Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-12-18/Technology report


 * There is a backlinks tool developed by Edward Betts. Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ and Merry Christmas 14:43, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, how are you doing? Yes. The Betts' tool was an external tool that stopped working and led to a request being put up on the Help Desk for an alternative tool. That's when I wrote the "Possible backlinks" script. I haven't checked since then if the Betts' tool has been repaired. Thanks,  Lourdes  02:07, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, back atcha. I used the Betts tool the other day and it seemed to work. I even show it to new users when I am training them in person. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ and Merry Christmas 12:55, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right. The link http://edwardbetts.com/find_link/ is working right now.  Lourdes  14:16, 20 December 2017 (UTC)


 * The Timeless skin is brilliant but doesn't seem to play well with gadgets like Twinkle. WaggersTALK  13:30, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Scripts can be fixed by checking the skin and adjusting the portlet location (where they add their link) accordingly, like I did for my Rater script . Twinkle is a bit of a special case since they want to add a whole menu, not just a single item, but they are aware of the issue . - Evad37 &#91;talk] 01:36, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Should "discussions related blocking tools" be replaced with "discussions related to blocking tools"? Apokrif (talk) 08:50, 21 December 2017 (UTC)