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: [[User:Boomer Vial|Boomer Vial]]: Would {{tlx|Welcomeunsourced}} come close enough to what you would like to see? Or {{tlx|uw-nor1}}, although that's not listed as a welcome? – both of these are already on Twinkle. If not, then it's a two-stage process – (a) get a new template created: I'd suggest going to [[Wikipedia talk:Template messages/User talk namespace|this page]] with a suggested wording and justification; (b) when someone has created the template, come back here to request inclusion in Twinkle[[User:Noyster|: <b style="color:seagreen">Noyster</b>]] [[User talk:Noyster|<span style="color:seagreen"> (talk),</span> ]] 09:49, 25 February 2017 (UTC) |
: [[User:Boomer Vial|Boomer Vial]]: Would {{tlx|Welcomeunsourced}} come close enough to what you would like to see? Or {{tlx|uw-nor1}}, although that's not listed as a welcome? – both of these are already on Twinkle. If not, then it's a two-stage process – (a) get a new template created: I'd suggest going to [[Wikipedia talk:Template messages/User talk namespace|this page]] with a suggested wording and justification; (b) when someone has created the template, come back here to request inclusion in Twinkle[[User:Noyster|: <b style="color:seagreen">Noyster</b>]] [[User talk:Noyster|<span style="color:seagreen"> (talk),</span> ]] 09:49, 25 February 2017 (UTC) |
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::{{u|Noyster}} I'm not sure what you're asking me. Are you asking me for request for a new version of {{tlx|uw-nor1}} be created specifically for use in Twinkle? Also, is it not feasible to use the already created "original research" template as a base for a new welcoming template for Twinkle? Sorry about any confusion, but I'm ''absolutely terrible'' when it comes to these types of specific technicalities. [[User:Boomer Vial|Boomer Vial]]<sup>[[User talk:Boomer Vial|Holla! We gonna ball!]]</sup> 05:35, 26 February 2017 (UTC) |
::{{u|Noyster}} I'm not sure what you're asking me. Are you asking me for request for a new version of {{tlx|uw-nor1}} be created specifically for use in Twinkle? Also, is it not feasible to use the already created "original research" template as a base for a new welcoming template for Twinkle? Sorry about any confusion, but I'm ''absolutely terrible'' when it comes to these types of specific technicalities. [[User:Boomer Vial|Boomer Vial]]<sup>[[User talk:Boomer Vial|Holla! We gonna ball!]]</sup> 05:35, 26 February 2017 (UTC) |
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::: Templates are not made specially for Twinkle [[User:Boomer Vial|Boomer Vial]], instead Twinkle offers a selection of all the [[Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace|user talk templates]]. "Selection", because otherwise the pick lists on Twinkle would become unmanageably long. So as I say, if you feel there is a gap in the market for a more welcoming version of {{tlx|uw-nor1}}, it will be necessary to first propose a new template at [[Wikipedia talk:Template messages/User talk namespace]], then come back here to seek agreement to add it to Twinkle. The wording of any new template could certainly be adapted from existing templates, but you would have to be prepared to justify the need for it[[User:Noyster|: <b style="color:seagreen">Noyster</b>]] [[User talk:Noyster|<span style="color:seagreen"> (talk),</span> ]] 18:10, 26 February 2017 (UTC) |
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Go to user talk when reverting pending changes
When a page is reverted with the pending changes "Revert changes" button, Twinkle should give a nice link to go to the user's talk page with the page name pre-filled, like it does when "real" rollback is used. Jackmcbarn (talk) 04:35, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
- I'll look into this. I only have reviewer rights on testwiki, so I hope our setup is not too different. — This, that and the other (talk) 02:17, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
- @Jackmcbarn: Hm, I'm not quite sure what you are referring to here. When I clicked "Reject changes" I seemed to get sent back to the article itself. — This, that and the other (talk) 06:14, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
