Wikipedia talk:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Formatter/doc

The Formatter script automatically performs a number of common formatting operations.

To install, simply include this line in your monobook.js:

importScript('Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts/Formatter');

Optionally, for an automatic edit summary, also include this line:

importScript('Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts/Formatter/Auto Edit Summary');

Make sure you refresh (Ctrl+F5) after saving to complete the installation.

When using an edit box, you should have a tab called format. Click this to use Formatter. Make sure you preview all the changes before saving!

Functions

Standardises and removes excess whitespace (tabs, spaces, carriage returns etc.)
Does not break special case of using a space at the start of the line for preformatted data
Converts dashes, squared² and degree° symbols to Unicode characters, e.g. –, – or – to – (U+2013)
Makes sure not to break items which should not be converted to Unicode
Fixes some common non-standard headings:
Standard headings have whitespace and capitalisation standardised, e.g. "== eXterNAL LiNKs ==" would become "==External links=="
"see also", "related topics", "related articles", "internal links" and "also see" sections become "See also"
"external links", "outside links", "web links" and "exterior links" sections become "External links"
Convert singular case to plural, e.g. "external link" becomes "External links"
"references", "reference", "sources" and "source" sections have whitespace, capitalisation, and pluralisation standardised as above
Standardises appearances of categories, e.g. category : Test to Category:Test
Fixes common syntax errors, e.g. converts text to text
Removes external images and removes code from internal images
Simplifies some links, e.g. dog to dog and dogs to dogs
Loads as a tab on edit pages