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The Downlink – June 2021
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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 21
 News and updates associated with user scripts from the past four months (February through May 2021).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 21st issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here


 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg New scripts


 * Alexander Davronov's HistoryHelper helps to copy diff links from the history display of a page
 * Aseleste's Purger makes it easier to purge or null edit a page
 * Awesome Aasim:
 * CatMan adds a category manager to simplify interactions for adding and removing the categories of a page
 * redirectcreator allows for easy creation of multiple redirects
 * Bop34's EasyDesc adds a link to the top navigation bar which allows you to add a short description without opening the edit menu
 * BrandonXLF's NullEdit adds a portlet link to perform a null edit on a page
 * Chlod:
 * FoldArchives collapses archived talk page threads in order to reduce screen space
 * GoToTitle converts the page title into an input field for navigating to other pages
 * UserHighlighter adds highlighting to links to the userpages, talk pages, and contributions of administrators and other user groups as well as tooltips to indicate which groups a user is in
 * GhostInTheMachine:
 * NoEditSummary adds a warning if an edit will be saved without an edit summary
 * SortWhatLinksHere sorts the links shows on Special:WhatLinksHere
 * WatchlistTidy moves the "new updates found" timestamp block from the bottom of the filter block to the top of the filter area on the watchlist
 * GorillaWarfare's curlies simplifies converting curly quotes to straight quotes while in the source editing mode
 * Nardog:
 * AutoSectionLink corrects the  every time you hit "Show changes"
 * AutoTestcases autofills "Preview page with this template/module" with the most relevant /testcases page that exists
 * SortCentralAuthByEditCount sorts the list of local accounts on CentralAuth by edit count
 * Novem Linguae:
 * CiteHighlighter highlights 1800 sources green, yellow, or red depending on reliability.
 * NPPLinks adds WP:BEFORE Google search links, copyvio check, duplicate article check, and other links to the left menu.
 * Ritenerek's goce_nav adds a link to WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors to the navigation menu
 * Suffusion of Yellow:
 * filterDiff: Adds a "Show changes" button to the filter editor.
 * filterNotes: Parses filter notes as wikitext (so links are clickable), and signs and dates new comments for you.
 * filterTest: Adds a "Test changes" button. Opens Special:AbuseFilter/test with what's currently in the edit form, not with what's saved in the database, so you don't have to copy-paste your changes.
 * Terasail's COI Request Tool allows users to reply to, close or remove conflict of interest edit requests


 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Updated scripts


 * Twinkle has a number of improvements, including that most watchlist defaults now make use of the new temporary watchlist feature. Other changes include rollbacks treating consecutive IPv6 editors in the same /64 range as the same user, adding a preview for shared IP tagging, a preference for watching users after CSD notification, and for sysops, the ability to block the /64 and link to a WP:RfPP request, and new copyright blocks default to indefinite.
 * Shortdesc helper now v3.4.17, changes include minor fixes and preventing edits that don't change the description.
 * BrandonXLF's CitationStyleMarker now recognizes WP:CSLSA and WP:CSVAN styles, in addition to WP:CS1 and WP:CS2
 * Joeytje50's JWB now version 4.1.0, includes the ability to generate page lists from the search tool, major updates to the handling of regular expressions, the storing of user settings, the addition of upload protection, and an option to skip pages that belong to a specific category, among other changes. See User:Joeytje50/JWB/Changelog for a full list of recent changes.
 * User:SD0001/deleted-metadata-link.js – updated to include a link to snippet of deleted content, instead of just metadata.


 * Info Simple bw.svg Miscellaneous


 * User scripts/List has been revamped to make it easier to find scripts suited for your needs. If you know of a cool script that is missing on the list, or a script on the list that is no longer working, please edit the list or let us know on the talk page.