- A link from the confirmation page, I mean. Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:03, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
- Being hopelessly inexperienced with Pending Changes, I will need step-by-step instructions of every click you are making :) — This, that and the other (talk) 02:52, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
- Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:31, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
- So you want to see a talk page link even before you have made the revert? That seems like a strange order in which to do things. — This, that and the other (talk) 06:41, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
- Yes. I know that's kind of strange, but after the revert is made, there's nowhere to put the talk page link. The other alternative is to make the user's talk page pop open in a new window after the revert, the way that it does when you use Twinkle's own rollback to revert someone. Jackmcbarn (talk) 13:27, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
- So you want to see a talk page link even before you have made the revert? That seems like a strange order in which to do things. — This, that and the other (talk) 06:41, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
- Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:31, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
- Being hopelessly inexperienced with Pending Changes, I will need step-by-step instructions of every click you are making :) — This, that and the other (talk) 02:52, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
- A link from the confirmation page, I mean. Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:03, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
- @Jackmcbarn: Hm, I'm not quite sure what you are referring to here. When I clicked "Reject changes" I seemed to get sent back to the article itself. — This, that and the other (talk) 06:14, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
- @Jackmcbarn: Sorry Jack, I missed your reply. Yes, a popup wouldn't be a bad idea, although I'm hesitant to add another one. I'll see what is possible here and think about the best way to implement it. — This, that and the other (talk) 07:26, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
I don't want to see the vandal's talk page, but I would like this bot to automatically create a talk page for the vandal, if necessary, and post a notice on the vandal's talk page that they did something offensive. In my recent use of this bot, no notice was posted on the vandal's talk page; apparently because there was no existing talk page for the vandal. - Ac44ck (talk) 19:11, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
Stuff
...for lack of a better heading.
- The preferences panel at Wikipedia:Twinkle/Preferences nowhere states that twinkle preferences are actually stored on a wiki page, and are hence public (unlike the mediawiki preferences). A js-savvy user could easily understand what they mean (and even a not-so-savvy user could copy-paste someone else's preferences and then go to the twinkle preferences panel). Also, the page doesn't mention that the prefs will be released under the default wikipedia license. (Not sure if there's a copyright/privacy violation in there anywhere, but you might want to look into this.)
- Someone might want to take a look at this commit I did downstream back in 2012. It includes a function to softcode namespace names in regex creation for the unlink tool in morebits.js. Devs may want to properly implement that upstream. The benefit would be that the regex would work on any wikipedia without problem.
- There's a script at hi:User:Siddhartha Ghai/twinkle.js which loads for me a personal version of twinkle from various user subpages. The only difference from the gadget version is that the header and footer have been kept separate. Devs might want to consider separating them again since using this script, changes in one module can be tested easily with the other live modules (i.e copy one module to your userspace, make some changes, use hi:User:Siddhartha Ghai/twinkle.js to load the default gadget, only replacing the changed module with the userspace subpage instead of the mediawiki page) and you can test the changes live!
