Wikipedia:Gadget/evaluation

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This page is an attempt to determine which existing user scripts could be added to the 'Gadgets' section of Special:Preferences as a gadget. You can help by writing comments explaining why a script should or should not be included.

The actual discussion to include a script as a gadget takes place at Wikipedia:Gadget/proposals.

Contents

[edit] Scripts

Script Gadgetability

[edit] Navigating to Edit page

Add edit section 0 probably redundant to the next script, which is designed as a more portable version
It would be great to get this one more usable. It adds the edit link, not a tab, so it is more consistent. Prodego talk 00:47, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Simplified edit section 0 no obvious problems (ais523: I'm happy for this to be moved to MediaWiki space, but remember to leave a script redirect in place (this can be done with {{subst:js}})!) There is some problem with the profusion of edit-top scripts around, though; clearly they shouldn't all be used.
One obvious problem is the appearance of «0» when it shouldn't appear, e.g. in MediaWiki namespace for non-admins, or when the page has only one section anyway ∴ AlexSm 19:58, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Edit Top
Gerbrant.edit.top
Universal EditTop
Randall Bart's Fiddle Edit Tab
Talk page section tabs
HighlightEditSections.js

[edit] Editing

wikEd wikEd is already a gadget on the German, French, Hungarian, and Occitan Wikipedia as well as the Polish Wiktionary. It works currently only for Firefox and related browsers. I suggest to add it as a gadget on the English Wikipedia. Сасусlе 04:26, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Also at the Vietnamese Wikipedia and Vietnamese Wiktionary. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 20:36, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
QuickEdit
Inline section editor
Formatter
Replace
Gerbrant.edit.regexReplace
Gerbrant.edit.autoReplace
XEB
qPreview
Quick Preview
defaultsort
Force edit summary
Force edit summary alternative
qSig
sign.js
Sigdash
LinkFixr.js
iwiki

[edit] Page appearance

Duplicate tabs at bottom
New message history
HistoryCount
Time
Color-coded contribs
Hide top contributions
Set Book Source Currently requires the user to edit the script, in order to change the default redirect URL. I could change this, if there was interest in making this a gadget.Lunchboxhero (talk) 01:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Sidebar translator
Selfrefs as a tab not reliable
HighlightRedirects

[edit] Discussions

!Vote symbols Is it a good or bad idea to include this? It's a compromise that adds symbols to your own view rather than everyone's which has been useful in de-escalating the argument in the past, but it may encourage a 'voting mentality'.
Scripts of this nature tend to place the vote symbols before ANY bold tag that contains the word. —Random832 19:31, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Any bold tag outside article space, but yes, I agree that that can be a problem. --ais523 10:02, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Username highlighter not portable
Username highlighter 2 portable version of previous script (ais523: I'm happy for this to be moved to userspace; no problems I know of, unless you happen to have a username that's a common English word)
Admin highlighter relies on changing the imported code
Highlight your comments requires configuration other than importing the script
Comment localization
Signature contraction

[edit] Watchlist / Recent Changes

Watchlist since
AJAX Unwatch
User watchlist doesn't always work for everyone
Category watchlist requires configuration other than importing the script
Watchlist sorter
Watchlist notifier (ais523: happy for this to be moved to MediaWiki space, I don't know of any problems that might prevent it being included)
All diffs above here
New Page Patroller
Recent Changes Patroller

[edit] Special Pages

wikEdDiff
Single column diffs
histComb
logPage

[edit] Deletion and other processes

Easy db
Easy prod
AutoAFD
CloseAFD not useful for non-established users
afd helper
afc helper
Autocopyvio
AIV Helper
CommonsHelper Helper
CSD AutoReason only works for administrators
MotD closure script
delsort.js
AFDsort

[edit] Tagging

Quick wikify
Unreferenced tool
CleanupTab
test-n test-n templates are no longer commonly used
test-enchanced
Tag unverified image
Revert tools
quickimgdelete
welcome new user
Tags

[edit] Shortcuts for commands

Add purge to tabs
Changes since I last edited
Show last diff
External editor
User tabs
User Contribs Tabs
Six tabs
Compact Navigation
Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups already added to gadgets
Navigation shortcuts
godmode-light.js from Sam Hocevar script not stored on Wikipedia
Logs link
Compare link
Autolink
View source
RBL check
WP cactions
What links here watchlist
Gerbrant.edit.linksInDiff
Barticus88/WhatLinksHere.js
EcceNux/replylinks.js
User:Ais523/stubtagtab.js

[edit] Searching

Google search relies on external website
Google link relies on external website
Multi-NS search Adds a drop-down menu to the search box to choose the namespace to search in
Google search relies on external website

[edit] Administrative

ubergodmode.js from Sam Hocevar admin-only script
Article assessment script
Protection js only useful for admins

[edit] Personal

Status switcher
Wikibreak Enforcer requires configuration other than installing the script
Edit count tab
Live edit counter

[edit] Miscellaneous

User:Voice of All/Useful multiple scripts
A collection of some useful scripts multiple scripts
Wikipedia Bilingual
Remove Access Keys
last.fm widget relies on external site
scriptpackage.js multiple scripts
Wikidudeman's Hodgepodge multiple scripts
RenderBoard

[edit] Meta-scripts

These are scripts that help develop or use other scripts. Section removed, because it's only useful to people installing via monobook.js anyway.