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Hope you come back after a much deserved break .. we need you around to stay sane.-- Eloquence * 02:28, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
Yes, actually we'd need more people like you, not less! It's a shame that of all people always those who do good work and would be able to sort things out feel the need to take a timeout instead of those who messed up in the first place... -- Patrick87 ( talk) 02:46, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
Too bad for en.wiki; more TheDJ for the rest of us! :P -- Nemo 11:36, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
I saw your updates to scientific method, hypothetico-deductive method, and was shocked to learn of your notice. I hope you enjoy your break, and thank you. -- Ancheta Wis (talk | contribs) 12:46, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
I hope you come back. You're a wonderful Wikipedian. -- Ori.livneh ( talk) 17:02, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I've noticed that Category:Wikipedia module categories is empty and there aren't that many module categories (unlike for templates), so don't you think this category can go and we can just add module categories to Category:Wikipedia modules ? Cenarium ( talk) 20:34, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
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I see you have blanked User:TheDJ/sharebox.js. User:TheDJ/Sharebox is still linked in many places so I suggest you mention Sharebox is gone. PrimeHunter ( talk) 22:02, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
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Mind if we continue this conversation here? Just less clutter so I can watch it, and hopefully it'll be faster to resolve. Here are my points:
I'd like to help resolve this ASAP if possible because it's definitely an annoyance to me personally, especially when reading long articles on mobile. And I can't recall for sure, but I think this problem has occurred before.
Also, is there a Git repo for mobile Wikipedia, so I can browse around? Gary ( talk · scripts) 14:41, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
Quick question, but will it be possible to push Wikipedia Watchlist updates to a smartphone in the near future? Gary ( talk · scripts) 18:22, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comment on WP:HD. I already installed it, so it doesn't make a difference for me anymore, and I didn't need the ping, but it's a good idea to add it to the discussion for others. — Sebastian 08:02, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
Hope you're in good spirits! There has been something that has bothered me about our recent VPT discussion about making edits to high-risk templates. Say an editor (could be me or anyone) makes an edit to a template that's transcluded to 2 or 3 million pages. Now, say that even after sandboxing and testing, the edit turns out to need reversion. This is not just a minor edit (I've made some of those, and I just wait a day or two and then revert it), let's say this is an edit that really needs to be reverted quickly. I have seen other editors revert in such cases, but I've still wondered about the effect on the server load. So the question is: does the second edit (the revert) cause the server to drop it altogether and move on to the next job? or does that second edit jam the server just as any other second edit within a few minutes of the first edit would do? – Paine 20:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
For User:Lupin/popups.js, I'm importing it into my monobook.js because I prefer including all my scripts in monobook.js rather than Gadgets, so I can see what I am currently using. Do I have an alternative if I want to use the script but don't want to do it through Gadgets? Gary ( talk · scripts) 17:34, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Firstly, thank you for your suggestion regarding replacing sajax* in PILT. I've made that change, and I've run PILT with the JavaScript console open and taken out all the deprecation warnings I could find. Now I would like to understand what PILT is doing that disables popups - popups works on an ordinary page, but not in PILT. Have you any suggestions? Philip Trueman ( talk) 09:41, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Sorry to make you cry, but I'm not much of a software person :) Thank you for your work in bringing that script up to par. Jujutacular ( talk) 17:10, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
Could you add "Currency" to the possible categories. Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Culture,_entertainment,_and_lifestyle/Currency and I want to make an own category for it, but not before the script is updated. Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 15:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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You've only re-affirmed my existing angst by saying Winter is still being used as a reference for other skin related development.
While the current Winter prototype "seems" functional - it's riddled with sophomoric errors in its supporting .css defs (making the example appear far more crippled than it probably is). See the winter.css file tested against w3.org's validator for example. Out of the 31 errors reported, 20 or so are simple typo-like syntax errors.
