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My Scripts have stopped working

I was assessing articles using Outriggr's script when my scripts suddenly stopped working. Here is my monobook.js file: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Oneworld25/monobook.js Can anyone help me? Oneworld25 19:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Try bypassing your cache. If that doesn't work, try removing popups and bypassing your cache again; that should help to narrow down the problem. --ais523 09:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Is there a script with which I can add a link and/or links to the 'navigation' or 'interaction' boxes? ~ thesublime514 • talk • sign 19:00, July 2, 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Guide, sections "Structure" and "portlets". Or simply use
addOnloadHook(function(){
 addPortletLink ('p-interaction', 'http://…', 'mylinkname');
})
see addPortletLink() in wikibits.js for full info ∴ Alex Smotrov 20:03, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks ~ thesublime514 • talk • sign 20:11, July 2, 2007 (UTC)

Unwatch

It seems the "unwatch" script stopped working (at least for me). I think the Watchlist special page itself has been upgraded a bit. Can anyone fix it? Thanks, — thesublime514 • talk • 00:46, July 11, 2007 (UTC)

The action URL for unwatching indeed changed. I'm not sure which URL could be used now, so I can't fix Unwatch. However I have a better (imho) script that works: wlUnwatch (will add it to the list later), please try it out ∴ Alex Smotrov 16:50, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome, thanks — thesublime514 • talk • 18:16, July 11, 2007 (UTC)

Removing "Dependencies" column

I'm planning to do a little cleanup on the "Scripts" page, and I would like to remove "Dependencies" column. It's mostly empty or outdated (e.g. for wikEd and CloseAFD.js) or just says "see doc". If you have any objections - please share them now ∴ Alex Smotrov

Excellent. That column was getting rather pointless. Shinobu 12:17, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regex replacing tool

I have given Gerbrant.edit.regexReplace (documentation) a bit of an overhaul. Most changes are cosmetic, but nevertheless should improve the workflow a bit. I hope I didn't introduce new bugs. Shinobu 12:17, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions Script

Is there a script that allows me to see a user's S:C page? Possibly like a tab at the top of the page that would take me directly to that user's S:C page? Thanks. MilkTaco 18:25, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's a link to contributions in the toolbox on the left of the screen when viewing a user's userpage, even without installing a script. If that's in the wrong place for you, it would be easy enough to write a script to place it in a tab as well; see our scripts request page. --ais523 18:30, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Wow. All this time on WikiPedia and I've never noticed that link! Thanks. MilkTaco 18:37, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Go and Search buttons in Chick skin

Please excuse the cross posting -- not sure where this belongs.

The Go and Search buttons on the Chick skin spill over into the edit box (in which I am currently typing).

Could they be moved beneath the Search box (directly above the Toolbox label).

Robert Greer (talk) 14:01, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Java Script

Is there a java script which allows you to see which user has been on your userpage and subpages. SKYNET X7000 (talk) 12:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Respond on my talk page if that's possible. SKYNET X7000 (talk) 17:08, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Using Scripts on other wikis

Is it possible to use some of these scripts on other wikis? RT | Talk 22:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you can use the following code:
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' 
+ 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Script_page' 
+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript"></scr' + 'ipt>');
Replacing the yellow highlighted text with the text that's relevant to the script. Bear in mind, however, that scripts that contain references to en.wikipedia may not work correctly on other wikis. Also, if you're using some of the scripts on non-wikimedia wikis, they might rely on features such as the api which may not be installed. Tra (Talk) 22:31, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion

I would like to suggest for someone to make user script that will add dropdown menu on edit toolbar (like on BG and HE wikis) with you can insert templates for infoboxes and other templates. SasaStefanovic • 09:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deprecate syntax highlighter and inclusion scripts

Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Syntax highlighter seems to be deprecated by the site's built-in highlighter now.

Also, the first part of Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Inclusion is mostly deprecated by importScript. I suppose the synchronization part could be, too?

The synchronization across wikis cannot be deprecated by importScript, nor can importScript deprecate the other inclusion script, simply because importScript does not exist on the other wikis.

