuter]]: Hide specific users, perhaps [[User:MediaWiki message delivery]], from the Watchlist and Recent Changes.
** [[User:Nardog/VitalTopicon.js|/VitalTopicon]] makes you see the vital article topicon on [[WP:vital articles]].
* [[m:User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AceForLuaDebugConsole.js]] adds the [[Ace (editor)|Ace]] editor (a.k.a. the editor you see when editing JS, CSS and Lua on Wikimedia wikis) to the Lua debug console. "In my opinion, whoever designed it to be a plain <textarea> needs to seriously reconsider their decision."
* [[User:Novem Linguae|Novem Linguae]]
** [[User:Novem Linguae/Scripts/DraftCleaner.js|DraftCleaner]] fixes formatting of new articles.
** [[User:Novem Linguae/Scripts/GANReviewTool|GANReviewTool]] quickly and easily closes good article nominations.
** [[User:Novem Linguae/Scripts/ReviewStatus|ReviewStatus]] displays whether or not a mainspace page is marked as reviewed.
** [[User:Novem Linguae/Scripts/SpeciesHelper|SpeciesHelper]] tries to add the correct speciesbox, category, taxonbar, and stub template to species articles.
* [[User:Opencooper/svgReplace]] and [[:m:User:Tol/RealSVG.js|Tol's fork]] replaces all rasterized SVGs with their original SVG codes for your loading pleasures. Tell us which one is better!
* [[User:Phlsph7/HighlightUnreferencedPassages]] adds a button to highlight all unreferenced paragraphs in reds, and can even do it automatically. 
* Still hate [[WP:Vector 2022|Vector 2022]]'s floating TOC? [[User:Phlsph7/UnfoldedNumberedTOC(Vector2022)]] might make you give it a try.
* Quite a bit of pages at [[Special:WantedCategories]] either exist now or got removed. [[User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/hideUnwantedCategories]] automatically hides those.
* [[User:SuperHamster]]'s [[Wikipedia:Tools/View it!]] generates a gallery of images for a given subject on any Wikimedia project utilizing [[Structured Data on Commons]]. Images can then be added as needed.
* [[User:Terasail|Terasail]]
** [[User:Terasail/ArticleInfo|ArticleInfo]] displays page information at the top of the page, directly below the title.
** [[User:Terasail/HeaderIcons|/HeaderIcons]] takes away the Vector 2022 user dropdown and replaces it with all of the icons within, top level, right next to the Watchlist. One less click away! There's also an [[User:Terasail/HeaderTextLinks|alternate version]] that uses text links instead of icons.
* ...and any more, all available at [[WP:US/L]].

Due to budget and procrastination limitations, we've only had time to review the first ~39% of the [[Special:Diff/1061928044/1189431990|scripts since last issue]]. [[Wikipedia:Scripts++/Next|Help us out here!]] [[:User:Aaron Liu|<span style="color: rgb(6,69,173); text-decoration: inherit;">Aaron Liu</span>]] ([[User talk:Aaron Liu#top|talk]]) 13:24, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
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== Books & Bytes – Issue 60 ==

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Issue 60, November – December 2023
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* Three new partners
* Google Scholar integration
* How to track partner suggestions

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== Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 24 ==

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the 24th issue of the Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Scripts++|Scripts++ Newsletter]], covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since {{#formatdate:2021-12-24|dmy}}. Uh-huh, we're finally covering the good ones among the rest! Aren't you excited? Remember to include a link in double brackets to the script's .js page when you install the script, so that we can see who uses the script in WhatLinksHere! The ScriptInstaller gadget automatically does this. [[User:Aaron Liu|<span style="color:#0645ad">Aaron Liu</span>]] ([[User talk:Aaron Liu#top|talk]]) 01:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

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===[[File:Cscr-featured.svg|20px]] Featured script===
: '''[[User:SD0001/Making user scripts load faster|Making user scripts load faster]]''' by '''[[User:SD0001|SD0001]]''' is this month's featured script, which caches userscripts every day to eliminate the overhead caused by force-downloading the newest version of scripts every time you open a Wikipedia page. Despite being released in April 2021, our best script scouters have failed to locate it due to its omission from [[WP:US/L|the US of L]]. For security reasons, the script only supports loading JavaScript pages.

