User:Andrybak/Scripts/Unsigned helper

Unsigned helper is a user script for semi-automatically adding templates Unsigned and Unsigned IP. This script is a fork of User:Anomie/unsignedhelper with faster search and an automatic edit summary.

How to install
It's recommend to install this script using the script-installer gadget, which can be turned on at



Then you can go back to this page and click the big blue "Install" button in the infobox.

How to use

 * 1) Open the wikitext editor for the discussion, where you want to mark an unsigned message.
 * 2) In the dropdown below the editor, select button set "Insert" or "Wiki markup" (see MediaWiki talk:Edittools for details).
 * 3) At the end of the button set, click on 
 * 4) Wait for the script to find the revision, which introduced this change.
 * 5) Click button  at the bottom.
 * 6) Check that the generated signature corresponds to the diff in the edit summary.
 * 7) Click button  at the bottom.

Known issues

 * If someone other than the original author has edited the unsigned comment, that someone will be (incorrectly) used in the unsigned template.
 * Doesn't work in VisualEditor, 2017 wikitext editor, wikEd, or when syntax highlighting is enabled.