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== ~~Swap~~Vandalized, ~~bug?~~ Hate Speech ==

Hi Andy, I just was contacted by former colleague who also discovered wretched hate filled vandalism to my page. It has since been repaired(perhaps you helped in this). In any case, I read some potential veiled physical threats in this assault on me. I think it is a matter of urgency to determine who posted this, where it came from (IP address, physical location) .. I am concerned that it could point at someone who lives near me and could be placing my family in harms way. Pls let me know if it is possible to track down this information, and if you know how to ban this user to prevent them from trying again. my email: {{redacted|personal info}} [[User:Yensiwtlad|Yensiwtlad]] ([[User talk:Yensiwtlad|talk]]) 23:08, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

~~Hi,~~

:Appears to have been handled at [[Special:Permalink/1127629059#Hate-based Vandalism of John Gaeta page.]] I'm sorry to hear you're in this situation - I don't have the user rights to investigate this beyond what everyone else can. Best, — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 20:56, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

~~I don't know if this is just me being incompetent but the swap tool you made is very useful, however it seems to suppress talk page redirects without prompting me, any ideas?~~

Thanks, [[User:DrStrauss|DrStrauss]] [[User talk:DrStrauss|talk]] 10:06, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

:Hi {{u|DrStrauss}}, thanks for letting me know! I wouldn't say this is a bug, more like a feature. I think [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Talk%3ANeutral+unit+of+construction+%28airlines%29 this is one of your examples]? I mitigated this [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Neutral_unit_of_construction_(airlines)&action=history by recreating Talk:Neutral unit of construction (airlines)] to fix this issue. After swapping ''A'' and ''B'' (and a single talk), I '''need to re-create''' redirect ''Talk:A'' separately, although you could also swap only ''A'' and ''B'' and afterwards perform a regular move of ''Talk:A'' to ''Talk:B'' (preserving a redirect).

:In a bit more detail, the reason I decided against fixing redlinks is a scenario such as: Swap ''A'', ''Talk:A'', ''Talk:A/subpageX'', ''B'', ''Talk:B/subpageY''. After the swap, the pages are ''A'', ''Talk:A/subpageY'', ''B'', ''Talk:B'', ''Talk:B/subpageX'', with previously existing pages ''Talk:A'', ''Talk:A/subpageX'', and ''Talk:B/subpageY'' redlinked. Or should these newly redlinked pages turn into redirects? I personally don't think so, and it seems largely dependent on context, hence my tool has avoided these issues for now.

:In short, I'd recommend: Perform the swap. If the other page (and talk, (and subpages if any)) is a redirect, fix its target. Check your own contribs for redlinked talk pages and create them as redirects as necessary. (especially if there are incoming links ([[Special:WhatLinksHere]])) Hope that makes sense! — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 19:50, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

::Definitely, thank you for the detailed explanation, that makes sense. Best, [[User:DrStrauss|DrStrauss]] [[User talk:DrStrauss|talk]] 19:53, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

~~== Missing dependency declarations ==~~

Hi, I was looking at [[User:Andy_M._Wang/pageswap.js]] and I notice that it does not ensure/declare it's dependency on the resource loader modules mediawiki.util and mediawiki.api, of which it is making use. These modules are loaded on almost every page, so it likely won't cause a problem too often, but you should really fix that because it is good practice, and will make it easier to maintain in the future. Please see: [[mw:ResourceLoader/Developing_with_ResourceLoader#Client-side_.28dynamically.29]]. —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 09:16, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

:Hi, thanks for that resource! That was very helpful. I believe I've [[Special:Diff/799852332|corrected the issue]] by using <kbd>mw.loader.using</kbd>. — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 06:21, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

~~== User:Andy_M._Wang/closeRM.js ==~~

Hi, the script [[User:Andy_M._Wang/closeRM.js]] did not declare/ensure it's dependency on resourceloader module mediawiki.util. I've corrected this. —[[User:TheDJ|TheDJ]] ([[User talk:TheDJ|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TheDJ|contribs]]) 09:55, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

~~:Very belated thanks! — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 06:21, 10 September 2017 (UTC)~~

~~== Question about pageswap ==~~

Hello! I've been using your pageswap tool for a few months now and have noticed a common thing when swapping pages. My question is why does the redirect not link to the new page name (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Mattis&diff=prev&oldid=804758330 here] for an example)? I have to manually go in and change the redirect when IMO it would make more sense for the redirect be the new page title automatically... Hoping you can help on this. Thanks, ''Corky'' '''''[[:User talk:Corkythehornetfan|Buzz by the Hornet's Nest]]''''' 04:03, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