 * 1009Clock.jpg Pending requests


 * A request for a script to help admins posting "recent death" items to Template:In the news
 * A request for a script to warn users about syntax and template errors
 * ...and many more, all available at User scripts/Requests



My apologies for this long-overdue issue, and if I missed any scripts. Hopefully going forward we can go back to monthly releases - any help would be appreciated. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 13:04, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

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SPI helper log
Hi GN, I was thinking about a possible mod to SPI helper, wondered if you'd considered it, or if there was a potential workaround already. If I want to check recent SPI cases I've handled, I scroll down to the bottom of my log, but it's already pretty long and will only get longer. Is there a way it could be built up in reverse order, with the new month being added at the top rather than the bottom of the page? Or should I just look at archiving it instead? Girth Summit  (blether) 14:18, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * , no objection here to adding that - if you don't feel comfortable submitting an edit request, file an issue on my GitHub and I can do that pretty easily. GeneralNotability (talk) 20:39, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , I think I did that correctly? Cheers - no rush at all, just something that occurred to me, thought it would be worth mentioning. Girth Summit  (blether)  18:06, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

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Request for Hammer
Hi GeneralNotability! I noticed that you're the one that does the hammers at COIN. I want to request a hammer on a COIN in which I'm involved: I'm feeling harassed by two users (one of them is the one I complained about below, on 27 May) who I feel have been bullying me for about 2 weeks and have been thanking each other on one of their talk pages. I've been losing sleep and having trouble eating and digesting food, for the last 2 weeks. It's affecting other members of my family. Unfortunately these two users are very regular, experienced users, so know how to "get to me" in a way that circumvents looking like policy violations to most people (I unfortunately don't know much about how Wikipedia works because I've been a "casual" user since 2008, having only made a few edits per year: even though I now have 1000+ edits, 500 of them were in the last two weeks). I don't want to use the noticeboards, because I am finding them extremely overwhelming. These 2 users have both "hounded" me on some noticeboards, and I am finding that process extremely bad for my mental health. I have repeatedly told both users: "please be more gentle with me", "go easy on me please", "I don't want to get into another 1-on-1 lengthy debate with you", "Can we please call a truce?" (x2), and they keep on replying again and again and again. I can't "disengage" because these users have made accusations against me publicly. I feel that if these accusations were true, then other Wikipedians would be able to make them (these 2 users don't have to keep initiating everything against me). In 13 years of being on Wikipedia, I'm new to all this drama and it's extremely disturbing to me. These users seem like they're on here full-time, and I can't compete with that because I have other work and other interests and family. My edit history will make it look like I'm on here full-time too, but that's only been in the last 2 weeks because of these users badgering me and sealioning me and digging up edits from years ago (some of them were even commented out using and still they're digging these up from years ago). Are you able to help me please? I told JoellJay to stop WP:Badgering and Sealioning me over and over and over, and recently asked for a truce and offered not to interact with them on AfD discussions if we can both agree not to interact with each other anymore, but they replied to me with more accusations. I've already removed pretty much all mentions of the person I wrote a biography about, from the articles listed at the top of the COIN accusation, and I would really just like that discussion to end because JoelleJay keeps writing more accusations that I find myself having to defend myself against. Is it possible to close the discussion early, or to mark it as resolved? Even if you want to put that the consensus is "COI exists" I don't care about that anymore, I just want the accusations to stop pouring in against me. I had very little WP experience when I wrote most of those articles and I want to make positive contributions to WP in the future. Dr. Universe (talk) 23:30, 2 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Here's the complaint I made about JoelleJay on 27 May, but the harassment keeps continuing:


