User:TheJJJunk/Automatic Referencing Assistant

ARA by JJJ O T F .js H U E Overview Talk Functions Script History Users Errors

A Remote implementation of ARA is currently being developed and initially tested.

Overview

The Automatic Referencing Assistant (ARA) is a script which aids users in correcting referencing errors. It notifies the user when the article being edited is missing the {{Reflist}} template, has invalid or broken <ref></ref> tags, or is missing the "Name" parameter in the Persondata template. Clicking a fix link will automatically add the necessary template or information to the correct location in the article.

For a written history of the script, see here.

Usage

To use this script:

1. Place

   importScript('User:TheJJJunk/ARA.js'); // [[User:TheJJJunk/Automatic Referencing Assistant]]
   

   in your common.js. If the script doesn't work immediately, Bypass your cache.
2. Add your name to the list of users.

List of functions

Function	Status	Description	Activity
missing {{Reflist}}	Approved	Adds the {{Reflist}} template to the article if citations are present.	-Active
Missing {{Notelist}}	Approved	Adds the {{Notelist}} template to the article if notes ({{efn}}) are present.	-Active
inapplicable tag	Approved	Removes {{unreferenced}} and {{no footnotes}} tags if <ref> tags present.	-Active
missing reference groups	Approved	Adds the {{Reflist|group}} template to the article if citations using the |group= parameter are present.	-Active
unnecessary reference groups	Approved	Removes the |group= parameter from citations that have an improper group listed.	-Active
extra whitespace in citation	Approved	Removes extra whitespace from citations.	-Active
URL containing space(s)	Approved	Replaces spaces in the URL parameter with %20 (the URL-encoded representation of a space).	-Active
URL ending with a period	Approved	Removes trailing periods in the URL parameter.	-Active
invalid ref position	Approved	Fixes spacing before <ref> tags and periods (.) after </ref> tags.	-Active
Invalid <ref></ref> tags	Approved	If citations using <ref></ref> tags are listed below the {{Reflist}} template, removes the <ref></ref> tags.	-Active
broken <ref></ref> tags	Approved	Fixes malformed <ref></ref> tags (./ref>, ,/ref>, or </ref).	-Active
broken {{Reflist}}	Approved	Fixes a malformed {{Reflist}} template. Examples: {{reflist)), {{relist}}, {{Reflist|2}.	-Active
references on Portal: Pages	Approved	Per Wikipedia Talk:Portal guidelines#References in portals, Portal pages should not include references.	-Active
{{Reflist}} on Portal: Pages	Approved	Per Wikipedia Talk:Portal guidelines#References in portals, Portal pages should not include {{Reflist}} templates.	-Active
URL scheme error	Approved	Adds http:// onto invalid URLs in citations.	-Active
URL scheme error (Capital)	Approved	Adds http:// onto invalid URLs in citations that begin with a capital letter (These are most likely not actually URLs).	-Active
empty citations	Approved	Removes empty citations ("<ref></ref>") from the article.	-Active
empty Persondata template	Approved	Adds the parameters to {{Persondata}} templates located on the page.	-Active
missing Name in Persondata	Approved	Adds the |NAME= parameter to the article's PERSONDATA.	-Active
accessdate without URL	Withdrawn by operator	Removes the |accessdate= paramater from citations lacking the url= parameter.	-Inactive
citation type	Withdrawn by operator	Replaces {{cite web}} with {{citation}} if the citation lacks the title= parameter.	-Inactive
coauthors without author	Withdrawn by operator	Replaces the |coauthor= paramater with |author= if the citation lacks the last= and author= parameters.	-Inactive
heading style	Withdrawn by operator	Removes spaces in headings (== Heading ==    →    ==Heading==).	-Inactive

Report errors, comments, and suggestions

To report an error with this script, to comment on it, or to suggest new functions, leave a message on my talk page or the script talk page.