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When trying to do this revert using Twinkle, I got the message: Notice: Good faith revert was chosen on SineBot. This is a whitelisted bot, it makes no sense at all to revert it as a good faith edit, will stop reverting.
It's quite annoying to be told your edit "makes no sense at all" in an automated message. Would it be possible to either look at the possibility of allowing rollbacks of this type or else changing the wording to something more straightforward like "Twinkle does not allow for rollback of bot edits as good faith edits"? Formerip ( talk) 15:24, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
FYI, I made some comments about Twinkle use and abuse here. Warden ( talk) 09:48, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
It has been suggested to add an intermediary page when the user selects XfD, giving the links typically shown in the {{ find sources}} template, as a way to encourage better WP:BEFORE compliance. Thoughts on this? Tijfo098 ( talk) 13:11, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Can we add {{ Whisperback}} to the talkback module? -- weltforce ( talk) 13:55, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
{{
talkback}}
and related templates, but this one seems fairly unobtrusive—a good thing on user talk pages. I support this being added.
David
1217
What I've done
21:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)Clicking the "submit request" button does nothing now. I've tested this in both Mac OS X and Ubuntu. CtP ( t • c) 15:17, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
When Twinkle asks me to fill in some text (for example a URL for requesting deletion per WP:CSD#F9), I am sometimes told that it is not possible to proceed because the URL is on the spam blacklist, and then my text is lost. Would it be possible to offer some way to recover the text I typed in? If a file qualifies for deletion as a copyright violation, I would typically wish to add a deletion template no matter what. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 13:21, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
I hope I've explained it comprehensible (as I'm not a native English speaker). All the best, -- weltforce ( talk) 22:31, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
I really think that Twinkle should be ported to Mac OS X. It will give Mac contributors a chance to use all of those wonderful tools. Hope to hear from you guys! Interlude 65 14:26, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
I've just used Twinkle to add {{ merge}} to an article for the first time and was disappointed that it didn't add the complementary {{ mergefrom}} to the target article (or open that page for me to edit, or even just flash up a big reminder for me to do so). Any reason why not? Every {[tl|merge}} needs a {{ mergefrom}}. Pam D 09:21, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Requesting removal of {{
wikify}}
from Twinkle on behalf of
WikiProject Wikify, per discussion on
the project talkpage and
this TfD: the wikify template is being deprecated.
benzband (
talk)
11:26, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
For your information: The template {{ subst:ncd}}, used by Twinkle's "Tag" module on file information pages, was deleted yesterday. There is a discussion about this at Wikipedia talk:Moving files to the Commons#Template:Now commons dated. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 11:55, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
If you try using the "sockpuppeteer" reporting function, the submit button doesn't work! Mdann52 ( talk) 17:10, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
The batch deletion function seems to have lost the ability to delete the associated talk pages of the deleted pages. Could that functionality be re-added? Thanks! Reaper Eternal ( talk) 12:43, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
I would request the following features may be added to the Twinkle module, {{cleanup-images}}, {{too many photos}}, {{image requested}}. A large number of article are messed up with too much photos. This tag will surely help in making the tagging process simpler. Amartyabag TALK2ME 05:10, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
As mentioned, {{ uncategorized}} should be tagged to the bottom of the page. The issue is that Twinkle tags it even after interwikis etc. We got this in the code currently:
if( tagName === 'uncategorized' || tagName === 'cat improve' ) {
pageText += '\n\n{{' + tagName +
'|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}';
}
I tried a little bit of regex:
if( tagName === 'uncategorized' || tagName === 'cat improve' ) {
pageText.replace(/((\s*(\[\^\+\]\]|\{\{[^\}]+\-stub\}\})\s*)+)$/);
pageText += '\n\n{{' + tagName +
'|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}';
}
However, this does not work; the tag is still placed after the entire page, including interwiki and cats. Any ideas? -- intforce ( talk) 13:20, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
pageText = pageText.replace(...)
and 2. What do you want to replace it with, anyway?
Keφr (
talk)
13:36, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
pageText = pageText.substr(0, i) + '...' + pageText.substr(i);
. Or if you really want to match the boilerplate with a regex, you can pass a function as the second argument to replace
. But I am not sure if a single regex can work reliably here.
Keφr (
talk)
16:22, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
pageText.replace(/((\s*(\[\^\+\]\]|\{\{[^\}]+\-stub\}\})\s*)+)$/, "\n\n{{uncategorized|date=XXX}}$1");
if( tagName === 'uncategorized' || tagName === 'cat improve' ) {
pageText = pageText.replace(/((\s*(\[\^\+\]\]|\{\{[^\}]+\-stub\}\})\s*)+)$/,
"\n\n{{" + tagName + "|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}$1");
}
pageText = pageText.replace(...)
.
Keφr (
talk)
06:18, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Same problem still after the pageText = pageText.replace(...)
code :( --
intforce (
talk)
13:01, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
{{
Whois}}
is pretty similar to the other shared IP templates, but for some reason Twinkle doesn't have it. Could it be added? Thanks,
David
1217
What I've done
21:13, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
One of the joys of using Twinkle is that it automatically notifies the creator if I CSD or PROD an article, saving me the effort of doing so manually. But I've just discovered, by checking my CSD log, that it doesn't do this in all cases. Excluded cases include CSD G6 {{ db-disambig}}. I suggest that Twinkle should notify the original creator of articles which are nominated for CSD deletion as "Unnecessary disambiguation page". In some cases the creator needs to know that they are misguidedly creating such pages; in other cases it's possible that the page has been corrupted since they created it and they might want to be alerted in order to rebuild it. Please change Twinkle's rules so that it notifies the creator of these articles. Pam D 06:48, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
{{
db-disambig}}
?
David
1217
What I've done
00:57, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
A proposal has been made to reword the template message for use in sections. Have a look at Template talk:No footnotes. De728631 ( talk) 15:01, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
I'm running into a new bug (past week or so) when I attempt to use Twinkle to protect or CSD a page. In both cases, Twinkle loads a mostly-empty interface (top radio buttons and then empty "Preset", "1", and "2" boxes, for PP; "Tag page only, don't delete", Delete-related options boxes, and Tag-related options checkboxes, followed by "Failed to initialize the CSD module. Please try again, or tell the Twinkle developers about the issue." for CSD). I can get the rest of the interface to load for CSD by clicking the "tag only, don't delete" box, and for PP by clicking one of the radio buttons other than "Protect page", but this is a bit of an awkward workaround. Anyone know what's going on here? A fluffernutter is a sandwich! ( talk) 18:39, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
It seems that Twinkle unexpectedly stopped appearing on the edit bar, next to "view history" and the "move" drop-down box. I've cleared and bypassed my cache, imported the script to my script file, to no avail. I'm using Firefox version 15.0.1 on a MacBook Pro version 10.5.8. -- Luke (Talk) 01:02, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
I'm having the same problem as well. I'm glad that I'm not the only person having this problem. -- Webclient101 ( talk) 01:24, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
This should be resolved per WP:VPT. Remove the {{ Resolved}} template if you're still having problems after clearing your cache. jcgoble3 ( talk) 05:25, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
See the edit history at User talk:109.153.79.43. -- Nathan2055 talk - contribs 21:58, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
When adding an optional message to user warnings with Twinkle's warn/notify user popup, the optional message no longer appears. I noticed this yesterday, but it's been a while since I used that facility, so I don't know when it stopped working. — SMALL JIM 11:04, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
If {{ multiple issues}} has both old-style and new-style parameters and the new-style parameter is not last, Twinkle will neither correctly convert the existing old-style parameters nor correctly add the new tag. See this edit for example. Anomie ⚔ 16:06, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Because of the deprecation of {{ Wikify}}, the {{ Underlinked}} tag has recently been created to mark articles with too few wikilinks. Could Twinkle tagging be updated to include {{ Underlinked}}? Thanks! Guoguo12 (Talk) 22:36, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
On a number of occassions, editors have nominated articles for AfD without noticing that the articles had interwiki links to foreign-language articles which had references and other evidence which cast entirely new light on whether the article is notable. A recent example is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pontus Schultz. I believe that this is a Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias issue, because it undermines representation of non-English language countries and cultures. Is there any way in which twinkle could highlight interwiki links during the AfD process to help combat this? Stuartyeates ( talk) 02:48, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Is there any reason that all the "TW" links use abbreviations only? I'm not a friend of unnecessary confusion. -- No qwach macken ( talk) 01:06, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
TW was used on an abortion content dispute. While a summary of the editor's opinion was entered, they are flippant on their understanding of some sources in question, which impacts the content dispute. Does this equate to abuse of TW, or does the summary (even if poorly thought out) mean it's ok? - Roy Boy 04:07, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm wondering whether {{ Uw-1rrMac}} could be added for Macedonian naming conventions?
Several days ago I sent a link to the original web page for this photo and quoted the sentence putting it in the public domain. Peter Flass ( talk) 11:30, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
I can not change Twinkle preference Wikipedia:TWPREFS. On 23rd August I changed Talkback header to Talkback on {{subst:DATE}} to make a unique header in user's talk page. But, that did not go well! And since then I am trying to change the TB header (either to Talkback message by Tito Dutta or just Talkback, but nothing is working. I have restored full settings too and cleacred caches many times. -- Tito Dutta ✉ 05:43, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
See this edit in which, while logging a speedy deletion nomination, Twinkle also deleted some of the existing log entries. Is this a bug, or is it due to the user setting this in twinkleoptions.js? If it is a bug please fix it. jfd34 ( talk) 12:07, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Whenever I try to post a new message to a user's (IP or registered) talk page and the talk page has not been created yet, the TW tab next to the "add to watchlist" button doesn't show anymore. It was showing yesterday, but it's not showing today. Was it something I did, or has Twinkle changed? –– Anonymouse321 ( talk • contribs) 15:55, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
(Reposting, because this discussion was archived too quickly by MiszaBot II.)