- Over the past 1.5 months I've done a lot of updates to the gadget at hi.wp (stuff dating from May 2012 to October 2013). I'm just giving a heads up since I may have to take a long wikibreak and if the gadget breaks there, someone might complain here. Anything that was implemented after mid-October hasn't been implemented there (including the mediawiki js deprecations removal)
- Oh, and it seems that Jimbo uses Twinkle too, in case any of the devs ever want to do an April Fool's prank for users in the founder group ;) --Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 16:14, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
- Wow, even Jimbo Wales uses Twinkle? Man, this is just reason enough to get all autoconfirmed users in good standing to get Twinkle, even if they're not planning on using it often. It's just an awesome tool. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 21:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
- I'm considering adding a line to the top of the preferences panel saying "Note that your preferences will be released publicly as JavaScript code in a subpage of your user page." Thoughts? Eman235/talk 06:01, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
- If you really want to do it, perhaps something less technical would be better: "Note that your preferences are stored in (a subpage of your user page). Only you (and Wikipedia administrators) can modify your preferences, but the settings you choose are visible to everyone." — This, that and the other (talk) 12:10, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
And now the {{-}} is boggling me. If this note is going to be put in I don't think I can do it.Eman235/talk 00:38, 3 September 2014 (UTC)- *slaps self* never mind, figured it out. I made a slight change to the wording mention that it is JavaScript, not blatant text -- dunno what you think of that -- but yes, item one in this list is amended, kind of. Eman235/talk 00:48, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
- If you really want to do it, perhaps something less technical would be better: "Note that your preferences are stored in (a subpage of your user page). Only you (and Wikipedia administrators) can modify your preferences, but the settings you choose are visible to everyone." — This, that and the other (talk) 12:10, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
- I'm considering adding a line to the top of the preferences panel saying "Note that your preferences will be released publicly as JavaScript code in a subpage of your user page." Thoughts? Eman235/talk 06:01, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
Custom tags for non-article namespace
Is there a way to make custom tags (such as I use on User:Jo-Jo Eumerus/twinkleoptions.js) appear in the Twinkle menu even in non-Main namespaces? Such as File.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:16, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- Pinging @MusikAnimal: so that this doesn't get lost.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:54, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- Sorry, I'll look into this when I can, got a backlog of other work to take care of first. I've instructed the bot not to archive this thread. Best — MusikAnimal talk 15:36, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
Celebrating 10 years of Twinkle
Today marks 10 years since the first "Twinklefluff" script was created by AzaToth. Twinklefluff was originally just a tool to roll back unwanted edits, but as other tools and features were created to complement it, it evolved into the Swiss Army knife that we know today as Twinkle.
I don't have the tools to know for sure, but extrapolating from current rates of Twinkle use, it's probable that several million edits have been made with Twinkle in the past decade – and that's just on English Wikipedia, not counting the many other projects where Twinkle is used.
Let me take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank some of the major contributors to Twinkle over the years:
- Aaron Schulz, the editor (and now WMF coder extraordinaire) whose early rollback scripts were the inspiration for Twinkle
- AzaToth, who came up with the idea for Twinkle and developed most of the modules you use today
- Amalthea, a long-time maintainer of the tool
- Ioeth, who created Twinkle's welcome and tag modules (among others) as part of the "Friendly" gadget
- MusikAnimal, who has maintained the tool in more recent times and wrote Twinkle's block module
- The many other users who have helped write or maintain Twinkle's code, reported bugs, suggested ideas for new features, or answered others' questions on this page
I hope you will all agree that Twinkle has made Wikipedia easier to maintain. By freeing us from some of this place's bureaucratic drudgery so we can focus on what actually matters – writing an encyclopedia – Twinkle has made us all better editors.
