User:Bobblewik/monobook.js/dates.js

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function formatdates() {
    var txt = document.editform.wpTextbox1;

    // century
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,2}(?:st|nd|rd|th))[ -](century)\]\]/gi, '$1 century');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[\d{1,2}(?:st|nd|rd|th)[ -]century\|(\d{1,2}(?:st|nd|rd|th))\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[\d{1,2}(?:st|nd|rd|th)[ -]century\|(\d{1,2}(?:st|nd|rd|th)[ -]century)\]\]/gi, '$1 century');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[\d{1,2}(?:st|nd|rd|th)[ -]century\|(\d{1,2}(?:st|nd|rd|th))[ -](centuries)\]\]/gi, '$1 centuries');

    // decades
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,4}s)\]\]/gi, '$1');

    // months
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[January\|(Jan)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[February\|(Feb)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[March\|(Mar)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[April\|(Apr)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[May\|(May)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[June\|(Jun)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[July\|(Jul)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[August\|(Aug)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[September\|(Sep)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[October\|(Oct)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[November\|(Nov)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[December\|(Dec)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[((?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December) \d{3,4})\]\]/gi, '$1');

    // days of the week including optional plurals
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[(Mondays?|Tuesdays?|Wednesdays?|Thursdays?|Fridays?|Saturdays?|Sundays?)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    // days of the week but leave out 'Sun' as potentially valid link to the Sun
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[(Mon|Tue|Tues|Wed|Thu|Thur|Thurs|Fri|Sat)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[Mondays?\|(Mondays?)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[Tuesdays?\|(Tuesdays?)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[Wednesdays?\|(Wednesdays?)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[Thursdays?\|(Thursdays?)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[Fridays?\|(Fridays?)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[Saturdays?\|(Saturdays?)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[Sundays?\|(Sundays?)\]\]/gi, '$1');

    // ranked days
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,2}(?:st|nd|rd|th))\]\]/gi, '$1');


    // misconfigured
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[((?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December) \d{1,2}(?:st|nd|rd|th))\]\]/gi, '$1');
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December) \d{1,2}\|(\d{1,2})\]\]/gi, '$1');

    // year
    //year links receded by punctuation
    //txt.value = txt.value.replace(/([*():;|]\s?)\[\[(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, '$1$2');

    //txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,4} (?:AD|BC|CE|BCE))\]\]/gi, '$1');
    //txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[\d{1,4} (?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)\|(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, '$1');

    //year links when consecutive
    //txt.value = txt.value.replace(/([^\]][^\]]{2})\[\[(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, '$1$2');
    //txt.value = txt.value.replace(/([^\]][^\]]{2})\[\[(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, '$1$2');
    //txt.value = txt.value.replace(/([^\]][^\]]{2})\[\[(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, '$1$2');
    //txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[\d{1,4}\|(\d{1,2})\]\]/gi, '$1');
    //txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[\d{1,4}\|(\d{1,2})\]\]/gi, '$1');
    //txt.value = txt.value.replace(/\[\[\d{1,4}\|(\d{1,2})\]\]/gi, '$1');

    //Attempt at improving the year regex
    txt.value = txt.value.replace(/(^(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December| \d{1,2})\]\]\s?,?\s?)\[\[(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, '$1$2');
    //txt.value = txt.value.replace(/(^(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December| \d{1,2})\]\],)\[\[(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, '$1$2');


    // Add a tag to the summary box
    var txt = document.editform.wpSummary;
    var summary = "Remove unnecessary date links per \[\[WP:DATE\]\]";
	if (txt.value.indexOf(summary) == -1) {
		if (txt.value.match(/[^\*\/\s][^\/\s]?\s*$/)) {
			txt.value += " | ";
		}
		txt.value += summary;
	}

    // Press the diff button to check it
    document.editform.wpDiff.click()
}

addOnloadHook(function () {
    if(document.forms.editform) {
        addLink('p-cactions', 'javascript:formatdates()', 'dates', 'ca-datefixer', 'Fixes some date formatting', '', '');
    }
});