 * I have so many times told JoelleJay that I'm feeling badgered, and I have even changed my !vote from "keep" to "speedy delete" because not only am I getting overwhelmed with all the replies and pings I was getting, but also if that user is so adamant about deleting the article, the article may benefit from waiting some time until the notability criteria are more "indisputably" passed. However even after changing my !vote to delete, which is what JJ was pushing for, I keep getting badgered further and told something like "if you don't want to be badgered then don't reply to me". The user left some scathing remarks in two responses last night but I didn't reply to them because I was hoping the page could get deleted sooner rather than later, in order for the badgering to stop. I said on their talk page that I would be okay for the article to get deleted (which is what they want), and asked in what I thought was a nice way "if I don't reply to your last two pages, can we call it a night and let the article get deleted?" and now they accused me of HOUNDING (in the AfD discussion rather than elsewhere, which I also thought was off-topic). If you look at what I wrote on their talk page, and the one 8-word comment I left on another AfD where I just said "JoelleJay, be careful not to badger the user", I hardly think you would think this is HOUNDING since it was just one AfD discussion which I happened to come across myself (I participated in a lot of them recently!). I also didn't even know what HOUNDING was at the time. I would very much appreciate if the AfD could be closed now since with my "keep" retracted, it seems everyone is okay with "delete" including me (the article's author). The article can be created later when (and if) the notability becomes undeniable.  I would also like the user to stop badgering me. I would just like to move on and not have that user keep investigating every single thing I'm saying. Dr. Universe (talk) 20:19, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , acknowledging that I've seen this. I just got back from vacation, so I'm working through a bit of a to-do backlog - I'll try to give you a real response on this in the next day or so. GeneralNotability (talk) 20:42, 6 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks GeneralNotability! It looks like the smoke has settled a bit. I offered that I would add the appropriate COI templates myself to the appropriate articles under the COI rules, and then MrOllie suggested that I simply avoid making edits on articles related to Waterloo people since if I do, "whether or not it's fair" (his words not mine), I will keep getting accusations thrown at me, so while I think this is extraordinary, for peace of mind and if it can help me to avoid having to deal with more accusations/conflict, I can totally avoid the articles related to Waterloo people such as LeRoy and his students such as Dattani. Those were (by far) not even the only articles I was contributing to anyway. I think I contributed to over 200 articles in the last 13 years of having this account. After my response to MrOllie, where I said I would avoid editing articles related to those people, I hope the discussion can end there, as in my experience, at least one of the users involved is one that can be extremely persistent in trying to get the last word in every conversation, and I can't keep dealing with more and more messages in a discussion about me or my Wikipedia account. Dr. Universe (talk) 04:36, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , sorry again about the delay. I think MrOllie gave you pretty good advice, though you are welcome to edit requests anywhere that you might have a conflict of interest of some sort - and yes, staying away from a topic area because of an apparent conflict of interest isn't necessarily a fair outcome. I can also sympathize with Wikipedia causing you stress, and am sorry that this process has been so grueling for you. I will close the noticeboard thread so that it is archived soon. GeneralNotability (talk) 23:58, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Request for help
Hi GN - hope you are well. In May you deleted this article after some LTA from a banned/blocked user, following on from their attempted article hijack antics here. Bizarrely, I've just been pinged in an edit summary on this article, which is about the same person. I'm assuming the page creator is the aforementioned blocked user too. If you need anymore from me, please let me know. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 14:54, 12 June 2021 (UTC)


 * , thanks for letting me know - looks like they've been taken care of at Sockpuppet investigations/Zaid Zayd. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:02, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Superb - thank you.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 07:20, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

sockpuppets of Invisibelibrarian is created new account
sockpuppets of Invisibelibrarian is created new account in the name of InfiniteStarship .last year admins  blocked accounts are CiteLeadBoat and Invisibelibrarian now he is editing  same stuff what he done last year with his new account. please once check his contributions and this link is which you participated archive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Invisibelibrarian/Archive. Jeevan naidu (talk) 09:46, 11 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I've taken care of them. In the future, please make this kind of report at SPI (and not on the case archive page) - you can use Twinkle to automatically format your requests. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:44, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * thanks you for your quick reaction on sockpuppets of Invisibelibrarian. i guess this person is working for a political party in the state of Andhra Pradesh all his contribution in Wikipedia is political contribution. if he again create new sockpuppets account i will intimate you and Twinkle all so --Jeevan naidu (talk) 16:49, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

