This page is a list of all the scripts and tools I use whilst on Wikipedia. It’s not a complete list of everything you should and shouldn’t use, just what I find useful!
I highly recommend adding the user script installer before trying to get all these scripts, it saves you the pain of adding them all to your common.js file.
Maintenance
Tagging and Vandalism
- Twinkle and Ultraviolet are used to assist with common Wikipedia maintenance tasks and to help deal with acts of vandalism or unconstructive edits. I’m generally starting to move over to Ultraviolet but Twinkle is still great for some stuff, so I have them both.
- StubSearch is used for tagging stubs, I don’t use this much but nice to have in the arsenal.
Copyright Violations
- CV-Revdel is used to quickly request copyright violation revision deletion.
- Earwig’s Copyvio Detector excellent tool for detecting copyright violations.
Moving
- MoveToDraft does what it says on the tin! Draftifies articles.
- RmCloser helps to close requested move discussions.
Archiving
- OneClickArchiver archives old talk page discussions.
- {{subst:Setup auto archiving}} sets up auto archiving for lowercase sigmabot III (I find best on article talk pages)
- {{subst:Setup cluebot archiving}} sets up auto archiving for cluebot (I find best on user talk pages)
Misc. Maintenance Tools
- DiamAssist helps sort out Diambiguation links, I don’t use this much but nice to have in the arsenal.
Helping new users
- Encoded’s Draft Creator: Page explaining how to create new drafts, and an easy to use form to do so.
- Encoded’s Mentor Welcome: A message welcoming my mentees to the site.
Quality of Life
- CratHighlighter highlights people who have special powers, can make it easier to find people who can help you sometimes
- 6tabs-vector makes some extra tabs appear that disappear sometimes. There’s another one for monobook if you use that skin instead.
- livenotifications makes it so that notifications appear much quicker, so if you’re on a page editing for an hour you won’t miss anything.
- VoteCounter counts votes, does what it says on the tin, useful if you’re in consensus discussions often.
- ArticleInfo adds some extra info about the article (like XTools does) just below the header bar.
Reviewing
General
- CiteHighlighter is an excellent tool to help you quickly spot undesirable sources.
- Rater helps to quickly modify article ratings.
- SATG can generate a source assessment table, can be useful for showing how reliable certain sources are if disputed, but may be rarely used.
Edit Requests
Anyone can review edit requests, some requests may require extended permissions though.
- Encoded’s Edit Requests Dashboard (work in progress, hoping to make an easier way to review requests, currently very clunky and a bit broken though)
| AfC submissions
Random submission |
| 3+ months |
Articles for Creation
You need to apply to be an AFC reviewer. More info at Wikipedia:AFC
- DontForgetG12 adds a big yellow button to drafts and unreviewed articles that link to the CopyVio tools I linked earlier.
- AFC Sorting: A big list of articles awaiting an AFC review
Referencing
Finding reliable sources
Wikipedia Reference Search
This is a fantastic tool that uses a custom Google Search engine to find reliable sources, I always use this in the first instance and highly recommend it.
Some results (such as opinion pages) may not necessarily comply with WP:RS, so please check. This search only includes websites from a pre-determined list of usually reliable sources it could miss many others possible sources, so make sure to check elsewhere too!
FENS
Wikipedia Free English Newspaper Sources provides a list of text-searchable, free (no-pay, non-subscription/-membership/-login) online English newspaper sources.
Wikipedia:Free English newspaper sources
Wikipedia Library
Please note: you need to be given or apply to be able to access this.