Also, the reason why winc allows brackets inside the link 

winc('[[User:SOMEONE/monobook.js]]');         /* Comment about what the script does */

Is because I had another script User:Omegatron/monobook.js/autolinker.js which turned bracketed text in the monobook.js display into links. I think this should be worked into something better that can be used by everyone. — Omegatron 01:46, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for script

Simple English I see that there is a bilingual script that can display the interwiki pages side-by-side, and I had a similar idea for a Simple English option that displays the Simple version of a page if it exists. Maybe there is a tab on top of the page that switches to the Simple English or has a side-by-side comparison if [[Simple:*]] is present? Does that seem feasible? I don't know if anyone else is interested in that, but I would like it because I could see what really needs work on Simple and it would help me port over information from en.wp. Thanks. -Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:31, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Revised I have a slightly different take on it now, and I've uploaded a couple of mock-ups onto Flickr that indicate what I'm trying to say here (the differences in rounded tabs are a product of a style that I have on en.wp but not on simple.wp):
en2simple
simple2en
Forget the necessity of an interwiki link and install this script on your en account and your simple account to go back-and-forth between the two. Does anyone think he can make that happen? Please post on my talk. -Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:32, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the en version: 

addOnloadHook(function() {
    addPortletLink('p-cactions', 'http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/' + encodeURIComponent(wgPageName), 'simple')
});

And the simple version: 

addOnloadHook(function() {
    addPortletLink('p-cactions', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/' + encodeURIComponent(wgPageName), 'en')
});

If you need any further modifications to the functionality please ask. GracenotesT § 01:53, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow Thanks so much, it looks like it's working great. I originally figured it would just be int he main namespace, but being in all of them is handy as well. -Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:22, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I made a small change to the code above, wrapping wgPageName in encodeURIComponent() so that it works even for titles that contain special characters (such as question marks). —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 19:19, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hide talk page templates script

I just wrote a script that hides all those annoying yellow talk page templates in a single collapsed table. I went ahead and added it to the list, though it does not work in Internet Explorer (I'm not sure why). Anyone who knows more about IE can check it out if you'd like. — Bob • (talk) • 00:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think you should have tested it a bit more before publishsing. Anyway, it does seem to work in IE6, I don't have IE7 at the moment. However, it doesn't work with Preferences->Misc->"Enable "jump to" accessibility links" (extra <div id=jump-to-nav>), and I'm pretty sure it doesn't work in at least 3 skins. —AlexSm 02:02, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll continue testing it in other browsers. I just added a few rules that take the user's skin into account, as well as the jump-to nav. — Bob • (talk) • 03:52, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple scripts

Is adding a couple of scripts into one .js page going to screw up or should I create new .js pages for each script? --staka (T ・C) 23:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple scripts on page are just fine. This even saves resources a bit when your browser requests them from the server (which usually happens once in several days, as far as I know). But remember if one script has an error, everything below will most likely stop working as well. —AlexSm 00:29, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, thanks for the help. --staka (T ・C) 01:31, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Following a discussion on WP:VPT, another user wrote a script that converts all links on edit and preview pages to open in new windows (or tabs, given your browser configuration) in Internet Explorer, since it has a bad habit of chucking changed form data should you accidentally click something you shouldn't have. Following that, I asked User:Alex Smotrov for some advice on improving the script, and he subsequently rewrote it for me, after which I made one addition. In its current form, the script runs when you click on a link while editing or previewing, and if the link is not part of the user interface (tabs at top, sidebar, footer, etc.) or a script-generated link (show/hide link on collapsible tables, primarily), the script changes it to open in a new window. I was wondering if the script could be listed here? Also, could anyone take a look and tell me if it'll work in any skins besides Monobook? —Dinoguy1000 18:45, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I got tired of waiting for a response and added it myself. Go ahead and move it if I added it to the wrong section, I'm really not sure where the best place for it would be. —Dinoguy1000 21:01, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
(I didn't notice the 1st message.) Yes, the script should work in all skins. Would be nice if you added a separate script description page though. —AlexSm 21:15, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I've been thinking about that (as well as playing around and seeing if editors can define further sections to be parsed in their own monobook.js), but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. You can go ahead and start one if you'd like. —Dinoguy1000 21:45, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Monobook.js ?

What is a monobook.js ? I would like to add a script but I have no idea of how. I know that you have to save a script somehow, but nothing on wiki tells you how. It says that you have to save it to your monobook.js....which is....?Think about this. Once Bread becomes toast, you can't make it back into bread. (talk) 23:46, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Look here. You can edit it just like any other wiki page (but note that only administrators can edit other users' monobook.js files, for security reasons). —Dinoguy1000 17:03, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, so I want to add a link to my personal links. I figured out how to get the link up there (well, someone else figured it out for me, anyway!), but how can I change its position? --Alinnisawest, Dalek Empress (extermination requests here) 04:51, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to promote User scripts via User boxes

User scripts can bring many benefits to users, and I suggest that they should be better known. One way to promote them is to encourage users of a script to say that they use it, on their user page, using user boxes. This would enable a virtuous circle ("I see that you use it, so I might use it as well").