Who can fix up those supporting .css files so developers can refer to a far more clear 'Winter' picture in moving forward? -- George Orwell III ( talk) 03:22, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
The errors are kind of severe at the end of the day was all that I was trying to say (can't expect something to [re]size top: to -110px on hover or whatever when the unit type px piece is completely missing in the .css definition right?) -- George Orwell III ( talk) 11:37, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
Would you check this and let me know if I've screwed up? (Or just fix it.) This Wikipedia currently boasts a grand total of 53 templates, and this one was ugly enough to be irritating. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 02:44, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for allowing previewing references when editing a single paragraph. This is a great help ! Olevy ( talk) 10:21, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
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There seems to be a minor size problem causing the edit window and the preview window to stack, and every time I type the preview moves into focus again. It's mildly annoying.— cyberpower Chat:Limited Access 02:02, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
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Regarding this section where you commented at the Village Pump, I just wanted to let you know that everything looks okay now on my laptop, thanks for your help. On my iPhone (which uses Safari), I still don't see anything between the title and the description (e.g. I don't see the big back triangle that you can click to play), but the iPhone has always been like that for me. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 14:33, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
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I just noticed this, surprisingly, but I installed this into my global JS. I think this is such a fantastic tool. Unfortunately, it only works on the English Wikipedia. It would be nice if it worked on other wikis too. :-)— cyberpower Chat:Limited Access 20:39, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you, I like the option to print the series box and the overview of related articles at the bottom of the article! Hawillmcse ( talk) 11:38, 24 November 2016 (UTC) |
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I'm pretty sure the word you want is fathom instead of phantom. -- Thnidu ( talk) 01:57, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Story-preload/NAN3 looks good. Let me know which of the sidebar/inline content types listed in the style guide you can salvage, so that we can discuss what to do with the ones that can't. (after hardening those changes into templates, you or I could go through the project templates to convert the old preloads to the new stuff) Res Mar 23:50, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi,
I've got some good news: Remember that script you helped me on, for hiding/showing list item annotations?
Well, it works.
Thank you. Your guidance helped immensely.
I'm currently trying to improve it by stabilizing the position of the viewport relative to the content displayed before the toggle was activated.
I've posted a description of the problem at VPT.
I'd be honored if you would look at the script and tell me what you think. The Transhumanist 02:14, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi TheDJ! Saw your improved viewing gadget and thought I'd let you know that I made something somewhat similar: https://github.com/molly/easyreader. Feel free to crib anything if you're so inclined. GorillaWarfare (talk) 19:42, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
Just FYI: It looks like both pings at Template talk:Refbegin § indent=yes on mobile worked. I got notifications for both edits. Hairy Dude ( talk) 20:18, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
Hoi DJ,
Zou je wellicht de de pagina's onder User:Multichill/Free uploads behalve User:Multichill/Free uploads weg kunnen gooien? Jij lijkt me wel zo'n admin die daar de benodigde tools voor heeft. Multichill ( talk) 15:29, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Before Smallboner gets fully erect. - 2001:558:1400:4:4D0F:38FF:2E09:A9DF ( talk) 19:26, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
Hey DJ. It was great to meet you at the Wikimedia Conference! I've been thinking about social media buttons a bit recently, and read over the previous proposals to add them, and noticed that you made a sharing gadget using AddThis. I think I'd like to propose this again (social media buttons generally, of the pre-loaded URL type, not AddThis), but with a better initial pitch, and some (factual) rebuttals to the common arguments that have been made in the past. I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts on this generally, but also on the notes that I've made here. Thanks, Sam Walton ( talk) 21:52, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
They no longer serve a purpose as the entire site is rendered in UTF-8, so the characters don't need any additional character class notation. The characters themselves tell the browsers what they are. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:03, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Derk-Jan. What do you think about turning the 2006 wikitext editor's toolbar into a user script or gadget? The deprecation is official, but we might have a couple of months before it actually disappears from the servers. If you're planning to do this, then I'd like to schedule it around you. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 21:32, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks again for your help! I noticed this edit. That bit of code placed a second sandbox link next to the existing sandbox link in the page's top line, the difference being that it opens in "edit" mode, rather than the standard "read". It's a link that I find useful but can live without if necessary. As I indicated before, this stuff is like voodoo to me, so if you tell me that I'm better off without it, that's fine with me. Otherwise I'd like to keep it, but I don't want to poke around in the works without making sure I can't break anything, so I'd welcome your advice, thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:36, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi, You mentioned that my script is "not up to date with coding standards". I write regexes but am not a proficient coder, and would appreciate it if you could explain in what way my script is not up to standard, and maybe assist me in rewriting the offending part(s) of my script. Regards, -- Ohc ¡digame! 21:18, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, I see that you've been fixing a lot of js pages recently. Should User:Equazcion/CatListMainTalkLinks.js also be updated? (I use it globally) Thanks. kennethaw88 • talk 04:58, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
