User:Ingenuity/cleaner
| Description | Fix common WP:MOS issues |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | User:Ingenuity |
| Updated | February 17, 2023 (15 months ago) |
| Source | User:Ingenuity/cleaner.js |
Adds a notice to the bottom-left hand corner of a page which highlights common Wikipedia:Manual of Style problems with articles.
Overview[edit]
This script is a work in progress; it has several known bugs, so editors should not just use it on every page. This is a list of known problems:
- Misplaced section headings and Cannot find {{reflist}} template: if there are any templates at the end of the article (such as stub tags), these will move those templates as well/place them in the wrong position.
- Curly quotes used: while this does work in a vast majority of cases, sometimes curly quotes are preferred over straight quotes (for example, in location data, such as 11°41′50″N 165°16′19″E)
If you find any additional bugs, please feel free to message me on my talk page. New features are added often; I do my best to test them, but I can't find out every problem.
List of functions[edit]
- Cannot find {{reflist}} template: if there is no references section in an article, it will be added.
- Misplaced punctuation or spaces around <ref> tags: if punctuation is placed after references, their positions will be switched. If there are spaces before the ref tags, it will remove those as well. (guideline)
- Misplaced section headings: Fixes the positions of References, See also, and Further reading sections. (guideline)
- Links in headings: removes wikilinks from section headings. (guideline)
- Curly quotes used: replaces curly quotation marks and apostrophes with their straight versions. (guideline)
If you have a suggestion for a new feature, please let me know.