User scriptsThis user uses:

This would also allow to look at how many users are using a particular script by looking at what pages link to that script page. It would then become possible to list scripts by their popularity.

Any thoughts on this ? Any suggestions for a graphical design ? Pcarbonn (talk) 17:24, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For info, I have now created this template, and added it to my userpage. Feel free to improve it.Pcarbonn (talk) 19:54, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any suggestions for replacement script

I have been using a script called User:Outriggr/metadatatest.js to tag and assess articles for various WikiProjects without having to open the talk page first. Unfortunately, the creator has decided to discontinue this script and I would like to know if anybody can recommend a similar script to me? __meco (talk) 15:36, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest that you have a look at User:Outriggr. Here is what it says: "scripts · User talk:Outriggr/metadata.js graduated to the "Preferences" gadget MediaWiki:Gadget-metadata.js — this was elaborated into the interactive metadatatest.js, which displays and updates an article's assessment templates from an interface on the article page (rather than the talk page). I have abandoned this script, because the whole template and article grading thing is really more busy-work than useful, in general." Pcarbonn (talk) 22:06, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have read that and I don't see how that is helpful to me in finding another script to replace the functionality that I relied on in that script. __meco (talk) 22:29, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am currently maintaining the gadget at MediaWiki:Gadget-metadata.js. I don't know of any complete replacement for metadatatest.js, but I've written a script (located at User:Pyrospirit/metadata/projectbanners.js) that extends metadata.js to duplicate part of the functionality of metadatatest.js. However, projectbanners.js doesn't have any way to modify assessments already in place; it only displays the project banner's name, assessment, and importance for each WikiProject already on the talk page. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 03:15, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So what's this?

I was cleaning through my monobook, I had copied a few scripts staright instead of importing them. I ran across the following: 

 
var cwwpajax;
// From [[WP:US]] mainpage (wpajax renamed to cwwpajax)
cwwpajax={
        download:function(bundle) {
                // mandatory: bundle.url
                // mandatory: bundle.async
                // optional:  bundle.onSuccess (xmlhttprequest, bundle)
                // optional:  bundle.onFailure (xmlhttprequest, bundle)
                // optional:  bundle.otherStuff OK too, passed to onSuccess and onFailure
 
                var x = window.XMLHttpRequest ? new XMLHttpRequest() // Firefox, Safari, Opera, IE7
                : window.ActiveXObject ? new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") // IE6
                : false;
 
                if (x) {
                        x.onreadystatechange=function() {
                                x.readyState==4 && cwwpajax.downloadComplete(x,bundle);
                        };
                        x.open("GET",bundle.url,bundle.async);
                        x.send(null); 
                }
                return x;
        },
 
        downloadComplete:function(x,bundle) {
                x.status==200 && ( bundle.onSuccess && bundle.onSuccess(x,bundle) || true )
                || ( bundle.onFailure && bundle.onFailure(x,bundle) || alert(x.statusText));
        }
};
 
// Example:
// function dlComplete(xmlreq, data) {
//      alert(data.message + xmlreq.responseText);
// }
//  cwwpajax.download({url:'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thresher&action=raw', 
//                   onSuccess: dlComplete, message: "Here's what we got:\n\n" });
 
// End of [[WP:US]] quote
 
//<!--[[Category:Wikipedia scripts]]-->

Does anybody here know what this matches up to or what it's doing? Thanks a lot. Stepshep (talk) 02:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's an AJAX script, designed to allow your browser to fetch content "behind the scenes" that isn't actually on the page. The variable names imply that it must be from my category watchlist script (the AJAX code isn't mine originally, by the way, I just copied it); in that case, it's using the AJAX capability to download the list of last-changed dates of categories from the API so they can be checked for changes. Note that it's rather old code; nowadays, there's a function in wikibits.js that does all that, so the gory details are hidden from monobook.js itself (and update over time). --ais523 13:02, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I have produced an update to "Hide top contributions" that isn't broken for redirects, and also recovers to continue hiding remaining entries if there is any other type of link not matched by either regex. Should I just be bold and change the link in here /Scripts#Contributions to point to my version, or is there a less anarchic procedure not documented here or on the project page.

I have already mentioned my change on the script's talk page.