Here's to the next ten years of Twinkle! — This, that and the other (talk) 12:45, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
- Wow! This wonderful, thanks for sharing This, that and the other! For those reading this that are not in the know, TTO's involvement should not be overlooked. I don't know exactly what all you've done, but I know it's a lot more than me :) It seems you may be the most longlasting, consistently dedicated maintainer over the years, so I can't imagine where we'd be without your help. It certainly been a great pleasure collaborating on this project, and I look forward to what the next 10 years will bring. Long live Twinkle! — MusikAnimal talk 04:15, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks to all ivolved for making and maintaing Twinkle! I really don't know how I lived without, both for CVU and normal editing! Have a great day.L3X1 My Complaint Desk 22:49, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
- Absolutely the single most useful tool on Wikiepdia, thanks to everyone who worked on it. Beeblebrox (talk) 04:33, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
Sockmaster template is the same as the sockpuppet template
Is there a reason for this I don't know? Doug Weller talk 10:08, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
Problem with SPI creation
Hey all, I filed this SPI case through Twinkle. The process went: User:Ishq Hawa Mein > TW > ARV > Sockpuppeteer
Upon submitting, the resulting page was not formatted typically. There is a bare {{subst:SPI report|socksraw= template. Windows 10, Chrome. Thanks for looking into this, and if you need more info, please let me know. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:12, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
- Cyphoidbomb, the link brackets around Mahira Khan didn't balance. Cabayi (talk) 15:17, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
- Cabayi, aw geez... I'm an idiot. Thank you for the reality check and for fixing the problem at the SPI. That'll teach me to assume problems before I double-check my own work... Sorry everyone! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:06, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
U5 text
Heads-up to the Twinkle maintainers, I've removed the resume exclusion from the text of {{db-u5}}, given that the actual criterion on WP:CSD was changed following a 2015 discussion. Could someone update the tooltip for U5 to reflect this? — Train2104 (t • c) 07:46, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
R from alternative language
This is just a heads up that there has been a change in this rcat template, {{R from alternative language}}. Instead of automatically populating Category:Redirects from alternative languages by default, it populates both Category:Redirects from undetermined-language terms and Category:Redirects to undetermined-language terms. The documentation is presently being updated. Paine Ellsworth put'r there 15:28, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
Request to allow U2 tags on redirects
MusikAnimal or whomever this may concern,
Please enable redirects in the "User:" namespace to be tagged with {{db-u2}} by using Twinkle. Please see User:Gua-Le-Ni; or, The Horrendous Parade for why I'm asking for this. The aforementioned example is not the first time I've run across this issue, though I cannot recall any specific other examples I've run across in the past since the last one I found I probably found months ago. Thanks! Steel1943 (talk) 21:51, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
WP:NOR and Twinkle welcoming templates
Hello everybody. I've been using Twinkle for a while, and to my surprise, I never caught this before. There is no WP:OR-related welcoming template for Twinkle. If an welcoming template was left on my talk page as a new user that did not specify exactly how I did not follow guidelines, and explain accurately why my edits were reverted, I know that I would be more than confused. Would the Village pump be the right place to suggest an additional Twinkle welcoming template covering WP:OR? If so, would you all be willing to get behind such a proposal? If not, why so? Thank you for your feedback. Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! 22:16, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
- Boomer Vial: Would
{{Welcomeunsourced}}
come close enough to what you would like to see? Or{{uw-nor1}}
, although that's not listed as a welcome? – both of these are already on Twinkle. If not, then it's a two-stage process – (a) get a new template created: I'd suggest going to this page with a suggested wording and justification; (b) when someone has created the template, come back here to request inclusion in Twinkle: Noyster (talk), 09:49, 25 February 2017 (UTC)- Noyster I'm not sure what you're asking me. Are you asking me for request for a new version of
{{uw-nor1}}
be created specifically for use in Twinkle? Also, is it not feasible to use the already created "original research" template as a base for a new welcoming template for Twinkle? Sorry about any confusion, but I'm absolutely terrible when it comes to these types of specific technicalities. Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! 05:35, 26 February 2017 (UTC)- Templates are not made specially for Twinkle Boomer Vial, instead Twinkle offers a selection of all the user talk templates. "Selection", because otherwise the pick lists on Twinkle would become unmanageably long. So as I say, if you feel there is a gap in the market for a more welcoming version of
{{uw-nor1}}
, it will be necessary to first propose a new template at Wikipedia talk:Template messages/User talk namespace, then come back here to seek agreement to add it to Twinkle. The wording of any new template could certainly be adapted from existing templates, but you would have to be prepared to justify the need for it: Noyster (talk), 18:10, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
- Templates are not made specially for Twinkle Boomer Vial, instead Twinkle offers a selection of all the user talk templates. "Selection", because otherwise the pick lists on Twinkle would become unmanageably long. So as I say, if you feel there is a gap in the market for a more welcoming version of
- Noyster I'm not sure what you're asking me. Are you asking me for request for a new version of