User:Alexander Davronov/HistoryHelper

HistoryHelper

Page history. Take a note of check-boxes and buttons.
Description	Easy copy/paste diffs from history and contributions pages
Author(s)	Alexander Davronov
Status	Rare bug fixes (since January 2022)
First released	May 12, 2021 (2021-05-12)
Version	2.6.7
Updated	August 7, 2023 (2023-08-07)
Browsers	Chrome 92.0+ (Blink-based), Firefox 90.0+
Skins	Vector Legacy
Source	HistoryHelper.js (on github)

History Helper is a plugin for Wikipedia that allows you to extract WP:DIFF links from «View history» and «User contributions» pages into a Wikitext markup to be further used on talk pages. It's is primarily intended for discussions and advanced users. See demos & examples below.

This plugin creates a toolbar at the top of the «View history» pages with buttons and adds a checkbox to every revision entry down below. When entries are selected by using checkboxes click the button to copy wiki markup linking these revisions into the clipboard.

Depending on the button chosen, all selected entries are going to be wrapped into a list of {{diff2}} template tags, table, or special:diff/ links which then can be used on the talk pages. By default, plugin adds names of the users who made copied edits. Move cursor over any button to see a pre-rendered preview of the selected entries.

By default it also {{Highlight}}s some uncivil words in the summaries. Additional words can be added by using regular expressions.

Usage

1. Go to any «View history» or «User contributions» page
2. Select entry by clicking on the checkbox[es]
3. Hit the button on the toolbar to copy selected entry's diff as a text
4. Paste into your reply on the talk page (see Examples below)

Controls

Plugin binds a few key strokes. See demons below.

• Click+drag — on checkbox to select multiple entries simultaneously.
• ⇧ Shift+Click — on checkbox to select multiple entries simultaneously.
• Ctrl+Alt+C — to copy entries into the clipboard as Diff2s list. - Deprecated in 2.6.0

Demo

• Hold left mouse button (LMB) & and drag to select multiple entries
• Hold ⇧ Shift & press LMB to select multiple entries

Examples

Here are listed examples of the copied diff links entries and their corresponding rendered results. The diff links were taken from different history pages.

Diffs button

Copies selected entries as {{diff}} template content:

Table button

Copies selected entries as table content:

Diffs

#	DIFF	CURRENT	USER	SUMMARY
0	18:50, July 23, 2021	18:50, July 23, 2021	Theroadislong	Reporting The official Gabriel Tembo.
1	18:48, July 23, 2021	18:48, July 23, 2021	Slatersteven	‎User-reported
2	18:47, July 23, 2021	18:47, July 23, 2021	Slatersteven	‎User-reported

Links button

Copies selected entries as WP:SPECIAL diff link. These are useful for summary edits links (this feature was requested by Qwerfjkl on [15:11, July 18, 2021).

Install

Further information: How do you install user scripts?

Insert the following into your common.js:

importScript('User:Alexander Davronov/HistoryHelper.js');

You may also use handy Script Installer to install this one.

Configure

As of v2.6.0 the configuration of shortcuts and a default placeholder-wrapper was deprecated. Old configs are going to work in legacy mode. Don't expect them to work in the future.

Highlight words in comments

By default HH higlights some uncivil referrings (see full list here at LINE839). You can add your own words or phrases by using the following config below. You have to use Regular Expressions for matching. By default every word is highlighted by using {{highlight}}.

    window.HistoryHelper= window.HistoryHelper || {}; 
    window.HistoryHelper.highlights=[
     // match liar 2 times, or pants, or "on fire" 
     /(liar){1,2}|pants|on fire/ig
    ];

Bugs

Known fixed bugs

• Main page's history isn't supported yet.

• Special:Log page erroneously lists checkboxes for selections (e.g. link (don't forget to click button)) — reported by Qwerfjkl on [21:41, August 7, 2021].
• Various issues on international wikis and some history pages. — reported by Jon (WMF) on [Aug 4, 2023, 18:13]

Reporting

If copied diffs don't match revisions of the History/Contribution page let me know on my talk page. Don't forget to provide a link to the page.

Summary text

Some summary text may contain broken wiki markup which may be disruptive (the workaround is to fix mistakes). E.g. (wrong braces):

{{diff2|883393295|878096673|...}} -''«[[WP:BOLD|BOLD]ly] rm "recently" per talk page»''

I18n

Currently this plugin doesn’t international wikipedias (i.e. outside of en.wiki.x.iodomain). Date locales may be parsed wrongly or with errors.

Security statement

The plugin is open source and provided free of charge. It doesn't gather, store, or send any sensetive information. It never accesses your cookies, neither it tries to obtain any sensetive data via fake dialogs etc. Checkout the source code to make sure there is no suspicious code before using this plugin.

Disclaimer

This plugin is provided as is. No warranties or gurantees that it works properly all the time or doesn't disrupt your wikipedia experience whatsoever.

Gallery

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  v2.4.3
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  v2.5.5
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  Script main classes and life cycle (activity) diagram (as of v2.6.5).

Changelog

Only important changes are mentioned.

v2.6.5

The tag {{re}} with automatically inserted user names of the edits was added.

v2.6.0

Keyboard shortcuts removed

v2.6.6

Replace {{diff2}} by {{diff}}

See also

• Wikipedia:User scripts/List
• Wikipedia:Gadget – gadgets are user scripts or CSS snippets that can be enabled simply by checking an option in your preferences. The gadget's function is provided by the MediaWiki extension Extension:Gadgets.