Mark Hurd (talk) 14:09, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've directed /Scripts#Contributions to my version. Mark Hurd (talk) 14:07, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Quick Preview / QPreview

Is the linked version not superseded by user:js/ajaxPreview? The linked version was last edited in 2007, the Js version was edited in April 2009. --Ysangkok (talk) 15:41, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My extension to Navigation popups

Can somebody please try my "History reviewer", if it might be usefull to other users? Thanks..  2aprilboy talk 11:06, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to edit the links at the top of my monobook on wikisource (not here, yet)—see s:User:Spangineer/monobook.js. For example, change "my talk" to "talk", add links to frequently used user pages, etc. I have code in my wikipedia monobook that does this, but after removing some things that I didn't need I couldn't get it to work again. I looked on this page but didn't see a script that does what I want; can I get some help? --Spangineerws (háblame) 05:40, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good news for devs

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_User_scripts#Script_purger_for_developers

Could someone add this nice "back to top" script to the list?

I stumbled upon this and liked it very much, I think it should be on this list. WP:Back to top. But I don't know anything about .js so I am not comfortable making the edit myself.

Thanks. Andrew Gradman talk/WP:Hornbook 05:32, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it an essay, and why do you say you don't know JavaScript if you're the one that created the script? Unless it was copy-and-pasted from somewhere else? Gary King (talk) 06:10, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I copy-and-pasted it from here. And I made it an essay because I only found out about this page today. Andrew Gradman talk/WP:Hornbook 06:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know about other people, but I have always used CTRL+Arrow Up to get to the top of the page. It's always more convenient, at least for me, to type out a keyboard shortcut than it is to find a link with the mouse and click on it. Gary King (talk) 06:37, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Generally I agree with you (as does the first hit in a google search for back to top.)
On the other hand, this article points out that "not every user is aware of" the keyboard shortcut you described.
On Wikipedia, there's a particularly strong consideration in favor of the button: the need to jump to the top of an article often occurs after the reader has clicked on a link in the table of contents. At that point, their hand is already on the mouse. If you simulate this yourself, you will see that it is faster to push the mouse over to the "back to top" button, than it is to move the hand back to the keyboard and hit the key-combination you described -- especially for a right-handed person. Andrew Gradman talk/WP:Hornbook 06:49, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In cases like that, which is a situation that I find myself in quite often, I just right-click -> "Go back" to go back to the TOC. Gary King (talk) 06:54, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well look -- I'm really glad you're telling me this, because I agree that your suggestions are better habits, and I am going to starting doing them myself. But I still believe that a "back to top" button is something that's widely desired by many people -- amateurs perhaps :) -- and should be made available for those people, as an opt-in. Andrew Gradman talk/WP:Hornbook 07:02, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone take a crack at this? user:Agradman, editing for today as 160.39.222.133 (talk) 16:46, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Security

Isn't importing scripts a security risk? An attacker who compromised a user script developer's account could change the Javascript to sneakily change parts of the Mediawiki UI, to, for example, direct you to a phishing site. (Not sure what the potential damages of this are.)--greenrd (talk) 08:09, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It can be; however, many of the scripts are hosted by administrators, in which case there's no real risk as administrators could do that anyway. (I know I once moved a script from my non-admin sockpuppet to my main account in order to fix that potential issue.) --ais523 13:00, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

"Is a gadget?" column

I added an "Is a gadget" column to the main table, which has been reverted. The idea was that if someone decides they just want to install one or two scripts which happen to be gadgets, there is then a very easy way to do that. It is not meant to promote the idea that all user scripts should become gadgets. I can see that using red and green colours for the yes and no boxes does kind of imply this, but that was not my intention. Would it be acceptable without the colours?--greenrd (talk) 16:06, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest adding a link in the description instead. Such as "For the gadget version, click here." Gary King (talk · scripts) 00:09, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think there are specific links available for gadgets - they're all on one page in the Preferences. But yes, I could link to the same page each time, I suppose. It's just that having it as a separate column makes it more visible, making it more likely that both skim-readers and editors will notice it.--greenrd (talk) 07:42, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Only a small number of scripts are gadgets and we should try to keep it that way. Adding a column will only seem to imply that we should try to fill it up for all scripts, which is not the case. Gary King (talk · scripts) 19:10, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the extra column is a bit much. Having a link in the description seems sensible. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:37, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

12-hour clock

Pardon me if I'm asking in the wrong place, but does anyone know how I might be able to view revision-history pages with a 12-hour clock, rather than the standard 24?  -- WikHead (talk) 00:36, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Add this to your user javascript and let me know if it works (only tested in Firefox 3.6.16):
importScript('User:Bility/convert24hourtime.js');
— Bility (talk) 01:50, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very kindly Bility! This script flawlessly performs the exact function outlined in my original post (above), and does so using an entirely different browser. I'm impressed :)  -- WikHead (talk) 18:35, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'm glad it does what you needed. I plan to update it with handling for histories with a single revision and histories on pending changes articles, so if I break it just drop me a talk page message. Cheers, — Bility (talk) 19:08, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No var statements