===[[File:Farm-Fresh error go.png|20px]] Newly maintained scripts===
After earthly attempts at improving the original have failed...
* [[User:Aaron Liu|Aaron Liu]] has created [[m:User:Aaron Liu/What redirects here.js|What redirects here]] from [[User:Guarapiranga/WhatRedirectsHere.js|Guarapiranga/WhatRedirectsHere]]; {{their|Aaron Liu}} fork includes support for every MediaWiki wiki, corrected link positions, an access key, and some rudimentary translation.
* [[User:Ahecht|Ahecht]] has created [[User:Ahecht/Scripts/TemplateSearch|a fork]] of [[User:SiBr4/TemplateSearch.js|SiBr4/TemplateSearch]], which adds the "TP:" shortcut for "Template:" in the search box, and updated it to be compatible with Vector 2022.
* [[User:AquilaFasciata/goToTopFast.js|AquilaFasciata/goToTopFast]] is a much faster fork of the classic goToTop script that also adds compatibility for Minerva and Vector 2022.
* [[User:Mesidast/Tidy citations|Mesidast/Tidy citations]] is a fork of [[User:Meteor sandwich yum/Tidy citations|Meteor sandwich yum/Tidy citations]] is a fork of [[User:Waldyrious/formatcitations|Waldyrious/formatcitations]]. It configurably harmonizes whitespace and cleans up parameters in citation templates, descriptive edit summary included.
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===[[File:Ambox important.svg|20px]] Improve a script===
Unfortunately, this section has remained nearly identical. Help us out here!
* Many of our favorite scripts such as [[User:Fred Gandt/userResourceManager|Fred Gandt/userResourceManager]], [[User:Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts|Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts]] and [[User:Bradv/Scripts/Superlinks|Bradv/Superlinks]] haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
* [[User:Elominius/gadget/media timer|Elominius/media timer]] works, but its UI looks alien. Someone could improve it...
* To a lesser extent, the same goes for [[User:PrimeHunter/Search sort.js|PrimeHunter/Search sort]]. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
* We want...
:* ...a mark-as-read button and watchlist notices support for [[User:Aaron Liu/Watchlyst Greybar Unsin|Aaron Liu/Watchlyst Greybar Unsin]]
:* ...a tool to automatically fix [[CAT:BROKENREF]]s, preferably a fork/addition to [[User:TheJJJunk/ARA|TheJJJunk/ARA]]
:* ...a fix/fork of [[User:DannyS712/SectionRemover.js|DannyS712/SectionRemover]] to make it work

===[[File:Ambox clock yellow.svg|20px]] Requested scripts===
* A simple script to second or archive [[WP:proposed deletion|proposed deletion]]s
* A script to auto-expand V22 ToC sections like [[:File:Automatically expanding sections in the TOC (Vector 2022).webm|this demo]]
* A [[WP:3O]] response tool that can automatically remove the relevant request from the 3O dashboard
* A byte filter to be split from [[:pl:User:Nux/LongTableFilters.js|Nux/LongTableFilters]]
* ...and many more, all available at [[Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests]]