:Hi {{u|Corkythehornetfan}}, this was a design decision on my part for [[User talk:Andy M. Wang/Archive 3#Issue with double redirect.|several reasons]], including the fact that the 3-move swap operation already has plenty of latency (in my humble opinion), that the "swap" operation could be one on either of the pages to be swapped (including on the redirect), and there's generally some ambiguity on how to deal with the talk pages, subpages (if they exist), and talk subpages (if they exist) of either page to be swapped. I think I found some cases where the redirect(s) point to some ''completely unrelated or new page'', and these cases have to handled on a case-by-case basis. Some of the talk or subpages may be redirects, and some may not be. After a swap, there is potential to redlink a number of talk/subpages when the other page does not have talk/subpages of the same names/positions, if that makes sense. I figured that handling these cases was [[User:Andy M. Wang/pageswap#Out of scope|out of scope]], and that the script (for now) should do nothing except make sure the two selected pages (and its talk/subpages) are swapped, nothing else.

:So, for now, yes, I'd manually correct examples such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Mattis&diff=prev&oldid=804758330 your example here]. Hope that makes sense...? — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 16:08, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

::Makes perfect sense! Thanks for your help! ''Corky'' '''''[[:User talk:Corkythehornetfan|Buzz by the Hornet's Nest]]''''' 00:05, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

~~== Question About Adding Parameter to Infobox US university ranking ==~~

Hi there. You seem to be an expert on this. Several users now have brought up adding the annual US College ranking from Times Higher Education to the Infobox US university ranking template. I'm having trouble figuring it out. Could take a look at the [[Template:Infobox US university ranking|page]] and tell me what I'm doing wrong/help me out? Thanks! [[User:Pdyusmep|Pdyusmep]] ([[User talk:Pdyusmep|talk]]) 03:36, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

:Hi {{u|Pdyusmep}}. A couple users already replied at [[Template talk:Infobox US university ranking]]. Apparently an IP [[Special:Diff/751338005|added this param to the doc]] without placing a request to update the main template itself. I can add your requested param to sandboxes and submit an edit req if I have time (I don't have edit access since I gave up the right by choice). However, it's unclear from discussions that we've determined that the ranking is notable yet. {{u|Corkythehornetfan}}, who is a template editor, says, quote, {{tq|If it is notable enough (provide proof), then we can add it}}. I suggest you [[Template talk:Infobox US university ranking|continue the discussion there]] and get a [[WP:CONSENSUS]] of sorts first. Hope that helps — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 12:41, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

~~::Thanks for your direction. Looks like we have a discussion going. All the best. [[User:Pdyusmep|Pdyusmep]] ([[User talk:Pdyusmep|talk]]) 13:13, 23 November 2017 (UTC)~~

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~~== Pageswap ==~~

Hi. Just wondering if it's possible to request a feature for your pageswap script? Would it be possible to update <code>var moveReason = prompt("Move reason:");</code> to something like <code>var moveReason = prompt("Move reason:", moveReasonDefault);</code>, where an editor could manually set their own moveReasonDefault in their personal common.js?

Just that I personally use the pageswap script solely for [[WP:RMTR]], and it would allow me to automatically fill in the prompt with "[<nowiki />[WP:RMTR]]" each time. This wouldn't change anything for other editors that don't want a default value, but may help other editors looking for the same thing.

If not, no problems! If so, that'd be great! Let me know. Thanks. -- '''[[User:AlexTheWhovian|Alex]]'''''[[User talk:AlexTheWhovian#top|TW]]'' 07:39, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

:Hi, {{u|AlexTheWhovian}}, this is [[File:Yes check.svg|18px|link=|alt=]] '''Done'''. That was a nice suggestion, thanks! — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 15:03, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

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~~==failed third move==~~

Hi. Long time no see. {{p}} While performing round-robin, I got the error "Fail on third move Draft:Move/Robin Bush (historian) -> Robin Bush (historian)". I did it manually. But when I checked the pages individually, and my contrib history; all looked fine except the history of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robin_Bush_(historian)&action=history Robin Bush.] Would you please take a look into it? Thanks a lot in advance. Also pinging {{u|Amakuru}}, as he can history that we cant. —usernamekiran[[User talk:Usernamekiran|'''(talk)''']] 06:22, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

:I've taken care of the move btw. I also realised you haven't edited in two months. I hope everything is fine. Best, —usernamekiran[[User talk:Usernamekiran|'''(talk)''']] 07:07, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

~~== Massretarget ==~~

Hi Andy, I hope you are well? Just an idea for a future update of Massretarget: stick in an {{tl|R avoided double redirect}} in the {{tl|Redirect category shell}}. Thanks, '''[[User:Sam Sailor|Sam]] [[User talk:Sam Sailor|Sailor]]''' 07:36, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

:Hi {{u|Sam Sailor}}, that's a good suggestion, thanks! For my reference: [[Special:Diff/844583314]] vs [[Special:Diff/844583217]]. I'll see if I can get around to this at some point — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 13:57, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

