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Archives

Predecessor: Archive 1
Current: Archive 2

Repeatedly incrementing archive page

When I manually archived a few threads on Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Biography without timestamps, it created a new archive page for each of them. Any reason why this happened? power~enwiki (π, ν) 16:15, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Errors

When I recently tried using OCA, it created a few different errors that I had to fix manually [1][2]. Since the operator seems to be blocked, I don't have much hope these will be fixed, and will probably try to find a different script to use. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:13, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, nevermind, I realized I was actually using a different script. Moving there... {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:25, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Wikipedia:OneClickArchiver" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Wikipedia:OneClickArchiver. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 28#Wikipedia:OneClickArchiver until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 14:44, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Question

I have noticed that when I use this tool on my talk page it sends all of the discussions to archive 1. How do I send them to archive 2? Scorpions13256 (talk) 01:12, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Scorpions13256: I believe you'll need to add Template:Archive basics to set the page to archive to. --Funandtrvl (talk) 19:47, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Already taken care of. Thanks. Scorpions13256 (talk) 19:48, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not working

On my .js page, I installed importScript('User:Technical 13/Scripts/OneClickArchiver.js'); // Backlink: User:Technical 13/Scripts/OneClickArchiver.js, cleared cache, then went to a talk page, chose a topic to archive, pressed 'edit', highlighted the section, and expected to see a tool appear in the left margin where I have other tools. Nothing new was there, and no archiving functions appeared available. Repair thoughts? Thanks. Zefr (talk) 01:11, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This script has a fork that is more up-to-date and less buggy. Try User:Evad37/OneClickArchiver.js –Novem Linguae (talk) 01:35, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Uninstalled the Tech13 archiver and installed Evad37, cleared cache, and tried to archive a talk page topic. Still no new archive tool showing. I'm using Chrome OS 103.0.5060.132 (Official Build) (64-bit). Perhaps that's the issue? Zefr (talk) 02:10, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I went to a newer PC with Chrome OS Version 114.0.5735.239. No new archive tool showing. Zefr (talk) 02:17, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think I found the problem by copy pasting your common.js into mine and looking at the WP:CONSOLEERRORs. Try changing importscript('form[action*="action=purge"]').submit(); to importScript('form[action*="action=purge"]').submit();. Note that the "s" in importScript needs to be capitalized. Hope this helps. –Novem Linguae (talk) 02:48, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again. All procedures followed and cache cleared, but still no archive tool. Appreciate your assistance, but I'll let this rest for now. Zefr (talk) 04:25, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the fix I mentioned above in the diff history of your common.js file. I'm like 99% sure that's the fix. Want me to just make the change for ya? –Novem Linguae (talk) 04:51, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In my .js list, I have importScript('User:Evad37/OneClickArchiver.js'); // Backlink: User:Evad37/OneClickArchiver.js which is directly from the install and is the same format as others in use. If you see an error, please fix it. Thanks again. Zefr (talk) 13:56, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This diff is the fix I thought would fix things. Turns out that particular line was still buggy. I went ahead and commented out the line. Try it now :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 18:31, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The archiving function is visible and working, as are a couple of other scripts I had requested. Thanks, Novem Linguae! I had installed the purge script and don't know why that one affected the others. Is there a short answer? Zefr (talk) 18:56, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It affected the others because it had a syntax error. A syntax error in the common.js file will break the entire common.js file. The syntax for the purge script doesn't make sense. importScript() will only accept a wikipage title, not JQuery/CSS. Where'd you get the code from? Perhaps it was copied incorrectly? –Novem Linguae (talk) 19:01, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Easy to understand once simply explained ;>) I believe the script came as a suggestion from the Village Pump when I asked why my history counter had stopped working, [User Wikipedian For|year=2005|month=04|day=17], possibly needing an auto-purge to refresh each day as it had done reliably for years. Is there a way a syntax error in a .js file affects a user page command? Zefr (talk) 19:09, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion? Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 205#Auto-updating activity counter. I agree with the editor that responded in that discussion that your page was probably never auto purging. An edit to a page may trigger a purge though. If you were editing the page a lot perhaps that was purging it in the background. WP:PURGE probably has the purge logic/algorithm in there somewhere if you want to research it more. –Novem Linguae (talk) 23:45, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The script you inactivated is on the WP.PURGE page, and reminds me that I took it from there, and installed it with no error showing on my .js page.

Having a daily-updated history was never an important problem to solve, but rather one I felt I should try to understand out of coding interest. I have not edited my user page very often, but am confident in saying that the history calendar on my page and others I had seen over the years was updating regularly, if not daily (was correct each time I checked, sometimes daily out of curiosity).

Why/how could it not update daily? What is its timer or trigger to activate if the page isn't edited?

After I edited my page in April this year, the calendar became stuck and did not do daily updates again even over many days. Manual purging or a null edit is successful.

It leaves me wondering if a change in layout on my user page had introduced a bug and interrupted what had been a long-term accurate function, which is why I asked at the Pump.

Again, this is more a matter of curiosity than importance, but I do appreciate your patience and insight. Zefr (talk) 00:57, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is the diff where you first added the script. It has two syntax errors (the lowercase s, and the fact that it's trying to import JQuery/CSS syntax rather than a wikipage). I think it likely this script never worked, and it probably broke at a minimum everything in the common.js file that came after it, and possibly the entire common.js file. The reason it did not work is that you copy pasted only a portion of the 4 lines of JavaScript code, and you also changed the $ to importscript. If you were to copy paste all 4 lines, it would likely do what it says, which is to auto click the "Purge" button for you when visiting any purge page such as https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Zefr&action=purge. However this doesn't seem to be what you want. If I'm understanding you correctly, you want something more like a bot that visits your page daily and purges it for you. –Novem Linguae (talk) 01:25, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]