Eejit43

Redirect helper script

Is there a way to avoid patrolling articles when categorizing them? PeriodicEditor (talk) 07:19, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Just realized the checkbox, and thanks for making the script PeriodicEditor (talk) 07:33, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@PeriodicEditor I'm glad it's being used and has been helpful! Is that something you find yourself doing often? If so I could potentially add a config option for it. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 23:46, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure it is an issue for me now I've realized, but it might be useful to have an option to default to off PeriodicEditor (talk) 04:48, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Not a bad idea! I've done this in the latest version (see the docs). ~ Eejit43 (talk) 16:27, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for updating the script PeriodicEditor (talk) 16:29, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

RMTR helper

Hi. I wanted to ask your opinion on an edit. FaviFake says that the headings should be changed to subst the anchors in the section heading per MOS:SECTIONANCHOR and WP:ANCHORSUBST, though this would require RMTR helper's code and my bot's code to be updated. Tenshi! (Talk page) 15:33, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Indeed! This is the edit. FaviFake (talk) 15:37, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello both. FaviFake you are correct that these should be substituted in the section headings, though scripts need to be updated before this change is made as Tenshi has pointed out, as this is a breaking change.

Tenshi I can make that change on my end if you are willing to do it on yours. However, are there any other locations where this would need to be fixed? I know the permalink for resetting the page will need to be changed. The preload for adding requests will not be affected, but I know there are other scripts that add requests at RMTR, and those will need to be investigated and fixed if needed.

If there truly are so many places that will need updating, I question if it is truly worth it (though I am usually one for standardization and technical cleanup!). I also question if there is any purpose having these anchors, I doubt there are many internal links using them.

Thoughts? If this is a bigger issue we should possibly move it to WP:RM, unless we agree on the best course of action here. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 15:59, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm not fully sure as to what this will break. As I recall, there's Bot1058 which does the template permalink update (which I don't think relies on section headings but could be wrong), and there's the various RM scripts. I can do it on my end, but I'd need to be ready to change it so my bot doesn't start posting errors every 12 hours. It's probably better to move this to WT:RM for wider visibility and if anyone else thinks of anything that will break. Tenshi! (Talk page) 16:06, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

redirect-helper on multiple projects

Is redirect-helper specific to en.Wikipedia, or can I install it in my global.js on meta, and use it on all projects? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:45, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@Pigsonthewing Hello! Yes, you can install it globally via meta, though there is no language support outside of English. It doesn't load the categorization templates when you aren't on enwiki (as there is no magic way to find them), and thus it doesn't know how to parse them if they exist, stripping them instead as it does on enwiki for unrecognized content. It works perfectly fine for plain redirects, and still handles categories, DEFAULTSORTs, and everything else just as it would here.

I will push an update to remove the categorization sections from the script entirely when not on enwiki. If there is anything buggy, do let me know and I can try to get it fixed. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 17:05, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you; I will give it a spin.

Maybe the magic way to find templates is by finding the en.Wikipedia version and looking at the Wikidata equivalent? See Template:R from misspelling (Q6838010) (at d:Q6838010#sitelinks-wikipedia), for example. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:05, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Ooh, very good idea! I'll look into this, it might be a bit complicated to manage so I'll probably do it on a per-wiki basis upon request so I don't need to keep all that data in the same JSON storage. I'll let you know if I have any updates on this. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 16:26, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you.

I have one other feature request: Sometimes I'm on an existing page and I want to make a new redirect to it, rather than to redirect it. It would be good if this tool could give me that option. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:54, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

That is something that has been requested in the past, and I even had it being tracked in a GitHub issue at one point, though I determined "Upon revisiting this issue, I believe this to be outside the scope of the script. Adding another toolbox button doesn't seem necessary, and it is easy enough to navigate to the page you want to make a redirect from."

Upon revisiting this issue again, I could be open to adding it, though technically it's a bit of a pain as I rely on parameters only accessible when on the actual page (for determining if it can be edited, getting wikibase IDs, and checking patrol information). How about I add a new toolbox link that prompts just for a page, then opens that page in a new tab with the current title set as the target? That would definitely be the simplest (and not face those technical issues) and honestly probably the most intuitive so redirects aren't actually made in the wrong direction. Would that work for what you'd want? ~ Eejit43 (talk) 04:19, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

That sounds OK, thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:00, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

@Pigsonthewing This has now been implemented. There is a new "Redirect page here" in the dropdown menu which opens a dialog prompting for a page title. Let me know if you have any feedback! Support for multiple projects is something I'll have to tackle later on. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 03:27, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

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