FYI, I made some comments about Twinkle use and abuse here. Warden ( talk) 09:48, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
It has been suggested to add an intermediary page when the user selects XfD, giving the links typically shown in the {{ find sources}} template, as a way to encourage better WP:BEFORE compliance. Thoughts on this? Tijfo098 ( talk) 13:11, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
How important is WP:BEFORE relative to the building and maintenance a digital encyclopedia? Northamerica1000 (talk) 10:52, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Currently, Twinkle use is prohibited to undo good-faith changes in content disputes unless an appropriate edit summary is used. This seems to conflict somewhat with the instruction one normally receives after manually starting an "undo", which is If you are undoing an edit that is not vandalism, explain the reason in the edit summary. Do not use the default message only. It seems to me that in undoing a good-faith edit, Twinkle is abused unless it conforms with the general instruction to provide an edit summary where vandalism cannot be assumed. I would therefore propose that the phrase in content disputes be removed so that the description of abuse reads in conformity with general undoing:
Cynwolfe ( talk) 15:39, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm kind of new here and noticed some people have many acts/edits of vandalism. I was wondering if there was a tool to check to see if all/any of their multiple edits have been reverted. For instance, I noticed this person vandalized the article on endorphins, so i checked their contributions and could see many more potential acts of vandalism. Is there an easy way to check all of them with some kind of tool instead of clicking on each one? Raquel_Baranow ( talk) 22:44, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
When using Twinkle to rollback an edit, it brings up a window asking for an edit summary. However, if Cancel is clicked, the rollback continues without an edit summary. Is this by design?
Expected behavior: If the text field is empty and if Cancel is clicked, it should not rollback. However, if OK is clicked, it should continue without an edit summary.
Actual behavior: The rollback is still performed without an edit summary (if the text field is empty, of course) regardless of whether Cancel or OK is clicked.
–– Anonymouse321 ( talk • contribs) 06:21, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
``''
``null''
, which is what Twinkle expects. Apparently Safari isn't sensible, and we can't really help that. —
This, that, and
the other (talk)
07:00, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to make some modifications and updates. Where can I find a copy of the source? Thanks, Nathan2055 talk - contribs 16:25, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
<nowiki>
tag took care of that…
Keφr (
talk)
16:06, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way to add custom templates to Twinkle's warnings? I wasn't aware of the RfC regarding level-1 warnings, and would prefer to at least have the option to use the text from the previous versions of the level-1 warnings when necessary. Thoughts? -- Ckatz chat spy 08:07, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way to suppress the duplicate signature that is appended at the end of a custom welcome template? Here is an example of what I am referring to: User talk:MrX/sandbox/dup
Thanks in advance for any help. - MrX (TALK) 14:46, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
Problem
Unlink doesn't seem to respect the namespace choice set in one's prefs for image use.
Steps to reproduce
Expected result
Only backlinks and file usage in userspace show up
What happens instead
Links are only from the userspace, but file usage is from all namespaces.
Problem
Unlink doesn't work for galleries and templates
Steps to reproduce
Expected Result
The file should be removed from the gallery and {{ Infobox settlement}} used in the sandbox
What happens instead
Unlink gets stuck at Retrieving page... for the sandbox, and goes on to say Unlinking backlinks: 100% (completed) and Unlinking instances of file usage: 100% (completed)
WP:TWPREFS#twinkle-config-section-6's point Keep the CSD userspace log at this user subpage has the helptip i.e. User:username/subpage name. Only works if you turn on the CSD userspace log..
However, Twinkle practically asks for only the subpagename (not the namespace and username).
See for example: User:Siddhartha Ghai/twinkleoptions.js and the newly created User:Siddhartha Ghai/User:Siddhartha Ghai/csdlog.
Same bug for the wording of the PROD log.
Hope these can be fixed soon (especially the unlink ones). Regards -- Siddhartha Ghai ( talk) 18:07, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Template messages/User talk namespace#User notification for attack pages about {{ db-attack-notice}} which will effect Twinkle. At the moment, the only change (as far as Twinkle coding is concerned - the template will be very different) will be that the page name will no longer be a parameter. Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 01:33, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Today, I was reverting to an unvandalized revision of Chicago Bears using Twinkle, but I ended up receiving a message stating, "Failed to save edit: Namespace doesn't allow actual pages". I eventually tried using Twinkle to flag my sandbox for CSD as a test to see if it works again, but I received the same message. I later tried configuring my WP:TWPREFS, and saved it, but received the message again. Any way to fix this? Zappa O Mati 21:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Twinkle isn't even coming up for me any more when I go into Special:Newpages. I've long had a problem that it doesn't show at all when I go to a new user page that has no previous edits. How to fix that? Valenciano ( talk) 04:34, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Same problem reported in AWB's bugs page at the same day. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 11:45, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Recently (I think the problem started w/in the last week), most of the time that I open a new window (including when a user's talk page is automatically opened by a rollback), Twinkle doesn't load. I often have to reload pages 3 or more times to get the twinkle pulldown menu to appear. I have the same problem with the editing toolbars (the ones with bolding, the citation templates, etc.). This may have something to do with the new edit window, not Twinkle...or something with Firefox (I'm on version 15.0.1). Qwyrxian ( talk) 15:35, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I've noticed that Rollback (Vandal) doesn't seem to complete on the destination user's Talk page - it opens a the Talk page in a new window, but doesn't paste in the warning, or popup the TW Warn dialog. When I pulldown a TW Warn, then the TW Warn dialog is filled in with the correct article. Is this correct, expected behavior? If so, cool. -- Lexein ( talk) 07:47, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Why's there no warning/caution for a removal of WP:PROD template? There is a warning/caution for removal of WP:BLPPROD template. I'm sorry if this has been answered but I've been coming across this lately.-- Astros4477 ( talk) 21:36, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
Twinkle's definition of {{ dead end}} needs updating. The current text — "{{dead end}}: article has few or no links to other articles" — should be changed to "...has no links to other articles". DoctorKubla ( talk) 18:04, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Sorry if I misread the instructions, but I checked the csd log box in the preferences, yet it hasn't logged any csd's yet. Am I supposed to create the user page first or...? Thanks! Dengero ( talk) 16:19, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I believe that I used to be able to see rollback buttons on the 'View History / Revision History' tab of articles, yet now I only see the 3 rollback buttons on diff pages. I tried looking at the Twinkle Preferences and didn't see anything, and I'm using Chrome on an XP laptop and a W7 desktop and can't see the buttons on that page. I tried clearing the cache and bypassing it, with no result. I tried removing gadgets, no result. Does anyone know how to get that function back? It was very helpful. I still do see the Twinkle drop-down bar next to the 'add to watchlist' star, yet the rollback buttons used to be next to each user's edit on articles' 'view history' pages.--ɱ 20:53, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
Pardon me if this has been answered before, but would it be feasible to require—or at least encourage—Twinkle users to start discussions when they tag articles with {{ merge to}} and {{ merge from}}? Users may think their intent is obvious in some cases, but it's poor form to do so without starting a discussion (see Wikipedia:Merging#Proposing a merger). Most editors wouldn't propose an RM or AfD without a rationale, and it shouldn't be done for merges either. -- BDD ( talk) 01:45, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
Twinkle was able to execute all of the process for AfD except finding a target in the log. I'm not sure why, as the day has not yet turned over, and today's log definitely exists. There was a redlink in the log at the very top, however. Other than that, I've got no explanation for it. MSJapan ( talk) 23:53, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
Is there anything on Wikipedia that is like Twinkle, but helps you add WikiProject tags to article talk spaces? It would save a hell of a lot of time and all the remembering of different codes like |a&e-work-group=yes or typing out |class=stub 20 times. Del♉sion23 (talk) 00:24, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
I have recently begun using the {{To do}} functionality, which creates a To Do List like so:
I think it would be great if Twinkle could automatically create the To do page using the tags as a structure, alternately it could use {{Tasks}} template to create the list. Then once it has created the list, it could add that the To do template to the Talk page.
Thoughts? Is this worth me sending in a request? ReformedArsenal ( talk) 15:18, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
See notification and MFD tag. The notification was completed fairly quickly, but Twinkle spent so long waiting on the MFD tagging to complete that I began to think it had gotten stuck. It finally completed, and when I checked the history, I found that the tagging edit had reverted the notification, which I then had to fix manually. Any idea on how to fix this bug? jcgoble3 ( talk) 22:15, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way of getting Twinkle usage statistics? I am particularly interested in its use for reverting vandalism. The changes in the number of warnings, cautions, reverts etc would give some indication of vandalism growth. A bit crude indication but if normalised against TW usage overall it may be ok. -- Alan Liefting ( talk - contribs) 00:41, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Probably not a big thing, but I just split a documentation off of Template:Bad format, which has Template:Twinkle standard installation attached. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 20:18, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
Something's up somewhere. Twinkle is no longer working for me. Anyone else having this problem? Cindy( talk to me) 03:07, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
I am not going to create an account to list a bug so I am going to do so here. This should have been added to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 November 17 not Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 November 18. Do notice the timestamp. Thanks. -- Cheers, Riley Huntley 00:53, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Anyone else unable to use Twinkle to create SPI reports this morning? Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 15:08, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
The last few times I have protected a page using Twinkle it appears to be edit conflicting with itself. That is, it issues the protection just fine, but believes it is in an edit conflict when adding the tag to the page, apparently "conflicting" with the actual action of adding the protection. Beeblebrox ( talk) 22:50, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
I think it would be a good idea to have a Talkback option in Twinkle for messages on Wikimedia Commons. I think a lot of users don't check Commons as often as Wikipedia. I couldn't find this in any archives so what does everybody think?-- Astros4477 ( talk) 22:56, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Today is the day, pending changes will officially be put back into service within the next few hours. It looks like Twinkle does not currently support it when protecting. I can't remember if there was support during the trial or not but given the number of admins who use Twinkle it would be super awesome if it did. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:57, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
{{
pp-pc1}}
and {{
pp-pc2}}
, then added them to all the PC-protected pages.