::{{tps}} Thanks for pointing out that template, I wasn't aware it existed either. I'll have to go back and add that to a bunch of redirects. —[[User:Compassionate727|Compassionate727]] ([[User talk:Compassionate727|T]]·[[Special:Contributions/Compassionate727|C]]) 20:09, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

~~==Traditional African religion==~~

~~Have you read [[Talk:Traditional African religions/Archive 3#Requested move 2]]?~~

I know that you had moved the page following [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Traditional_African_religions#Requested_move_8_November_2016 this request], but I would want to know if you can agree with the reversal to original title. Thanks. [[User:OccultZone|'''OccultZone''']] ([[User talk:OccultZone#Top|Talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/OccultZone|Contributions]] • [[Special:Log/OccultZone|Log]]) 20:19, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

:{{re|OccultZone}} Thanks for the link... I wasn't aware of the previous RM when I moved as unopposed. I could agree with the reversal, but since the page has had its current title for 19 months, perhaps another RM could clarify the issue? I suppose you could just move it and cite the issue... consider me a neutral party to this — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 04:14, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

::Thanks for checking it. That discussion was pretty lengthy and it thoroughly debunked the argument that was used in the RM from 8 November 2016. Many particular religions have numerous sects, beliefs and practices but it is under same roof. For technical reasons I can't move the page. You have no issue with the reversal and I had lodged a request on [[WP:RMT]]. [[User:OccultZone|'''OccultZone''']] ([[User talk:OccultZone#Top|Talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/OccultZone|Contributions]] • [[Special:Log/OccultZone|Log]]) 09:09, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

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~~== Suggestion: Retarget after page swap ==~~

Hi Andy, after the end of 3 step page move. a redirect ends up pointing to itself on the original page location, This is not correct. After every pageswap, this has to be manually retargeted to the new page location. Can this step alse be included in the automated script. Should be easy to include. cheers. --''[[User:DBigXray|DBig]][[User talk:DBigXray|Xrayᗙ]]'' 13:11, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

~~:{{u|DBigXray}}, good idea! (Hope you are well, Andy.) '''[[User:Sam Sailor|Sam]] [[User talk:Sam Sailor|Sailor]]''' 14:53, 18 September 2018 (UTC)~~

~~::Hi {{u|Sam Sailor}} :)~~

::{{u|DBigXray}}, this might be the third or fourth time I've heard this suggestion... I've highlighted a number of reasons I [[Special:PermaLink/860129660#Swap bug?|decided against the retargeting here]] and [[Special:PermaLink/803560896#Issue with double redirect.|here, for example]]. I also [[Special:PermaLink/838485359#Out of scope|outlined a number of things that I personally think might be out of scope for the tool]]. I guess it's debatable and there's not a right answer, how hands-on and how intervening the tool actually should be. How would the tool handle cases where ''A'' redirects to ''B'', but a subpage of ''Talk:B'' redirected to ''Talk:A''? Reverse that redirect too? There are also cases where three pages' contents need to be swapped (happens more frequently with 2-dab scenarios). What to do about the redirect page?

::I must admit that I've thought more about the [[corner case]]s than solutions to them, but so far, I say that pageswap is just a tool to swap the histories of two pages, and not intervene and correct redirects.

::If you really insist, let me know, and I'll put more thought into making the correction. Thanks for your feedback though. Happy editing, — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 00:17, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

:*{{u|DBigXray}} I [[User:Andy M. Wang/massretarget|do have a separate tool]] for correcting double-redirects (including self redirects). I didn't design this for mass usage however, and this isn't really well-advertised. The tool, when installed, is also somewhat intentionally difficult to navigate to (this is a ''mass'' retarget tool) When I've been performing swaps, I do use both these scripts. Maybe this helps save some time? — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 00:19, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

:::Andy, Please accept my sincere thanks for taking out time to respond to this 4th time. I am sure, there are lot of corner cases. but the tool is primarily used to move over redirect. e.g. Redirect R points to Article A. and they need to be swapped such that the end results is A is a redirect pointing to article at R. But at the end of this, the contents and page histories are swapped but, Location A ends up with a "redirect to itself" at A. I can understand why it is caused, but this is something that is believe is undesirable. If the complexity allows it and it doesnt have a major side effect, I would request you to kindly agree to adopt this suggestion. specially since this is a popular and widely sought after suggestion (me being the 4th user to ask this). --''[[User:DBigXray|DBig]][[User talk:DBigXray|Xrayᗙ]]'' 11:39, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