This is being fixed soon. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 07:04, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi TheDJ. Wiser minds than mine suggest that you may be able to help out with the script issues I'm currently having (particularly with Twinkle). AFAIK, my only extant script pages are User:Yunshui/vector.js, User:Yunshui/common.css and (for some reason) User:Yunshui/monobook.js. I've booted those scripts that (after checking the console) seem to be be buggered, but Twinkle's still AWOL... If you have the time, I'd be very grateful if you could take a look and help me figure out what's causing its truculence. Much obliged, Yunshui 雲 水 14:39, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
You were recently kind enough to clean up my monobook.js page following the old script-pocalypse. Would you mind also taking a look at my Wiktionary js at en:Wiktionary:User:Spinningspark/monobook.js? The particular problem I am having is that the new entry creator script ( en:Wiktionary:User:Yair rand/newentrywiz.js) will now only work if I first remove my personal js. Spinning Spark 21:20, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there. Is
mw:MediaWiki:Gadget-userMessages.js one of the unfortunate casualties of Flow on the MW wiki? I just spent far too long wrestling with that dysfunctional disaster of a messaging system, after a simple vandalism revert over there, to drop a {{
Vandalism}}
on the perpetrator. I ended up doing it manually while cursing Flow (which seems unable to even handle a simple subst in source mode). I'm certainly not blaming you for the script failing, just frustrated with Flow and curious if I failed to spot a painless way to do it. If it doesn't work with flow, it might be worth updating the gadget description to save confusion and frustration. Thanks.
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Many thanks for fixing the reftoolbar. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 06:45, 1 June 2017 (UTC) |
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Hope you come back after a much deserved break .. we need you around to stay sane.-- Eloquence * 02:28, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
Yes, actually we'd need more people like you, not less! It's a shame that of all people always those who do good work and would be able to sort things out feel the need to take a timeout instead of those who messed up in the first place... -- Patrick87 ( talk) 02:46, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
Too bad for en.wiki; more TheDJ for the rest of us! :P -- Nemo 11:36, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
I saw your updates to scientific method, hypothetico-deductive method, and was shocked to learn of your notice. I hope you enjoy your break, and thank you. -- Ancheta Wis (talk | contribs) 12:46, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
I hope you come back. You're a wonderful Wikipedian. -- Ori.livneh ( talk) 17:02, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I've noticed that Category:Wikipedia module categories is empty and there aren't that many module categories (unlike for templates), so don't you think this category can go and we can just add module categories to Category:Wikipedia modules ? Cenarium ( talk) 20:34, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
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I haven't followed mediaWiki accessibility changes for a few years. But a few years ago I remember that some improvements were attempted regarding the tabindex problem. And it wasn't very good, it left at least half of the problem unsolved. I have no idea how it is now, and no time to assess. Could you explain how the problem was fixed ? Thanks ! Dodoïste ( talk) 09:44, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
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I see you have blanked User:TheDJ/sharebox.js. User:TheDJ/Sharebox is still linked in many places so I suggest you mention Sharebox is gone. PrimeHunter ( talk) 22:02, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
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Mind if we continue this conversation here? Just less clutter so I can watch it, and hopefully it'll be faster to resolve. Here are my points:
I'd like to help resolve this ASAP if possible because it's definitely an annoyance to me personally, especially when reading long articles on mobile. And I can't recall for sure, but I think this problem has occurred before.
Also, is there a Git repo for mobile Wikipedia, so I can browse around? Gary ( talk · scripts) 14:41, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
Quick question, but will it be possible to push Wikipedia Watchlist updates to a smartphone in the near future? Gary ( talk · scripts) 18:22, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comment on WP:HD. I already installed it, so it doesn't make a difference for me anymore, and I didn't need the ping, but it's a good idea to add it to the discussion for others. — Sebastian 08:02, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
Hope you're in good spirits! There has been something that has bothered me about our recent VPT discussion about making edits to high-risk templates. Say an editor (could be me or anyone) makes an edit to a template that's transcluded to 2 or 3 million pages. Now, say that even after sandboxing and testing, the edit turns out to need reversion. This is not just a minor edit (I've made some of those, and I just wait a day or two and then revert it), let's say this is an edit that really needs to be reverted quickly. I have seen other editors revert in such cases, but I've still wondered about the effect on the server load. So the question is: does the second edit (the revert) cause the server to drop it altogether and move on to the next job? or does that second edit jam the server just as any other second edit within a few minutes of the first edit would do? – Paine 20:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
For User:Lupin/popups.js, I'm importing it into my monobook.js because I prefer including all my scripts in monobook.js rather than Gadgets, so I can see what I am currently using. Do I have an alternative if I want to use the script but don't want to do it through Gadgets? Gary ( talk · scripts) 17:34, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Firstly, thank you for your suggestion regarding replacing sajax* in PILT. I've made that change, and I've run PILT with the JavaScript console open and taken out all the deprecation warnings I could find. Now I would like to understand what PILT is doing that disables popups - popups works on an ordinary page, but not in PILT. Have you any suggestions? Philip Trueman ( talk) 09:41, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Sorry to make you cry, but I'm not much of a software person :) Thank you for your work in bringing that script up to par. Jujutacular ( talk) 17:10, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
Could you add "Currency" to the possible categories. Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Culture,_entertainment,_and_lifestyle/Currency and I want to make an own category for it, but not before the script is updated. Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 15:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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You've only re-affirmed my existing angst by saying Winter is still being used as a reference for other skin related development.