David
1217
What I've done
01:39, 3 December 2012 (UTC)Since this may be of interest: I nominated that template for deletion, because it does not seem to be used in any fashion. Anyone with a clue is invited to the discussion. Keφr 20:19, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
I have recently switched on/found out about the logging function for CSD and PROD tagging, and I think it would be really useful to be able to save custom logs for all functions twinkle can be used for. ie. ARV, RPP, XfD and some maintenance tags like merge proposals. Also the ability to choose what content is included in the log, for example remove all details except the article link in the current CSD and PROD logs, or add the expiry date of the PROD, or just change the formatting of it. I understand what I am asking would take a considerable amount of work to achieve, so it's just a suggestion. Thanks! -- Patchy1 05:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
I just noticed today that the right side of the "TW" menu to the left of the search field is misaligned. It may be related to an edit that was made today to the source code. Anybody else see this? The Anonymouse ( talk • contribs) 20:44, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Should be fixed now. Thanks Amalthea! — This, that, and the other (talk) 00:33, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
I notice today that when placing the {{
welcomelaws}}
template with Twinkle, it doesn't leave a signature. -- Mufka
(u)
(t)
(c)
12:19, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
According to {{ Uw-unsourced4}} it "is used by the standard installation of Twinkle." However, it does not appear in the drop down menu under the 4th level warnings. So is the documentation incorrect or is Twinkle? CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 13:29, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
Currently Twinkle does not seem to be able to accept rationales for this CSD criteria. The criteria, at least in the current language at WP:CSD covers orphaned templates with no use, yet trying to tag a page T3 using twinkle asks for a template that is being duplicated, and provides no way to select one of the non-duplicate T3 criteria. Monty 845 19:01, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Pending changes is back. Can we get it integrated with the RFPP module? -- Nathan2055 talk - contribs 00:09, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Would it be possible to Twinkle to take care of the necessary additions to
Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English when you use it to tag pages with {{
not English}}
or {{
rough translation}}
? It's a bit of a fringe scenario but I love the fact that Twinkle does all the housework for deletion nominations and stuff, this seems like a natural addition. --
Noiratsi (
talk)
20:02, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm always getting Adding entry to userspace log: Failed to save edit: error "Gateway Time-out" occurred while contacting the API.
when trying to tag an article for speedy deletion. the CSD template does go threw, though. --
LuK3
(Talk)
02:30, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Firstly, sorry if this is in the wrong place - please feel free to tell me where to go, as it were.
I would like to propose a revision to the warning wording that a user sees if they hit "Warn" on their own talk page. At the moment it says "Warning yourself can be seen as a sign of mental instability! Are you sure you want to proceed?" I think this is a bit too cute, and seems to poke fun at mental illness, which we should not do (although I am quite sure that no deliberate offence was intended, of course). Why not just reword it to something neutral such as "You are about to warn yourself! Are you sure you want to proceed?" which checks the intention just as well but omits the insult ... or something along those lines. Let me make this plain - I do like the fact that we can use it on ourselves - I sometimes find it useful to be able to see how it will appear before I use it on someone else and I am probably no more mentally unstable than around 50% of all Wikipedia editors, on a good day. So I am not asking for any change in functionality, just in the wording of this message. Indeed, you will recall that there was a period in which self-warning was not permitted and I found that very unhelpful - an unnecessarily fussy level of intervention. To summarize: it's a great facility; please leave it in; please just reword the message so it is not offensive. Thanks and best wishes to all DBaK ( talk) 10:56, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
I'd have to agree with DBaK here. I'm sure in earlier wiki-times, when developers roamed free in open pastures, such messages were fine. But time has moved on, someone has build a housing estate on the pasture, and the only roaming permitted is on mobile phones. In short, time to smarten this up. Elen of the Roads ( talk) 00:12, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you all. Well, goodness me, that caused a kerfuffle. I'm so sorry, I didn't want to reenact the Battle of the Somme (albeit with a bit less mud and many fewer fatalities) and I had thought I had a straightforward request. Doh! Sorry sorry - I hope no-one was offended or upset by my sometimes OTT reactions. (Though to be honest, swearing, throwing my teddy in the corner and blocking myself a few days was probably far better for my mental health than a number of other things that I might have done ...) I would like to thank everyone very much for the thoughtful debate, and, of course, in particular I'd like to thank Twinkle's maintainers ( This, that, in this case, I think?) for actually making the change. It really is much appreciated and I was very pleased to see it when I tried it this morning: probably more pleased than I can easily express here. Thank you SO much. I am going out for a celebratory coffee which I will raise twice, in admiration and thanks, first to the toolset's maintainers and next to everyone who participated here. Wishing everyone love, light and peace (which I stole from Spike Milligan but never mind) I remain yours, with thanks and best wishes, DBaK ( talk) 10:46, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi. First, sorry if I put this in the wrong place. I have created a template, welcome-delete. I am suggesting that it be included in twinkle's welcome feature. Passengerpigeon ( talk) 10:35, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm going to overhaul {{ welcome teacher}} so that it provides much more specific and focused info for people who seem to be trying to run a Wikipedia classroom assignment. Namely, the idea will be to point them to the Training for educators and suggest that they use a structured course page so that the students are easier for us to keep track of.-- Sage Ross (WMF) ( talk) 15:27, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
{{#if:{{{1|}}}|[[user talk:{{{1}}}|my talk page]]|my talk page}}
in the line beginning with "I hope you enjoy editing here" in the April 12 version by KillerChihuahua. It was meant to take the username of the person leaving the message to provide a link to their talk page. The removal doesn't really matter, though, since it won't break the template (any parameter passed to the template will be silently ignored/dropped).
jcgoble3 (
talk)
03:11, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
See [2] and [3]. Looks like Twinkle didn't notice it was edit-conflicting with itself. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) ( talk) 11:00, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
Is it possible to use Twinkle to tag pages with the {{ db-spamuser}} tag? -- Vincent Liu ( something to say?) 12:22, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
Do you think the {{ Talkbacktiny}} and {{ Whisperback}} templates could be added to the talkback function? The Anonymouse ( talk • contribs) Merry Christmas! 07:13, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
We are trialing a new Javascript-based SPI report wizard (see Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/Archives/Archive12#A new wizard for filing SPI cases). It uses {{ subst:SPI report}} right now, but since substitution is rather fragile (e.g., a typo in a link [[like this}] can break it entirely, I'd rather move to a format that's coded in the JS itself. That would, however, desync the format used in SPI proper and the format used by Twinkle. I suspect that the easiest way to fix this is simply to have Twinkle use the SPI wizard as well for the SPI reporting. Do you guys see any potential technical problems with this? T. Canens ( talk) 11:58, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
That issue is by design when I redid the SPI report function. Merging new reports into old ones is difficult to implement, creates a lot more format dependency in the code, causes all sorts of problems with case status tracking (e.g., merging into a closed case? a case where CU has been endorsed? a case where a check has been run already?), and is very rarely useful. T. Canens ( talk) 01:46, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
I can't seem to figure out how to add {{ uw-attack}} to the warn menu. Anyone know how? I've looked through the Twinkle options. Mkdw talk 04:08, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Could we add functionality for tagging talk pages with WikiProject banners; including class and importance ratings? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:43, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
I don't have a github account.
I'd like to suggest that {{
Welcome to Wikipedia}} be added to Twinkle.
