Commons:User scripts

[update]

MediaWiki: 1.28.0-wmf.20 (3b2ecce)
jQuery: 1.11.3 / UI: 1.9.2

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Hi, interested in scripting? We need help, so do not hesitate to ask what you can do. We recommend start testing in your user-namespace (new users see basic instructions here).

We have a JavaScript styleguide, but it is a guide, not a policy. Nevertheless, consider reading the MediaWiki manual.

TO DO

• Clarify the copyright situation of user-scripts.
• standardize scripts' i18n methods → Gadgets 2.0 (mw.msg; example; explanation)
• Search & Detecting security vulnerable
• (urgent) Fix script affected by changes in the default continuation

To create

These are just suggestions. Feel free to comment in the talk-section.

• A script to get a formatted list of uploads, category-members, …
• A plugin to install scripts loaded with &withJS= - URL parameter to the user's common or skin.js
• A script-installer which is invokable by a template (URL-params maybe) with a step-by-step wizard (done for gadgets → Template:ActivateGadget)
• A global-user-page and settings wizard allowing to create and update the userpage on several wikis.
• A slideshow-framework using templates and script like Image Annotator or {{ImageStack}} with customizable caption-boxes, slide-effects, drag&slide, preview thumb-bar, …
• Integrate code for VIC and FPC nomination in MediaWiki:Gadget-QInominator.js.
• An autotranslate-template creation wizard
• Refractor MediaWiki:Gadget-LanguageSelect.js: Multiple language-preferences, showing a (+) like HotCat allowing to add a translation (create an input on-the-fly) to push i18n forward
• Script to show 1-3 file examples in parent categories from their child categories (Special:Permalink/84246834#Galleries in Categories)
• Rewrite DerivativeFX as a JavaScript application
• A tool to visually explore Flickr-Images from streams/sets/… before uploading and allowing to unselect some of them by given criteria

• A script to allow admins to close undeletion requests like closing deletion requests with MediaWiki:Gadget-DelReqHandler.js (maybe inside delreqhandler)  Done here by Perhelion and Steinsplitter

Scripts without il8n

• Category:User scripts needing internationalisation

Other

• MediaWiki:Gadget-ChooseResolution.js, MediaWiki:Gadget-dictionaryLookupHover.js not installed as a gadget
• MediaWiki:Gadget-Tag.js - ? not installed

Under construction

• Improve: Gallery-like mass-changing script User:Rillke/AjaxMassDelete.js
• Improve: Gallery of uploads MediaWiki:JSONListUploads.js
• Improve: licensereviewer.js (switch to API, ease the process)
• Waiting for clearance: Common SVG Checker MediaWiki:CommonsSvgChecker.js and Commons:Commons SVG Checker as UI

General Talk

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Tech News: 2015-51

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes this week

• Meta will be able to use information from Wikidata. [1]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 December. It will be on all Wikipedias from 17 December. (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 15 December at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is talking about the agenda for the Wikimedia Developer Summit. The meeting will be on 16 December at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join. [2]

Future changes

• A new gadget manager will come next year. The new gadget system is called Gadgets 2.0. [3]

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17:42, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-38

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• Last week's MediaWiki update was rolled back because of bugs. Creating new accounts did not work between 15 September 19:10 UTC and 16 September 12:50 UTC. [4][5]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will hopefully be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 September. It will be on all wikis from 22 September (calendar). This is the version that was meant to go out last week.

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 20 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is multi-content revisions. The meeting will be on 21 September at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Wikidata will start working on adding support for Wiktionary. The Wikidata development team is now taking one last look at the development plan. [6]

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22:09, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Users with script experience that may help

This user develops user scripts;

{{User script developer}}

• User: DieBuche (maybe inactive)
• User: Dschwen
• User: Helder
• User: Ilmari Karonen
• User: Krinkle
• User: Lupo
• User: Magnus Manske
• User: Rillke

See also: Category:Commons JavaScript coders

See also

Learning

• Wikibooks (de, en)
• mw:ResourceLoader/Default modules
• jQuery – code less, do more
• Usability drafts by Guillaume Paumier

Testing

You can test any script by running it from your console or put the code in a Special:MyPage/test.js and hit "preview".

• jsfiddle.net – Edit css, JavaScript, HTML and run it (big sandbox)
• Testing with different IE versions (Windows) (IETester: For slow machines) (Expression Web SuperPreview: For mordern machines)
• &withJS functionality: Commons has per-page JavaScript functionality, via this code being included in MediaWiki:Common.js. Try a random imagefile with MediaWiki:VisualFileChange.js.
• Testing the API

Validating and styling

• Use MediaWiki:Gadgetprototype.js for new gadgets.
• jslint – JavaScript Code Quality Tool
• jshint – another JavaScript Code Quality Tool
• jsbeautifier – Indenting and formatting your script – also on Commons:
• Commons Beautifier: escape unsafe characters and beautify the source code
• compactor- or just search yourself

Tools

• Firebug – necessary if you use Firefox
• {{Scriptuse}}

Troubleshooting

• Commons Diagnostic: Let affected users make the test
• &debug=true – URL parameter to get un-minified code
• Debug AJAX requests (using mockjax) github doc

Commons

• Commons:Gadget