FYI
Proxy hopper:. I think this is master account. But unfortunately, I made a misprint in their name while submitting the SPI case. My very best wishes (talk) 17:39, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks + additional evidence
Thanks for your close of Sockpuppet investigations/Bodiadub, not sure if I should post at a closed SPI, but cleaning up for the blocked socks I noticed this vote + edits to Topaz (company) by Sharky tale, the article itself started by PatokaT, which is a convincing link between the two accounts. This is one of the few Wikipedia space edits of Shark tale, and two of the subsequent nominations are after they voted at Topaz.-- Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 08:02, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks - don't think this needs to be added to the SPI, but I'll keep it in mind next time they return. SubjectiveNotability  a GN franchise (talk to the boss) 14:25, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, they actually have returned after this post here, what looks to be a sockpuppet showed up to revert the G5s and rollbacks I made yesterday. I filed at the SPI, and for good measure also asked for CU on uk.wiki at this page.-- Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 14:32, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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User:Archiedesai
I'm requesting you, as the blocking admin, to have another look at this guy. I'm not convinced that he's a sock. He may have got drawn into other people's activities thinking that he was being helpful. He's made an effort to improve his appeal and I think we should consider lifting it, with the proviso that he stays away from the articles that were causing problems. Deb (talk) 09:04, 17 June 2021 (UTC)


 * , certainly, I will take a look. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:25, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , okay, I've reviewed it. My original response was going to be "they seem sketchy and promotional, but if you're willing to unblock I trust your judgment". However, I then found some weirdness. I wrote up the evidence at Sockpuppet_investigations/Archiedesai, but in short - I am quite confident they are either using multiple accounts or actively coordinating with other people, and given both the choice of topics and the breadth of people they're writing about, this looks like a paid editing gig to me. If you still think that they're caught up in other editors' activities but are innocent, you can unblock them - but I recommend against it. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:54, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, I take your word for it. Deb (talk) 07:17, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

CoosaGA1 SPI
I have some new information that fairly definitely connects CoosaGA1 to the Mcelite sockfarm, despite my comments on that SPI yesterday. I know it would have been easier if I'd figured this out before it was archived, but would you still be able to merge them? Thank you much. – bradv  🍁  01:35, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

WP:DUCK
Hi. It seems that the IP is apparent WP:DUCK of globally locked King kong92 who is notorious for his persistent source falsifications, copyvio, and sockpuppetry. See previous cases as well as the IP socks on the same page. Puduḫepa 13:00, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * You will be able to read but not edit German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC.

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 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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15:48, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

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Cheerful Squirrel (talk) has given you a cup of tea. Tea promotes WikiLove   and hopefully this has made your day ever so slightly better.

Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a tea, especially if it is someone you have had disagreements with in the past or someone putting up with some stick at this time. Enjoy!

Spread the lovely, warm, refreshing goodness of tea by adding {{subst:wikitea}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

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 * Thank you ! GeneralNotability (talk) 15:18, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

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Swaminarayan Content
Hey!! Hope all is well. Just wanted to put this on your desk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Moksha88. You have helped gatekeep for the Swaminarayan content against a few sock/meat puppet groups and looks like this lot finally got caught doing their pro-baps pov pushing. I imagine new accounts might try to make a run here. Thanks as always! Kbhatt22 (talk) 14:10, 25 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi, sorry about the late reply - a mix of vacation and busy with work. Looks like L235 got some of them, but I'll have a look too. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:11, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * @ No problem at all. Hope you had a fantastic vacation. L235 and Tamzin put in a lot of time untangling the long history of the behavior. Truly amazing what all the admins are able to do. You've helped combat the socks in that topic in the past. You've also helped me navigate all the locks during the sock influxes so I just wanted to put this on your radar. I figured new sock accounts would show up from one side or the other but looks like only 1 new account came and got flagged quickly. Thanks for the time! Kbhatt22 (talk) 00:20, 30 June 2021 (UTC)