RiverStyx23{
talk
email}
03:06, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
see that edit, I had to correct that two edits later manually. mabdul 13:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
If an user with reviewer right revert an edit that is pending review by using native rollback or undo, then the combined null edit is automatically accepted. It appears that when reverting using TW, such edit isn't automatically accepted nor is the user prompted to accept the edit. See recent edits at Hamburger for example. A possible feature request? -- KTC ( talk) 16:06, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
One of the regular requests at WP:RFP/C is to be autoconfirmed so that they can upload images. However, so many of them have no understanding of the image use policy, and related file policies. I created {{ Welcome-image}} to be used in situations like that (literally dozens a week) - the image was chosen specifically as its in the file tutorial itself, and the wording captures the issues. It will certainly also get their attention. I recommend it (or if someone wants to standardize the colours) be added to the interface with the description "For new editors who have an interest in uploading files and images" ( ✉→ BWilkins ←✎) 11:21, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
Could we get WP:Helpdesk included in the noticeboard talkbacks? Thanks Tiggerjay ( talk) 18:39, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
There's a discussion at Template_talk:Primary_sources#Propose_making_the_contents_match_the_title about the problem that the "Primary sources" template is being used where {{ third-party}} is much more appropriate, and revised wordings are being considered. Could we please have {{ third-party}} available in TWINKLE, as it's the message we more often need to convey? Pam D 10:20, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
To all of you who are involved in creating and maintaining Twinkle, thank you so much! It makes editing Wikipedia so much better and easier. Thank you!! Lova Falk talk 08:19, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
It would be good to have an option to use |type=tiny
when tagging a template with TfD, please. Here's
an example.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits
23:12, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
I was new page patrolling when I came across an article that was I was going to tag for deletion. When I selected the issues that apply and submitted the edit via Twinkle, I was notified that someone else had already tagged it. The CSD reason this user used was fine, but there was still a speedy deletion reason that would have applied better - multiple, in fact. However, I couldn't add them with the ease of Twinkle as the tool kept telling me that {{ db-spam}} was in place. Is there any way Twinkle could allow for the modification, addition, and removal CSD of such tags (the majority of which would use {{ db-multiple}})? As a bonus, Twinkle could log, in the relevant new page patroller's log, a note that says something to the effect of "User X changed $article's tag(s) from $tag1 to $whatevernewtags." Thanks, MJ94 ( talk) 17:50, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Is there currently a problem with twinkle? None of my options are showing up. Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 03:03, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
I've just updated {{ Welcome student}}, to emphasize the training for students we have now and generally cut down the size of it. I don't think Twinkle usage will be affected by my changes.-- Sage Ross (WMF) ( talk) 21:42, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
Several people at once just warned User talk:Rajvir Singh Randhawa; none of the notice showed up because he had left an open <gallery> tag at the bottom of his user page. As a result the subst: wasn't parsed. When I went to fix it, all the notices suddenly appeared at once, all signed by me (since they were all suddenly substed as a result of my edit). I get that this isn't a problem with Twinkle as such, but is there any way to mitigate against it? A real user would notice the open tag when editing and would see when previewing that their message didn't display. In this particular case, using Twinkle, none of the people leaving messages on the talk page could see that others had already tried to leave messages, or that there was an invisible tag cutting off the rest of the content. Thanks! -- Noiratsi ( talk) 11:07, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
{{
not english}}
, {{
rough translation}}
etc? I think it got archived. Essentially I was wondering if Twinkle could deal with adding pages to the list of
Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English.Please update the warning issued to {{ spam-warn}} when a page is tagged with G11. Thanks. FrankDev ( talk) 02:12, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
It would be handy if twinkle marked pages as reviewed automatically if tagged, prodded, or CSDed. There is a lot of overlap between reviewers hitting the same pages. Would cut down on the reivew backlog significantly if we could mark as reviewed when taking action. Gaijin42 ( talk) 21:17, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
I notice that only one of the standard welcome templates currently allows you to specify an article. What changed? There used to be more that allowed you to do that - I'd look into it myself, but I'm not sure where the Twinkle · Welcome User interface comes from. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 17:10, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Notices are also broken. When I nominate things for speedy deletion, the templates posted onto the creator's user_talk page are shown as wikitext rather than being transcluded or subst'ed. — Arctic Gnome ( talk • contribs) 05:31, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps it has always been this way but this is the first time I noticed that the "this article's entry" link on a page sent to AFD was a redlink. Please forgive the interruption if this is expected behavior. - UnbelievableError ( talk) 04:35, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
The documentation pages on {{ uw-af1}}, {{ uw-af2}}, {{ uw-af3}}, {{ uw-af4}}, and {{ uw-af4im}} all include the "used by the standard installation of Twinkle" notice. However, when I scroll through my user warning options, I don't see any of them (and I'm sure I'm not overlooking it, since I've checked the 4im options, of which there are few enough that you can't miss an option). I figure this means one of three things: these documentation pages are wrong about this (most likely), something's wrong with my configurations (surely possible), or something's wrong with the user warning settings for Twinkle in general (least likely). Anyone know which it is? Thanks. — Francophonie&Androphilie ( Je vous invite à me parler) 00:49, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
This, that and the other - would you also please add {{ Uw-af-personalinfo}}, {{ Uw-af-contact}}, & {{ Uw-af-question}} to the single issue notices on Twinkle? Thanks, Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 00:57, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
When Twinkle is used to tag an image with {{
Copy to Commons}}, that template's |human=username
parameter should be (optionally) completed. Please can that behaviour be added?
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits
11:30, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
The template documentation says:
If you have checked the file and it is ok to move to commons add "
|human=username
" to the template so other users can see it has been checked and can help you copy the file to Commons.
It says nothing about a second person doing so; an indeed I always sign the tag when I use it and no one has ever suggested I should not do so. I strongly suspect - and its name seems to support this - that the parameter is intended to distinguish between nominations made by editors, and by bots. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Per consensus here [ [4]] A7 has been expanded to include organized events. I've been asked to notify the people who maintain twinkle and the templates not sure where all that happens so I'm hoping if it's not here someone can point me the right way! Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 13:52, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Template:Talkback has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.
·Add§hore·
Talk To Me!
10:14, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Twinkle's use of a deprecated template figures into this ongoing TfD. Posting here both to wonder aloud if there's any reason Twinkle's still using it, and as a heads-up in case it's deleted (though if there is a consensus, I'm sure the reviewing admin will wait for Twinkle to drop it before deleting). — PinkAmpers & (Je vous invite à me parler) 00:39, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
I use a Mac, Snow Leopard and Safari. Twinkle plain burps and does nothing at all when I click submit. not a thing. It used to work for me. Am I alone in finding this happens (well, doesn't happen?) Please drop me a Talkback on my talk page to let me know there is a reply here. Fiddle Faddle ( talk) 14:07, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Syntax error, unrecognized expression: input:text[@name=sockpuppet]
.
The Anonymouse (
talk |
contribs)
07:03, 23 January 2013 (UTC)Anybody here know why Template:On redirects to Template:New unreviewed article? The redirect was created with the editsummary "just so twinkle will still show the right one". Please reply on the discussion here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Debresser ( talk • contribs) 19:16, 2 February 2013(UTC)
See Template talk:Cleanup-link rot#Link rot? for details.-- SaskatchewanSenator ( talk) 20:38, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
I don't know if any scripts aside from Twinkle are actually dependent on MediaWiki:Gadget-morebits.js. I, for one, am happy to support anyone who wishes to do so... but I digress.
I plan to make a breaking change to Morebits.quickForm to support some possible new features in Twinkle's Tag module. Specifically, the DOM tree for subgroups will change slightly. If you're doing fancy things (read: hacks), please notify me and I will tell all.
This doesn't affect regular users of Twinkle; only coders who use the morebits.js library. (By the way, I'd love to hear from anyone whose code depends on morebits.js, just so I know.) — This, that, and the other (talk) 09:07, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Could we maybe, just maybe, add {{ Uw-dttr}} under "single-issue notices"? Since RCP'ers are always bumping into each other, I can think of a few ways it could come in handy. (If deleting the main page were still possible, I'd say we should include Wikipedia:Silly things/Template:Uw-delmain1 too, but, alas, it's not.) — PinkAmpers & (Je vous invite à me parler) 10:15, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
I like the preferences setting, and I use it. But, just sometimes, it makes sense to override my preferences. Please would you consider the concept of a "Welcome page position preferences override" button/box. I very much doubt this will reach the top of your list for some time unless you happen to like the idea and be fiddling with that part of the code anyway. Fiddle Faddle ( talk) 10:40, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
The speedy deletion declined template says Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages.. That's hugely condescending, it's basically a "You're too stupid to know what you're doing." thing. Especially in the cases of people who actually do know what they're doing, and the person who puts the template on the page just disagrees with you concerning your speedy deletion template. RNealK ( talk) 06:10, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
I have made a proposal for deletion sorting to be added to Twinkle since the now-broken tool by John Vandenberg required Twinkle. Ks0stm ( T• C• G• E) 20:38, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
importScript("User:AzaToth/morebits.js");
before your inclusion of delsort? —
This, that and
the other (talk)
23:12, 7 February 2013 (UTC)I need help to create a Twinkle localisation for Malay Wiki. Hope someone could help me. — иz нίpнόp ʜᴇʟᴘ! 20:11, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
{{ An3-notice}} has a notice on it saying it's used by Twinkle but for the life of me I can't find it in Twinkle. Am I missing something? -- AussieLegend ( ✉) 06:33, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi everyone. :) I just used Twinkle's de-linking tool on Rico Beats as I deleted it at AfD, and I noticed that one of the links at The DeAndre Way was left in after Twinkle's edit. Here's Twinkle's edit, and here's my fix of the link that Twinkle left. Does anyone have an idea of what's going on here? As far as I can remember Twinkle has dealt with these kind of links just fine in the past, but then my memory is not infallible... — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 06:18, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
When I pointed out to an editor that they had added a {{ stub}} tag at the top of an article instead of the end, and with a date parameter it doesn't take, they said Twinkle had done it! I can't see {{ stub}} in my menu on Twinkle, so perhaps they've added it as an extra option or something, but could Twinkle please be made to recognise that this template goes in a different place from general maintenance tags and doesn't need a date parameter? Pam D 10:47, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Any chance this template could be added to TW? - Nathan Johnson ( talk) 13:59, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
I tried to nominate {{
HowToDeleteNutshell}} for speedy deletion using Twinkle, but it erroneously detected <tt><nowiki>{{delete | [your reason] }}</nowiki></tt>
in markup as a transclusion of {{
delete}} and refused to proceed. Is this worth fixing?