Why are we encouraging people to declare variables without using var? (See for example WP:POPUPS.) This is adding more variables into the global scope, which isn't good programming practice. —mc10 (t/c) 23:06, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Right-click menus

The menu that pops up when you select a text and right-click on it.
The floating dragable panels containing markups and symbols that can be directly inserted into the wiki-text by clicking.

I have recently created a set of javascript tools for showing different right-click menus on Wikipedia pages and the edit textareas. One of the useful component of it is a way to identify the wiki-text corresponding to selected text on a Wikipedia article. This has enabled making of the menu item "edit this text", clicking which upon selecting a portion of an article text opens up the edit form with the corresponding text in the textarea selected. This also has let to direct query of selected text on WikiBlame. The menu on right-clicking textarea can also show a floating and dragble panel with customizable murkups & symbols. A couple of screenshots attached.

The complete documentation: User:Subh83/JavaScriptTools/RightclickMenus

Before I add this script to the list on this page, it will be good to have some feedback on the script, and also suggestion regarding the appropriate category under which to add the script.

- Subh83 (talk | contribs) 21:05, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Added it under "Links/shortcuts" section. - Subh83 (talk | contribs) 15:00, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

common.js

The script page Special:MyPage/common.js, which is always loaded regardless of which skin you have as your default, was introduced with MediaWiki 1.17 but appears not to be mentioned. In particular, it is important to know whether code on this page is executed before or after the skin-specific code at Special:MyPage/skin.js. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:12, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Common code is always executed before the skin-specific code. — Edokter (talk) — 00:22, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

HideTopContrib in all skins and IE works

Just a note to mention User:Markhurd/hidetopcontrib.js now works for all skins (so it is safe to put 

importScript('User:Markhurd/hidetopcontrib.js');

in your common.js) and the problem Internet Explorer had with new pages has been fixed. Mark Hurd (talk) 06:01, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OpenOffice.org Calc to MediaWiki

Is there any way to convert OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheets into MediaWiki format? Most of the tools I've seen on Wikipedia are for OpenOffice.org Writer. Allen (talk) 01:52, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox adder?

Is there any script or tool that allows one to add an infobox by just filling in fields with the code being generated automatically? – Connormah (talk) 01:21, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That would be great. However, I don't know of anything that can do this. David1217 What I've done 21:22, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, User scripts. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical).
Message added 22:19, 4 May 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Not directly a talkback, but please add a comment. ;-) mabdul 22:24, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My new articles script

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T12331
Tracked in Phabricator
Task T31730
Tracked in Phabricator
Task T44026

Since the MediaWiki software doesn't seem to have anything to list the pages created by a user without hours of sorting through pages and pages Special:Contributions and past what can be found of what they created in the last month using Special:NewPages, does anyone know of a current userscript that does this? If not, I'd be happy to make one (and suggest some kind of incorporation on bugzilla into special:contribs). Thanks. Technical 13 (talk) 22:40, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

if you peek at the bottom of Special:Contributions, you'll notice a link "Articles created". there is no need to spend hours, and no need to write a new script. (it's not a part of mediawiki software - it's a toolserver tool). peace - קיפודנחש (aka kipod) (talk) 23:57, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The only problem with that I have is the fact that Toolserver is only running at about 60% reliability based on my attempts to use it. :( Technical 13 (talk) 00:32, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Toolserver really isn't too reliable. -- (T) Numbermaniac (C) 00:50, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
you are both correct, but i think it's a good assumption that these issues are temporary and will be fixed - most probably by migrating most of the functionality to media lab. if the suggestion is for helping with migrating this tool to medialab then all the power to you, but if the suggestion is to try and write some javascript tool that will sift through user contribution and distill "page creation" events out of it, i don't think it's the right thing to do. just my $.02, of course. peace - קיפודנחש (aka kipod) (talk) 15:14, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I was thinking more along the lines of requesting it as a feature request to be added to Special:Contributions actually. Apparently, others thought it worthy of a bug report as well (tracked above). In the meantime, I'm going try to write up a little userscript that will show up under "user contributions" labeled "user statistics" that will open up special:contributions for the user with only N pages showing. Technical 13 (talk) 15:55, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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