Wikipedia:Tools/Greasemonkey user scripts

This page lists Wikipedia-specific Greasemonkey user scripts, as well as generic user scripts that Wikipedians may find useful.

Editing

  • wikEd, a full-featured Wikipedia-integrated text editor that adds enhanced text processing functions to edit pages. wikEd works on all MediaWiki installations. (last updated November 5, 2017)
  • CSDHelper makes it easy for administrators to leave useful WP:CSD criteria when deleting articles. (last updated April, 2007‎)
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/1633 Wikipedia Inline Article Viewer] - Adds an icon after internal article links on Wikipedia pages which, when clicked, opens the article inline in a DHTML frame. ( last updated Jul, 2007 [http://userscripts-mirror.org/topics/90705 how to fix it])

Accessibility

  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/7387 Wiki sidebar tweak] - keeps the sidebar always visible and customises the languages box. (last updated February 2012‎)
  • [http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/bits-and-bobs/greasemonkey/grease.html Eliminate Access Keys] - stops Firefox intercepting commonly used Wikipedia keyboard shortcuts such as Alt-F (search) and Alt-E (edit).
  • FilterWatchlist enables you to remove items from your watch list display
  • Deredirectification expands WP:* shortcuts on hover.
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/77222 Wikipedia Content Menu] extends the usability of wikipedia by adding a floating menu always on the top left of wikipedia pages with links to each section of the page. (last updated June, 2010‎)
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/109262 Mouseover Popup Image Viewer] (last updated Aug, 2013)
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/162807 link to logs for ip editors] - Replaces log in / register with my talk page / my contributions. (last checked Jul, 2013)
  • [http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/119790.html del donation Ads] - Removes donation campaign notices.

=History=

  • EnhanceHistory shows diffs in the history of an item.
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/6570 Single column diffs] - Display the diff page as one column instead of two.
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/125222 Suppress redundant entries] merges edits by the same author to one entry, and highlights large edits. (last updated February 2012‎)
  • [http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/170129 Ajax archive loader] - displays a configurable number of diffs on the archive page. (last updated Aug, 2013)

=Language and Translation=

  • [http://wikipediabilingual.mozdev.org/ Wikipedia Bilingual] - displays a Wikipedia article in 2 of the languages in which it is available, side by side (for example, Russian and Spanish). Also available as a Firefox extension. (last updated Feb, 2007)
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/13348 Amalgam] crosslinks Wikipedia with 14 English and 7 German online encyclopedias. (last updated Sep, 2011)
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/74163 wikipedia rearrange other languages] - Allows you to hide languages you don't know and sort those you do. (last checked Aug, 2013)
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/83393 Wiki language switcher] - Puts click-able titles behind the article title. (last updated July, 2013)

=Search=

  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/170540 semi advanced search everywhere] - Adds advanced search check boxes to the normal search box. (last checked Jul, 2013)
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/170616 Google search] - Adds links to the tools menu to do a Google search for the article title. (last updated Aug, 2009)

Typography

  • [https://raw.github.com/chocolateboy/userscripts/master/wikipedia_smart_quotes.user.js SmartQuotes] (changelog) – converts typewriter quotation marks to “smart” quotes and triple periods to ellipses. (last updated August, 2013)
  • [http://diveintogreasemonkey.org/casestudy/dumbquotes.html DumbQuotes] – does the opposite of SmartQuotes.
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/24894 Wikipedia Easy Read] – very clean, big letter article layout without disturbing elements. You need a Wikipedia search plugin for your browser if you still want to search through Wikipedia. (last updated April, 2008)

Misc

  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/26924 Wikimedia secure links] - Fixes links to Wikimedia websites to use the secure HTTPS interface. (last updated May, 2008)
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/7869 Wikipedia Rewrite URLs for Redirects] - Changes the URL of a redirected article to the article it was redirected to. (last updated Oct, 2009‎)
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/179917 Expand Wikipedia Acronyms] - Much like Wikipedia Rewrite URLs and Deredirectification except working as of 2013.
  • [https://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/170682 Random colors] - Blends random colors on the background of articles. (last checked Sept, 2013)

See also