Keφr
10:43, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
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When trying to do this revert using Twinkle, I got the message: Notice: Good faith revert was chosen on SineBot. This is a whitelisted bot, it makes no sense at all to revert it as a good faith edit, will stop reverting.
It's quite annoying to be told your edit "makes no sense at all" in an automated message. Would it be possible to either look at the possibility of allowing rollbacks of this type or else changing the wording to something more straightforward like "Twinkle does not allow for rollback of bot edits as good faith edits"? Formerip ( talk) 15:24, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
FYI, I made some comments about Twinkle use and abuse here. Warden ( talk) 09:48, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
It has been suggested to add an intermediary page when the user selects XfD, giving the links typically shown in the {{ find sources}} template, as a way to encourage better WP:BEFORE compliance. Thoughts on this? Tijfo098 ( talk) 13:11, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Can we add {{ Whisperback}} to the talkback module? -- weltforce ( talk) 13:55, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
{{
talkback}}
and related templates, but this one seems fairly unobtrusive—a good thing on user talk pages. I support this being added.
David
1217
What I've done
21:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)Clicking the "submit request" button does nothing now. I've tested this in both Mac OS X and Ubuntu. CtP ( t • c) 15:17, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
When Twinkle asks me to fill in some text (for example a URL for requesting deletion per WP:CSD#F9), I am sometimes told that it is not possible to proceed because the URL is on the spam blacklist, and then my text is lost. Would it be possible to offer some way to recover the text I typed in? If a file qualifies for deletion as a copyright violation, I would typically wish to add a deletion template no matter what. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 13:21, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
I hope I've explained it comprehensible (as I'm not a native English speaker). All the best, -- weltforce ( talk) 22:31, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
I really think that Twinkle should be ported to Mac OS X. It will give Mac contributors a chance to use all of those wonderful tools. Hope to hear from you guys! Interlude 65 14:26, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
I've just used Twinkle to add {{ merge}} to an article for the first time and was disappointed that it didn't add the complementary {{ mergefrom}} to the target article (or open that page for me to edit, or even just flash up a big reminder for me to do so). Any reason why not? Every {[tl|merge}} needs a {{ mergefrom}}. Pam D 09:21, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Requesting removal of {{
wikify}}
from Twinkle on behalf of
WikiProject Wikify, per discussion on
the project talkpage and
this TfD: the wikify template is being deprecated.
benzband (
talk)
11:26, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
For your information: The template {{ subst:ncd}}, used by Twinkle's "Tag" module on file information pages, was deleted yesterday. There is a discussion about this at Wikipedia talk:Moving files to the Commons#Template:Now commons dated. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 11:55, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
If you try using the "sockpuppeteer" reporting function, the submit button doesn't work! Mdann52 ( talk) 17:10, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
The batch deletion function seems to have lost the ability to delete the associated talk pages of the deleted pages. Could that functionality be re-added? Thanks! Reaper Eternal ( talk) 12:43, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
I would request the following features may be added to the Twinkle module, {{cleanup-images}}, {{too many photos}}, {{image requested}}. A large number of article are messed up with too much photos. This tag will surely help in making the tagging process simpler. Amartyabag TALK2ME 05:10, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
As mentioned, {{ uncategorized}} should be tagged to the bottom of the page. The issue is that Twinkle tags it even after interwikis etc. We got this in the code currently:
if( tagName === 'uncategorized' || tagName === 'cat improve' ) {
pageText += '\n\n{{' + tagName +
'|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}';
}
I tried a little bit of regex:
if( tagName === 'uncategorized' || tagName === 'cat improve' ) {
pageText.replace(/((\s*(\[\^\+\]\]|\{\{[^\}]+\-stub\}\})\s*)+)$/);
pageText += '\n\n{{' + tagName +
'|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}';
}
However, this does not work; the tag is still placed after the entire page, including interwiki and cats. Any ideas? -- intforce ( talk) 13:20, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
pageText = pageText.replace(...)
and 2. What do you want to replace it with, anyway?
Keφr (
talk)
13:36, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
pageText = pageText.substr(0, i) + '...' + pageText.substr(i);
. Or if you really want to match the boilerplate with a regex, you can pass a function as the second argument to replace
. But I am not sure if a single regex can work reliably here.
Keφr (
talk)
16:22, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
pageText.replace(/((\s*(\[\^\+\]\]|\{\{[^\}]+\-stub\}\})\s*)+)$/, "\n\n{{uncategorized|date=XXX}}$1");
if( tagName === 'uncategorized' || tagName === 'cat improve' ) {
pageText = pageText.replace(/((\s*(\[\^\+\]\]|\{\{[^\}]+\-stub\}\})\s*)+)$/,
"\n\n{{" + tagName + "|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}$1");
}
pageText = pageText.replace(...)
.
Keφr (
talk)
06:18, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Same problem still after the pageText = pageText.replace(...)
code :( --
intforce (
talk)
13:01, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
{{
Whois}}
is pretty similar to the other shared IP templates, but for some reason Twinkle doesn't have it. Could it be added? Thanks,
David
1217
What I've done
21:13, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
One of the joys of using Twinkle is that it automatically notifies the creator if I CSD or PROD an article, saving me the effort of doing so manually. But I've just discovered, by checking my CSD log, that it doesn't do this in all cases. Excluded cases include CSD G6 {{ db-disambig}}. I suggest that Twinkle should notify the original creator of articles which are nominated for CSD deletion as "Unnecessary disambiguation page". In some cases the creator needs to know that they are misguidedly creating such pages; in other cases it's possible that the page has been corrupted since they created it and they might want to be alerted in order to rebuild it. Please change Twinkle's rules so that it notifies the creator of these articles. Pam D 06:48, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
{{
db-disambig}}
?
David
1217
What I've done
00:57, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
A proposal has been made to reword the template message for use in sections. Have a look at Template talk:No footnotes. De728631 ( talk) 15:01, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
I'm running into a new bug (past week or so) when I attempt to use Twinkle to protect or CSD a page. In both cases, Twinkle loads a mostly-empty interface (top radio buttons and then empty "Preset", "1", and "2" boxes, for PP; "Tag page only, don't delete", Delete-related options boxes, and Tag-related options checkboxes, followed by "Failed to initialize the CSD module. Please try again, or tell the Twinkle developers about the issue." for CSD). I can get the rest of the interface to load for CSD by clicking the "tag only, don't delete" box, and for PP by clicking one of the radio buttons other than "Protect page", but this is a bit of an awkward workaround. Anyone know what's going on here? A fluffernutter is a sandwich! ( talk) 18:39, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
It seems that Twinkle unexpectedly stopped appearing on the edit bar, next to "view history" and the "move" drop-down box. I've cleared and bypassed my cache, imported the script to my script file, to no avail. I'm using Firefox version 15.0.1 on a MacBook Pro version 10.5.8. -- Luke (Talk) 01:02, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
I'm having the same problem as well. I'm glad that I'm not the only person having this problem. -- Webclient101 ( talk) 01:24, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
This should be resolved per WP:VPT. Remove the {{ Resolved}} template if you're still having problems after clearing your cache. jcgoble3 ( talk) 05:25, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
See the edit history at User talk:109.153.79.43. -- Nathan2055 talk - contribs 21:58, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
When adding an optional message to user warnings with Twinkle's warn/notify user popup, the optional message no longer appears. I noticed this yesterday, but it's been a while since I used that facility, so I don't know when it stopped working. — SMALL JIM 11:04, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
If {{ multiple issues}} has both old-style and new-style parameters and the new-style parameter is not last, Twinkle will neither correctly convert the existing old-style parameters nor correctly add the new tag. See this edit for example. Anomie ⚔ 16:06, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Because of the deprecation of {{ Wikify}}, the {{ Underlinked}} tag has recently been created to mark articles with too few wikilinks. Could Twinkle tagging be updated to include {{ Underlinked}}? Thanks! Guoguo12 (Talk) 22:36, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
On a number of occassions, editors have nominated articles for AfD without noticing that the articles had interwiki links to foreign-language articles which had references and other evidence which cast entirely new light on whether the article is notable. A recent example is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pontus Schultz. I believe that this is a Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias issue, because it undermines representation of non-English language countries and cultures. Is there any way in which twinkle could highlight interwiki links during the AfD process to help combat this? Stuartyeates ( talk) 02:48, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Is there any reason that all the "TW" links use abbreviations only? I'm not a friend of unnecessary confusion. -- No qwach macken ( talk) 01:06, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
TW was used on an abortion content dispute. While a summary of the editor's opinion was entered, they are flippant on their understanding of some sources in question, which impacts the content dispute. Does this equate to abuse of TW, or does the summary (even if poorly thought out) mean it's ok? - Roy Boy 04:07, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm wondering whether {{ Uw-1rrMac}} could be added for Macedonian naming conventions?
Several days ago I sent a link to the original web page for this photo and quoted the sentence putting it in the public domain. Peter Flass ( talk) 11:30, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
I can not change Twinkle preference Wikipedia:TWPREFS. On 23rd August I changed Talkback header to Talkback on {{subst:DATE}} to make a unique header in user's talk page. But, that did not go well! And since then I am trying to change the TB header (either to Talkback message by Tito Dutta or just Talkback, but nothing is working. I have restored full settings too and cleacred caches many times. -- Tito Dutta ✉ 05:43, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
See this edit in which, while logging a speedy deletion nomination, Twinkle also deleted some of the existing log entries. Is this a bug, or is it due to the user setting this in twinkleoptions.js? If it is a bug please fix it. jfd34 ( talk) 12:07, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Whenever I try to post a new message to a user's (IP or registered) talk page and the talk page has not been created yet, the TW tab next to the "add to watchlist" button doesn't show anymore. It was showing yesterday, but it's not showing today. Was it something I did, or has Twinkle changed? –– Anonymouse321 ( talk • contribs) 15:55, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
(Reposting, because this discussion was archived too quickly by MiszaBot II.)
