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Go to user talk when reverting pending changes

When a page is reverted with the pending changes "Revert changes" button, Twinkle should give a nice link to go to the user's talk page with the page name pre-filled, like it does when "real" rollback is used. Jackmcbarn (talk) 04:35, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

I'll look into this. I only have reviewer rights on testwiki, so I hope our setup is not too different. — This, that and the other (talk) 02:17, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

@Jackmcbarn: Hm, I'm not quite sure what you are referring to here. When I clicked "Reject changes" I seemed to get sent back to the article itself. — This, that and the other (talk) 06:14, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

A link from the confirmation page, I mean. Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:03, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Being hopelessly inexperienced with Pending Changes, I will need step-by-step instructions of every click you are making :) — This, that and the other (talk) 02:52, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:31, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

So you want to see a talk page link even before you have made the revert? That seems like a strange order in which to do things. — This, that and the other (talk) 06:41, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes. I know that's kind of strange, but after the revert is made, there's nowhere to put the talk page link. The other alternative is to make the user's talk page pop open in a new window after the revert, the way that it does when you use Twinkle's own rollback to revert someone. Jackmcbarn (talk) 13:27, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

@Jackmcbarn: Sorry Jack, I missed your reply. Yes, a popup wouldn't be a bad idea, although I'm hesitant to add another one. I'll see what is possible here and think about the best way to implement it. — This, that and the other (talk) 07:26, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Threadcromancy, but I would suggest using popups to direct you quickly to their user talk page. You'll have to copy the page name manually, but it's nonetheless faster than clicking and clicking repeatedly. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 22:09, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

I don't want to see the vandal's talk page, but I would like this bot to automatically create a talk page for the vandal, if necessary, and post a notice on the vandal's talk page that they did something offensive. In my recent use of this bot, no notice was posted on the vandal's talk page; apparently because there was no existing talk page for the vandal. - Ac44ck (talk) 19:11, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Stuff

...for lack of a better heading.

• The preferences panel at Wikipedia:Twinkle/Preferences nowhere states that twinkle preferences are actually stored on a wiki page, and are hence public (unlike the mediawiki preferences). A js-savvy user could easily understand what they mean (and even a not-so-savvy user could copy-paste someone else's preferences and then go to the twinkle preferences panel). Also, the page doesn't mention that the prefs will be released under the default wikipedia license. (Not sure if there's a copyright/privacy violation in there anywhere, but you might want to look into this.)
• Someone might want to take a look at this commit I did downstream back in 2012. It includes a function to softcode namespace names in regex creation for the unlink tool in morebits.js. Devs may want to properly implement that upstream. The benefit would be that the regex would work on any wikipedia without problem.
• There's a script at hi:User:Siddhartha Ghai/twinkle.js which loads for me a personal version of twinkle from various user subpages. The only difference from the gadget version is that the header and footer have been kept separate. Devs might want to consider separating them again since using this script, changes in one module can be tested easily with the other live modules (i.e copy one module to your userspace, make some changes, use hi:User:Siddhartha Ghai/twinkle.js to load the default gadget, only replacing the changed module with the userspace subpage instead of the mediawiki page) and you can test the changes live!
• Over the past 1.5 months I've done a lot of updates to the gadget at hi.wp (stuff dating from May 2012 to October 2013). I'm just giving a heads up since I may have to take a long wikibreak and if the gadget breaks there, someone might complain here. Anything that was implemented after mid-October hasn't been implemented there (including the mediawiki js deprecations removal)
• Oh, and it seems that Jimbo uses Twinkle too, in case any of the devs ever want to do an April Fool's prank for users in the founder group ;) --Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 16:14, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Wow, even Jimbo Wales uses Twinkle? Man, this is just reason enough to get all autoconfirmed users in good standing to get Twinkle, even if they're not planning on using it often. It's just an awesome tool. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 21:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm considering adding a line to the top of the preferences panel saying "Note that your preferences will be released publicly as JavaScript code in a subpage of your user page." Thoughts? Eman235/talk 06:01, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

If you really want to do it, perhaps something less technical would be better: "Note that your preferences are stored in (a subpage of your user page). Only you (and Wikipedia administrators) can modify your preferences, but the settings you choose are visible to everyone." — This, that and the other (talk) 12:10, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

And now the {{-}} is boggling me. If this note is going to be put in I don't think I can do it. Eman235/talk 00:38, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

*slaps self* never mind, figured it out. I made a slight change to the wording mention that it is JavaScript, not blatant text -- dunno what you think of that -- but yes, item one in this list is amended, kind of. Eman235/talk 00:48, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Custom tags for non-article namespace

Is there a way to make custom tags (such as I use on User:Jo-Jo Eumerus/twinkleoptions.js) appear in the Twinkle menu even in non-Main namespaces? Such as File.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:16, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

• Pinging @MusikAnimal: so that this doesn't get lost.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:54, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

  Sorry, I'll look into this when I can, got a backlog of other work to take care of first. I've instructed the bot not to archive this thread. Best — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:36, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Please tweak default settings for oversight blocks

I was rather surprised to discover just now that the default when issuing an {{OversightBlock}} with Twinkle is 31 hours, autoblock disabled, account creation not blocked. Oversight blocks are serious business, they should always be indefinite, autoblock enabled, account creation disabled. If the default settings could be changed to this that would be great. Thanks. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:28, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

I suspect this was an oversight, so to speak. I'll change the defaults. — This, that and the other (talk) 01:15, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank You! Beeblebrox (talk) 11:37, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Twinkle not reloading article after rollback?

