Wikipedia talk:Twinkle

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Bugs and feature requests

Bugs and feature requests can be reported at https://github.com/azatoth/twinkle (you will need to have a GitHub account). This will probably result in the issue being noticed sooner, as an e-mail is sent to all Twinkle developers. Alternatively, start a new discussion on this page. Possibly slower service, but you will be able to gain consensus, etc., if you need to.

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)

R from alternative language

Please include a popup entry box requesting the language code when I insert the {{R from alternative language}} tag on a redirect, just like when I add an {{Expand language}} tag on an article. Thanks. TheChampionMan1234 04:01, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Option to turn off automatic capitalization of edit summaries

I think the headline says it all. Is there (or could there be) an option to disable automatic capitalization of edit summaries? Sometimes I don't want my edit summary capitalized, for example "rvv" and the like. I see in the archives that this was mentioned once a long time ago, but it seems nobody replied to the request. Cheers. Ivanvector (talk) 18:17, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Would you be happy with a preference at WP:TWPREFS? — This, that and the other (talk) 08:19, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Redirected talk pages and warnings

Recently ran into an editor who by repeatedly revert warring a redirect onto their talk page managed to cause multiple twinkle warnings to end up the wrong person's talk page. Would it be possible to have twinkle either ignore the user talk page redirect when leaving a warning, or at least ask the user issuing the warning what to do? Monty₈₄₅ 00:29, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Twinkle follows talk page redirects by default, as in most cases they relate to renamed users or alternate accounts. In almost all cases this "silent" behaviour is appropriate. Obviously it wasn't appropriate here, but that was due to the disruptive actions of a single editor. AFAICS you were aware of the redirect before invoking Twinkle, so it would have made sense to remove the redirect before attempting to issue warnings to that user. However, it is possible that this may not always be the case (e.g. when issuing a Speedy Deletion warning). If this pattern of disruption becomes more common we may have to reconsider our approach here. — This, that and the other (talk) 07:13, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

For the template "Template:Confusing"

For the template "Template:confusing" I suggest another template with the words "The phrasing in this article may be unclear. Please reword the unclear phrasing into phrasing that everyone can understand."

Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 04:57, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

The template provides a parameter for a more detailed explanation: {{Confusing|reason=The phrasing in this article may be unclear. Please reword the unclear phrasing into phrasing that everyone can understand}}. Mlpearc (open channel) 05:04, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Template deletion nominations

I noticed a somewhat inconvenient feature is that when templates of a single category are nominated for deletion using Twinkle, each template is individually nominated. When hundreds of templates are being nominated for the same reason, this becomes overwhelming and confusing. The templates for discussion page instead asks that such templates be grouped together to facilitate discussion. It might be worth looking into adding the ability to add templates to an existing discussion, rather than nominate them individually. Please excuse my ignorance if this feature is already included; I am merely passing along my observation of a user using Twinkle, perhaps incorrectly, to individually nominate dozens of templates for a common reason. --Zfish118 (talk) 00:29, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Twinkle does not include the feature you speak of; the way Twinkle is designed makes this somewhat cumbersome. See also Wikipedia_talk:Twinkle/Archive_34#Nominating_multiple_categories_for_renaming.3F, where a user asks for a similar suggestion (but for nominating multiple categories for renaming). Basically, the suggestion is the start the deletion nomination with Twinkle, and complete it manually. — This, that and the other (talk) 09:27, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Tagging a protected page gives out a notification to creator even if the page wasn't tagged

See header. This shouldn't happen. Special:Diff/618695588 while I was testing something else. --Glaisher (talk) 17:20, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

You're not wrong; this shouldn't happen. Creator notification ought to be dependent on success of the PROD tagging itself. I'll look into it. — This, that and the other (talk) 07:32, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

CSD: Planning changes to Template:Db-u1 and g7

I really feel like those templates be changed.

Like every other speedy deletion template I see, u1 and g7 is when the author or user requests deletion to his/her page. But there is one abnormality, they do not have to be such a legal or if I can say it phrase. I want the presentation of the templates to be softer. That is, they do not use 'speedy deletion' in a hard and fast style. I have a live preview here. That is how I want them to look like, both templates should be nice to everyone, not organised in a way that only administrators can really get the personality of those strict templates. Thanks! DSCrowned (talk) 10:59, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Full discussion here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DSCrowned (talk • contribs) 12:30, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

• Please note that Twinkle is normally only updated for things like this once consensus is reached for the new usage outside of Twinkle; the discussion you started is the best way to reach that, but nothing will be done to Twinkle until and unless consensus is reached there for the changes. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 16:38, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Template deletion nominations - GLAM ZOO Miskolc

Help me please, this project page my hungarian GLAM ZOO project page in english. GLAM ZOO Módis Ágnes Vadszederke (talk) 15:47, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi Módis Ágnes Vadszederke, if you would like a translation of this page to English, I'm afraid we can't help you, as there is no-one involved in the Twinkle project who speaks Hungarian. I would suggest that you speak to someone at Wikimédia Magyarország. — This, that and the other (talk) 10:55, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

how use

i trick use twincle my setting . but no use. how i revert any change to give summery its vanalidse--Amt000 (talk) 04:04, 1 August 2014 (UTC)