FYI, I made some comments about Twinkle use and abuse here. Warden ( talk) 09:48, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
It has been suggested to add an intermediary page when the user selects XfD, giving the links typically shown in the {{ find sources}} template, as a way to encourage better WP:BEFORE compliance. Thoughts on this? Tijfo098 ( talk) 13:11, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
How important is WP:BEFORE relative to the building and maintenance a digital encyclopedia? Northamerica1000 (talk) 10:52, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Currently, Twinkle use is prohibited to undo good-faith changes in content disputes unless an appropriate edit summary is used. This seems to conflict somewhat with the instruction one normally receives after manually starting an "undo", which is If you are undoing an edit that is not vandalism, explain the reason in the edit summary. Do not use the default message only. It seems to me that in undoing a good-faith edit, Twinkle is abused unless it conforms with the general instruction to provide an edit summary where vandalism cannot be assumed. I would therefore propose that the phrase in content disputes be removed so that the description of abuse reads in conformity with general undoing:
Cynwolfe ( talk) 15:39, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm kind of new here and noticed some people have many acts/edits of vandalism. I was wondering if there was a tool to check to see if all/any of their multiple edits have been reverted. For instance, I noticed this person vandalized the article on endorphins, so i checked their contributions and could see many more potential acts of vandalism. Is there an easy way to check all of them with some kind of tool instead of clicking on each one? Raquel_Baranow ( talk) 22:44, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
When using Twinkle to rollback an edit, it brings up a window asking for an edit summary. However, if Cancel is clicked, the rollback continues without an edit summary. Is this by design?
Expected behavior: If the text field is empty and if Cancel is clicked, it should not rollback. However, if OK is clicked, it should continue without an edit summary.
Actual behavior: The rollback is still performed without an edit summary (if the text field is empty, of course) regardless of whether Cancel or OK is clicked.
–– Anonymouse321 ( talk • contribs) 06:21, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
``''
``null''
, which is what Twinkle expects. Apparently Safari isn't sensible, and we can't really help that. —
This, that, and
the other (talk)
07:00, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to make some modifications and updates. Where can I find a copy of the source? Thanks, Nathan2055 talk - contribs 16:25, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
<nowiki>
tag took care of that…
Keφr (
talk)
16:06, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way to add custom templates to Twinkle's warnings? I wasn't aware of the RfC regarding level-1 warnings, and would prefer to at least have the option to use the text from the previous versions of the level-1 warnings when necessary. Thoughts? -- Ckatz chat spy 08:07, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way to suppress the duplicate signature that is appended at the end of a custom welcome template? Here is an example of what I am referring to: User talk:MrX/sandbox/dup
Thanks in advance for any help. - MrX (TALK) 14:46, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
Problem
Unlink doesn't seem to respect the namespace choice set in one's prefs for image use.
Steps to reproduce
Expected result
Only backlinks and file usage in userspace show up
What happens instead
Links are only from the userspace, but file usage is from all namespaces.
Problem
Unlink doesn't work for galleries and templates
Steps to reproduce
Expected Result
The file should be removed from the gallery and {{ Infobox settlement}} used in the sandbox
What happens instead
Unlink gets stuck at Retrieving page... for the sandbox, and goes on to say Unlinking backlinks: 100% (completed) and Unlinking instances of file usage: 100% (completed)
WP:TWPREFS#twinkle-config-section-6's point Keep the CSD userspace log at this user subpage has the helptip i.e. User:username/subpage name. Only works if you turn on the CSD userspace log..
However, Twinkle practically asks for only the subpagename (not the namespace and username).
See for example: User:Siddhartha Ghai/twinkleoptions.js and the newly created User:Siddhartha Ghai/User:Siddhartha Ghai/csdlog.
Same bug for the wording of the PROD log.
Hope these can be fixed soon (especially the unlink ones). Regards -- Siddhartha Ghai ( talk) 18:07, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Template messages/User talk namespace#User notification for attack pages about {{ db-attack-notice}} which will effect Twinkle. At the moment, the only change (as far as Twinkle coding is concerned - the template will be very different) will be that the page name will no longer be a parameter. Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 01:33, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Today, I was reverting to an unvandalized revision of Chicago Bears using Twinkle, but I ended up receiving a message stating, "Failed to save edit: Namespace doesn't allow actual pages". I eventually tried using Twinkle to flag my sandbox for CSD as a test to see if it works again, but I received the same message. I later tried configuring my WP:TWPREFS, and saved it, but received the message again. Any way to fix this? Zappa O Mati 21:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Twinkle isn't even coming up for me any more when I go into Special:Newpages. I've long had a problem that it doesn't show at all when I go to a new user page that has no previous edits. How to fix that? Valenciano ( talk) 04:34, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Same problem reported in AWB's bugs page at the same day. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 11:45, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Recently (I think the problem started w/in the last week), most of the time that I open a new window (including when a user's talk page is automatically opened by a rollback), Twinkle doesn't load. I often have to reload pages 3 or more times to get the twinkle pulldown menu to appear. I have the same problem with the editing toolbars (the ones with bolding, the citation templates, etc.). This may have something to do with the new edit window, not Twinkle...or something with Firefox (I'm on version 15.0.1). Qwyrxian ( talk) 15:35, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I've noticed that Rollback (Vandal) doesn't seem to complete on the destination user's Talk page - it opens a the Talk page in a new window, but doesn't paste in the warning, or popup the TW Warn dialog. When I pulldown a TW Warn, then the TW Warn dialog is filled in with the correct article. Is this correct, expected behavior? If so, cool. -- Lexein ( talk) 07:47, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Why's there no warning/caution for a removal of WP:PROD template? There is a warning/caution for removal of WP:BLPPROD template. I'm sorry if this has been answered but I've been coming across this lately.-- Astros4477 ( talk) 21:36, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
Twinkle's definition of {{ dead end}} needs updating. The current text — "{{dead end}}: article has few or no links to other articles" — should be changed to "...has no links to other articles". DoctorKubla ( talk) 18:04, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Sorry if I misread the instructions, but I checked the csd log box in the preferences, yet it hasn't logged any csd's yet. Am I supposed to create the user page first or...? Thanks! Dengero ( talk) 16:19, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I believe that I used to be able to see rollback buttons on the 'View History / Revision History' tab of articles, yet now I only see the 3 rollback buttons on diff pages. I tried looking at the Twinkle Preferences and didn't see anything, and I'm using Chrome on an XP laptop and a W7 desktop and can't see the buttons on that page. I tried clearing the cache and bypassing it, with no result. I tried removing gadgets, no result. Does anyone know how to get that function back? It was very helpful. I still do see the Twinkle drop-down bar next to the 'add to watchlist' star, yet the rollback buttons used to be next to each user's edit on articles' 'view history' pages.--ɱ 20:53, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
Pardon me if this has been answered before, but would it be feasible to require—or at least encourage—Twinkle users to start discussions when they tag articles with {{ merge to}} and {{ merge from}}? Users may think their intent is obvious in some cases, but it's poor form to do so without starting a discussion (see Wikipedia:Merging#Proposing a merger). Most editors wouldn't propose an RM or AfD without a rationale, and it shouldn't be done for merges either. -- BDD ( talk) 01:45, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
Twinkle was able to execute all of the process for AfD except finding a target in the log. I'm not sure why, as the day has not yet turned over, and today's log definitely exists. There was a redlink in the log at the very top, however. Other than that, I've got no explanation for it. MSJapan ( talk) 23:53, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
Is there anything on Wikipedia that is like Twinkle, but helps you add WikiProject tags to article talk spaces? It would save a hell of a lot of time and all the remembering of different codes like |a&e-work-group=yes or typing out |class=stub 20 times. Del♉sion23 (talk) 00:24, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
I have recently begun using the {{To do}} functionality, which creates a To Do List like so:
I think it would be great if Twinkle could automatically create the To do page using the tags as a structure, alternately it could use {{Tasks}} template to create the list. Then once it has created the list, it could add that the To do template to the Talk page.
Thoughts? Is this worth me sending in a request? ReformedArsenal ( talk) 15:18, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
See notification and MFD tag. The notification was completed fairly quickly, but Twinkle spent so long waiting on the MFD tagging to complete that I began to think it had gotten stuck. It finally completed, and when I checked the history, I found that the tagging edit had reverted the notification, which I then had to fix manually. Any idea on how to fix this bug? jcgoble3 ( talk) 22:15, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way of getting Twinkle usage statistics? I am particularly interested in its use for reverting vandalism. The changes in the number of warnings, cautions, reverts etc would give some indication of vandalism growth. A bit crude indication but if normalised against TW usage overall it may be ok. -- Alan Liefting ( talk - contribs) 00:41, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Probably not a big thing, but I just split a documentation off of Template:Bad format, which has Template:Twinkle standard installation attached. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 20:18, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
Something's up somewhere. Twinkle is no longer working for me. Anyone else having this problem? Cindy( talk to me) 03:07, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
I am not going to create an account to list a bug so I am going to do so here. This should have been added to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 November 17 not Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 November 18. Do notice the timestamp. Thanks. -- Cheers, Riley Huntley 00:53, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Anyone else unable to use Twinkle to create SPI reports this morning? Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 15:08, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
The last few times I have protected a page using Twinkle it appears to be edit conflicting with itself. That is, it issues the protection just fine, but believes it is in an edit conflict when adding the tag to the page, apparently "conflicting" with the actual action of adding the protection. Beeblebrox ( talk) 22:50, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
I think it would be a good idea to have a Talkback option in Twinkle for messages on Wikimedia Commons. I think a lot of users don't check Commons as often as Wikipedia. I couldn't find this in any archives so what does everybody think?-- Astros4477 ( talk) 22:56, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Today is the day, pending changes will officially be put back into service within the next few hours. It looks like Twinkle does not currently support it when protecting. I can't remember if there was support during the trial or not but given the number of admins who use Twinkle it would be super awesome if it did. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:57, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
{{
pp-pc1}}
and {{
pp-pc2}}
, then added them to all the PC-protected pages.
