Wikipedia:RedWarn
 | This documentation needs to be updated. Please help update this documentation to reflect recent events or newly available information. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. (June 2020) |
 | Warning: You take full responsibility for any action you perform using RedWarn. You must read and understand Wikipedia policies and use this tool within these policies, or risk being blocked from editing. |
The current release is rev12 - To read about the changes in the latest release, click here
| Author(s) | Ed6767 |
|---|---|
| Updated | June 5, 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Browser support | most newer browsers, excluding Safari and IE |
| Source Beta | User:Ed6767/redwarn.js Yes |
| GitHub repository | redwarn |
What is RedWarn?
The recent edits patrol and warning tool (aka RedWarn) is a Javascript tool designed to aid in common moderation practices.
The tool is currently only looking for a few editors who wish to test a very early version in order so that I can collect feedback on suggested features, bugs and other issues. The current version of RedWarn should run alongside Twinkle as RedWarn does not have a complete feature set at the moment.
The current version of redwarn.js is partially minified. You can find the source code and help by contributing to the project at https://github.com/ed6767/redwarn.
Want to chat with other RedWarn users and help contribute to the project? Join our Discord Server.
- RedWarn is currently receiving frequent bug fixes and feature additions - to see the latest changes, visit the BugSquasher. Please report bugs in the talk page so they can be fixed in the next release!
Installation
YouTube Video - How to Install RedWarn
RedWarn - How to Install on YouTube
This video contains the instructions for the best and easiest method to install RedWarn - If you're already using Enterprisey's script installer, click "install" above to install RedWarn.
Manual method
If you do not want to enable the script installer, just add this line to your common.js file (click here to edit):
importScript("User:Ed6767/redwarn.js");
Basic Usage
Recent Changes
Head over to Special:RecentChanges and apply any filters you like. Then, click the new Redwarn patrol button in the bottom left under the filter box to begin patrolling recent edits.
Rollback
You can access the rollback buttons from any diff page. Refer to the userguide for more info.
Notices
To give a notice, select the new notice option at the top-right of the page, right-click on any user page link or Special:Contributions link and select "New Notice", or apply a rollback for any reason and the new notice dialog will automatically show.
To submit a notice, select a reason from the dropdown (you can type to search, note that due to a bug, at the moment pressing BACKSPACE doesn't reset the search, but typing anything else,even a single letter, will).
Then, select a notice level. It is suggested that you set this to one level higher than the highest level the user has recieved in the past month (see the icon next to the target input). If you are unsure what an icon means, hover over it with your mouse. Enter a related page and additional info if applicable and click "Send Notice" to apply the notice to the page.
What does this big red button do?
Hover over any icon to see what it does.
Other features
- Click the clock in the top-right of a page to be sent to the most recent contribution for the page (good for tackling vandal edit wars)
- Click the cog in the top right to change your preferences
- Click the gavel to open the AIV report dialog
- Click "Preview Rollback" to preview the changes a rollback is going to make
- Quick welcome - adds the welcome template to a users talk page.
- New message - append Wikitext to the end of a user's talk page
- Right-click any username to access the user quick actions, such as viewing contributions and sending notices or welcoming.
- Anywhere where there's Wikitext input, you can click the eye/pencil to switch between editing/previewing the Wikitext
Articles for Deletion, Administration and Protection Requests
These features are not yet implemented. Please continue to use Twinkle for this.
Help & Feedback
Please leave all bug reports and general feedback on the talk page. If you need any help, ask away there too. Thank you for testing Redwarn!
Testing
I would like you to test RedWarn as you would use any other tool such as Twinkle in the wild. But, please, try it out User:Sandbox for user warnings to learn the interface. Once you get the hang of it, you'll be fighting against vandalism quickly and easily. Your immediate and continued feedback would be greatly appreciated.
More Information
Browser Support
RedWarn supports the latest versions of all major Chromium, WebKit and Mozilla based browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, ext.), along with newer versions of Microsoft Edge. RedWarn is not supported on Internet Explorer or Safari.
The issue with Safari support is due to Apple's constant lack of support for some newer web APIs. While some features may work, it is unlikely RedWarn will work as expected on another browser.
ECMAScript 6 Support
RedWarn requires a browser that supports ECMAScript 6. If you cannot access a suitable modern browser then, unfortunately, RedWarn will not work.
Slower internet connections
When Wikipedia or your internet is particularly slow, RedWarn may feel slow and/or sluggish. This is normal behaviour and your actions are being processed, RedWarn is just waiting on Wikipedia. If something goes wrong, RedWarn will notify you.
Other Wikis
At this point in time, RedWarn only supports the English Wikipedia. There are plans to add support for any Wiki running MediaWiki in the future.
Attribution
While RedWarn was built from the ground up, some data (such as the reasons for speedy deletion, report reasons and others) were processed from Twinkle's source code.
Userboxes
| RW | This user uses RedWarn to fight vandalism. |
{{User:Ed6767/redwarn/userbox}}
 | This user uses RedWarn for the quickest vandalism reverts in the West. |
{{User:Ed6767/redwarn/userbox/yeehaw}}
| RW | This user uses RedWarn to review pending changes. |
{{User:Ed6767/redwarn/userbox/pending}}
{{User:Prahlad balaji/Userboxes/RW and TW}}