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*[[User:DannyS712/AbuseFilterMessageLinks.js|DannyS712/AbuseFilterMessageLinks]] add links to the "warn" and "disallow" messages in [[wp:edit filter|edit filter]]s.
*[[User:Diegodlh/Web2Cit/script|Diegodlh/Web2Cit/script]] adds an option to use [[m:Web2Cit]] (which [[WP:ProveIt]] also uses) instead of [[mw:Citoid]] to generate citations in the Visual Editor.
*[[meta:User:Dragoniez/SuppressEnterInForm|Dragoniez/SuppressEnterInForm]] stops you from accidentally submitting anything due to pressing enter while in the smaller box, and works on almost anything... except the InputBox element itself, used in subscription lists and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-12-24/Crossword|the Signpost Crossword]]! Oh, the humanity!
*[[File:CopyVio detector, Adiutor.png|frameless|right]][[User:Doǵu/Adiutor|Doǵu/Adiutor]] ''(pictured)'' provides a nice, integrated interface to do some twinkley tasks such as copyvio detection, CSD tagging, and viewing the most recent diff.
*[[File:Eejit43's redirect-helper script demo.png|right|frameless]][[User:Eejit43|Eejit43]] has quite the aesthetically pleasing scripts, all made in [[TypeScript]].
**[[User:Eejit43/scripts/afcrc-helper|/afcrc-helper]] is a replacement for the unmaintained [[User:Enterprisey/AFCRHS|Enterprisey/AFCRHS]] and processes Redirects for Creation and Categories for Creation requests.
**[[User:Eejit43/scripts/ajax-undo|/ajax-undo]] stops the "undo" button from taking you to another page while providing a text box to provide a reason for the revert.
**[[User:Eejit43/scripts/redirect-helper|/redirect-helper]] ''(pictured)'' adds a much better interface for editing and redirects, including categorization, for which valid categories are dictated by [[User:Eejit43/scripts/redirect-helper.json|/redirect-helper.json]].
**[[User:Eejit43/scripts/rmtr-helper|/rmtr-helper]] helps process technical requested moves without being able to actually move them.
*[[File:User Info Popup screenshot 1.jpg|right|frameless]][[User:Guycn2/UserInfoPopup|Guycn2/UserInfoPopup]] ''(pictured)'' adds a flyout after the watchlist star on userspace pages that displays the common information you might use about a user.
*[[User:Jeeputer/editCounter|Jeeputer/editCounter]], under userspace, adds a portlet link to count your edits by namespace, put them in a table, and put that table in a hardcoded subpage, all in the background.
*[[User:Hilst/Scripts/sectionLinks|Hilst/Scripts/sectionLinks]] converts all section links to use the § sign, which are known to be preferred over the ugly # by 99% of the devils I've met.
*[[User:Moonythedwarf/extra-unreliable|Moonythedwarf/extra-unreliable]] highlights phrases commonly used in spammed and POV'd paragraphs.
*[[File:FormattedEditRequest-in-work.png|frameless|right]][[User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/FormattedEditRequest|NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/FormattedEditRequest]] ''(pictured)'' generates a wikitext-formatted diff view of any changes you've made that you can copy and paste anywhere.
*[[User:PrimeHunter/Category source.js|PrimeHunter/Category source.js]] adds portlet links to tell you where a category for an article comes from and supports those from template transclusions.
*[[User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massCFD|Qwerfjkl/massCFD]] creates mass [[WP:CfD]] nominations.
*[[User:Rublov/refspace|Rublov/refspace]] highlights footnote spacing errors in red.
*[[User:Sophivorus|Sophivorus]]'s [[mw:MiniEdit|MiniEdit]] adds some nice, li'l buttons next to paragraphs to edit their wikitext with a minimal interface.

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*[[meta:User:Dragoniez/ToollinkTweaks|Dragoniez/ToollinkTweaks]] adds more and customizable links next to users in page history, logs, watchlist, recent changes, etc.
*[[User:Firefly/more-block-info|Firefly/more-block-info]] optimizes the display of rangeblocks in contribution pages. Doesn't work outside the English locale of any wiki, unfortunately.
*[[User:Ingenuity/AbuseFilterContribs|Ingenuity/AbuseFilterContribs]] adds the edit filters that an edit tripped (if any) to a user's contributions page.
**[[User:Nardog/ExamineMore.js|Nardog/ExamineMore]] makes it so the paging at [[Special:AbuseFilter/examine]] actually works, pending a fix to {{Phab|T292764}}.
*[[User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AjaxLoader.js|NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AjaxLoader]] makes paging links (e.g. older 50, 500, newest) load without refreshing and makes you realize how slow your internet actually is.

====Appearance-ricing====
*[[User:Ahecht|Ahecht/RedirectID]] adds the redirect target to all redirects. For all the [[WP:NAVPOPS]] haters. (Do these exist?)
*[[meta:User:Dragoniez/MarkBLockedGlobal|Dragoniez/MarkBLockedGlobal]]: Remember the "strike blocked usernames" gadget? Now you can use a red, dotted line to highlight rangeblocks and global locks!
*[[User:GhostInTheMachine/GraphicReplyLink|GhostInTheMachine/GraphicReplyLink]] replaces the [ {{preload|Template talk:Signpost/Crossword cell|reply|User:Aaron Liu/insomnium}} ] link with 💬, which is some sort of rainy cloud I guess?{{jokes}}
*[[File:En.WP VPP Screen Shot 2024-01-13 with custom CSS.png|frameless|right]][[User:Jonesey95/common.css|Jonesey/common]] ''(pictured)'' has some styles to overhaul your Vector 2022 experience. It reduces padding everywhere, and makes the top bar animation faster.
**[[m:User:Aaron Liu/v22.css|Aaron Liu/V22]] is a fork that narrows the sidebars instead of upheaving them, reverts the January 2024 dropdown changes, and restores the old page-link color for links that don't go outside the current wiki.
*[[User:Nardog/SmartDiff|Nardog: SmartDiff]] is a spiritual successor to [[User:Enterprisey/fancy-diffs|Enterprisey/fancy-diffs]]. It makes the page title part of links in diffs clickable, along with template and parser function calls. Unnamed parameters can be configured per template to also be linked. All links are styled based on the normal CSS classes of rendered links.
*[[User:Phlsph7/ClassicalTOC(Vector2022)|Phlsph7/ClassicalTOC (Vector 2022)]] reinserts the inline table of contents to pages under Vector 2022.
*For the paranoid: [[User:Rublov/anonymize|Rublov/anonymize]] replaces your username at the top of the screen with the generic "User page" text. Remember, it is your duty to persuade everyone that [[WP:HOLIC|editing is an honor]].
*[[User:Sideswipe9th/V22FloatingToolsMenu|Sideswipe9th/Vector 2022 Floating Tools Menu]] moves the Page Tools menu to the left and makes it float along with the table of contents.
*[[User:Sm8ps/SectionEditing|Sm8ps/SectionEditing]] makes pressing {{key press|Tab}} toggle the visibility of the tiny [ {{preload|Template talk:Signpost/Crossword cell|edit|User:Aaron Liu/insomnium}} ] links next to section headings.. Not a great name, eh?
*[[User:The wub/tocExpandAll.js|The wub/tocExpandAll]] adds a button on top of the floating ToC to expand or collapse subheadings.