David
1217
What I've done
01:39, 3 December 2012 (UTC)Since this may be of interest: I nominated that template for deletion, because it does not seem to be used in any fashion. Anyone with a clue is invited to the discussion. Keφr 20:19, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
I have recently switched on/found out about the logging function for CSD and PROD tagging, and I think it would be really useful to be able to save custom logs for all functions twinkle can be used for. ie. ARV, RPP, XfD and some maintenance tags like merge proposals. Also the ability to choose what content is included in the log, for example remove all details except the article link in the current CSD and PROD logs, or add the expiry date of the PROD, or just change the formatting of it. I understand what I am asking would take a considerable amount of work to achieve, so it's just a suggestion. Thanks! -- Patchy1 05:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
I just noticed today that the right side of the "TW" menu to the left of the search field is misaligned. It may be related to an edit that was made today to the source code. Anybody else see this? The Anonymouse ( talk • contribs) 20:44, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Should be fixed now. Thanks Amalthea! — This, that, and the other (talk) 00:33, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
I notice today that when placing the {{
welcomelaws}}
template with Twinkle, it doesn't leave a signature. -- Mufka
(u)
(t)
(c)
12:19, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
According to {{ Uw-unsourced4}} it "is used by the standard installation of Twinkle." However, it does not appear in the drop down menu under the 4th level warnings. So is the documentation incorrect or is Twinkle? CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 13:29, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
Currently Twinkle does not seem to be able to accept rationales for this CSD criteria. The criteria, at least in the current language at WP:CSD covers orphaned templates with no use, yet trying to tag a page T3 using twinkle asks for a template that is being duplicated, and provides no way to select one of the non-duplicate T3 criteria. Monty 845 19:01, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Pending changes is back. Can we get it integrated with the RFPP module? -- Nathan2055 talk - contribs 00:09, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Would it be possible to Twinkle to take care of the necessary additions to
Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English when you use it to tag pages with {{
not English}}
or {{
rough translation}}
? It's a bit of a fringe scenario but I love the fact that Twinkle does all the housework for deletion nominations and stuff, this seems like a natural addition. --
Noiratsi (
talk)
20:02, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm always getting Adding entry to userspace log: Failed to save edit: error "Gateway Time-out" occurred while contacting the API.
when trying to tag an article for speedy deletion. the CSD template does go threw, though. --
LuK3
(Talk)
02:30, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Firstly, sorry if this is in the wrong place - please feel free to tell me where to go, as it were.
I would like to propose a revision to the warning wording that a user sees if they hit "Warn" on their own talk page. At the moment it says "Warning yourself can be seen as a sign of mental instability! Are you sure you want to proceed?" I think this is a bit too cute, and seems to poke fun at mental illness, which we should not do (although I am quite sure that no deliberate offence was intended, of course). Why not just reword it to something neutral such as "You are about to warn yourself! Are you sure you want to proceed?" which checks the intention just as well but omits the insult ... or something along those lines. Let me make this plain - I do like the fact that we can use it on ourselves - I sometimes find it useful to be able to see how it will appear before I use it on someone else and I am probably no more mentally unstable than around 50% of all Wikipedia editors, on a good day. So I am not asking for any change in functionality, just in the wording of this message. Indeed, you will recall that there was a period in which self-warning was not permitted and I found that very unhelpful - an unnecessarily fussy level of intervention. To summarize: it's a great facility; please leave it in; please just reword the message so it is not offensive. Thanks and best wishes to all DBaK ( talk) 10:56, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
I'd have to agree with DBaK here. I'm sure in earlier wiki-times, when developers roamed free in open pastures, such messages were fine. But time has moved on, someone has build a housing estate on the pasture, and the only roaming permitted is on mobile phones. In short, time to smarten this up. Elen of the Roads ( talk) 00:12, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you all. Well, goodness me, that caused a kerfuffle. I'm so sorry, I didn't want to reenact the Battle of the Somme (albeit with a bit less mud and many fewer fatalities) and I had thought I had a straightforward request. Doh! Sorry sorry - I hope no-one was offended or upset by my sometimes OTT reactions. (Though to be honest, swearing, throwing my teddy in the corner and blocking myself a few days was probably far better for my mental health than a number of other things that I might have done ...) I would like to thank everyone very much for the thoughtful debate, and, of course, in particular I'd like to thank Twinkle's maintainers ( This, that, in this case, I think?) for actually making the change. It really is much appreciated and I was very pleased to see it when I tried it this morning: probably more pleased than I can easily express here. Thank you SO much. I am going out for a celebratory coffee which I will raise twice, in admiration and thanks, first to the toolset's maintainers and next to everyone who participated here. Wishing everyone love, light and peace (which I stole from Spike Milligan but never mind) I remain yours, with thanks and best wishes, DBaK ( talk) 10:46, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi. First, sorry if I put this in the wrong place. I have created a template, welcome-delete. I am suggesting that it be included in twinkle's welcome feature. Passengerpigeon ( talk) 10:35, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm going to overhaul {{ welcome teacher}} so that it provides much more specific and focused info for people who seem to be trying to run a Wikipedia classroom assignment. Namely, the idea will be to point them to the Training for educators and suggest that they use a structured course page so that the students are easier for us to keep track of.-- Sage Ross (WMF) ( talk) 15:27, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
{{#if:{{{1|}}}|[[user talk:{{{1}}}|my talk page]]|my talk page}}
in the line beginning with "I hope you enjoy editing here" in the April 12 version by KillerChihuahua. It was meant to take the username of the person leaving the message to provide a link to their talk page. The removal doesn't really matter, though, since it won't break the template (any parameter passed to the template will be silently ignored/dropped).
jcgoble3 (
talk)
03:11, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
See [2] and [3]. Looks like Twinkle didn't notice it was edit-conflicting with itself. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) ( talk) 11:00, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
Is it possible to use Twinkle to tag pages with the {{ db-spamuser}} tag? -- Vincent Liu ( something to say?) 12:22, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
Do you think the {{ Talkbacktiny}} and {{ Whisperback}} templates could be added to the talkback function? The Anonymouse ( talk • contribs) Merry Christmas! 07:13, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
We are trialing a new Javascript-based SPI report wizard (see Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/Archives/Archive12#A new wizard for filing SPI cases). It uses {{ subst:SPI report}} right now, but since substitution is rather fragile (e.g., a typo in a link [[like this}] can break it entirely, I'd rather move to a format that's coded in the JS itself. That would, however, desync the format used in SPI proper and the format used by Twinkle. I suspect that the easiest way to fix this is simply to have Twinkle use the SPI wizard as well for the SPI reporting. Do you guys see any potential technical problems with this? T. Canens ( talk) 11:58, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
That issue is by design when I redid the SPI report function. Merging new reports into old ones is difficult to implement, creates a lot more format dependency in the code, causes all sorts of problems with case status tracking (e.g., merging into a closed case? a case where CU has been endorsed? a case where a check has been run already?), and is very rarely useful. T. Canens ( talk) 01:46, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
I can't seem to figure out how to add {{ uw-attack}} to the warn menu. Anyone know how? I've looked through the Twinkle options. Mkdw talk 04:08, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Could we add functionality for tagging talk pages with WikiProject banners; including class and importance ratings? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:43, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
I don't have a github account.
I'd like to suggest that {{
Welcome to Wikipedia}} be added to Twinkle.