Hi I've noticed numerous times today the Twinkle doesn't reload the article after a rollback. (I only use the regular rollback, not AGF or vandalism, so I don't know about those.) Anyhow, after a rollback, page displays "Grabbing data of the earlier revision: Saving reverted contents" and doesn't refresh. Unsure if this is on purpose, but it's different than how it typically works. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:29, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Same here - Firefox 50.1.0 -- John of Reading (talk) 07:46, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Came here to see if anyone else had reported this. Same; Chrome 55.0.2883.87. Alex|The|Whovian^? 10:57, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

I second Alex. (the rollback actually works though) <<< SOME GADGET GEEK >>> (talk) 14:11, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

I've just used rollback vandal and it failed to reload, although it worked. Adam9007 (talk) 16:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Yep, same here, have had this happen every time I've used it today. As for other functions, at least reporting to AIV works, but it also opens in a popover dialog. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 16:23, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Yep, same here, have had this happen every time I've used it today on my laptop and my droid. Chrome on both. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 22:39, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Yes, same thing it happened on a xbox one via Microsoft Edge. KGirlTrucker81 ^{huh? what I've been doing} 00:15, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

I've noticed this same problem. It saves the edit, but doesn't go back to the page, just leaves me on the "Grabbing data of earlier revisions: Saving reverted contents" page. Thought it was a problem with my connection at first; good thing multiple people are experiencing this problem as well. JudgeRM (talk to me) 00:30, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Same here: Firefox 50.1.0 on Win 10. —Bruce1ee^talk 07:32, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Since this started happening after we made some modifications to the rollback module (see previous section), I suppose something went wrong in the new code. I'll look into it. — This, that and the other (talk) 08:14, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Should be fixed in 24d42f32e45526f2e3da22184a2c348f73b2f84f. Sorry about this! MusikAnimal, can you synchronise this? — This, that and the other (talk) 08:24, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Same problem here and still going on. Kante4 (talk) 12:05, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Synced! — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:42, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Alright, the issue appears to be fixed for me. Thanks. JudgeRM (talk to me) 17:35, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

It's working for me too now, thanks. —Bruce1ee^talk 17:56, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

I already forgot that it wasn't working, so it must be fixed. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 20:09, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Section tagging

Long-time editor, but new using TW. I tried tagging a section with an "Unreferenced section" tag, but the message shows up at top of article. I had the section opened for editing, but did not work. Does TW not have ability to tag a section? DonFB (talk) 11:47, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

I don't believe this feature exists in Twinkle. Regards, FASTILY 23:01, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

On tewiki

When I use TW XFD feature in tewiki, it creates a page with the name "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PAGENAME", where as, it has to create "వికీపీడియా:తొలగింపు కొరకు వ్యాసాలు/PAGENAME". This is not happening even after translating the notices and changing the page name (Article for deletion;Afd-notice;Article for deletion/dated). I think I have to translate some more, but could not find any. Any help is appreciated. __Chaduvari (talk) 07:15, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

CSD R3 does not notify page creator

When I nominate a redirect under WP:R3, it does not automatically notify the creator of the redirect, it happens with every other CSD criterion (except G6 and G7, for obvious reasons), but it should do the same. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 07:21, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Tweak wording when adding custom rationale to username blocks?

Currently, if you are issuing a username block with a custom rationale, the twinkle prompt says "you have been blocked for..." when in actuality the template says "You have been blcoked because your username, <username>...". So if you take Twinkle at its word you end up writing a rationale that is gramatically incorrect. Of course we should always preview such things, which I do, and then see that my rationale doesn't make sense and have to go back and rework it. Can this be fixed? Thanks. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:24, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

AFD tagging an article with an existing CSD tag

I noticed something strange about Twinkle: if an article has a CSD tag and a user tries to tag the article for AFD, even if the user tries to cancel the nomination, Twinkle will only show a prompt asking if the user wants to remove the CSD tag; clicking on "Cancel" will result in the tagging pushing through without the CSD tag being removed. By contrast, Twinkle gives a warning when attempting to tag for speedy deletion an article with an AFD or PROD tag; clicking cancel will abort the operation. Can this be changed? There have been occassions where I try to nominate an article for deletion, but while I was tagging it, the article had already been tagged for speedy deletion. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 16:52, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Change On River Forest High School

First of all the name of the high school is indeed River Forest Jr. Sr. High School. And why no staff names? Darth4515 (talk) 15:31, 18 January 2017 (UTC)