Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-08-04/Technology report

This "User scripts" report covers material listed at User scripts from 1 January to 31 July 2016. Text may be adapted from the respective listings there; see the for attribution.

 User scripts allow registered users to customise almost any aspect of the Wikipedia interface. They can enhance the reading experience, assist with editing, or provide other functionality, supplementing the choices already available in Special:Preferences. See User scripts for further information, including instructions.

Reading

 * – Inserts alphabetically adjacent article content to distract you the way traditional print encyclopedias used to. Also disables newfangled hypertext features.
 * – Modifies the title heading of any redirect destination page, creating a link to the proper destination. Created for and only tested with the Vector skin.
 * – Enables MathJax rendering of mathematical notation within tags. Preferences -> Appearance -> Math must be set to "LaTeX source". Fast once cached in your browser.
 * – Replace coordinates' external links to GeoHack with direct links to a single mapping provider.

Editing

 * – Adds subtle clones of all section headings (including [ edit ] links) to the end of their respective sections; allows section editing from the bottom of all sections (reported to be glitchy)
 * – Displays signature timestamps in your local time, relative to the current time. A replacement for Comments in Local Time with better language and timezone support.
 * – Adds a "Pending Changes" link on the top toolbar, primarily designed for Pending Changers Reviewers.
 * – Adds links to the toolbar for the following pages: Articles for deletion, Pending changes, New pages, and Random AFC.
 * – Adds a "View statistics" item to the "More" menu, showing view statistics in a popup dialog. uses Template:PageViews graph

Others

 * – Dynamically moves buttons next to the selected revisions on   pages.
 * – Adds the latest semi-automated closure tools for XfD discussions, accessible either in-line or via a tab at the top of standalone XfD discussion pages

In brief
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia tech ambassadors. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * A prototype for structured data on Commons is available now.
 * The RevisionSlider beta feature can now be tested on mediawiki.org, German Wikipedia, Arabic Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia.

Problems
 * Renamed users on some wikis were not connected to their account on other wikis between 20 July and 21 July. This has been fixed.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all wikis from 4 August (calendar).