While the current Winter prototype "seems" functional - it's riddled with sophomoric errors in its supporting .css defs (making the example appear far more crippled than it probably is). See the winter.css file tested against w3.org's validator for example. Out of the 31 errors reported, 20 or so are simple typo-like syntax errors.
Who can fix up those supporting .css files so developers can refer to a far more clear 'Winter' picture in moving forward? -- George Orwell III ( talk) 03:22, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
The errors are kind of severe at the end of the day was all that I was trying to say (can't expect something to [re]size top: to -110px on hover or whatever when the unit type px piece is completely missing in the .css definition right?) -- George Orwell III ( talk) 11:37, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
Would you check this and let me know if I've screwed up? (Or just fix it.) This Wikipedia currently boasts a grand total of 53 templates, and this one was ugly enough to be irritating. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 02:44, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for allowing previewing references when editing a single paragraph. This is a great help ! Olevy ( talk) 10:21, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
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There seems to be a minor size problem causing the edit window and the preview window to stack, and every time I type the preview moves into focus again. It's mildly annoying.— cyberpower Chat:Limited Access 02:02, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
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Regarding this section where you commented at the Village Pump, I just wanted to let you know that everything looks okay now on my laptop, thanks for your help. On my iPhone (which uses Safari), I still don't see anything between the title and the description (e.g. I don't see the big back triangle that you can click to play), but the iPhone has always been like that for me. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 14:33, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
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You're awesome. Thank you for going the extra mile to help with this. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 01:35, 1 May 2016 (UTC) |
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And another from me for the same thing. Good job :-)
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If you would like enwiki rollback flag, just ping me and I'll add for you. — xaosflux Talk 01:51, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at T137613 regarding whether to create a Phabricator project for the Popups gadget. (As a maintainer of the gadget, legoktm thought you'd be interested.) Thanks! Enterprisey ( talk!) (formerly APerson) 21:08, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
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I just noticed this, surprisingly, but I installed this into my global JS. I think this is such a fantastic tool. Unfortunately, it only works on the English Wikipedia. It would be nice if it worked on other wikis too. :-)— cyberpower Chat:Limited Access 20:39, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
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Hello there. I mentioned you over at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey#.22Work_queues.22.2C_.22inventory_pages.22.2C_or_.22to-do.22_displays_for_each_WikiProject_and_entire_communities and was wondering if you knew anything about this idea. Thanks! Biosthmors ( talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{ U}}) while signing a reply, thx 17:25, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you, I like the option to print the series box and the overview of related articles at the bottom of the article! Hawillmcse ( talk) 11:38, 24 November 2016 (UTC) |
You recently wrote at the Village Pump
I'm pretty sure the word you want is fathom instead of phantom. -- Thnidu ( talk) 01:57, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Mysandbox. Since you had some involvement with the Mysandbox redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Thryduulf ( talk) 13:49, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Story-preload/NAN3 looks good. Let me know which of the sidebar/inline content types listed in the style guide you can salvage, so that we can discuss what to do with the ones that can't. (after hardening those changes into templates, you or I could go through the project templates to convert the old preloads to the new stuff) Res Mar 23:50, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi,
I've got some good news: Remember that script you helped me on, for hiding/showing list item annotations?
Well, it works.
Thank you. Your guidance helped immensely.
I'm currently trying to improve it by stabilizing the position of the viewport relative to the content displayed before the toggle was activated.