::::{{u|DBigXray}} I can't give guarantees due to real-life commitments, hope you understand. If the tool will support retargeting, I definitely want to make it a thorough check (if ''A'' is a redirect to itself, if ''A'' has redirecting subpages, if ''Talk:A'' is a redirect to itself, and if the talk page has subpages... and prompt to retarget ''everything and anything related to page A'' reasonable... I might need to check the status of ''R'' for sanity, just talking out loud). I'll look into it in the next few days... again, no guarantees — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 01:51, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

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~~== Suggestions ==~~

Having been a long time user of your pageswap tool, I have to admit it's pretty great. I think I have a few things, or rather wrinkles, that could be improved upon, but it's okay imo. What I was thinking is instead of the current OK, Cancel dialog, we have one window to handle everything, just two radio buttons, move talk and move subpages and hit OK. That would make the chances of messing up much harder. @ me if you consider it, thanks a lot for your hard work! --[[User:QEDK|QEDK]] ([[User talk:QEDK|後]] ☕ [[Special:Contributions/QEDK|桜]]) 17:43, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

:Might address this if I find an adequate amount of time in the next months or so, no guarantees — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 18:15, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

~~== Yet another Pageswap suggestion ==~~

Any way to make pageswap work from [[Special:MovePage]]? For example, when someone submits a move request, it shows up with a link like [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MovePage&wpOldTitle=Lithium%E2%80%93titanate+battery&wpNewTitle=Lithium-titanate+battery&wpReason=%5B%5BSpecial%3APermalink%2F874232321%7CRequested%5D%5D+by+Cherkash+at+%5B%5BWP%3ARM%2FTR%5D%5D%0A%3A+It%27s+a+hyphen+here%2C+not+a+dash%3A+the+compound+qualifier+%22lithium-titanate%22+describes+a+battery+made+of+%22lithium+titanate%22+material.&wpMovetalk=1]. It would be great if I could run PageSwap from this page and have the target, destination, and reason automatically filled in by parsing the URL. --[[User:Ahecht|Ahecht]] ([[User talk:Ahecht|TALK PAGE]]) 23:25, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

:{{agree}}, Right now I end up copy pasting this edit summary and the new page name every time i make moves. If this can be incorporated somehow, that would be great. --''[[User:DBigXray|DBig]][[User talk:DBigXray|Xrayᗙ]]'' 23:38, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

:I mocked this up in my userspace at [[User:Ahecht/pageswap.js]]. The relevant diff to enable the basic functionality is [[Special:Diff/874237477|here]]. The diff for the additional code that also modifies the error text to include a swap link is [[Special:diff/874237477/874505176|here]]. --[[User:Ahecht|Ahecht]] ([[User talk:Ahecht|TALK PAGE]]) 00:04, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

::Thanks {{u|Ahecht}}. {{re|DBigXray}} Take a look at [[Special:PermaLink/816035463#Pageswap]]. You can define a default "move reason" in your common.js, like [[Special:Diff/815991321|this]], for example — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 18:27, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

:::In the case of links generated by {{tl|RMassist}}, the reason is different each time. --[[User:Ahecht|Ahecht]] ([[User talk:Ahecht|TALK PAGE]]) 19:46, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

::::[[User:Ahecht|Ahecht]] is 'correcht' ! {{=)}}. Andy, The Reason generated by {{tl|RMassist}} is basically the phrase added by the Move requestor, along with his name. This reason is helpful to the other page watchers who can read the edit-summary and understand the reasons for the move. --''[[User:DBigXray|DBig]][[User talk:DBigXray|Xrayᗙ]]'' 20:00, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

~~== Stranded talk pages ==~~

Pageswap seems to be leaving behind a lot of talk pages that redirect to themselves. In other words, the article gets moved correctly, but the talk page doesn't. [[Talk:Forever (group)]] is one current example (assuming no one has fixed it before you see this message). --[[User:R'n'B|R'n'B]] ([[User talk:R'n'B|call me]] Russ) 17:22, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

:{{re|R'n'B}} That's because {{u|Woodensuperman}} [[User:Andy_M._Wang/pageswap#Usage|did not perform '''steps 3 and 4''']] in the swap routine. ([[Special:Diff/874654217|fixed for now]]) Talk page redirect retargeting, as I've highlighted repeatedly, is [[User:Andy_M._Wang/pageswap#Out_of_scope|still out of scope of the pageswap tool]] (also already had a discussion about this [[User_talk:Andy_M._Wang#Suggestion:_Retarget_after_page_swap|earlier]]). I think if I were to address some feature requests, I would actually want to overhaul the tool (the existing code is not that great looking back at it). Can't guarantee that I have the time these days — [[User:Andy M. Wang|'''''Andy W.''''']] ([[User talk:Andy M. Wang#top|talk]]) 18:12, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

::Oops, sorry, I'll be more careful in future. '''--[[User:Woodensuperman|wooden]][[User talk:Woodensuperman|superman]]''' 09:39, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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