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Regarding this edit: just wondering if you meant to remove the links to your talk page archives? isaacl (talk) 22:50, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
- Isaacl, yes, didn't like the list. You can find them through Special:PrefixIndex anyway if you really need them. (but few people would) — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 00:44, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
SkinEnforcer
Thank you for producing SkinEnforcer. I need it to stay sane when browsing Wikipedia whilst logged out. Please can you add some instructions for using the script when logged out? Does it require a tool such as TamperMonkey, or is there an easier way? Certes (talk) 17:09, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
- Certes, you're welcome. For any onlookers who are wondering: User:Alexis Jazz/SkinEnforcer. TamperMonkey/Greasemonkey is a requirement as enwiki doesn't have a script with the functionality of AnonLoader enabled by default. I can't think of an easier way really. If you already have it running, feel free to add instructions to User:Alexis Jazz/SkinEnforcer yourself or copy/move that page to another namespace if that would help others feel more comfortable editing it. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 17:48, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
- And what about some general hints for "any onlookers" who haven't used either TamperMonkey or GreaseMonkey before? -- 188.26.86.68 (talk) 20:13, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
- The home page for Tampermonkey is a good place to start. (Greasemonkey is similar but I've not used it for years.) You'll need to either know JavaScript or be ready to copy and paste from a suitably licensed source written by someone you trust. I'm busy at the moment and haven't had time to get it working on Firefox yet, but I'll post a how-to when I do. Often, the difficult bit is getting the code to run at the right time. Certes (talk) 20:21, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
- Certes, indeed. The code I used for the timing in Greasemonkey is very ugly and still incorporates a forced delay. It'll largely boil down to (where 3000 is a 3 second delay before mw.loader.load is called, depending on your system you may need more or less) There must be a neater way, but after trying many things I stuck with the forced delay as it was seemingly the only thing that worked consistently. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 20:39, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
var myIntScript = setInterval(function () { clearInterval(myIntScript); mw.loader.load('//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Alexis_Jazz/SkinEnforcer.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); }, 3000);
- Although designed for Japanese Wikipedia, this script works for me in Tampermonkey with
@match
modified tohttps://en.wikipedia.org/*
Greasy Fork is open source (GPLv3 licensed). Certes (talk) 21:54, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
- Although designed for Japanese Wikipedia, this script works for me in Tampermonkey with
- Certes, indeed. The code I used for the timing in Greasemonkey is very ugly and still incorporates a forced delay. It'll largely boil down to
- The home page for Tampermonkey is a good place to start. (Greasemonkey is similar but I've not used it for years.) You'll need to either know JavaScript or be ready to copy and paste from a suitably licensed source written by someone you trust. I'm busy at the moment and haven't had time to get it working on Firefox yet, but I'll post a how-to when I do. Often, the difficult bit is getting the code to run at the right time. Certes (talk) 20:21, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
- The privacy policies for TamperMonkey and GreasyFork appear to indicate that they collect which websites you've visited. I'm going to have to assume they're spyware. 2601:645:0:41C0:D1A0:EB6A:A0C7:18BD (talk) 21:10, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
- I should have recommended disabling "Anonymous statistics" in the Tampermonkey settings. Other data gathering for both Tampermonkey and Greasy Fork seems to be the usual logs of visiting their websites rather than from using the add-on itself, and seems reasonably minimal compared with the web's (admittedly very poor) privacy norms. The script itself is just JavaScript which can (and should) easily be audited before copy-pasting. I'm happy with it, despite sharing your dislike for data gathering, but I'll understand if others might not be. Certes (talk) 22:50, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
- A Chrome add-on has appeared, though I'll be sticking with Tampermonkey and Firefox for privacy reasons. Certes (talk) 23:13, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
- And what about some general hints for "any onlookers" who haven't used either TamperMonkey or GreaseMonkey before? -- 188.26.86.68 (talk) 20:13, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
got it
Smallbones(smalltalk) 17:00, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
- Smallbones, thanks, if you could shine any light at all on what (might have) happened I'd be grateful. If you need more information I could search my mailbox, not sure what kind of info might be relevant or useful, but just give me a shout. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 17:11, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
You may or may not find this a little interesting
User_talk:AmirahBreen#January_2023. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:33, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
AnonLoader
Have you shut down AnonLoader at beta commons? I tried to use it to reference it at meta:Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Reading/Dark mode but apparently it is not there? —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 19:08, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- CX Zoom, it's there alright, but Vector-2022 changed where the menu is. There's a "Tools" link next to history now in which you'll find the gadget link. IIRC the gadget link is tied to the special pages link, it should be relocated but I have too much on my mind. The gadget links (when the gadget menu is expanded) look a bit malformed now as this menu is rather different from how it was but should still be functional. Btw, it would be better to implement dark mode using prefers-color-scheme. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 19:48, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks, found it! —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 12:01, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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