User:The Transhumanist/ConvertNavBoxToOutline.js

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/* navbox2OL.js "NavBox to Outline", to convert navbox template format to WP outline format

This script is for converting the wikisource of nav footers, that use the navbox template, to outline format.

Initially, the user will need to copy and paste the wiki code into the destination file, and then run the script on that

Later versions may make the entire conversion, starting at the source page.


Brief comments are provided within the sourcecode below. For extensive explanatory 
notes on what the source code does and how it works, see the Script's workshop on 
the talk page.

*/

// Start off with a bodyguard function to reserve mw and $ (see Explanatory notes on talk page).
( function ( mw, $ ) {

    // we can now rely on mw and $ within the safety of our “bodyguard” function, to mean 
    // "mediawiki" and "jQuery", respectively

    // ============== ready() event listener/handler ==============
    // below is jQuery short-hand for $(document).ready(function() { ... });
    // it makes the rest of the script wait until the page's DOM is loaded and ready
    $(function() {
        
        // During testing, so that alerts don't pop up all the time,
        // Run this script only if "Outline " is in the page title
		if (document.title.indexOf("Outline ") != -1) {

			// BODY OF PROGRAM GOES HERE

        }
    } );
}( mediaWiki, jQuery ) );


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