RiverStyx23{
talk
email}
03:06, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
see that edit, I had to correct that two edits later manually. mabdul 13:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
If an user with reviewer right revert an edit that is pending review by using native rollback or undo, then the combined null edit is automatically accepted. It appears that when reverting using TW, such edit isn't automatically accepted nor is the user prompted to accept the edit. See recent edits at Hamburger for example. A possible feature request? -- KTC ( talk) 16:06, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
One of the regular requests at WP:RFP/C is to be autoconfirmed so that they can upload images. However, so many of them have no understanding of the image use policy, and related file policies. I created {{ Welcome-image}} to be used in situations like that (literally dozens a week) - the image was chosen specifically as its in the file tutorial itself, and the wording captures the issues. It will certainly also get their attention. I recommend it (or if someone wants to standardize the colours) be added to the interface with the description "For new editors who have an interest in uploading files and images" ( ✉→ BWilkins ←✎) 11:21, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
Could we get WP:Helpdesk included in the noticeboard talkbacks? Thanks Tiggerjay ( talk) 18:39, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
There's a discussion at Template_talk:Primary_sources#Propose_making_the_contents_match_the_title about the problem that the "Primary sources" template is being used where {{ third-party}} is much more appropriate, and revised wordings are being considered. Could we please have {{ third-party}} available in TWINKLE, as it's the message we more often need to convey? Pam D 10:20, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
To all of you who are involved in creating and maintaining Twinkle, thank you so much! It makes editing Wikipedia so much better and easier. Thank you!! Lova Falk talk 08:19, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
It would be good to have an option to use |type=tiny
when tagging a template with TfD, please. Here's
an example.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits
23:12, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
I was new page patrolling when I came across an article that was I was going to tag for deletion. When I selected the issues that apply and submitted the edit via Twinkle, I was notified that someone else had already tagged it. The CSD reason this user used was fine, but there was still a speedy deletion reason that would have applied better - multiple, in fact. However, I couldn't add them with the ease of Twinkle as the tool kept telling me that {{ db-spam}} was in place. Is there any way Twinkle could allow for the modification, addition, and removal CSD of such tags (the majority of which would use {{ db-multiple}})? As a bonus, Twinkle could log, in the relevant new page patroller's log, a note that says something to the effect of "User X changed $article's tag(s) from $tag1 to $whatevernewtags." Thanks, MJ94 ( talk) 17:50, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Is there currently a problem with twinkle? None of my options are showing up. Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 03:03, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
I've just updated {{ Welcome student}}, to emphasize the training for students we have now and generally cut down the size of it. I don't think Twinkle usage will be affected by my changes.-- Sage Ross (WMF) ( talk) 21:42, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
Several people at once just warned User talk:Rajvir Singh Randhawa; none of the notice showed up because he had left an open <gallery> tag at the bottom of his user page. As a result the subst: wasn't parsed. When I went to fix it, all the notices suddenly appeared at once, all signed by me (since they were all suddenly substed as a result of my edit). I get that this isn't a problem with Twinkle as such, but is there any way to mitigate against it? A real user would notice the open tag when editing and would see when previewing that their message didn't display. In this particular case, using Twinkle, none of the people leaving messages on the talk page could see that others had already tried to leave messages, or that there was an invisible tag cutting off the rest of the content. Thanks! -- Noiratsi ( talk) 11:07, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
{{
not english}}
, {{
rough translation}}
etc? I think it got archived. Essentially I was wondering if Twinkle could deal with adding pages to the list of
Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English.Please update the warning issued to {{ spam-warn}} when a page is tagged with G11. Thanks. FrankDev ( talk) 02:12, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
It would be handy if twinkle marked pages as reviewed automatically if tagged, prodded, or CSDed. There is a lot of overlap between reviewers hitting the same pages. Would cut down on the reivew backlog significantly if we could mark as reviewed when taking action. Gaijin42 ( talk) 21:17, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
I notice that only one of the standard welcome templates currently allows you to specify an article. What changed? There used to be more that allowed you to do that - I'd look into it myself, but I'm not sure where the Twinkle · Welcome User interface comes from. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 17:10, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Notices are also broken. When I nominate things for speedy deletion, the templates posted onto the creator's user_talk page are shown as wikitext rather than being transcluded or subst'ed. — Arctic Gnome ( talk • contribs) 05:31, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps it has always been this way but this is the first time I noticed that the "this article's entry" link on a page sent to AFD was a redlink. Please forgive the interruption if this is expected behavior. - UnbelievableError ( talk) 04:35, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
The documentation pages on {{ uw-af1}}, {{ uw-af2}}, {{ uw-af3}}, {{ uw-af4}}, and {{ uw-af4im}} all include the "used by the standard installation of Twinkle" notice. However, when I scroll through my user warning options, I don't see any of them (and I'm sure I'm not overlooking it, since I've checked the 4im options, of which there are few enough that you can't miss an option). I figure this means one of three things: these documentation pages are wrong about this (most likely), something's wrong with my configurations (surely possible), or something's wrong with the user warning settings for Twinkle in general (least likely). Anyone know which it is? Thanks. — Francophonie&Androphilie ( Je vous invite à me parler) 00:49, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
This, that and the other - would you also please add {{ Uw-af-personalinfo}}, {{ Uw-af-contact}}, & {{ Uw-af-question}} to the single issue notices on Twinkle? Thanks, Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 00:57, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
When Twinkle is used to tag an image with {{
Copy to Commons}}, that template's |human=username
parameter should be (optionally) completed. Please can that behaviour be added?
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits
11:30, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
The template documentation says:
If you have checked the file and it is ok to move to commons add "
|human=username
" to the template so other users can see it has been checked and can help you copy the file to Commons.
It says nothing about a second person doing so; an indeed I always sign the tag when I use it and no one has ever suggested I should not do so. I strongly suspect - and its name seems to support this - that the parameter is intended to distinguish between nominations made by editors, and by bots. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Per consensus here [ [4]] A7 has been expanded to include organized events. I've been asked to notify the people who maintain twinkle and the templates not sure where all that happens so I'm hoping if it's not here someone can point me the right way! Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 13:52, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Template:Talkback has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.
·Add§hore·
Talk To Me!
10:14, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Twinkle's use of a deprecated template figures into this ongoing TfD. Posting here both to wonder aloud if there's any reason Twinkle's still using it, and as a heads-up in case it's deleted (though if there is a consensus, I'm sure the reviewing admin will wait for Twinkle to drop it before deleting). — PinkAmpers & (Je vous invite à me parler) 00:39, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
I use a Mac, Snow Leopard and Safari. Twinkle plain burps and does nothing at all when I click submit. not a thing. It used to work for me. Am I alone in finding this happens (well, doesn't happen?) Please drop me a Talkback on my talk page to let me know there is a reply here. Fiddle Faddle ( talk) 14:07, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Syntax error, unrecognized expression: input:text[@name=sockpuppet]
.
The Anonymouse (
talk |
contribs)
07:03, 23 January 2013 (UTC)Anybody here know why Template:On redirects to Template:New unreviewed article? The redirect was created with the editsummary "just so twinkle will still show the right one". Please reply on the discussion here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Debresser ( talk • contribs) 19:16, 2 February 2013(UTC)
See Template talk:Cleanup-link rot#Link rot? for details.-- SaskatchewanSenator ( talk) 20:38, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
I don't know if any scripts aside from Twinkle are actually dependent on MediaWiki:Gadget-morebits.js. I, for one, am happy to support anyone who wishes to do so... but I digress.
I plan to make a breaking change to Morebits.quickForm to support some possible new features in Twinkle's Tag module. Specifically, the DOM tree for subgroups will change slightly. If you're doing fancy things (read: hacks), please notify me and I will tell all.
This doesn't affect regular users of Twinkle; only coders who use the morebits.js library. (By the way, I'd love to hear from anyone whose code depends on morebits.js, just so I know.) — This, that, and the other (talk) 09:07, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Could we maybe, just maybe, add {{ Uw-dttr}} under "single-issue notices"? Since RCP'ers are always bumping into each other, I can think of a few ways it could come in handy. (If deleting the main page were still possible, I'd say we should include Wikipedia:Silly things/Template:Uw-delmain1 too, but, alas, it's not.) — PinkAmpers & (Je vous invite à me parler) 10:15, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
I like the preferences setting, and I use it. But, just sometimes, it makes sense to override my preferences. Please would you consider the concept of a "Welcome page position preferences override" button/box. I very much doubt this will reach the top of your list for some time unless you happen to like the idea and be fiddling with that part of the code anyway. Fiddle Faddle ( talk) 10:40, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
The speedy deletion declined template says Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages.. That's hugely condescending, it's basically a "You're too stupid to know what you're doing." thing. Especially in the cases of people who actually do know what they're doing, and the person who puts the template on the page just disagrees with you concerning your speedy deletion template. RNealK ( talk) 06:10, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
I have made a proposal for deletion sorting to be added to Twinkle since the now-broken tool by John Vandenberg required Twinkle. Ks0stm ( T• C• G• E) 20:38, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
importScript("User:AzaToth/morebits.js");
before your inclusion of delsort? —
This, that and
the other (talk)
23:12, 7 February 2013 (UTC)I need help to create a Twinkle localisation for Malay Wiki. Hope someone could help me. — иz нίpнόp ʜᴇʟᴘ! 20:11, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
{{ An3-notice}} has a notice on it saying it's used by Twinkle but for the life of me I can't find it in Twinkle. Am I missing something? -- AussieLegend ( ✉) 06:33, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi everyone. :) I just used Twinkle's de-linking tool on Rico Beats as I deleted it at AfD, and I noticed that one of the links at The DeAndre Way was left in after Twinkle's edit. Here's Twinkle's edit, and here's my fix of the link that Twinkle left. Does anyone have an idea of what's going on here? As far as I can remember Twinkle has dealt with these kind of links just fine in the past, but then my memory is not infallible... — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 06:18, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
When I pointed out to an editor that they had added a {{ stub}} tag at the top of an article instead of the end, and with a date parameter it doesn't take, they said Twinkle had done it! I can't see {{ stub}} in my menu on Twinkle, so perhaps they've added it as an extra option or something, but could Twinkle please be made to recognise that this template goes in a different place from general maintenance tags and doesn't need a date parameter? Pam D 10:47, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Any chance this template could be added to TW? - Nathan Johnson ( talk) 13:59, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
I tried to nominate {{
HowToDeleteNutshell}} for speedy deletion using Twinkle, but it erroneously detected <tt><nowiki>{{delete | [your reason] }}</nowiki></tt>
in markup as a transclusion of {{
delete}} and refused to proceed. Is this worth fixing?
Keφr
10:43, 16 February 2013 (UTC)