====Permissions required!====
*[[User:Ahecht/Scripts/potd-helper|Ahecht/potd-helper]]: A script to <em>post</em> the picture of the day. A powerful upgrade for your mop.
*[[File:Selective Rollback dialog.png|right|frameless]][[meta:User:Dragoniez|Dragoniez]]
**[[meta:User:Dragoniez/AjaxBlock|/AjaxBlock]] provides a dialog box for easy input of reasons while blocking users.
**[[meta:User:Dragoniez/Selective Rollback|/Selective Rollback]] ''(pictured)'' provides a dialog box to customize [[wp:rollback|rollback]] edit summaries and does them without reloading the page. Seriously, why doesn't MediaWiki already do this?
*[[User:Theleekycauldron/DYK promoter|Theleekycauldron/DYK promoter]] automates (nearly) all the work needed to post a DYK hook.

====QOL shortcuts====

*[[User:BrandonXLF/SVGEditor|BrandonXLF/SVGEditor]] lets you edit any file that is an SVG, straight from the file page.
*[[User:DanCherek/UAABotRemover|DanCherek/UAABotRemover]] adds a portlet link to enable a removal shortcut of faulty reports from [[Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention]].
*[[User:DreamRimmer/BlankUserPage|DreamRimmer/BlankUserPage]] helps you destroy webhost-ers' hopes and dreams with a user-friendly dialog box.
*[[meta:User:ESanders (WMF)/commentlinks.js|ESanders (WMF)/commentlinks.js]] adds a "link" button right after the "reply" button while the WMF struggles to reach feature parity with [[commons:Special:MyLanguage/User:Jack who built the house/Convenient Discussions|Convenient Discussions]].
*[[User:Isaacl/script/copy-comment-link-to-clipboard|Isaacl/copy-comment-link-to-clipboard]] does exactly what you'd think it does, but in Wikitext.
* [[User:FenrisAureus/SimpleStatus|FenrisAureus/SimpleStatus]] adds a shortcut at the top to edit your /Status subpage while providing a pre-made template.
*[[User:Fred Gandt/addCloneClearButtonAboveScributoConsole.js|Fred Gandt/addCloneClearButtonAboveScributoConsole]]: What a mouthful! Yet all it does (no offense) is add another {{Button|Clear}} button on top of the Lua module debug console.
* [[User:Guarapiranga/GlobalWatchlistLink|Guarapiranga/GlobalWatchlistLink]] adds a link to [[metawiki:Special:GlobalWatchlist]] next to the normal watchlist.
*[[User:Nardog|Nardog]]
**[[User:Nardog/PasteToCommons|PasteToCommons]] adds a paste handler to upload the pasted image to Wikimedia Commons.
**[[User:Nardog/Unpipe.js|Unpipe]] tries to detect violations of [[WP:NOPIPE]] and fix them as much as possible.
*[[User:Ohconfucius/script/tometricunits|Ohconfucius/tometricunits]] automatically adds unit conversions of [[United States customary units|imperial units]] in brackets after their uses per [[MOS:UNITS]].
* [[User:Suntooooth|Suntooooth]]
** [[User:Suntooooth/flickrsearch.js|/flickrsearch]] adds a portlet link to search for uploadable flickr images about the subject.
** [[User:Suntooooth/randomincategory.js|/randomincategory]] adds a portlet link when on Category pages to go to a random page in the current category. 
* [[User:Vghfr/EasyTemplates/Easytemplates|Vghfr/EasyTemplates]] adds a portlet link to automatically insert some of the most common inline {{tl|fix}} templates.

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