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Wikipedia's current list of user scripts is in bad shape, in that it is disorganized and contains many non-working or obsolete entries. It is therefore set to be deprecated, and the list below is set to replace it.

Add scripts here that are confirmed working and relevant. Non-working scripts should be listed here.

For the sake of easy editing, scripts should be listed as *[link] - [description]. Consensus can be established for the actual display format when the list approaches completion.

  • If adding to the Vector compatible section, make sure scripts are confirmed working with the Vector skin.
  • Scripts that don't work with the Vector skin but do work with other skins belong in the Non-Vector only section.
  • Where possible, link to a script's documentation page rather than the actual .js page.

Note that the old list will be preserved and linked to as a more exhaustive list of existing scripts.

Vector compatible

Multifunction tools

Several different types of tools in one script.

  • Navigation Popups - Adds robust page previews and other tools, accessible via popups that display when rolling over links. Enable via Preferences → Gadgets → Navigation Popups
  • Twinkle - Easy tagging, delete nomination, user welcoming/notifications, vandalism reverts/warnings/reports, and more. Enable via Preferences → Gadgets → Twinkle

Site-wide appearance

For readers

Scripts that offer superficial site-wide changes.

For editors

Scripts that offer superficial site-wide changes primarily useful to those who edit actively, or participate in discussions.

Editing

  • wikEd - Provides a comprehensive set of tools, including syntax highlighting, when editing a page. Enable through Preferences → Gadgets → wikEd.
  • HotCat - Quick Ajax category editing. Enable through Preferences → Gadgets → HotCat.
  • ajaxPreview – Fast edit preview and changes without page reloading.
  • Bracket Match - Check matching for template and variable brackets.
  • AutoEd - Cleanup various problems with markup, headlines, templates, and ISBNs.
  • Advisor - Flags possible issues with wikitext while editing a page.
  • MOSNUM Dates - Cleanup dates per WP:MOSNUM.
  • Common Terms - Delink common terms.
  • Autocomplete - Offers a popup suggestions menu whenever you start typing a link or template in the main edit box.
  • Split Preview - Shows editing previews beside the edit box instead of above or below.

References

  • ProveIt GT - Popup forms to fill in references. Enable with Preferences → Gadgets → ProveIt
  • Ajax Preview - Adds a button to the edit form to preview the current section, with a references section included.
  • HarvErrors - Displays errors when using Harv templates
  • SnipManager - Toolbar with forms to fill in references.

Tagging

Vandalism

Diffs

Discussions

User pages

Listings

Watchlist

  • Smart Watchlist - Watchlist customization and organization.
  • Watchlist Links - Adds some useful links to your Watchlist.
  • Catwatch - Shows the addition of pages to specified categories on your watchlist.

Recent Changes

History

Logs

Contributions

  • Hide Top Contribs - Does the opposite of the "Only show edits that are latest revisions" checkbox. (There is also an it.wikipedia.org-specific version, which has some "special" problems with some skins, but it still displays somewhere!)

Administrative

Miscellaneous

  • Prose Size - Adds the page size of the article to the toolbox

Meta-scripts

Non-Vector only

Editing

  • Format Citations - adds one tab to harmonize whitespace in citation templates, and another to convert them to the vertical format. Only tested in the modern skin.

Discussions

  • Edit Count - Adds a quick link in the toolbar for checking one's edit count. (Especially for those who have editcountitis!)
  • Contribs Tab - Adds a contributions tab on user and user talk pages.

Vandalism

  • RC Patroller - Adds a porlet to the sidebar that shows a regularly updated list of recent changes