I've posted a description of the problem at VPT.
I'd be honored if you would look at the script and tell me what you think. The Transhumanist 02:14, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi TheDJ! Saw your improved viewing gadget and thought I'd let you know that I made something somewhat similar: https://github.com/molly/easyreader. Feel free to crib anything if you're so inclined. GorillaWarfare (talk) 19:42, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
Just FYI: It looks like both pings at Template talk:Refbegin § indent=yes on mobile worked. I got notifications for both edits. Hairy Dude ( talk) 20:18, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
Hoi DJ,
Zou je wellicht de de pagina's onder User:Multichill/Free uploads behalve User:Multichill/Free uploads weg kunnen gooien? Jij lijkt me wel zo'n admin die daar de benodigde tools voor heeft. Multichill ( talk) 15:29, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Before Smallboner gets fully erect. - 2001:558:1400:4:4D0F:38FF:2E09:A9DF ( talk) 19:26, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
Hey DJ. It was great to meet you at the Wikimedia Conference! I've been thinking about social media buttons a bit recently, and read over the previous proposals to add them, and noticed that you made a sharing gadget using AddThis. I think I'd like to propose this again (social media buttons generally, of the pre-loaded URL type, not AddThis), but with a better initial pitch, and some (factual) rebuttals to the common arguments that have been made in the past. I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts on this generally, but also on the notes that I've made here. Thanks, Sam Walton ( talk) 21:52, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
They no longer serve a purpose as the entire site is rendered in UTF-8, so the characters don't need any additional character class notation. The characters themselves tell the browsers what they are. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:03, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Derk-Jan. What do you think about turning the 2006 wikitext editor's toolbar into a user script or gadget? The deprecation is official, but we might have a couple of months before it actually disappears from the servers. If you're planning to do this, then I'd like to schedule it around you. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 21:32, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks again for your help! I noticed this edit. That bit of code placed a second sandbox link next to the existing sandbox link in the page's top line, the difference being that it opens in "edit" mode, rather than the standard "read". It's a link that I find useful but can live without if necessary. As I indicated before, this stuff is like voodoo to me, so if you tell me that I'm better off without it, that's fine with me. Otherwise I'd like to keep it, but I don't want to poke around in the works without making sure I can't break anything, so I'd welcome your advice, thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:36, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi, You mentioned that my script is "not up to date with coding standards". I write regexes but am not a proficient coder, and would appreciate it if you could explain in what way my script is not up to standard, and maybe assist me in rewriting the offending part(s) of my script. Regards, -- Ohc ¡digame! 21:18, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).
Hi, I see that you've been fixing a lot of js pages recently. Should User:Equazcion/CatListMainTalkLinks.js also be updated? (I use it globally) Thanks. kennethaw88 • talk 04:58, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
This is being fixed soon. Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 07:04, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi TheDJ. Wiser minds than mine suggest that you may be able to help out with the script issues I'm currently having (particularly with Twinkle). AFAIK, my only extant script pages are User:Yunshui/vector.js, User:Yunshui/common.css and (for some reason) User:Yunshui/monobook.js. I've booted those scripts that (after checking the console) seem to be be buggered, but Twinkle's still AWOL... If you have the time, I'd be very grateful if you could take a look and help me figure out what's causing its truculence. Much obliged, Yunshui 雲 水 14:39, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
You were recently kind enough to clean up my monobook.js page following the old script-pocalypse. Would you mind also taking a look at my Wiktionary js at en:Wiktionary:User:Spinningspark/monobook.js? The particular problem I am having is that the new entry creator script ( en:Wiktionary:User:Yair rand/newentrywiz.js) will now only work if I first remove my personal js. Spinning Spark 21:20, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there. Is
mw:MediaWiki:Gadget-userMessages.js one of the unfortunate casualties of Flow on the MW wiki? I just spent far too long wrestling with that dysfunctional disaster of a messaging system, after a simple vandalism revert over there, to drop a {{
Vandalism}}
on the perpetrator. I ended up doing it manually while cursing Flow (which seems unable to even handle a simple subst in source mode). I'm certainly not blaming you for the script failing, just frustrated with Flow and curious if I failed to spot a painless way to do it. If it doesn't work with flow, it might be worth updating the gadget description to save confusion and frustration. Thanks.
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Many thanks for fixing the reftoolbar. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 06:45, 1 June 2017 (UTC) |